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Illawarra · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1950

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Planned Coal Output W[?] Strain Transport Syste[?]

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 6 November 1950 · page 3

Plans by the Joint Coal Board for increasing product, on the Southern Coalfields will throw an added burben on the already Overloaded transport system. This coal increase was…

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Miners' Attitude To The Red Act

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 November 1950 · page 5

SIR,—Please allow me to answer and refute statements made by Mr. W. Smart, He says the "industrial boys" are…

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£1 Pay Rise for Miners in December

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 November 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—All New South Wales mine workers will receive the £1 basic wage increase from the first pay period…

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Nation Wide Stop by Miners Soon to Discuss Red Act

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 November 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—The Miners Federation Central Executive will call nationwide stopwork meetings on the coalfields on a date to be fixed to discuss the Communist…

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Bill to Increase Miners' Pensions Introduced

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 November 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Minister ton Mines (Mr. Arthur) introduced a bill in the Legislative Assembly today to increase pension benefits to miners…

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Miners' Service Leave Award Varied

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 November 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. F. H. Gallagher) today made an award variation which provides…

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Miners Did Not Hear Cup; Idle As Protest

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 November 1950 · page 3

About 150 South Coast miners staged a stoppage yesterday because they claimed they did not get out of Excelsior No. 2 mine…

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Coal Builds Homes

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 November 1950 · page 5

WE CANT MAINTAIN OUR LIVING STANDARDS WITHOUT COAL…

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Retired Miners' Dinner At Thirroul

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 November 1950 · page 3

Over 200 retired and dusted miners and guests attended the annual dinner of the Retired Mineworkers' Association in the…

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Coal Authority Commends Regular Working of Southern Miners

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 November 1950 · page 3

The Local Goal Authority (Mr. F. C. Hickman) yesterday paid tribute to Southern District coal miners for the regularity with which they have been working this year…

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Coal Board Gives Projectors to Schools

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 November 1950 · page 5

The Joint Coal Board have recently presented film strip projectors, to schools in the Wollongong area…

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The Glitter of Leaving School Is Not Gold

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 November 1950 · page 4

IT IS NOT POSSIBLE to emphasise too strongly the importance of the warning issued by the Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) on the unwisdom of allowing our children io leave school before they have really completed…

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Coal Builds Homes

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 16 November 1950 · page 23

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Two Mines Idle on Sth. Coast

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 17 November 1950 · page 4

Miners at both Nebo and Excelsior No. 2 Collieries were idle yesterday in disputes involving union-management relations…

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Miners' Board of Management Voting Figures

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 November 1950 · page 5

Returning Officers for the Southern District miners' ballot released, details of voting for the Board of Management…

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Retiring Miners' Officials Re-elected

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 20 November 1950 · page 1

Messrs W. Parkinson (president), W. Smart (vice-president) and J. Martin (Central Councillor) have, been re-elected, in the ballot for Southern Miners' Officials…

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Mines Idle on Wage Rise Issue

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 November 1950 · page 2

Two Southern District mines, employing over 400 men, were idle yesterday in protest against the proposed non-payment of…

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Mechanisation Plans for Higher Coal Output

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 November 1950 · page 2

CANBERRA, Monday.—If Coal Board plans for mechanisation of New South Wales mines come to fruition, Australian coal production could probably be brought up to…

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Illawarra Yacht Club Joint Coal Board Trophies

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 November 1950 · page 6

The Joint Coal Board Trophies (district covered, Helensburgh to Nowra) and 16ft, skiffs will be raced for an Sunday, November 25. Start of race 1 p.m. All boats to assemble at the Clubhouse at 12 noon…

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Incentive for Miners

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 November 1950 · page 12

LONDON, Tuesday (A.A.P.)—The West Midlands division of the Coal Board has introduced a Weekly lucky dip with a first…

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