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Blue Mountains · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1916

6 stories in Blue Mountains's papers

The Age of Faith. Wentworth Falls Gold Club

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 5 May 1916 · page 1

You, often hear sceptics say that this is an age of "cold reason." and that faith has gone from the earth. Don't you believe it. This is the best age…

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Local and General. Coal Strike Sermon

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 10 November 1916 · page 4

At the evening service at the Presbyterian Church on Sunday, the Rev. E. A. Ferguson will speak on the subject of the coal strike and its consequences…

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Sermon on the Coal Strike

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 17 November 1916 · page 4

Noting by "The Echo" that the Rev. E. A. Ferguson was booked to speak on the above all-important question from the pulpit of the Presbyterian Church, I…

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The Coal Strike. Australia, 1916

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 24 November 1916 · page 2

Sir,—That strikes are not yet obsolete is proof enough of the existence of a social problem and the need for its solution. There are few, if any,…

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"Black Coal" or Black Labour?

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 1 December 1916 · page 3

The natural resources of a country ire its wealth only when brought into the avenue of trade, The wealth of a country consists also in the capabilities or skill of the individual…

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Coal Strike Ended

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 8 December 1916 · page 6

Sir,—The coal strike is over. When will we have the next? Every few years there is a big coal strike and thousands of innocent people are victimised. The…

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