Miners' Basic Wage Claim Adjourned
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—An application, by the Miners' Federation to add the £1 basic wage rise to miners' pay rates will be heard em November 6 if there is no private agreement…
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Mining & the mines, 1950
705 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 31 of 36
Miners' Stand On Red Act
SIR,—In this column of yesterday's "Mercury" appeared a letter headed "Danger in Red Bill Strikes" and signed by "J…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Board Accounts Held Up
SYDNEY, Thursday. — The Joint Coal Board's 1948-49 annual report has not been presented because the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Protest On Coal Authority Ruling At Wongawilli
At a stop-work meeting this week, Wongawilli miners protested against a decision given by the Chairman of the Local…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners Ballot
It is interesting to note the A.L.P. has four candidates standing for positions at the forthcoming Southern Miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Increased Mine Pensions
Increased pensions for miner and widows have been announced by the State Government. In a statement issued by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners And The Red Act
SIR,—In view of the prompt answer to my letter which appeared in the "Daily Mercury" an October 26, I would like the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Machinery in Heavy Demand
The intensified post-war mechanisation of Britain's caolmines has been accompanied by an increase in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Virile A.L.P. Candidates" In Miners' Ballot
"The Southern District Miners' elections are being contested by four virile A.L.P. candidates," declared the Secretary of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Meetings If Antired Act Enforced
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Miners' Central Council today decided to call stopwork meetings on the Australian coalfields if the provisions of the Communist Party…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Injured At Colliery
A 23-year-old labourer was Injured at Mount Nebo colliery on Tuesday afternoon when struck by a steel rail…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Coal Is Light & Power
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Continued on Trove, page 24 →Miners and The Red Act
SIR,—In the columns of your paper dated October 30 a further letter appeared bearing the signature of Mr. J. Barrett…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Injured in Fall of Coal
Two miners were injured late on Tuesday afternoon when struck by a fall of coal in Wongawilli colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Miners' Meeting Probable On Basic Wage
SYDNEY, Wednesday. — The Miners' Central Council has authorised the calling of aggregate meetings on the coalfields…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →All Southern Mines Working
All South Coast Coal mines have been working without stoppages for the last two days. Announcing this yesterday, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Protects Health
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Continued on Trove, page 4 →Industrial Group Confident In Miners' Vote
The A.L.P. Industrial Group candidates in the Southern District Miners' elections on November 8 are confident of success…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Increase in South Coast Coal Output
South Coast coal production is expected to increase from an average daily ouput of 7300 tons in 1950 to 9500 tons in 1952…
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