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Illawarra · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1951

421 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 10 of 22

15 Mines Idle

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 May 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Fifteen mines were idle in New South Wales today for a loss of 6100 tons of coal…

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AEU Withdrawe Members From Northern Mines

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 May 1951 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.—The District Committee of the Amalgamated Engineering Union decided at…

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Summons Hearing Against Southern Miners Adjourned

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 May 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Hearing of a summons against the Southern District Miners to show cause why it should not…

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Miners Threaten Action on Bonus Award

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 May 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday. — The President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. Williams) warned tonight that industrial action…

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Miners' Leaders to Confer on Shale Oil

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 May 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.—The President of the Miners Federation (Mr. Williams) and the Secretary (Mr. Grant) will…

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MINERS, M'sL.A. Discuss Compensation Act

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 7 May 1951 · page 2

The Southern District Miners Board of Management conferred with Messrs. Connor, [?]owles and Kelly, M.'sL.A…

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Compensation Awards For Miners' Widows

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 May 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Compensation to the widows of two coalminers who were fatally injured at work was awarded…

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The Coal Mining Industry

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 14 May 1951 · page 3

The Coal Mining Industry has played an important part in the development of this whole district and these details of those mines within the area of the former North Illawarra Municipality…

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Mine Deputy Injured

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 May 1951 · page 1

A mine deputy at Mt. Heira Colliery suffered a probable fracture of the left foot when he dropped a packer of coal on…

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Mines Darg May Be Reduced

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 May 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—A hint that the miners' darg (daily output) may be reduced in retaliation against the Gallagher attendance allowance award, rather than adopt a repetition of the…

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Committee to Advise on Coal Act

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 May 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday—The Minister for Mines (Mr. Arthur) announced to-day he had constituted a consultant committee to…

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Miners Want ACTU At Talks on Attendance Bonus

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 May 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Members of the A.C.T.U. should attend the current miners leaders' talks in Sydney to discuss the Gallagher attendance allowance, the Secretary of the Miners' Federation…

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[?]Ee Mines Idle

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 17 May 1951 · page 2

[?]e of the South Coast's big[?] mines. Old Bulli, South [?] and Corrimal, were ide on Tuesday…

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Four Mines Idle

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 May 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday—Four mines were idle and one was partly idle in N.S.W. to-day, for the loss of 2820 tons. One South…

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Miners Campaign Against Glen Davis Closure

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday. — The Central Council of the Miners' Federation today called on all federation members to campaign…

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Minister, Coal Board Chairman At Wollongong

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 1

The Minister for National Development (Senator W. H. Spooner), accompanied by Joint Coal Board Chairman (Mr. S. F…

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Miners' Levy To Help N.Z. Strikers

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 1

Miners' Federation officials said Southern District miners would levy themselves 2/- each a fortnight to subsidise Zealand unionists…

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Buckley Manslaughter Case Corrimal Miners Acquitted

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 May 1951 · page 2

Alfred Thomas Tibbetts and James Mitchell Stephenson, Corrimal miners, were acquitted of the manslaughter of David Charles Buckley, by a Quarter Sessions jury at Wollongong last night…

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Minister and Coal Board [?] Visit South Coast

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 21 May 1951 · page 2

Senator W. H. Spooner (Minister for National Development), accompanied by the chairman of the Joint Coal…

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Miners Insiston Mass Meetings

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 May 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—A compulsory conference summoned by the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) today failed to avert the proposed stopwork meetings to miners this week…

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