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Illawarra · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1954

316 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 5 of 16

Old Bulli Win Best Game In Miners Series

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 22 March 1954 · page 1

In the Miners' Soccer knockout competition yesterday Old Bulli defeated Coalcliff by the odd goal in five in easily the…

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Bulli Mine Discussion

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 March 1954 · page 10

A stopwork meeting was held at Old Bulli Mine yesterday to discuss long service leave arrangements…

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Coal Minister New Agent General

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 March 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Mon—State Cabinet to-day selected the Minister for Mine (Mr. F. P. Buckley) for the position of New South Wales Agent General in London…

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Gold Scheme to Start in Randwick Mile

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 March 1954 · page 12

SYDNEY, Mon.—Trainer L. Ellis, plans to start New Zealand Gold Scheme in the Mile Murwillumbah Handicap at Randwick on Wednesday…

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Gold Rate Shortly Over Fixed Price

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 March 1954 · page 7

LONDON, Tues.—London's gold market, which reopened yesterday after a 15 years suspension, fixed a…

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Ex-prisoners Tell of [?] Gold Find

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 March 1954 · page 1

[?] Tues. — Japan [?] returned to Tokyo [?]day from Siberia told [?]ers that "vast…

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Old Bulli Weakened for Miners' Semi-final

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 13

Old Bulli will be without the services of international half back, Bob Young, for the Southern Miners' Soccer semi-final at Woonona on Sunday…

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News From Corrimal 50 AT S.C. Miners' Auxiliaries' Internat. Women's Day Picnic

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 26 March 1954 · page 8

The combined South Coast Miners' Women's Auxiliaries held a very successful International Women's Day Picnic in Stuart Park, Wollongong last Sunday…

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Australasian Gold Cup Polo

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 March 1954 · page 14

MELBOURNE, Fri.—New Zealand, after a bad start, defeated New South Wales "C" six goals to…

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Colliery Accident

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 3

A mine worker was admitted to the Wollongong Hospital on Friday afternoon with a fractured pelvis and abrasions to…

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Scarboro', Old Bulli Qualify for Miners' Soccer Final

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 11

Scarborough surprised by defeating hot favourite, South Bulli, by three goals to one in the Southern Miners' Soccer knockout competition semi-final at…

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Easy Win and Shock in Miners' K.O.

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 3

Old Bulli defeated Mount Keira by four goals to nil in a game that was father on sided in the soccer…

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Coal Owners Warn Miners On Mechanisation

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.—New South Wales colliery proprietors will exercise their rights under the law in respect of mechanical extraction of pillar coal, if the Miners' Federation persists in an "obstructive attitude based on political rather than…

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Corrimal Mine to Be Idle

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 3

A conference between representatives of the Corrimal Miners' Lodge and mine management…

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Corrimal Mine Will Resume Today

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 March 1954 · page 3

The Corrimal Mine, which was idle yesterday, will resume today. The men held a stop…

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Miners To Submit New Log For Pillar Extraction

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 1

The announcement earlier this week by Mr. E. E. Warren, chairman of the Colliery Proprietors' Association that they would be going ahead with the mechanical extraction of pillar coal, has come as a surprise to miners' leaders. Last week they had stated…

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Two Mines Idle

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 11

Two mines were idle yesterday. They were Coalcliff arid Nebo…

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Miners to Resist Any Bid to Revive "Cut Throat" Competition

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.—Any attempt to revive "cut throat" competition in the coal mining industry will meet with the full resistance of the Miners' Federation, Union officials said today…

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Veteran Assists Bulli to Win Miners' Cup

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 5 April 1954 · page 3

Stop gap centre forward, veteran George Ruskin, scored a goal in Old Buili's 4-1 defeat of Scarborough in the Southern Miners' Soccer knockout final…

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Miners' Soccer Final Won By Old Bulli 4-1

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 5 April 1954 · page 3

At Woonona yesterday, Old Bulli scored a convincing 4-1 win over Scarborough in the final of the Miners' competition. After the game Southern…

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