Mine Pensioner Dies Following Accident
Ernest Henry Marshall, 61, mine pensioner, died in the Wollongong District Hospital on Saturday morning from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Illawarra · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1950
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Retired Miners' Homes Unfit, Says Mr. Davies
Mr. W. Davies, M.H.R., in the House of Representatives asked the Minister for Labour and National Service "Is it a fact that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →All Electric Coal Mine
Work his recently begun in Central England on a new all electric model pit with a shaft of 24 feet in diameter—the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Shortage Cuts Production At Steelworks
Owing to the shortage of coal resulting from the succession of stoppages at A.I.S. collieries, drastic cuts have been made in the rate of production operations in all sections of the Port Kembla…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Davies Asks For Assurance On Miners' Holidays
Mr. W. Davies (Lab.-Cunningham) asked the Minister for Labour and National Services (Mr. Holt) for assurance that no…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Action Threatened On Overtime Ban At Mount Keira Mine
The management of the Mount Keira colliery has threatened to take action unless a ban on overtime is lifted by the Mount Keira Miners' Lodge…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coalcliff Miners May Be Paid For Time Lost In Walking
Contract miners at Coalcliff Colliery may be compensated by the company for time lost in walking to their working places as the result of an application which was heard by the Local Coal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Incite Miners to Strike"
SYDNEY, Tuesday—The Secretary of the Northern Collieries Ltd. (Mr. H. Gregory Forster) told a sitting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Coal Stoppages Part of Reds' Rolling Strike."
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—It was a fair assumption that stoppages on the New South Wales fields were part of Communists'…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Government Doing Utmost to Boost Coal Output
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Everything possible would be done to increase the output from Australian coal mines; the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Protects Health
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Continued on Trove, page 24 →Homes For Retired Miners
A suggestion that the Joint Coal Board might give help to retired mineworkers by the provision of better homes was made…
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Joint Coal Board notified Greater Wollongong Council last night that it had decided to make a grant of £2240 towards Council's contribution to the Illawarra Planning Authority for the years…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Northern Mine Area Has "Slums" Worse Than Japan
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Some miners oh northern coalfields of New South Wales were living under slum conditions…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Vice President Refutes Statement by Federal Minister
Commenting on a statement by the Minister for Labour and National Service that he and other miners representatives had been allowed to express their views at the recent I.L.O…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Holt May Call Meeting of Miners and Members of Parliament
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Minister for Labour (Mr. Holt) told Mr. Davies (Labor, N.S.W.) in the House of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Deputies Back Miners Out
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Maitland District Deputies at a meeting at Cessnock tonight decided to end their strike which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Secret Mine Yields Rich Gold Deposit
MELBOURNE, Friday.—In the past 18 months nearly £10,000 has been taken from a secret gold mine in Wedderburn,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bowler Hurt in Mine Accident
Prominent member of Thirroul Bowling Club Mr. W. Orvad, was admitted to Bulli Hospital during the week following…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Agree to Mass T.b. Survey
SYDNEY, Sunday.—The Miners Federation has agreed with the Joint Coal Board for a mass T.B. survey of all men…
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