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Blue Mountains · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1927

4 stories in Blue Mountains's papers

£100 for 2s 3d Coal Merchant Fined

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 20 May 1927 · page 7

At Katoomba Police Court, on Tuesday, Charles Mason, wood and coal merchant, Blackheath, was charged with selling a quantity of…

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The Glint of Gold Among the Dross

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 12 August 1927 · page 7

That love can triumph ever not only disgrace, but death, is proved by many a story of the last days of men and women condemned to the…

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Saving Coal Crowley an Economist

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 2 September 1927 · page 8

Katoomba's Electrical Engineer is a firm advocate of efficiency. He sedulously seeks those little leakages which mean so much in the…

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Localisms Heart of Gold

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 14 October 1927 · page 4

Flappers are not always thought less. In the midst of the election excitement, a young Katoomban won a beautiful box of chocelales in a…

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