Miners' Meeting Sydney Demonstration Secures Gains
At a Wollongong mass meeting of miners on Wednesday morning, South Coast branch executives of the Miners' Federation stated…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Illawarra · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1947
114 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 2 of 6
Control of Coal Mines
Speaking on the Coal Mines Regulation Bill in parliament, Mr. W. Davies referred to the difficulty of Betting improvements made to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Early Coal Mining in Illawarra
Coal has been the life blood of Northern Illawarra for many years; yet the early settlers of the district were too busy with cedar…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Coal Target Miners Give Pledge
Under the agreement just readied by the National Coal Board in Britain and the National Union of Mineworkers, every…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Early Coal Mining in Illawarra (Continued from last week)
Unfortunately, a spell of very wet weather made the road to the mine impassable in June. By September, however, everything was in full swing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mine Worker's Death
John Paget, 35, shiftman, of Franklin ave., Bulli, died in the Bulli Hospital on Monday, night as the result of an accident in South Bulli…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mine Dispute Settled
The inter-union dispute between the Southern District Miners' Federation and the Illawarra Deputies and Shotfirers' Association was…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mines Resume Work
A meeting of the Illawarra Deputies and Shotfirers Union decided on Tuesday to stop work as a result of a dispute with the Miners' Federation…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miners' New General President
Mr. Idris Williams,' Victorian Miners' Secretary, and a member of the Communist Party, has been elected General President of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Position for Miners' President
Mr. F. Lowden, president of the Southern District Miners, announce during the week that he would be resigning to accept a post as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Deficit on Colliery Sale
A loss of Estg.10,132 is shown in the liquidator's accounts of the Mount Kembla Colliers Ltd. for the period from July 1, 1945 to October 3, 1946…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners' Officials
Nominations closed on Friday for the positions of president and vice-president of the Southern District Miners…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Deputation Seeks Miners' Pension Increase
The Southern t District Delegate Hoard, last week, after hearing a deputation from the Retired Mine-workers' Assn., agreed to support the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →C.p. Candidate's Pledge to Miners
During the course of an address to electors of the Illawarra Electorate this week. Mr. A. E. Butfield, Country Party candidate…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →New Position for Miners' President
In his 25th successive year as district president of the Miners' Federation, Mr. Fred Lowlen, relinquishes office this week-end, and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Colliery Workings at Austinmer
The danger of earth subsidences over abandoned colliery workings was referred to at the Bulli Shire Council meeting on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Council Support for Mine Amenities Committee
At the request of miners organi[?]ons Bulli Shire Council decided on Monday night to take the lead in calling public meetings in the…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →New Coal Board
Mr. Gordon Sellars, formerly draughtsman and assistant surveyor at South Bulli Colliery, has been appointed to the important position of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining Appointment
Mr. Gordon Sellars, former drafts man and assistant surveyor at the South Bulli Colliery has been appointed District Engineer in the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Coal Stocks Low at Steelworks
With coal stocks at Port Kembla Steelworks at the lowest level in the Coy's, history, the management has been forced to slow down…
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