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Blue Mountains · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1911

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Kattomba Flower Show

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 8

A meeting of the committee appointed to make arrangements for the Flower Show, to take place in February, was held at the Council Chambers on…

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Katoomba Flower Show

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 11

A meeting of the committee appointed to make the necessary arrangements for the Flower Show to take place in February was held in the reading room at…

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Methodist Fair

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 20 January 1911 · page 8

The Fair and Industrial Exhibition, held in connection with the Katoomba Methodist Church, was opened on Wednesday afternoon, 11th instant. The…

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Bazaar and Fancy Fair

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 11

The Bazaar and Fancy Fair in aid of S. Hilda's New Church Building Fund was opened in Mullany's old store. Main street, on Tuesday afternoon, by…

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Local and General. the Lithgow Show

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 10

By advertisement elsewhere, it will be noted that February 24th and 25th are the dates set apart for the Lithgow Show. The schedule is a most…

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The Flower Show

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 8

On the 22nd instant, at 3 p.m., the Katoomba Flower Show will be opened by the Minister for Agriculture, and will be continued on the following day…

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The Flower Show

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 10

On Wednesday and Thursday next, the inaugural Show of the B.M. F.'and H. Association will be held in the Masonic Hall, and, judging by the…

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Spahno's Special Show. a Hazelbrook Horticulturist

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 24 February 1911 · page 10

General regret was expressed on Wednesday morning when it became known that Mr A. Spahno had arrived from Mr R. T. Hall's Sanatorium, at Hazelbrook,…

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The Flower Show. Postponed Till the 8Th & 9Th March

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 24 February 1911 · page 5

At a largely attended meeting of persons interested in the Flower Show, under the auspices of the Blue Mountain Fruitgrowers and Horticultural Society,…

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Katoomba's Show

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 3 March 1911 · page 4

On Wednesday next, the hon. Minister for Agriculture (Donald MacDonell, Ksc].,) will open the Katoomba Show, held under the auspices of the Blue…

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Lithgow Show

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 3 March 1911 · page 4

The Show at Lithgow was opened on, Friday. The pavilion exhibited a pleasing appearance, the blooms being of exceptionally fine quality. The fine arts,…

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The Lawson Show

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 3 March 1911 · page 6

Mr G. J. Waterhouse, President of the B.M.S. Council, opened the exhibition held under the auspices of the Lawson Horticultural and Industrial…

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Romance of a Show

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 3 March 1911 · page 2

Mid primroses and harebells blue, Once lay a poor old tattered shoe Some tramp had cast away; There, by a fortune harsh and rude,…

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Katoomba's Successful Show. Excellent Exhibits

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 10 March 1911 · page 5

In spite of the wretched weather that damped the spirits of all horticulturists on the Mountains since the opening of the current year, interest never really…

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The Agricultural Show on Good

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 10 March 1911 · page 4

THE pastoral letter issued by the Archbishop of Sydney (the Most Rev. Dr. Wright), in which he says that it was impossible for churchmen to take…

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Fruits and Flowers. at the Exhibition

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 5

When we went to press last week, the inaugural show of the Blue Mountain Fruitgrowers and Horticultural Society was in full swing, and receiving a very…

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Ye Olde Village Fair. for the Bowling Green

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 24 March 1911 · page 4

It is doubtful if any movement has ever created a greater interest or a more general unanimity amongst the people of Katoomba and Loura than the above…

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Cremorne Picture Show

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 31 March 1911 · page 2

Much sympathy is deserved by the proprietor of the local picture show for his valiant attempt, in the face of so many adverse circumstances, to supply…

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Ye Olde Village Fair. Katoomba's Record Success. Unprecedented Enthusiasm

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 31 March 1911 · page 5

A visitor to Mullany's Produce Store in Main Street a few days ago would have rubbed his eyes had his entered it on Wednesday afternoon, at the opening…

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Juvenile Exhibition

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 7 April 1911 · page 4

In October next it is intended to hold a juvenile exhibition under the auspices of the Lawson branch of the Women's Liberal League. Prizes will be offered…

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