Joint Coal Board Successful in Providing Amenities
Great strides have been made in providing underground, pit-top and town amenities in the South Coast coal mining areas by the Joint…
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Mining & the mines, 1947
114 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 5 of 6
Keira Colliery Threatened By Fire
A large area of bush and slag coal which was alight on the Mt. Kombla incline on Sunday afternoon, threatened the destruction of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mt. Kembla Colliery Threatened by Fire
Mt. Kembla Colliery was threatened by fire on Sunday afternoon when slack coal, forming the railway embankment on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Saw Roof Collapse on Workmate Bulli Colliery Fatality
Story of how a mines shiftman main saw port on of the roof of a mine collapse and fall where a workmate was…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Ninth Anniversary of Miners' Auxiliary
A most enjoyable evening was spent last week, when Scarborough Mirers' Women's Auxiliary held their Ninth Anniversary, bringing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Property Damaged By Gunfire
There has been complaints that a considerable amount of mine property in the vicinity of Mount Pleasant has boon damaged by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District Miners Approach Coal Board
The District Miners' Delegate Board on Tuesday decided to ask the Coal Board to take over Mt. Nebo and Mt…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miners' Strike Threat
Unless compensation demands for a small group of 'dusted' minors arc met before next Wednesday, there may be a general strike…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Correspondence Compensation & Miners' Pensions (The Editor)
Sir,—I have, on a number of occasions, appealed through the columns of your paper for a fair deal for men whose only income is derived…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Retired Mine Workers Disturbed Over X-rays
Claims that company insurance doctors had access, to films at the expense of mine-workers who had paid for X-rays at Bulli Hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Thirroul Retired Miners
The accessibility of X-rays to the B.H.P. insurance doctors at the Bulli Hospital was discussed at the last meeting of the Thirroul branch of the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Subsidy for Dusted Miners
Mr. H. Fowles, M.L.A., asked the Premier (Mr. McGirr) in parliament last week whether any adjustment had been made with the Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dusted Miners
The following question was asked in the Legislative Assembly recently by our State Member, Mr. H. T. Fowles:—…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thirroul Retired Mine-Workers' Association
A large assembly of retired mine workers attended their usual fortnightly meeting with Mr. Peter France in the chair, and Mr. R…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Helensburgh Retired Miners First Birthday Celebrated
The Helensburgh branch of the Retired Mineworkers' Assn. celebrated its first birthday on Wednesday of last week, when two hundred members and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Medical Survey Of Coal Mine Employees
Wollongong District Hospital Board will co-operate with the Joint Coal Board Medical Bureau in carrying out a "Sample Medical…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Board to Probe Health of Mine Employees Medical Survey Planned Early Next Year
A medical survey of some 400 coal mine employees of the South Coast will be conducted by the Joint Coal Board early in January next year…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mine Workers' Pensions Increase Wanted by New Year
"If I have my way and there is no increase in our pensions by January 1, the politicians who are wanting the coal can dig it…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Town for Miners
Work for their Families and an end to squalor are the aims of one, English Town Planning Project. The site of a new town, which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners' President Hits Out
Mr. W. Parkinson, Southern District President, writes:—Four weeks, and then the well earred Xmas break! But with…
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