Southern Miners' Protest Meetings on
All south coast miners will be idle on thursday when aggregate meetings will be held to protest against the…
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Mining & the mines, 1951
421 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 11 of 22
Editorial: Another Day's Coal Last—for What?
IT IS DIFFICULT to see how any purpose other Than a destructive one can be served by the decision of the central Council of the miners' Federation to hold…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday—The Miners Federation will call for industrial action to resist legislation for court-controlled union…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bank Urges Mass Migration of Miners to Boost Output
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Mass migration of trained miners to Australia is suggested by the Bank of N.S.W. as a means of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Meet Today
Southern miners' aggregate meetings which have been called to discuss the Central Council's recommendations…
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Southern District miners will stop work today for 24 hours to protest against the decision by the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) on the incentive payments award…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners Acquitted On Manslaughter Charge
At the Wollongong Quarter Sessions on Friday a jury acquited two Corrimal miners who stood charged with manslaughter. They were James Mitchell…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Miners Protest on Attendance Bonus Award
SYDNEY, Wednesday—Northern N.S.W. miners decided today to accept the attendance allowance award, but ensure…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South Miners Endorse Recommendation On "Incentive" Award
Poorly attended miners' meetings in the District yesterday adopted a Miners' Federation Central Council resolution on the "Gallagher incentive award" calling for "business…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Only Small Attendances at Miners' Meetings
Less than 300 miners voted at last Thursday's aggregate meetings in the Southern district, but another 300 either left before the meetings ended or did not vote…
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LONDON, Tuesday (A.A.P.).—A coal face explosion trapped 79 miners behind a huge wall of thousands of tons of rubble at Easington Colliery, Durham, at dawn today…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—About 85 per cent of New South Wales milnes worked 1 shifts during the fortnight…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →64 Still Missing After Durham Mine Explosion
LONDON, Wednesday (AAP). Only a miracle can prevent the deathroll rising to 80 in yesterday's dawn explosion at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council Opposes Open-cut Mining Proposal
An application for opencut mining at Mt. Kembla has been refused by Greater Wollongong Council…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Hope Abandoned For Trapped Durham Miners
LONDON, Thursday (AAP) Hope was officially abandoned last night for the 60 miners en tombed by an explosion in the…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The Central Executive of the Miners' Federation today urged miners throughout Australia to hold pit-top meetings on Tuesday to pretest against the prosecution of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three Miners Killed In West Australia
PERTH, Friday.—Three men were killed and one seriously injured when a trolley fell 650 feet down an inclined shaft a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Conference Today Berrima Mine Dispute
The Local Coal Authority (Mr. F. Hickman) has called a special conference at Berrima today to discuss the question of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Board Grant for Coalcliff Surf Club
The Joint Coal Board has made a total grant of £320 to the Greater Wollongong Council for the purpose of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clandulla Miners Want Union Officials Gaoled
LITHGOW, Tuesday—The 20 miners at clandulla Colliery today rejected a motion of protest against charges under the…
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