Lodge Conference Favours Support for Mt. Kembla Miners
A conference of Lodge officials at the Miners' Hall yesterday called for a continuation of district support for the Mount Kembla miners…
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Mining & the mines, 1953
383 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 12 of 20
Miners Injured by Premature Shot
NEWCASTLE, Wed.—One miner is in Wollsend Hospital in a critical condition, and another badly hurt by…
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Terms of settlement for the Mount Kembla colliery dispute were approved yesterday, almost three months after the miners first went on strike. The terms were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Record Price For Gold Share
SYDNEY, Thrus.—Share prices were steady on a slightly easier market at the Sydney Stock…
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CANBERRA, Thurs.—The gold and dollar reserves of the sterling area increased by 500 million…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Resumption At Mt. Kembla Colliery Next
The Southern Miners' Board of Management meeting at Wollongong today (Monday) will consider terms of settlement reached on the Kembla dispute. A meeting of Kembla Miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Wage Hearing Adjourned To Aug. 12
SYDNEY, Mon.—The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) has adjourned until August 12 hearing of the miners' general log of claims. Mr. Gallagher was due…
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Two men were each fined £10 for stealing coal from the Corrimal Coal Company's gantrey, at Corrimal, in the Wollongong Court yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mine Surveyors' Certificates
At the examination for Certificate of Competency as Mine Surveyor under the Coal Mines' Regulation Act…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Kembla Miners Resume Today
After a loss of more than 80,000 man hours and £35,000 in pay, Mt. Kembla miners will resume today. The men yesterday endorsed their union's…
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For stealing £3 worth of Coal from the Corrimal Coal and Coke Pty. Ltd. on 18th July, two men were each fined £10 at the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Power for South Clifton Colliery
The Joint Coal Board has accepted an offer from the Wollongong City Council to supply electric…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Surveyors' Certificates
At the examination for Certificate of Competency as Mine Surveyor under the Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1912-1947, which…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Kembla Miners Back At Work
After a strike which lasted [?]13 1/2 weeks, work was resumed at Mount Kembla Colliery yesterday. A fully attended meeting of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mt. Kembla Mine Operates Again
Mt. Kembla miners worked yesterday for the first time in 13½ weeks. Their dispute over the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Decision On Miners' Sick Benefits
SYDNEY, Thurs.—The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) today granted an application by the Miners'…
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There is an urgent need for more parents to attend the P. and C. meetings of the Corrimal Public School at 7.30 p.m. on the third Monday of every month…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Protest At Beach Mining Move
The application of Murray Brothers for miners' rights to prospect for minerals on the beach…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Two Mines Idle
Two mines were idle yesterday, Coalciff and Excelsior. The District…
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SYDNEY, Tues.—The Acting Minister for Mines (Mr. Buckley), said today he "confidently expected" the Miners' Federation to accept mechanical extraction of pillar coal in some Northern collieries…
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