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Mining & the mines, 1945

4 stories in Blue Mountains's papers

Katoomba Colliery and Scenic Railway Closing

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 4 May 1945 · page 1

The Directors of the Katoomba Colliery and the Scenic Railway, after twenty years operation, believe that liquidation offers the best solution of the difficulties with which the Company is beset…

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A Load of Gold

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 8 June 1945 · page 8

The first prize winner of the Australian Comforts Fund "Salute to Valour" Art Union will be invited to the Commonwealth Bank and there offered a…

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C.C. Electricity Power House Faced With a Coal Shortage

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 29 June 1945 · page 7

AT a meeting of the Council the President (Cr. Hodgson) tabled the following minute:—"The question of coal supplies for…

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Katoomba Citizens' Gold Cup Tournament Won By Eastlake

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 7 December 1945 · page 8

The 1945 Katoomba Citizens' Gold Cup Tournament was won by one of the eight Eastlake teams, captained by our old friend, "Wizard" Smith. If notice can be taken of the boisterous applause, the victory was a very…

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