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The wars & local soldiers, 1925

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Anzac District Hospital Organisers in Conference

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 4

The establishment of the B.M. District Anzac Memorial Hospital advanced a big step last Saturday afternoon, when the executive committee…

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Praise for Headquarters League Secretary Reviews Work Annual Re-union of Returned Men

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 1

There was a fair muster at the annual re-union of Katoomba Diggers, held at the Memorial Hall, on Friday night. Phesident L. Bogus…

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Another Civil War (Published by Arrangement.)

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 5

The "enormous proportions of the traffic in illicit liquor in the United States, says an article in the Liverpool "Daily Courier," will be a…

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Diggers' Friend War Guide at Katoomba

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 7

A sweet woman, bright as a cricket is staying at Katoomba, known to every digger as "The Dinkum Diggeress." This guide, phllosophed and…

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Preference to Soldiers sHIRE Council's Attitude

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 6

In response to an advertisement for a man to fill a vacancy for electrical linesmen, twelve applications were received and dealt with at…

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Anzac Tweed Industry Diggers Fight to Repatriate Themselves

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 20 February 1925 · page 8

WHEN the work of repatriation was begun by the Victoria State War Council in 1915, returned disabled soldiers were instructed in the art of…

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The Lovejoy Case Victim of the War

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 20 February 1925 · page 8

The unusual curcumstances that led to the conviction of Harold Redman Lovejoy on a charge of vagrancy were relation at the Parramatta…

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Anzac Hospital Tenders for Erection

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 3 April 1925 · page 4

At Tuesday's banquet, Mr. J. S. Henderson announced that £16,000 had been banked for the erection of the Blue Mountains District…

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Anzac Day Hymn

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 24 April 1925 · page 3

Lord God of Battles, Whoso stern frown. Has drenched a sinful world in blood…

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Katoombn Town Band Anzac Day Program

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 24 April 1925 · page 1

The Katoomba Town Band will be much in evidence on Anzac Day. At 2.45 p.m. it will assemble in front of the Town Hall, and play "Boys of…

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Strange Behaviour Wanted Another War

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 24 April 1925 · page 7

Last Sunday night, Const. R. Ledger of Blackheath received complaints from several women concerning the strange behaviour of a…

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Correspondence. The columns of this paper are open to the discussion of all subjects of public interest, and whilst placing no restrictions on legitimate or genuine controversy, we in no way Anzac Day

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 24 April 1925 · page 3

Sir,—At our last meeting, I was instructed to ask the shopkeepers of Katoomba to honor the memory of those diggers who paid the supreme…

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Soldiers' Fair Leura Raises £100

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 24 April 1925 · page 6

The fair organised by the Leura Women's Auxiliary League, to raise funds for the liquidation of the debt on the Soldiers' Memorial Hall, was…

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Tribute to Sir Charles Soldier Politician Outed

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 19 June 1925 · page 8

Among the many political "Obituaries" penned by city pressmen on the defeat of Sir Charles Rosenthal for a seat in the Bathurst trinity,…

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War Anniversaries Lone Pine Charge

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 7 August 1925 · page 7

During the week, two important anniversaries of the war were celebrated. Tuesday was that of the big outbreak; Thursday, that of the Lone…

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Cross-word Puzzle for the Anzac Hospital

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 14 August 1925 · page 4

Lawson is out with a cross-word puzzle, which should meet with the ready support of every Mountaineer, especially as all money received is to…

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Anzac Memorial Hospital Preliminary Committee Meeting at Wentworth Falls

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 14 August 1925 · page 10

Mr. J, S. Henderson presided over Saturday's mooting of the above blind of workers. His colleagues were Messrs. J. W. Collins, A. A…

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A Death Ray Another War Horror

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 14 August 1925 · page 8

A cable from San, Francisco states that Dr. Edwin Scott claims to have invented a "death stroke," or "canned lightaing." that will revolutionise…

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Anzac Memorial Hospital Friendly Societies Pledge

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 28 August 1925 · page 4

The executive committee met in the School of Arts on Saturday. Mr. J. S. Henderson was in the chair, and Mesdames Bateman and…

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For Anzac Hospital

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 4 September 1925 · page 9

In common with the rest of the Mountains' townships, Blackheath through its Hospital Committee, is making an effort to supplement the…

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