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Sport, 1922

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Nearly a Fight Council and Club Tennis Count Dispute

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 31 March 1922 · page 3

At a recent meeting of Blackheath Council a Tennis Club complaint was death with, having relation to the untidy state of the courts due, largely…

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Easter Tennis

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 4

The tonnis courts at Blackheath are in excellent order for the forth-coming Easter holidays. During the past fortnight they have been well…

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Cricket Chatter

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 5

The match between Katoomba C.C. and Municipal Council looks like falling-through. The test was fixed for to-morrow, but nothing definite has…

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Football Flashes Preparing for Play

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 4

Second Saturday. Kick-off for football season. Six teams should enter the field. Wally Wall has thrown in his lot…

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Young Nelsons "Tingira's" Swimming Carnival Sport at Ross Bay

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 2

It is a remarkable fact that swimming in the Navy, generally, is not a highly cultivated art. But there are exception and these are to be found…

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Athletic Waggon "Will Climb Trees."

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 4

The 5-ton "Seatinel" steam waggon for which the Shire Council has been negotiating for some time, has been inspected by the engineer and…

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Football Flashes

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 14 April 1922 · page 5

Leura is doing nicely. Vic Nutt will be with thorn again, and as the colts are a year older and harder, the Waratahs will be well with them…

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Golf Contests at Wentworth Falls

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 14 April 1922 · page 3

Last Saturday, two enjoyable competitions took place on the Went Worth Falls golf links which, thanks to the capable management, are now…

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Offending Pines Gloomy Tennis Courts

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 14 April 1922 · page 3

A letter was received at Tuesday's meeting of Blackheath Council from Mr. Percy T. Hunt, manager refreshment rooms, railways, asking for…

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High School Cricket Season's Averages

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 14 April 1922 · page 1

The all-round improvement in the cricket played by the student at katoomba High School has been most marked over the past season, At the…

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Tennis

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 28 April 1922 · page 3

Over Easter (writes "Love None," from Leura) the St. Alban's, of Leura, visited Wentworth Falls, and, under the captaincy of Mr. A.W…

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Football

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 28 April 1922 · page 3

The Boy Scouts of No.1 St. John's Carlingford, who were camped at Springwood, played a match with the Junior [?] of the Grammar School…

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With the Sports Mountain Activities. Cricket

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 28 April 1922 · page 3

As a finale of the season, Katoomba will play the Municipal council team (if the later cun master enough energy) on May 6. Play starts…

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Blackheath Golf Links Saved for the People by Public-spirited Citizens

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 28 April 1922 · page 5

No definite news has been obtainable from the pioneers and trustees of the above movement (Messrs. Parke W. Pope and John Z. Huie) in…

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Rugby League

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 5 May 1922 · page 1

At Friday's meeting of the Katoomba Council, an application ws received from the Blue Mountains District of the Rugby Legue for the…

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Cricket Aldermen in Flannels

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 5 May 1922 · page 6

Katoomba Reserve will (D.V. and weather permitting) be the scene tomorrow afternoon of a unique match, when the aldies., backed up by…

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Wentworth Falls Golf Company's Annual Meeting

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 5 May 1922 · page 3

The annual meeting of the shareholders of the Golf and Recretion Co. Ltd., was held in the Golf House on Saturdy afternoon, Mr. R.M. Pitt…

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Football Flashes Opening the Season

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 5 May 1922 · page 3

With Winter close at hand and the commencement of the footer season in sight, a good del of specultive interest has been evinced as to the…

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Golf Club Worries Deputation Strikes Snag Entertained and Instructed

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 12 May 1922 · page 2

Katoomba Council, on Tuesday, suspended the standing orders to permit a deputation from the newly-formed golf club to put a proposition…

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Athletic Cow Killer by Train

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 12 May 1922 · page 6

What a real menace to life straying stock can be, as well as an expensive nuisance to owners of gardens, was evidence at Blackheath…

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