Coal Board Aid For Acquisition of Cokeworks Ground
In a letter to the City Council dealing with the proposed acquisition of the Cokeworks Paddock. Wollongong, for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Illawarra · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1949
144 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 5 of 8
£16,000 to Install Electricity Supply to South Clifton Mine
The City Council last week authorised expenditure of £16,000 for the purpose of installing an electricity supply to…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Coal Board Will Assist in Getting Cokeworks Paddock But May Restrict Council's Use of It
The Joint Coal Board is prepared to assist the City Council acquire the West Wollongong Cokeworks Paddock for recreation purposes, but only under terms Recording to the Town Clerk—"which appear to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Retired Mine Deputy's Death
Thomas Smith, 72, retired mine deputy, of 42 Main Road, Coledale, collapsed and died outside his home at Coledale while…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Miners Used Indecent Language
Two Corrimal miners were each fined £3, at Wollongong Court of Petty Sessions, on Monday, after they had pleaded…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →£100 Coal Board Grant for Flower Shows
The Joint Coal Board has donated £100 to the South Coast Horticultural Council for the purchase of trophies to be…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Joint Coal Board Will Help Establish Libraries at Dapto, Balgownie, Coledale, Corrimal
For the purpose of establishing additional branch libraries at Dapto, Balgownie, Coledale and Corrimal the Joint Coal Board has indicated that it will assist Greater Wollongong City Council with a grant of…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Mothers Abandon Fete Owing to Coal Strike
According to the Fairy Meadow infants School Mothers' Club the effects of the recent nation-wide coal strike are still…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Govt. Requested to Continue Open Cut Mining
The Sutherland Shire Council wants all councils in New South Wales to press the Federal Government to continue open cut…
Continued on Trove, page 40 →Coal Board Will Aid Scheme to Sewer North
If necessary, financial aid would be forthcoming from the Coal Board for the installation of sewerage in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miners Cautious on Open Cut Prospects
Members of the Miners' Federation do not anticipate there will be much activity with open cut mining on the South Coast…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners To Leave A.L.P.
Southern district miners have determined to disaffiliate from the A.L.P. This was decided by a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Womens' Auxiliary Formed
A meeting of Corrimal women decided on Monday night to take steps to establish a Miners Women's Auxiliary…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Women's Auxiliary For Miners
After the Southern district Miners President (Mr. W. Parkinson) had addressed a meeting of women associated with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Commend Executive's Strike Action
The action of Messrs. W. Parkinson, M. M. Fitzgibbons and A. Mountjoy of the Southern District Miners, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Minister Will Examine Mines Pensions
The State Minister for Mines (Mr. Dickson, M.L.A.) has prom-ised that he will investiqate un-satisfactory aspects of the Mine…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Young Miners' League Proposal by Southern Dist Federation
The Southern Delegate Board has endorsed a proposal to set up a Young Miners' League within the Southern District of the Miners' Federation. The proposal also has the official…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Holiday Homes for Miners "At the Present"
It is not the policy of the Joint Coal Board, "at present to assist towards the establishment of holiday or…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Miners' Feelings Reflected in A.l.p. Vote'
The figures in the Southern Miners' vote on the question of affiliation with the A.L.P. indicated fully the feeling of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sth'n Miner's President Meets Minister for Mines
Discussions on Monday between the newly-appointed Minister for Mines (Mr. Ws Dickson) and the president of the Southern District of the Miners' Federation (Mr. W. Parkinson) may result in better compensation and pension conditions for miners…
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