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Illawarra · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1954

316 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 14 of 16

Champion Refused Gold Medal

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 1 November 1954 · page 3

MOSCOW. — v. winner of the 1,500 metres final at the Kiev championships earlier this month, was…

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Australia Wide Mines Strike 'Possible' -Sec

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 1 November 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Sun. — Sensational charges of sabotage against Collinsville miners may bring about an…

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Miners' Candidate On Quick Tour

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 November 1954 · page 1

Mr. Frank Pembleton Labor's candidate for the position of the General President of the Miners'…

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Girl Struck By Coal Truck

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 November 1954 · page 2

A 10-year-old girl suffered only slight injuries when the was struck b a coal truck at the intersection of…

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Coalcliff Mine Idle

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 November 1954 · page 3

Codecliff was idle yesterday following alleged interference by the management in the practice of early…

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Suspended Sentence For Mine Engineer

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 4 November 1954 · page 40

At Sydney Quarter Sessions on Monday, a former Colliery Under Manager pleaded guilty to two charges of…

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Coalcliff Mine Dispute Settled

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 5 November 1954 · page 3

A compulsory conference called by the Local Coal Authority (Mr. F. C. Hickman) yesterday, settled the…

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Obitoary Mrs. J. I. Gold

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 5 November 1954 · page 2

Late on Wednesday evening the death occurred of Mrs. Jeannie Isabella Gold, of Woodlawn Ave.,…

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Mine. Oilier Not To Blame Over "Radnor"

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 November 1954 · page 1

PARIS, Fri.— The French Foreign Office says that Madame Rose-Mair Oilier— French Embassy employee…

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Wharf Strike Effects 3 mines thrown idle

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 November 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.— Next moves in the Australia-wide waterfront strike will take place in Melbourne next Monday when the interstate executive of the ACTU will meet to consider the dispute…

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State Govt. to Buy Huntley Colliery

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 November 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.—The State Government would buy the Huntley Colliery, near Wollongong, the Premier, Cahill) announced today…

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Miners' Fed. Council Supports W.w.f

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 November 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.—The Federal Council of the Miners' Federation today pledged full support to the…

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Margin Rise For 20,000 Miners To Be Asked

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 November 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.—The Miners' Federation will make an immediate application for marginal increases…

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Mine Worker Injured

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 November 1954 · page 3

An employee at the Mt. K[?]e yesterday suffered a probable fracture of the right foot when he was…

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Miners Strike Over Locomotives

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 November 1954 · page 5

The miners at Mt. Keira Colliery went out on strike yesterday after the management had sent loco drivers…

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Concern On World's Oil, Coal Stocks

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 November 1954 · page 10

SYDNEY, Tues.—A recent survey of the world's oil and coal supplies revealed that at the present rate of…

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Expansion Period For Coal Mining

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 November 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.—The Secretary of the New South Wales Combined Colliery Proprietors' Association (Mr…

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Mt. Keira Colliery To Resume

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 12 November 1954 · page 3

Mt. Keira Colliery will resume work today when an inspection of the roadways will be made by the District…

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Watersiders Address Miners

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 November 1954 · page 1

Delegates from the Port-Kembla Branch of the Waterside Workers who are involved in the waterfront…

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Miners' President refused passport

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 November 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.—The President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. Idriss Williams) has been refused a passport by the Commonwealth Government. Mr. Williams has booked…

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