Miners' Stoppage At Wollondilly
Ninety-two employees at Wollondilly Extended Colliery in the Burragorang Valley ceased work on Friday as a…
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Mining & the mines, 1952
395 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 7 of 20
Miners' Still Oppose Machined Pillars
SYDNEY, Wed. —The Miners' Federation, today adjourned discussions on the mechanical extraction…
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A 23-year-old man was injured over the weekend when struck on the head by falling stone at Mt. Keira Colliery…
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A man working in Mount Keira mine on Saturday was injured when struck by a stone that fell down a shaft…
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SYDNEY, Wed. — A strike at Lithgow power house; today threw 33 Western mines idle and…
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SYDNEY, Fri.—Central Executive of the Miners' Federation today took steps to oppose…
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SYDNEY, Fri:—Coal reserves in New South Wales are at their highest point since the war…
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The Combined Unions Committee controlling the A.I.S. strike yesterday recommended to the Miners' Federation that employees of all A.I.S. collieries be withdrawn…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steelworks Strike Extends To A.I. & S. Mine
The strike at the Port Kembla steelworks this morning extended to one of the A.I.S. Ltd. collieries, Old Bulli. With the closing down of…
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The Southern Board of Management of the Miners' Federation will discuss the steel strike…
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Plans for the expansion and mechanisation of the Tongarra Mine were disclosed at the last meeting of Shellharbour Council, when the…
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At the examination for Certificate of Competency as Mine Electrician under the Coal Mines Regulation…
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At the examination for Certificate of Competency as Mine Electrician under the Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1912-1947…
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SYDNEY, Wed.—The N.S.W. Premier (Mr. Cahill) told a deputation of the Central Executive…
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SYDNEY, Wed.—The Central Executive of the Miners' Federation said today the N.S.W. Premier…
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The fact that Corrimal had not yet received a Joint Coal Board grant was deplored by the Deputy Mayor of Greater Wollongong (Ald. T. Ward), at the annual meeting of the Corrimal Chamber of Commerce on Monday…
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Sixty-nine of the 260 miners employed at Coalcliff Colliery received dismissal notices on Friday. Re-arranging of staff…
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His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, paying a visit to the Mosley Common Colliery in…
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SYDNEY, Mon.—The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) today ruled that miners called up for…
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A shiftman's leg was fractured in Wongawilli mine yesterday when he was struck by a prop…
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