Honors of the Football Field District Rugby League Fitting Finale to Very Successful Season Cups and Badges
The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 2 November 1928 · page 2
In the mallow light of the artistically appointed Casino De Luxe, and to the accompaniment or inspiring music, old-time and modern dancing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Inter-district Cricket
The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 2 November 1928 · page 2
Owing to the inter-district matches, for selection for Country Week, the competition matches listed to be played on the 3rd and 10th instants…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lengthy Show Society Meeting Cricket and Showground Schedule Adopted for Forthcoming Annual Show Trotting Postponed
The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 2 November 1928 · page 1
A lengthy sitting of the Show Society Committee was held in the Secretary's office on Tuesday night, those present being Messrs. G. Shaw…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cricket Chatter
The Blue Mountain Echo · Tuesday 6 November 1928 · page 2
Thirty-six years ago (1892), W. G. Grace's English XI played 23 Penrithites. The locals made 112 and 71 for 12 wickets. John Bull…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Golf and Its Value
The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 9 November 1928 · page 2
TO many unthinking persons, golf merely is a game affected by the idle rich, and wealthy professional men. This conception is wrong fundamentally; particularly in regard to the Blue Mountains. Here, the game is an important economic factor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victory Football Social Leura Juniors Receive Milroy Cup & MEDALS
The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 9 November 1928 · page 2
Silverware and streamers, glad eyes and gumtips greeted the visitors to Leura Masonic Hall, on Wednesday night, when "Ye Olde Milroy"…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cricket Chatter
The Blue Mountain Echo · Tuesday 13 November 1928 · page 2
No local records were obtainable of the trial matches to pick a Western team. Lithgow cake-walked Bathurst in the first trial, scoring…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cricket Chatter
The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 16 November 1928 · page 2
Katoomba Council team had a busy week-end. They beat the rest of Council on Saturday by 184 to 94, and on Sunday easily accounted for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Golf Club Appointment of Assistant at Club House
The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 23 November 1928 · page 3
At Tuesday night's meeting of the Katoomba Council, a letter was received from the Secretary of the Golf Club, suggesting that an attendant…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Blackheath Water Charges Golf Club Seeks Reduction Special Concession Asked for Town Asset Referred to New Council
The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 23 November 1928 · page 1
At Tuesday night's meeting of Blackheath Council, a communication was received from the Golf Club, respecting a reduction in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Popular Tennis Player "Rick" Lendster Entertainer
The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 30 November 1928 · page 2
Members and friends of the Lawson tennis sigh foregathered at the Shawrock Cafe, kindly loaned by Mr. Porey Wilson, on Monday last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tennis Revived at Blackheath
The Blue Mountain Echo · Tuesday 4 December 1928 · page 4
An effort to revive tennis at Blackheath is receiving an encouraging response, and to push the matter forward, a well attended and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Golf Gossip
The Blue Mountain Echo · Tuesday 11 December 1928 · page 2
The usual form of Saturday competition—four-ball best-ball v bogey —was held at Katoomba last week-end, six up agan headed the list,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Times Changed Is Boxing Clean? When Aldermen Differ
The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 14 December 1928 · page 2
"If you all present-day m[?]ing clean, well, I've never had the mitts' on." Such was the remark of Ald…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Municipal Bomshell "Golf Links a White Elephant" Declares Ald. Shaw
The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 14 December 1928 · page 1
The Municipal Golf Links came in for much criticism on the part of Ald. Shaw, at the special meeting of the Katoomba Council, last night. Aldermen met to re-consider the Town Clerk's special…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Too Many Private Tennis Courts Municipal Courts' Loss
The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 21 December 1928 · page 2
According to statements at last night's Katoomba Council meeting, the municipal tennis courts have shown a loss each year. The blame was attached to the many private courts in the town…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Those Golf Links False Statements Dangerous Ald. Shaw's Admission
The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 21 December 1928 · page 5
Ald. Lawrie spoke generally at the Katoomba Council meeting last night when he urged upon the importance of making certain of facts, before making statements at the council table. This vigorous discussion arose out Ald. Shaw's comments on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cricket Chatter Three Centuries
The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 28 December 1928 · page 2
Katoomba School of Arts team, in the Blue Mountains cricket competition, secured a three points win in the match against Leura. No…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Tennis Court Request From Hospital Nurses Long Felt Want
The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 28 December 1928 · page 1
"I cordially approve of the request of the nurses for a tennis court," said the president of the Blue Mountains Anzac Memorial Hospital at the…
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