Falls of Stone Two Miners Injured
Two miners were injured during the week in falls of stone. At South Clifton Tunnell…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Illawarra · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1949
144 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 3 of 8
Coal & Power Restrictions Bring Industry to Halt
With the introduction of coal restrictions last Friday and the power Restrictions on Monday night, industry in this district has almost completely stopped. Up to yesterday approximately 4000 employees had been laid off…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Support for Miners Meeting of Stood-down Men
A motion adopted at a meeting of union executives on Saturday supporting the combined miners' union in their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Council Will Press for Better Coal to Be Sent to Port Kembla Power House
The Greater Wollongong City Council will protest to the Joint Coal Board against the "poor quality" coal being: received at the Port Kembla power house. The Chief Electrical Engineer (Mr. S. p. Berry) said the coal had been responsible for recent "blackouts" in the district…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Joint Coal Board's Big Grant to Establish Libraries at Corrimal, Balgownie & Dapto
The Joint Coal Board has advised the City Council that it is prepared to grant the sum of £4,668 towards the cost of established branches of the Wollongong Library at Coledale, Balgownie and Dapto…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Board Assists Surf Clubs
The Joint Coal Board will make a grant of £120 to the City Council towards the cost of erecting a boatshed at Bulli…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mayors Seek to End Coal Strike
Wollongong Council on Monday night adopted a proposal that the mayors of Greater Newcastle and Wollongong with a few aldermen from each council, should comprise a committee to seek a way out of the present…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Public Libraries Coal Board To Assist
The establishment of public libraries at Coledale, Balgownie and Dapto is estimated to cost £7,780, and the joint Coal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Freezing of Union Funds Condemned by Miners Meeting
The Bill passed by the Federal Parliament last week to freeze union funds was described by Mr. J. McPhillips, acting National Secretary of the Ironworkers Union, at a mass meeting of unionists held last Thursday, as the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →THIRROUL A.L.P. Supports Government Coal Strike Action
At its meeting last Sunday, the Thirroul A.L.P. branch resolved: "To wholeheartedly support the Federal Government's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wollongong Council's Attempt to Settle Nation-wide Coal Dispute
At its meeting on Monday night, the Greater Wollongong City Council decided to make a bid to settle the nation-wide dispute in the coal mining industry. The aldermen decided unanimously to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Coal Strike
The general strike by the Miner's Federation still continues and shows no sign of being settled. On Monday the President and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A.L.P. Electorate Council Debates Coal Dispute Nationalisation of Mines and Conference Urged
A special meeting of the Cunningham Federal Electorate Council called for the purpose of discussing and dealing with the present Coal Industry Dispute and its relationship to the Labor Party in this district was held on Saturday in the Miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Miners' Strike (To the Editor)
Sir,—I would like to refute through your columns several statements which appeared in your issue of July 7 under heading Protest…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Coal Strike
There is no sign of the Coal Strike being settled, if anything a settlement appears more remote. Yesterday (Friday), following a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Board Mindful of Power House Coal Needs
The Joint Coal Board has assured the City Council that it is mindful of the need for best quality coal being supplied to the Port Kembla Power House. The Board added that experience in recent month…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners elect acting officers
Following the sentences of 12 months' goal on "contempt" charges imposed last Thursday, on district miners' president,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Meetings Support Gov. Demonstration by Miners
An aggregate meeting of members of the South Coast District of the Amalgamated Engineering Union on Thursday carried, by a substantial majority a motion pledging [?] support to the Federal and State…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Coal Strike
The Coal Strike still continues, but it seems that the optimum has been reached with regards to its effect on transport and electric power…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Open Cut Mining
Mr. Jeff Bate, member for Wollondilly, is pressing for the immediate opening up of the two thousand million tons of coal measures that…
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