Happy Holiday For Mine workers' Children
There was great rejoicing last Thursday morning at many South Coast railway stations, when nineteen boys and four girls, sons and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Illawarra · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1948
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Workers' Compensation Insurance for the Coal Industry
The Joint Coal Board will take over all workers' compensation, insurance in the coal mining industry in N.S.W. as…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Southern Miners Cease Work
Mass meetings of miners at Wollongong yesterday adopted a recommendation of the Southern Delegate Board that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →South Coast Miners' Strike Decision
An aggregate meeting in Wollongong yesterday of about 500 South Coast members of the Miners' Federation decided…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Better Coal Stocks Help Ironworkers Get Trains
Because of an improvement in the coal position, two special trains are to be made available to members of the Ironworkers'…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Strike Affecting Steelworks
Between 800 and 1000 men ate affected by the A.I. & S. Coy's decision to shut down sections of their plant owing to reduced operations at…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Men Put Off at Steelworks Effect of Coal Strike
Owing to the lack of coal following the stoppage of South Coast mines on Wednesday of last week, several…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →University Scholarships For Mining
Sixty-six young men, whose average age is only 20, have just been given the chance of a short cut to the top jobs in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Strike to Continue
Aggregate meetings on the Southern coalfields were held yesterday to consider the Miners' Central Council's…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Freezing the Earth to Find Coal
Mining engineers in Britain are freezing a section of the earth's surface to a depth of over 400 feet. This is a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Vote to Continue Strike Will Strengthen Picket Line
A mass meeting of minors at Wollongong yesterday decided by 494 votes to 200 to adopt the recommendation or the Central Council to continue the strike which has been in force on the South Coast for the past three…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →State-wide Coal Strike Kemira Dispute Extends to North & West
The strike of South Coast collieries which commenced four weeks ago yesterday has now spread throughout the State. South Coast industries, some of which have…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Coal Strike Ended
The general strike of coal miners which followed a stoppage last week in South Coast mines over a demarcation dispute between the Miners…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' S[?]
Mr. L. Mull[?] warm Trades [?] writes:— Contrary to [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mines Resume Position of Industries
The coal strike was settled on Monday and work resumed at all South Coast collieries, excepting Coalcliff on Tuesday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Many Men Still Idle Miners Back at Work
It is anticipated it will be several weeks before the heavy industries at Port Kembla are in full production again…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →'Black' Butcher's Evidence Against Two Miners
Giving evidence at the Wollongong Court of Petty Sessions on Monday, Mt. Kembla's 'black' butcher, Henry George Smith, told how he had been pelted with rotten eggs and stones by pickets when he was returning in his…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Free Camps for Miners' Children
Mineworkers at two South Coast collieries have adopted a scheme to continue to work—instead of taking the day off…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Assault on Butcher Miners Fined
At the resumed hearing last Thursday into charges against two miners of unlawfully assaulting Mt. Kembla's 'black'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Retired Mine Workers "Angry" Living Standard Reduction
South Coast Retired Mineworkers are in a very angry mood because of the gradual reduction in their standard of…
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