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Illawarra · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1950

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Miner Injured at Nebo Colliery

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 2

Louis Campbell, 30, of 70 Auburn Street, Wollongong, was injured at the Mt. Nebo Colliery yesterday when he was struck…

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Four South Coast Mines Idle

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 1

Four South Coast mines were idle yesterday for an estimated loss of 2,900 tons of coal. The mines idle were Mt. Keira, South Bulli, Coalcliff and Avondale…

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U.s. Miners Still Defying Work Order

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Tuesday (A.A.P.).—The Government yesterday won a 10-day extension of the court order banning the…

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Coal Protects Health

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 15

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"Lung Diseases Increased by Mine Mechanisation"

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Lung disease among coal miners had increased because of the mechanisation of coal mines over the…

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Move in Caucus on Mine Pensions

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday. — A move was made [?] State Caucus today to Presbyterian anomalies associated with the…

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Coal Board's £38,235 For Recreation Areas

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 3

Joint Coal Board informed Greater Wollongong Council at its last meenting that it had approved of a grant of £20,735…

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Increased Coal Production

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—According to official figures released today New South Wales coal production to February 10 this year…

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Collapsed and Died in Mine

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 3

A miner collapsed and died at the Wongawilli Colliery yesterday. He was Edward Simmons of…

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U.s. Moves to Conserve Coal

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 4

NEW YORK, Thursday (A.A.P.).—Virginia, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Ohio, Illinois and New York…

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Keira Miners To Stay Out Until March 6

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 1

The 250 miners employed at Mount Keira Colliery will continue their strike until March 6, when a conference will be held at Newcastle with a view to settling the demarcation dispute…

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Scarborough Mine Idle

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 February 1950 · page 3

Scarborough miners stopped work yesterday in protest against the coal owners' application to the Coal Industry Tribunal for…

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Coal Is Light & Power

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 February 1950 · page 6

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Miners' Board to Discuss Medical Charges

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 February 1950 · page 2

One of the main issues to be discussed at the annual meeting of the Southern District Miners' Delegate Board on…

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Hospital's Help Appreciated , By Coal Board

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 February 1950 · page 2

In appreciation of the assistance given to the Joint Coal Board in Its establishment of a medical buroau at 'Corrimal, the…

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Miners Claim 4/- Height Money

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 27 February 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday.—The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) will open a hearing in Newcastle tomorrow at 11 a.m…

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Miners Oppose Red Ban

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 3

The annual meeting of the Southern District Miners' Delegate Board yesterday decided to protest against the Federal…

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Coal Board Denies State of Emergency Over Coal Shortage

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—A Joint Coal Board spokesman said today it was "an overstatement" to say a state of emergency had been reached because of the shortage of coal stocks…

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Miners Support Peace Council

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 March 1950 · page 2

Mount Kembla and Scarborough Miners' Lodges have decided to endorse the policy of the Australian Peace Council,…

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Coal Owners Have Had "Raw Deal"

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 March 1950 · page 3

CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The colliery proprietors had had a raw deal over the last few years from the Government and…

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