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The wars & local soldiers, 1915

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News of the War

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 2

A lady who does not desire her name to be made public has just received a letter from her brother at Swansea. (South Wales) containing a few interesting…

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Due to the War. Bankrupt's Examination

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 1

The single meeting of creditors and the public examination in the bankrupt estate of Joseph Henry Trask, was held before Mr. T.B. Clogg, P.M., at the…

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War and Education

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 6

Continuing, the Minister said that the martial music he had heard the members of the Choral Society and the school children sing, seemed to suggest to him that…

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War and Education. Minister's Stirring Address at Opening of New School

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 6

Wednesday was a gala day for the scholars of the Katoomba Superior Public School, the occasion being the official opening of the now building by the…

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Princess Mary's Gift Book. Women and the War

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 6

We have received from the publishers, Messrs. Hodder and Stoughton, St. Paul's House, Warwick Square, London, E.C., a copy of Princess Mary's Gift Book…

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War and Hailstorm. Cause Dairyman's Bankruptcy

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 3

Mr. T.S. Clegg, P.M., presided at a single meeting of creditors in the assigned estate of Hermann Kirschlager, dairyman, of York Street, Katoomba, held…

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The Old Boys' Night. Mr. Swanzy on the War

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 2

When the above lecture was mooted, many of the "wise-acres" ridiculed the idea, deeming the movement a practical joke. Has some folk been less satisfied…

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The War through a Telescope

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 1

The oditor of "Life" is pursuing his brilliant and successful policy of devoting a large section of his magazine to a review of the war as a whole, Dr. Fitchett…

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My Soldier Libertine

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 8

Oh, he was very handsome When he went to the war—His eyes would haunt an angle—They'll haunt the pure no more…

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Land for Our Soldiers

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 7 May 1915 · page 2

Sir,—When the men of the Australian Forces return to this country after the war is over they will be face to face with the problem of how to earn a…

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"A Soldier and a Man." Ald. H. R. Goyder Honored. Representative Gathering

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 14 May 1915 · page 6

In spite of the most inclement weather, between four and five hundred people assembled in the Town Hall on Friday evening to bid "Good-bye and…

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Back to Barbarism. Horrors of War—and Peace

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 18 June 1915 · page 1

There are moments in the lives of even the least imaginative of men when they take a look into the future, and try to catch a glimpse of what this world…

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Wounded

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 25 June 1915 · page 5

Private J. Morris, Katoomba. Private W. Murray, Katoomba. Private Frank Oliver, Katoomba. Private Norman Westland, Wentworth…

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Wounded

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 2 July 1915 · page 5

Private J. Morris, Katoomba.Private W. Murray, Katoomba. Private Frank Oliver, Katoomba. Private Norman Westland, Wenthworth…

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Welcome Home

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 9 July 1915 · page 6

Though only a short time in the role of mine host at the Falls hotel, Mick King, the crack middleweight boxer, has endeared himself to all Mountain sports…

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Wounded

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 9 July 1915 · page 6

Private J. Morris, Katoomba. Private W. Murray, Katoomba. Private Frank Oliver, Katoomba. Private Norman Westland, Wentworth…

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Wounded

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 16 July 1915 · page 3

Private J. Morris, Katoomba. Private W. Murray Katoomba. Private Frank Oliver, Katoomba. Private Norman westland, Wentworth…

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Australia and the War

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 16 July 1915 · page 1

In the House of Representatives on Friday last, Mr. E.S. Carr, member for Macquarie, made the following speech dealing with the above subject:…

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In Defence of a Soldier

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 16 July 1915 · page 7

Dear Sir,—Some folk are never satisfied unless they are tearing some unfortunate person to places. Recently a localite left here and enlisted, leaving his…

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To Amateur Sportsmen. an Appeal for the Wounded

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 23 July 1915 · page 8

Every amateur association of this State is at the present time striving, to its fullest abllity, to collect form its members and adherents an adequate sum of…

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