Suggestion of Clinic for "Dusted" Miners to Be Investigated
The establishment of a clinic for "dusted" miners at Wollongong Hospital was suggested by the Board of Health to the Board of Directors. It proposed…
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Mining & the mines, 1953
383 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 10 of 20
Witness Denies Arthur Used Influence on Open Cut Coal Contract
SYDNEY, Mon.—The former New South Wales Minister for Mines (Joshua George Arthur) had never tried to influence the Joint Coal Board in its…
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An employee at the Wongawilli Colliery suffered lacerations to the left leg, right forearm and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Debs at Blue and Gold Ball
Debutantes at the recent C.W.A. Blue and Gold Ball at Gerringong made this lovely setting for the photographer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trent Bridge Rush Of Gold Despite Rain
LONDON, Tues.—Rain which halted play in the First Test at Nottingham did not halt the rush of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →S'th Miners' President Accuses Hospital of Breaking Agreement
The President of the Southern Miner's Federation (Mr. W. Parkinson) last night alleged that the Wollongong Hospital, Board had violated an agreement…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →New Miners' Statement On Means Test
The President of the Southern Miners' Federation (Mr. W. Parkinson) last night made another statement to substantiate his claim that Wollongong…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' President Attacks Hospitals Board on Means Test
Southern District Miners' President, Mr. W. Parkinson last week attacked Wollongong Hospital Board alleging the Board had "double crossed" the industrial subscribers over the application of the means test…
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SYDNEY, Mon.—Speakers at a meeting of the combined Hebburn Lodges had attacked a certain section of the Miners' Federation that did not toe the Communist line, Mr. K. G. Wybrow told the John Darling Inquiry today…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →39 Mines Idle in North
SYDNEY, Mon.—Thirty nine northern New South Wales mines were idle today in sympathy with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Support for Miners' Stand on Means Test
A pit-top meeting at the Corrimal colliery yesterday decided to support the executive of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Board Criticised for "Inactivity Mount Kembla Dispute
Aldermen last night criticised the Joint Coal Board for its "inactivity" towards settling the Mount Kembla Colliery dispute…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.—The Joint Coal Board today intervened in the Mount Kembla mine dispute which has led to the calling of weekly one-day stoppages…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Amazing Rise For Gold Share Hill 50
SYDNEY, Fri.—Share prices strengthened on a firm trading market at the Sydney Stock…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →To wed Gold Coast native
MISS PEGGY CRIPPS, 32-year-old daughter of the late Sir Stafford Cripps, is to marry a Gold…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hickman Claims Miners' President "Stooping to Gutter Politics"
The retiring Chairman of the Hospital Board (Mr. F. C. Hickman) described a statement made in the Press by Southern Miners' Federation President…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Detonator in Truck; Mine Idle
Wongawilli Miners' Lodge members came home yesterday after a detonator had been found in a truck…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners' President Replies To 'Gutter Politics' Allegation
The President of the Southern branch of the Miners' Federation (Mr. W. Parkinson) has replied to a recent statement made by the then chairman of the Wollongong Hospital Board (Mr. F. C. Hickman) that Mr. Parkinson had stooped to…
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Port Kembla No. 2 mine and Charles Avondale mine were idle yesterday in support of the Mt. Kembla…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Detonator on Colliery Belt
The finding of a detonator on the picking belt at the Wongawilli Colliery has thrown that mine idle…
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