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Blue Mountains · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1919

4 stories in Blue Mountains's papers

Paper Currency. The Passing of Gold. Reign of the Cheque

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 1

A goodly number of the financial ills which plague mankind is due to the erroneous belief that our currency is founded upon a gold basis. so deeply has this fetich from the dark ages…

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Council's Coal. Feeding the Pumping Station. Cost of Cartage

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 23 May 1919 · page 3

The following report was reudvud from the Tuwu Clerk, English and Overseer at the last meeting of the Katouuiba Council :— "In reply to Alderman Crawford's request for a…

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Mate o' Mine. Told by an Aussie

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 11 July 1919 · page 3

Last week a boatloud of brides was shipped back to the Old Land, and many and varied were the expressions of opinion on the absentminded Bill-jims who failed to make good…

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Stylish Black Silk. With Gold and Silver Diamonds

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 21 November 1919 · page 3

The above drama, staged at the local Police Court on Tuesday morning, drew a packed house, the audience including more women than has…

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