Coal Board Building for Baby Clinic?
When the Coal Board moves out of its building in Burelli Street, Wollongong, shortly, an effort should be made to secure…
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Mining & the mines, 1949
144 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 2 of 8
Coal Board Office As Temporary Baby Clinic
Ald. Brandon suggested at Monday's meeting of the City Council that when the Joint Coal Board vacates its present…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Compensation
The Miners' Central Council, after hearing reports from the southern and northern district compensation officers, has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Miners Injured
Two miners were injured in separate accidents at tho Coal cliff Colliery on Monday. Both accidents were due to a fall…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rest Home for Miners
The City Council will make an approach to the Joint Coal Board for the establishment of a rest home for miners on the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining Unions' Log of Claims
The Government and Joint Coal Board have notified the Miners' Federation and the Combined Mining Unions that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Board Grants to Council Contract Work Favoured
The Joint Coal Board has decided that in future all grants made to councils for amenity or road works should…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Board Chief's Address
Between forty and fifty members, including technical and managerial executives and friends, heard an interesting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Proposal for 'Open Cut' Coal Mine at West Dapto
According to information tabled at Monday night's City Council meeting, application has been made to the Department of Mines for a lease of land, near the Moss Vale Railway line, West Dapto, to be used…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mine Electricians' Certificates
At the examination for Certificates of Competency as Mine Electrician under the Coal Mines Regulation, Act, held at the Tech…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bill to Increase Miners' Pensions
A draft Bill providing for an increase in Miners' Pensions has been prepared and will be introduced to Parliament at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Southern Coal Best For Pt. Kembla Power House
It has ben emphasised that southern coal was the most suitable to Port Kembla Power House and if it is not supplied it may be necessary to blackout some of the areas served by the Southern Electricity Supply, Mr. J…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Collapse in Mine
William John Kilpatrick (59), of Campbell st., Wollongong, collapsed whilst working at Sth. Bulli Colliery last Friday. He…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Breach of Mines Regulations
At the Wollongong Court last Thursday, George Brunero was fined £2 and 10/ court costs for failing to take precautions when…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →New Coal Discovery in Britain
Valuable discoveries of economic importance have been obtained from deep bore by the Geological Survey of Great…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Meetings
Aggregate meetings of miners, in ibis district are being are held in the following centres to-day. Wollongong, Crown Theatre, 10 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Two Miners Fined
Two miners were fined at Wollongong Court, on Tuesday, for behaving in an offensive manner in the public bar of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bad Coal Causes Blackouts Alderman Blames Coal Board
The Joint Coal Board was largely to blame for blackout troubles in the City of Greater Wollongong, Ald. W. Davies said at Monday's meeting of the City Council…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Almost Unanimous Vote
Speaking at the meeting of Southern Miners at the Crown Theatre, Wollongong, last Thursday, Mr. W. Parkinson, district president, told a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Other Unionists Support Miners Miners' Leaders Say Way Still Open to Settlement
A meeting of over 500 members of local branches of the Waterside Workers' Federation, the B.W.I.U., the F.E.D. and F.A., and Ironworkers' Unions decided on Tuesday, almost unanimously, to endorse the Miners…
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