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Blue Mountains · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1911

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Proceeds of the Fair

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

To date Mr H. R. Goyder (Treasurer of the Bowling Green) has about ,£225 in hand as a result of hist week's Village Fair. Several small donations have…

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Cremorne Picture Show

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 7 April 1911 · page 3

Instead of in ils tent, in Katoomba street, the Cremorne Picture Show was presented in the Masonic Hall for its change of programme last Monday, and will remain there till further…

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Ye Olde Village Fair. the Closing Scene. Notes My "The Jackpin"

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 7 April 1911 · page 3

As we went to press last week, the Fair was in full swing. The Town Band, under Mr P. V. Spliet, discoursed spirited music in front of the Fairyland,…

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Lawson Juvenile Exhibition

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 14 April 1911 · page 4

There is to be held in Lawson a juvenile exhibition in the Mechanics' Institute on October. The formal opening will be at 3.15 p.m. Doors open at 2…

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Fair at Wenntworth Falls

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 14 April 1911 · page 4

The Women's Guild connected with Holy Trinity Church, Wentworth Falls, are organising a Four Seasons Fair, to be held in the School of Arts at that…

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Cremorne Picture Show

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 14 April 1911 · page 6

Packed to the door the Masonic Hall should have been last Monday night when the Picture Show changed its programme; for it was deserving of the…

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The Annual Show Question

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 14 April 1911 · page 4

THE great city of Sydney is again in the throes of the Annual Easter Carnival— the Royal Agricultural Society's Show. Its officers claim on its behalf that it is…

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Village Fair

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 21 April 1911 · page 4

A Village Fair is to burst into public view on Saturday, April 22nd, at Woodford. The handbill presented to us announces sweets, articles plain and fancy…

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Cremorne Picture Show

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 21 April 1911 · page 4

Over the early week, the Cremorne Picture Company offered an excellent programme for visitors for our Easter holidays. The first picture displayed the Scotch herring…

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8-Hour Carnival at Lithgow

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 4 August 1911 · page 4

The advertisement heralding the approach of Labor's great 8-hour Carnival at Lithgow appears in our business columns. The Committee, which is…

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Spring Show

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 29 September 1911 · page 5

In compliance with the expressed wish of many exhibitors, the Committee have finally selected November 15th as the date of their Spring Show. Promises of…

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Lawson Juvenile Exhibition

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 20 October 1911 · page 4

There is to be a great affair for the young folk, on the 25th of this month. It is a Juvenile Exhibition and the schedule of prizes is so various that there…

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The Juvenile Exhibition

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

The load started so successfully by the ladieskl of Lawson in connection with the above exhibition might well be taken up by fair friends in larger centres, and the…

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The Juvenile Exhibition. Lawson Enterprise. Numerous Entries. Excellent Exhibits, Friendly Rivalry

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

On Wednesday last, a very successful Juvenile Inhibition was held in the Mechanics' Institute from 2 to 10 p.m. It was largely attended throughout the…

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Woodford Fair

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

There is to be a Christmas Fair and Sale of Work in the Methodist Hall, Woodford, on Friday and Saturday, December 1st and 2nd. Woodford…

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The Faded Flower Show

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

Wednesday was the day set aside for the Spring Show of the B.M. Horticultural Society. In the morning, cabs laden with pretty flowers flitted past our…

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The Faded Flower Show. to the Editor Blue Mountain Echo

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 1 December 1911 · page 3

Dear Sir,—The Show was indefinitely postponed on account of the unfavorable weather conditions that obtained for the ten days previous to the date fixed, and…

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