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Mining & the mines, 1951

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Women Back Miners at Corrimal

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 4

"We believe this is also a women's struggle) together and alongside the men," a resolution carried at a public meeting…

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'No Undertaking By Miners'

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday.—The three miners' leaders had never given an undertaking to the Court in 1949 to give precedence to the law over union roles, Dr. H. Evatt K.C., declared in the…

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Holt Critical Of Mine Owners

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 1

CANBERRA, Friday.—The refusal of the colliery proprietors to attend yesterday's strike conference convened by the Joint Coal Board had merely added an additional…

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Special Labour Council Meeting Miners' Case

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 7

A special meeting of the South Coast Trades and Labour Council Executive has been called for tonight…

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Vigorous Coal Production Plans "Well in Hand"

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 7

SYDNEY, Monday.—Plans were well in hand for a vigorous coal production programme for 1951 the Minister for Shipping and Fuel (Senator McLeay, said today…

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Coal Skip Runs Over Miner at Mount Kembla

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 February 1951 · page 1

A miner employed at [?] Mount Kembla Colliery was seriously injured yesterday morning when he was run over by a [?]…

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Coal Company Fined

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 February 1951 · page 5

Excelsior Collieries and. Coke. Works Company was fined $7, with 10/- court, when a, plea of guilty was entered to a charge…

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Miners Insist On Award Review

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 February 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Miners' Central Council is expected to stand firm on its demand that all parties to the coal dispute must support any request of a review of the Gallagher…

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Mining Breaches Alleged

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 February 1951 · page 6

After lengthy legal argument in a Bulli Court yesterday, when the manager of the Bulli Colliery, James Albert Hayes, appeared on charges alleging breaches of the Coal Mining Regulations, the…

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'Finis' to Coal Board Grand for Olympic Pool

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 22 February 1951 · page 25

Officials of the Wollongong Amateur Swimming Club were critical this week of delay by the Greater Wollongong Council in reaching a decision regarding the construction of an Olympic…

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Miners' Mass Meetings Next Week

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday. — The Central Council of the Miners' Federation decided in Sydney today to hold aggregate meetings on all coalfields in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and…

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"Bridge" of Coal Saved Life of Miner

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 1

LITHGOW, Thursday.—Large pieces of coal formed a bridge over a miner's body, saving his life, when he was buried by…

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Miners to Work on

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 February 1951 · page 4

In view of the aggregate meetings set down for Tuesday, members of the Southern District's Executive of the Miners'…

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No Sign of Coal Dispute Settlement

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 February 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday,—A fortnight of negotiation on the coal dispute ended in Sydney today without any sign of a settlement. Today's developments included:…

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Leading Counsel Claims:— Bulli Haulage Tunnel Is "Not a Coal Mine" Charge Against Colliery Manager

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 26 February 1951 · page 6

The question of whether or not a haulage tunnel known as the cross measures drift, which is under construction at the Bulli colliery, can be classified as a coal mine was argued at length during the hearing of a case at Bulli Court. James Albert Hayes, of Woodlawn, the manager of Bulli colliery…

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Miners Meet Tomorrow

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 26 February 1951 · page 1

South Coast collieries will work to-day (Monday) but will be idle to-morrow when a series of aggregate…

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"Miners Never More Determined"

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 26 February 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.—The miners have never been so determined as they are today, said Mr. W. Dawson, a South Coast…

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Miners Again Remanded on Manslaughter Charge

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 26 February 1951 · page 2

Two Corrimal miners who have been charged by the police with manslaughter were again remanded at Wollongong Court on Thursday. They are James Mitchell…

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Reds Using Miners To Smash Australia Says Casey

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 26 February 1951 · page 1

CANBERRA, Sunday.— The Communist attempt to smash Australia through the coal mining industry was the most important thing happening in Australia today, the…

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Southern Miners Meet Today

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 February 1951 · page 1

All mines on the South Coast will be idle today when miners attend five aggregate meetings. The meetings have been…

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