'Happy Feature' In Miners' Superannuation
NEWCASTLE, Friday.—One of the happiest features of the new Mine Workers' Superannuation Act was the removal of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Illawarra · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1950
705 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 34 of 36
Coroner Told Mine Logo Travelling Too Fast
A witness said at the Coroner's Court, Wollongong yesterday an electric locomotive was travelling in excess of its usual speed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Letters to the Editor Unspent Coal Board Grants
SIR.—It is about time the people of Figtree and Unanderra got the truth regarding the money spent by the Joint Coal…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Colliery Exams
Results of examinations for manager and under manager and mine electricians have just…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gold Cup at Kembla on
Kembla Grange's Gold Cup meeting on Wednesday has attracted an entry of 241 horses…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Mine Managers' Examination
At the examination for certificates of competency as manager and under-manager under the Coal Mines Regulation Act,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miners' £1 Increase Confirmed
SYDNEY, Monday.—A basic wage increase of £1 a week payable to New South Wales miners from December 3 was announced today…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Miners, Owners To Discuss Higher Darg
SYDNEY, Monday.—Miners and coal owners' representatives will confer in Newcastle on Friday on increasing the darg as a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stage Set For Tomorrow's Gold Cup
Tomorow's Wollongong Gold Cup will be one of the biggest provincial races held in New South Wales since the end of the war. The prize money of £900 has attracted some of the leading Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Five Million Extra Tons Od Coal Is Target
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A Ministerial Federal-State conference today discussed plans for raising New South Wales coal output by five million tons to 17 million tons by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Bomb Protest
A pit-top meeting of 140 Mt. Kembla miners yesterday decided to cable a protest to President Truman…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mine Electricians' Exam. Passes
At the examination for Certificates of Competency as Mine, Electrician under the Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1912-1947,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No Reds on Western Miners' Bd
LITHGOW, Wednesday.—Not one Communist has been elected to the Western District Miners Federation Board of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Industrial Group Satisfied With Miners' Election Results
The A.L.P. Industrial Group at its last meeting discussed the recent Miners' Federation ballot, which members considered…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Holidays To Start December 22
Miners on the southern coalfields will commence their annual holidays on Friday, December 22, and will resume on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Ample Coal for Miners' Holidays"
Record coal production on all fields should be sufficient to last industry through the miners' holiday period, the President of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' President Reelected
SYDNEY, Friday.—Communist General-President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. I. Williams) has been re-elected for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Record Coal Output Expected
SYDNEY, Friday.—New South Wales coal miners are expected to break their all-time 1942 coal record before they go on holidays on December 22, according to a spokesman from the Coal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →'Mine Buses Overloaded at Corrimal'
Overloading of buses transporting miners to the Corrimal colliery may cause "disruption" and "loss of coal production," warned Southern District Miners' Federation officials…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Great Citizens" Says Official of S.c. Miners
"On behalf of the employees of Mount Keira it is my privilege to congratulate the management," said the…
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