The Coal Stoppage Aggregate Meetings on
Further aggregate meetings of South Coast miners will be held on Monday to consider the order by the Miners Central Council…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Illawarra · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1944
79 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 2 of 4
Southern Mines Stoppage Return To Work Ordered Meetings to Be Held
On Wednesday the Central Council of the Miners' Federation decided to order the South Coast strikers to return to work…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Stoppage Mine Mechanics' Claim
When the chairman of the Coal Commission, Mr. Mighell, instructed southern miners to return to work on Friday, February 25, members of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mines & Miners Dust on Lungs Questions in Parliament
In Parliament, . Mr. W. Davies, M.L.A., asked, the Minister for Mines was it a fact that a large number of miner's on the South Coast were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Meetings
Last Monday aggregate meeting were held along the Coast to discuss the further order of the Central Council to resume work…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Southern Miners Decide To Resume Work
As a result of aggregate meetings held throughout the district on Monday, district miners decided to return to work the following…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miners' Welfare Scheme Question in Parliament
In Parliament recently. Mr. W. Davies, M.L.A., asked the Minister for Mines as follows: Can the Minister state whether it is a fact that in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Killed at Mine Struck By Skips
Henry William McCauley (64), retired mine worker, was killed almost instantly when struck by a set of skips at Excelsior Colliery,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Dust" Cases in Mines Inquiry to be Held
Mr. W. Davies asked the Minister for Mines the following in parliament: Following upon a question that I asked the Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Retired Miners' Pensions Reduction in Some Claimed
Mr. W. Davies asked the Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley) the followink questions:—I ask the Minister for Mines whether it is a fact that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Retired Mine Workers
In the State Parliament, Mr. Davies, M.L.A., asked the Minister for Mines regarding the reduction of pensions paid to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mines & Miners Production Held Up
South Bulli mine has been, held up due to a major mechanical breakdown, since Wednesday. The management hopes to have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Absentee Charges Further Adjourned
The adjourned hearing of absentee charges against 168 mineworkers was opened at a special sitting of the Wollongong Police Court on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mines & Miners Mr. Lang & Mine Pensioners
Recently a deputation of Mine Pensioners, including the president of the Southern District, Mr. P. France, waited on Mr. J.T. Lang, M.L.A.,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mine Fatality
On the afternoon of April 6th, a fall of stone in Mt. Kembla Colliery resulted in the death of John Ainsborough (62), a shiftman, of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fatality in Mine Accidental Death
An inquest touching the death of John Ainsborough, who was fatally injured by afall of stone in Mt. Kembla Colliery, on April 6, was held at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Thirroul News Lecture on Mining
Under the auspices or Thirroul Branch or the Official A.L.P., Mr. Fred Lowden delivered an address to a splendid audience on Sunday night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Elections Miners' Central Councillor Is Endorsed Communist Candidate for Bulli
Mr. Jack Martin, of South Bulli Miners' Lodge, who for a lengthy period has represented the Southern Miners on the Federation…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mines & Miners Pensions Scheme
In a statement issued this week, the Southern District president, Mr. F. Lowden, stated that the proposal to increase the contributions to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Miners' Pension Scheme
I have been informed that there is some dissatisfaction among mineworkers at the proposal to increase the contributions to the fund…
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