Miners Protest On Hostel Fees
The Southern District Miners' Executive has recommended to ail South Coast colliery lodges that they take action to protest against the treatment of British miners at the Federal…
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Mining & the mines, 1951
421 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 9 of 22
Pre-fabs to House New Migrant Coal Miners
SYDNEY Wednesday.—Prefabricated houses are being built on the South Coast to accommodate British migrants coming to Australia to work in the coal mining industry, The Minister for Labour, National Service and Immigration (Mr. H. E. Holt) said this today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Strike If Bonus Re-introduced
BRISBANE, Wednesday. — Queensland coal miners would want to declare immediate strike action if incentive payment attendance allowance were re-introduced, a contract miner told the coal…
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Road users of Gladstone Avenue on Tuesday were startled to see an outsize "hole in the road," in which had…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Miners Declare Coke Works "Black"
Employees of the Federal Coke Works, Wollongong, went on strike yesterday after a conference between Miners' Federation and management officials over the discharge of a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Minister To Look Into Miners' Accommodation
SYDNEY, Thursday. — The Minister for Housing (Mr. Kelly) said today that he would examine the accommodation shortage on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Stop As Hostel Fees Protest
Coalcliff and Old Bulli Collieries stopped work for 24 hours yesterday in protest against accommodation charges…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Russian Sea-Mining War Predicted
LONDON, Thursday.—Viscount Hall, First Lord of the Admiralty, described, in the House of Lords last night, Russian…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Drop in Coal Output
SYDNEY, Friday.—New South Wales coal production up to March 24 was 398,088 tons below production for the first quarter…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Federation [?] A.l.p., Reds
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Min[?] Federation has decided to [?] to the A.L.P. and [?] Communist, Party to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Committee Endorses Cokeworkers' Action
A Southern Miners' Committee of Management meeting on Friday unanimously endorsed the action of the Federal coke…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Missed Out on Coal Board Grants
Refererence to the several areas which had missed out on Coal Board grants was made at last week's meeting at Bulli of the Northern Zone Committee meeting…
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LITHGOW, Monday. — The Western Miners' Federation Executive has recommended to the Central Executive of the Miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Pension Anomalies To Be Rectified
The President of the Southern Miners' (Mr. W. Parkinson) said yesterday he confidently anticipated a satisfactory outcome to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →George Medal For Scottish Miners
LONDON, Wednesday.—Two who played a big part in the rescue of 115 men entombed in the underground disaster at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Light Fines For Gold Smugglers
HONG KONG, Wednesday (A A.P.-Reuten).—A magistrate today ordered confiscation of gold valued at about £100,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Delegate For Berlin Festival?
Miners' lodges throughout the Southern District have been asked by the Board of Management to consider sending a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Holidays for Miners in May
Southern District miners and cokeworkers have been granted a holiday on May 9, the Jubilee Anniversary of Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Conference Sought On Mine Pension Delays
Meeting yesterday, the Southern District Miners' Board of Management carried a resolution requesting the Central…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Protest on Bus Fares for Migrants
Nebo Colliery was idle yesterday in protest against bus fares bing charges British miners. Miners' lodge officials claim…
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