Old Bulli Mine Stages Protest Bonus Award
Old Bulli mine was idle yesterday as miners staged a protest stoppage against the Gallagher Award. Miners at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Illawarra · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1951
421 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 3 of 22
War Pensioner Falls Into Coal Chute
A 50 years-old war pensioner was injured last night when he fell 10ft. down one of the coal chutes at No. 1 jetty, Port…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Bd. Defining 'New Policy,' Council Told
The Joint Coal Board has asked the Greater Wollongong Council to stay its hand on some projects until a "new policy" has been defined by the Board…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Miners' Stand Defended
SIR,—As a miner I wish to take this opportunity of expressing my disagreement and disapproval of your editorial in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Mines Idle Yesterday
Two South Coast mines, Old Bulli and Coalcliff, were idle yesterday as protest stoppages were held against the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners Expected To Name Halt Date Today
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Central Council of the Miners' Federation is expected to-morrow to announce a date for commencement of one-day-a-week stoppages of miners in New…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Crisis Up To Canberra Says McGirr
SYDNEY, Thursday.—-The Premier (Mr. McGirr) placed the responsibility for handling action on the proposed miners' one-day-a-week strikes on the Federal Government. He said the dispute…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"State Must Share Coal Responsibility"
SYDNEY, Friday. —The New South Wales Premier (Mr. McGirr) was strongly criticised to-day by the Minister for External Affairs (Mr. Spender) for his statement that the coal crisis was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Protest
Two southern mines were idle on Thursday as a protest against the recent award announced by the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Summonses to Miners Today
SYDNEY, Sunday. —Tomorrow the three leaders of the Miners' Federation, Messrs. Idris Williams (General President), G. Grant (General Secretary) and W. Parkinson (Vice-President),…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mt. Kembla Mine Disaster Recalled
In the Editor's mail box this week was a letter from Queensland which brought in its train echoes of the Mt. Kembla…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Gold Coast Natives to Vote—-with Signs
ACCRA, Sunday (A.A.P.).—Four million residents of the Gold Coast, mostly natives, will vote tomorrow to elect their first Parliament—the first major step towards…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Summonses Served On Miners' Leaders
SYDNEY, Monday.—Summonses were served out of the Federal Arbitration Court today charging three leaders of the Miners' Federation with of court…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Williams Warns Miners Against 'Provocation'
SYDNEY, Monday.—The General President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. I. Williams) tonight called on miners to return to work tomorrow and "watch the position from day to day."…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Three Mines Worked in Queensland
BRISBANE, Monday.— Three mines in Queensland today produced coal in spite of the one-day stoppage…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Government to Invoke Coal Act
CANBERRA, Monday.—A special emergency meeting of Federal Cabinet in Sydney today decided to widen the scope of legal action against miners and their officials for their participation in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Confer At Wollongong
The General President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. I. Williams) made a surprise visit to Wollongong last night and conferred for more than two hours with the Southern…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A.E.U. Support For Miners
The South Coast District Committee of the A.E.U. has pledged its full support for the miners in their fight against…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Corrimal Miners Charged With Manslaughter
Late yesterday afternoon, two Corrimal coal-miners were charged at the Wollongong Police Station with manslaughter. The charges arose out of the death of David Buckley at Corrimal on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Too Much Politics in the Mine Dispute
WHATEVER the pros and cons of the miners' dispute the Coal Industry Tribunal on incentive payments as a desirable or undesirable feature of an industrial award, one thing is becoming clearer every day. That is that the…
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