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Mining & the mines, 1923

9 stories in Blue Mountains's papers

New Car Driver Objects to Move On All That Glitters Is Not Gold

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 2 March 1923 · page 1

Motor traffic in Katoomba is assuming such proportions that while it is eloquent of the town's popularity and progress its control…

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Miners' Wages

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 25 May 1923 · page 1

The latest Glasgow "Bulletin" thus couples Australia and Germany in two adjoining paragraphs: "German wages for miners in February…

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Blair Athol Coal Mine Wants Overhead Bridge Commissioners Cautious

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 1 June 1923 · page 7

In connection with an application by the Blair Athol Coal and Timber Co., Mount Victoria, for permission to construct a connecting railway…

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Pay Up! Shire's Ultimatum to Coal Company

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 8 June 1923 · page 4

For about six mouths, there has been delay on the part of the Blair Athol Coal and Timber Co., Ltd. (or so it was alleged at the Shire…

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Valley of Treasure Coal, Timber and Metal Extensive Mountains Enterprise

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 22 June 1923 · page 4

considerable curiosity has been felt by train travellers who, gazing out on the southern side a mile or so from Mount Victoria railway…

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Getting to Business Mine Manager and Council Talk Things Over

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 20 July 1923 · page 4

Some steps towards arriving ut finality over the existing dispute between the Shire Council and the Blair Athol Coal and Timber Co. Ltd.,…

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"Only Fair and Right" Blair Athol Colliery Agreement with Shire

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 3 August 1923 · page 5

Communication in reference to the Blair Athol Colliery, at Mt. Victoria, were received at Wednesday's meeting of the Shire Council from…

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Swung Round Shire Meets Colliery and Entends Gland Hand

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 10 August 1923 · page 2

A healthy note was struck at the Shire Council meeting touching the supply of electric current by Council to the Blair Athol Colliery Co…

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Colliery Calamity Katoomba Pays Tribute A.l.p. and Sports Prominent

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 21 September 1923 · page 1

It is to the credit of the Katoomba branch of the Australian Labor Party that it was the first organisation on the Mountains to stretch…

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