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Mining & the mines, 1952

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Joint Effort to Reduce Dust at Bulli Mine

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 April 1952 · page 2

A.I.S. Collieries Superintendent (Mr. G. M. Hindmarsh) has agreed to work in conjunction with the…

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Coal Fall Injures Corrimal Miner

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 April 1952 · page 2

A minor escaped serious injury in a fall of coal at Corrimal Colliery yesterday morning…

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Miners' President Attacks Menzies

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 4 April 1952 · page 7

President of the Southern Districts Miners' Federation (Mr. J. Parkinson) yesterday…

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First Gold Medal of 1952 Olympics

Kiama Independent · Saturday 5 April 1952 · page 1

British Girl, Jeanette Altwegg, wins the Women's Figure Skating Title for Great Britain, the first time for 44years…

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Qld. Miners Want New Coal Board

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 10

BRISBANE, Sun.—Abolition of the existing State Coal Board will be urged by a deputation from the Queensland…

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Attendance Bonus For Many Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 1

Only three mines on the Southern Coalfields did not qualify for last fortnight's attendance bonus. They were…

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Big Increase in Coal Production

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 8

The latest Joint Coal Board report to be received at the Miners' Federation office in Wollongong discloses a…

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£12,000 Change House for Coal Board Colliery

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 10 April 1952 · page 10

Included in the building applications approved at Monday night's meeting of Greater Wollongong Council's Southern Zone Committee was a £12,000 change house at Avondale Colliery, West Dapto…

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Corrimal Mine Idle Yesterday

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 April 1952 · page 5

Corrimal Colliery was idle yesterday for the first time since December 1, on a ventilation issue…

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Fewer Mineworkers in South, But More Coal

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 14 April 1952 · page 2

Although the number of mineworkers at the coal face decreased by 181 in the Southern mines between 1948 and 1951, the output increased by an average of 2,676 tons a day…

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Miners' Delegate To Peking May v Day Celebrations

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 April 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.—W. Gardner, Miners' Federation Central Councillor, will be a…

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Run Over by Mine Trolley

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 April 1952 · page 5

Roy Spowart, 22, of Main Road, Bulli, received broken ribs and injuries to the back when he was run over…

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Miners' Pensions (To the Editor)

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 17 April 1952 · page 29

Sir.—As pensioners are much in the news lately I would like, through your widely read paper, to give some facts about the…

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Full Council To Hear Mine Pensioners

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 April 1952 · page 3

Greater Wollongong Council agreed last night to make an exception to its general, rule that…

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Miners Want Clarity On Tribunal

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 18 April 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs. — A meeting of the executives of three coal mining unions in Sydney today…

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Special Rate for Collieries Mooted

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 21 April 1952 · page 1

Greater Wollongong's Town Clerk (Mr. W. H. Mitchell) has been asked by the Council to prepare a report on the possibility of imposing a special rate on collieries to raise money for expenditure on roads…

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Twelve Mines Idle

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 April 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Mon— Twelve coalmines were idle in New South Wales today for a total loss of 9,730 tons of…

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Profit-sharing In Metal Mining Advocattd

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 April 1952 · page 9

SYDNEY, Mon. — Profit-sharing schemes in the gold and metalliferous mining industries would bring…

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World Honeymoon for Mines Minister

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 April 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.—The N.S.W. Minister for Mines (Mr. J. G. Arthur) will leave Australia next…

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Minister Plans Pillar Coal Talks

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 May 1952 · page 10

SYDNEY, Wed.—The Minister for Mines (Mr. Arthur) has called talks to discuss stowage and…

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