Government Approval Of Mine Sale
SYDNEY, Mon.—The Premier (Mr. Cahill) has written to the Miners' Federation expressing…
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Mining & the mines, 1954
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Conference On Dust In Mines
SYDNEY, Mon.—Miners' representatives today met the Minister for Mines (Mr. Buckley) in conference over…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Compensator Dust. Slue Of Mine Reasons Mm Stops at Three Pits
Three distinct coalimines, Coalcliff, South Clifton and Corrimal, were idle yesterday. Coalcliff closed down after the men had…
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South Bulli colliery was idle yesterday when members of the South Bulli Lodge held a stoppage in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Thirroul Wood, Coal Yard Probe
A survey will be held at Thirroul to find out whether Hawke's wood and coal yard of Lachlan…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Parliamentarians to Move on South Clifton Mine Sale
SYDNEY, Tues.—Coalfield Parliamentarians today promised to bring Mincers' objection to the sale of the South Clifton Colliery before the notice of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining Industry Could Afford 35 Hour Week, Tribunal Told
SYDNEY, Tues.—The mining industry, now suffering' from over production, could well afford a 35 hour working week, Mr. P. Saxton told the Coal Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher to-day…
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Both Nebo and Cralcliff collieries were idle yesterday. A 24-hour stoppage was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Minister Refuses to Intervene I Colliery Sale
SYDNEY, Wed.—The Minister for National Development (Senator Spooner) today refused to intervene to prevent the sale of South Clifton Colliery…
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SYDNEY, Wed.—The Southern district mining engineer of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. Gordon…
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SYDNEY, ...Wed.—Reports... persist... in mining industry circles that in the event of the return of the Federal Government at the next elections, activities of the Joint Goal Board are likely to be severely curtailed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Tribunal Hearing. Deputies, Shotfires' Assn. Under Fire
SYDNEY, Wed.—The Combined Colliery Proprietors' representative at the Coal Industry Tribunal hearing today accused the New South Wales Deputies and Shotfirers' Association of having misled the Tribunal at an earlier hearing…
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The Combined South Coast Miners' Women's Auxiliary annual picnic will be held at Stuart…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Coal Board Engineer Resigns
District engineer of the Joint Coal Board for the Southern field, Mr. Gordon Sellers, has resigned with this resignation…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.—Whe[?] the General hearing of th[?] miner's claims for a ne[?] award was resumed by th[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Board Relinquishes Control Of Clifton Mine
SYDNEY, Fri.-The Joint Coal Board will relinquish control of the South Clifton colliery tomorrow. The mine has been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Districts First Coal Mine
James Shoobert, a retired sea captain, who had traded to Wollongong prior to taking up residence in the district, opened a coal mine at Mount Keira in 1849. The mine, the first m Illawarra, was about 100 feet lower than…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Coal and Steel
Steel manufacture and coal production are Greater Wollongong's big industries and have become nationally important to the physical and economic development of Australia. 21 mines that have their tunnels driven straight into the…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Mechanisation of A.I.&S. Mines
At the beginning of World War II a plan for reorganisation and mechan sation of the southern collieries of the A.I. and S. Ltd., was already In process of being formulated. A.I. & S. at Kembla and…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Huge Expenditure in South Coast Mines
The Southern Coalfield is the most highly mechanised in Australia and its percentage of coal won by this means is…
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