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Blue Mountains · Sport

Sport, 1924

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Football President's Cup Cracks at Katoomba

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 22 August 1924 · page 5

If all's well, Eastern Suburbs President Cup winners will be in Katoomba this week-end. The local league has arranged a match at the…

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Golf Notes Katoomba Gets Busy Monthly Committee Meetings

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 22 August 1924 · page 4

A meeting of the Katoomba Golf Club committee was held in the Town Hall on Tuesday evening. The usual courtesy of extending an invitation…

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Golf Club [?]Ss Is Not Admitted to the Committee's Deliberations Great Activities

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 22 August 1924 · page 3

When two representatives of lo Newspapers arrived at the golf committee meeting on Tuesday they were informed that no…

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Katoomba Cricket Club Annual Meeting Takes Place on Wednesday Last Active Interest

The Katoomba Daily · Monday 25 August 1924 · page 1

The annual general meeting of the Katoomba Cricket Club took place at the School of Arts on Wednesday last. Mr. C. Hamey occupying the chair…

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Notes and Comments Golf Association

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 26 August 1924 · page 2

At a meeting specially called for the purpose on Wednesday last, it was decided to form a Blue Mountains Golf Association, and officers were duly elected. This constitutes an important step in golf history on the Blue Mountains, and will do much to popularise…

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Golf Association Blue Mountains District Can Now Be Represented in Country Week Next October Forward Step

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 26 August 1924 · page 1

On Wednesday last Mr. John Por[?]tus. Secretary of the Leura Golfers and Bowlers Mountain Recreation Co. Ltd. called a meeting of golf…

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Week-end Golf Considerable Activity Ix Connection with Local Golf Visit to Blackheath

The Katoomba Daily · Wednesday 27 August 1924 · page 1

Quite a crowd of as enjoyed rounds at Katoomba links the week-end The grounds commintee was busily engaged surveying the…

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Empire Theatre J. Warren Kerrigan Races with Shark to Make Picture

The Katoomba Daily · Wednesday 27 August 1924 · page 2

In the filming of "The Man From Brodney's," a Vitagraph super-production, in which he will be seen here at the Empire Theatre to-day,…

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High School Notes a Visiting School Football Team with Record Is Defeated by Locals Girls Improving

The Katoomba Daily · Wednesday 27 August 1924 · page 1

A steady improvement is being shown by the girls' hockey team. The Golds defeated The Blues, on Thursday last., by 3 goals to nil…

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Golf Notes

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 29 August 1924 · page 8

There was an influx of visitors on Saturday, including many golfing enthusiasts, and the picturesque links presented an animated appearance…

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Football Flashes

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 29 August 1924 · page 5

Katoomba Soccer Club will play Oakley Park Rangers at Katoomba on Sunday afternoon, The team selected is Birney, Kirton, Scobie, Wheatly,…

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Football Trouble

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 29 August 1924 · page 7

Sir,—I note that the gentleman who fills the important office of president of the organisation created in Katoomba, and known as the B.M.L.,…

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Deserted Golf House At the Mercy of Tramps Mayor's Discovery

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 29 August 1924 · page 1

Mayor Birney submitted a rather startling minute last meeting, concerning the municipal golf house. He questioned whether the house was…

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Week-end Football Mountains Do Hat-trick Victories in Two Codes

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 29 August 1924 · page 2

During the week-end, the Mountains were successful in three football fixtures. In the Rugby code a representative team defeated the…

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Golf Club House Mayor Pays Nocturnal Visit Finds Place Wide Open

The Katoomba Daily · Monday 1 September 1924 · page 1

The following minutes dealing with the Glof Club were tabled by the Mayor at the last meeting of the Council:--…

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Golf Notes Three Greens Out of Action for Time Being at Local Links New Links Opened

The Katoomba Daily · Wednesday 3 September 1924 · page 1

There was very little doing a the local links when I went over on Saturday afternoon. In spite of the pleasant weather conditions. I had to…

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Rugby Success Mountains Defeat Visitors After Hard Game

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 5 September 1924 · page 3

For the second time in succession the Mountains Rugby team defeated a visiting combination when, on Saturday, the All Blacks from Lithgow…

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Golf Notes General Exodus of Katoomba Golfers to Heath for the Week-end Enjoyable Time

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 9 September 1924 · page 1

Blackheath links were literally swarming with Katoomba golfers on Sunday. They arrived in cars, their own and other folk's,…

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Good Golf at Wentworth Falls

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 12 September 1924 · page 4

Two competitions were played on the Wentworth Falls golf links last Saturday. In the morning, 18 players participated in an 18 holes stroke…

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Inter-Town Football Federals Beat Kandos

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 12 September 1924 · page 2

On Sunday afternoon Kandos played Federals on the Katoomba Reserve. In the morning, the visitors were taken for a motor trip to…

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