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Blue Mountains · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1925

6 stories in Blue Mountains's papers

Storm in a Teacup

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 4

Another storm in a teacup has sped its brief course at Katoomba, and vanished into placidity. The last thin ripples have dissipaled, to leave the surface unruffled. Matters relating to Katoomba Choral Society presented an ugly…

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"Too Many Cooks" Storm in Shire Council President Accused of Neglect

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 17 July 1925 · page 6

Although the Shire Council meeting opening on Wednesday with a convivial handing round of ten and biscuits, there was an ominous cloud…

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Storm in School of Arts Secretary Annoyed with Ex-President a New Method of Building Up Business Free Billiards and Perquisites

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 14 August 1925 · page 2

The secretary of Katoomba School of Arts, Mr. H. G. Robertson, introduced a form into the usually tranquil at [?]osphere of the institutes'…

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The Storm

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 16 October 1925 · page 7

A gale roars About the beetling crags and jutting peaks. With giant fury, rushing up the…

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Eight-hour Day Sports Spoilt by Dust Storm

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 16 October 1925 · page 5

The recently-formed Amateur Athletic Club launched its first programme on Monday. It was worked up under difficulties, and would have…

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Flooding out Prohibition (Published by Arrangement)

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 11 December 1925 · page 8

"The Moderation League." says the "times" (New York), "has public the results of a survey in the Southern States, and prefaced its…

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