Victorian Rail Men Address Miners
Two delegates from the Victorian Railways Strike Committee are visiting South Coast collieries and industries to enlist…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Illawarra · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1950
705 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 33 of 36
Govt. Assures Miners On Mechanisation
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Vital assurances to allay fears of coal miners that they might suffer as the result of proposals…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →South Bulli Miners Want Red Evidence Heard
Miners at South Bulli Colliery stopped work yesterday after a pit-top meeting in support of the demand that the nine unions…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Supples Gas
Trove gives no preview of this one. Open it to read the story on the page.
Continued on Trove, page 24 →The Miners' Holiday Pay Dispute
IN POINT OF LAW the miners may be uphill in their insistence that the projected basic wage increase of £l should be included in their December holiday pay. The coal Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) has reserved his decision on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Holiday Pay No Decision on Mines
SYDNEY, Wednesday. —The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. F. H. Gallagher) today reserved decision on a claim that miners…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gorrimal Miners Say Skip Shortage Holding Up Production
Executive officers of the Corrimal Miners' Lodge said yesterday a shortage of skips was causing loss of 200 tons of coal a day at their colliery. They said miners on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rising Costs Cut Coal Bd. Amenities Programme
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Joint Coal Board has cut expenditure on its amenities programme on the New South Wales coalfields because of rising costs. The Coa Board has told municipal and shire councils in coalfield areas of its new policy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A New Approach to Mine Amenities
THERE WILL BE general approval of the Coal Board's announced determination to be more choosy in future with its grants for so-called "coalfields amenities." As the miners themselves have pointed out, too many of these grants have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Four Miners Trapped by Earth Fall
BROKEN HILL, Thursday.— Four miners are trapped in a 30-foot. mine shaft following a collapse of earth…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Entombed Miners at Broken Hill Rescued
BROKEN HILL, Friday.— Four men entombed 300 feet below the surface of the Zinc Corporation's mine for 14 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wollongong Golfers To Play In Gold Medal Cup
A party of Wollongong golfers, headed by Rex McKay, Lou Geddes and George Phillips, left Wollongong last night. to compete in the Blue Mountains Gold Medal Cup. This is erie of the biggest amateur golf meetings held outside the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Colliery Fatality
Jolted from a colliery locomotive as it jumped the points, an engine driver was fatally injured…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sth. Bulli Lodge Entertain Retired Miners
Speaking to 250 miners and retired miners from the South Bulli Colliery on Friday night, the Southern Miners' President…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Little Use Made Of Coal Board Grants
Although the Joint Coal Board had arranged an expenditure of £109,000 for Greater Wollongong to September 20, only £36,000 had been spent. These figures are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners to Discuss New Medical Contribution Plan
Representatives from 16 miners' lodges in the Southern District on Thursday morning will discuss the new…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Uncompleted Coal Board Projects
Uncompleted Coal Board projects, in the Greater Wollongong Area provide for an ultimate estimated expenditure of £109,959 of which only £36,134 had been expended up to September 20. This was disclosed in a…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Retired Miners Hold Birthday Party
Wombarra group of the Retired Mineworkers' Association held its birthday party last week…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Oppose New Medical Charges
At its regular meeting yesterday, the Southern District Delegate Board of the Miners' Federation reaffirmed its opposition to an increase in the medical contributions scheme…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners Win More Coal
SYDNEY, Friday.—N.S.W. coalminers this year have produced almost two million tons more coal than for the same…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →