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Illawarra · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1940

165 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 9 of 9

Yellow Rock Mine

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 11 December 1940 · page 3

At the last meeting of the Jamberoo Council, the Town Clerk reported that he had accompanied the Mayor and North Ward Aldermen…

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Mechanical Miners Fifty Miles of Coal Cut in One Year by Scottish Robot London, October 11

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 13 December 1940 · page 2

Four coa[?]utters, built by a Scottish firm, have just been Shipped; to Chile to join the 17 already at work there. These machines, the most…

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Mines & Miners Solving Coal Problems War Council Makes Progress

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 December 1940 · page 8

Considerable progress in settling problems of the coal industry was made recently when representatives of the coal owners and the miners met…

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Miners' New Secretary

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 December 1940 · page 8

Mr. G. W. S. Grant, newly-elected General Secretary of the Miners' Federation, began work as a boy in Hebburn No. 1 colliery, on the northern…

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How Ballot for Miners' Secretary Progressed

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 December 1940 · page 8

Sydney, Monday.—Fuller details of the ballot for the election of Secretary of the Miners' Federation were announced to-day. The position on the…

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