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Illawarra · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1951

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Miners' Officials Dismissed: Union To Resist

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 August 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday—Service of dismissal notices on three Western District Miners' officials would be resisted by the…

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Miners' K.o. Comp

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 9 August 1951 · page 30

In the Miners K.O. competition game at Ball's Paddock last Sunday, Corrimal B team, winners of the May Day Cup were…

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Oregon Beams Splinter at A.I.S. Colliery Office

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 10 August 1951 · page 2

The A.I. & S. Colliery office at Fairy Meadow had to be evacuated yesterday morning, after the gals had virtually…

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Replay in Miners Soccer

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 August 1951 · page 9

Coalcliff and Corrimal soccer teams will replay their drawn game at Woonona on sunday followed by the mainers…

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Miners' Fed. Wants Increase pensions

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 August 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Central Council of the Minersh Federation today instructed the Central Executive to confer with…

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Fox Gold Heavily Penalised For Flying

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 August 1951 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—Winter Handicap winner Fox Gold appears one of the best bets of the day in the Flying Handicap at Canterbury tomorrow…

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Corrimal and Old Bulli In Miners' Soccer Final

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 13 August 1951 · page 16

By winning their semi-finals on Sunday, Corrimal and Old Bulli qualified for the final of the Miners' Knoct-out…

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Govt. Had Opposed Coal Price Rise

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 August 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday—The Joint Coal Board notified the State Government last month that it proposed to review the price of…

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Miners Want Bulli Council Building for Club

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 August 1951 · page 1

Five Miners' Lodges in the Bulli district have asked the Wollongong Council to receive a deputation for the purpose of…

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Fox Gold, Star Of The South Out Of Epsom Favour

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 August 1951 · page 9

SYDNEY, Monday.—Fox Gold and Star Of The South have gone out of favour for the Epsom Handicap as a result of their poor display at Canterbury on Saturday…

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Coal Stop Off

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 August 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday. — The Miners' Federation today called off stop-work meetings of Western miners set down for…

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Injured in Mine Fall

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 16 August 1951 · page 4

A miner was injured in a [?] of stone at Mount Keira [?]ery on Monday evening. The miner, Newton Lay[?]…

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Miners' Delegates To "No" Conference

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 August 1951 · page 4

Miners from nine South Coast collieries have appointed delegates to attend the South Coast trade union conference to be…

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Miners Condemn "House Bait" Tactics

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 August 1951 · page 1

Southern District miners yesterday launched a scathing attack on the Government policy of allocationg new homes to…

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"Judy" Masters Retires From Mining

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 August 1951 · page 12

"Judy" Masters, of Balgownie, formerly captain of Corrimal soccer team and an international centre-forward, has retired from…

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Atomic Power Plants Will Not Do Away With Coal

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 16 August 1951 · page 1

There is no possibility that atomic energy will do away with the production of coal, but it will allow our limited supplies of this valuable mineral to go further…

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No Incentive Pay; Nebo Miners Stop Work

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 17 August 1951 · page 1

More than 600 South Coast miners were idle yesterday an three Southern District pits stopped work to protest against…

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'Butter 16/- Per Pound in Austria,' Says Miners' Youth Delegate

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 20 August 1951 · page 7

According to Southern Miners' delegate to the Berlin Youth Festival, Harry Richardson, wages in Austria are only two-fifths of those prevailing in Australia, there is a lot of unemployment in…

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Miners Injured by Falling Timber

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 August 1951 · page 3

Two miners were injured when struck by falling timber in South Coast mines yesterday…

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Owners, Miners To Meet on Long Service

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 August 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday. —Colliery proprietors' representatives to-day agreed to confer with representatives of the Miners…

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