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Shows & fairs, 1912

10 stories in Blue Mountains's papers

The Skating Carnival

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 19 January 1912 · page 6

There was a blaze of light streaked with gorgeous co oring at the Amusements Company's Rink on Wednesday evening. The world whirled round to…

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Fair at Wentworth Falls

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 6

The British Empire Fair, which was officialy opened by Mrs J. H. Goodlet in the Wentworth Falls school on Wednesday last, proved a decided success and…

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Congregational Village Fair a Huge Success

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 3

Members of the Congregational Church and thier many friends, looked eagerly skywards on Wednesday last—the long looked-for-day on which thier Village Fair…

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Lesson of the Show

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 12 April 1912 · page 4

IF thousands flocked to Katoomba for the Easter holidays, many Mountaineers visited the city for the festivities, chief of which was the Royal Agricultural…

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Wentworth Falls Flower Show

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 3

A most successful flower show was held at the School of Arts, Wentworth Falls, on Saturday last. The Show was opened at 2 o' clock by Mr Bowes, who…

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Hardly Fair. to the Editor Blue Mountain Echo

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 12 July 1912 · page 5

Dear,Sir,—In connection with the singing competitions held last week in the Katoomba Amusements Co's theatre, I wish to lodge a protest. After it being…

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Panama Exhibition

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 11 October 1912 · page 8

In 1915, the Panama Canal is to be opened for traffic, and San Francisco is holding a groat Panama Canal Exhibition which is "to lick creation." It is not…

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Fancy Dress Carnival

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 11 October 1912 · page 3

The first fancy-dress skating carnival of the season eventuated on Monday evening, and was a pronounced success. At eight o'clock, the rink had assumed a…

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This Early Closing Act. Is It Fair to Tourists?

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 25 October 1912 · page 4

A protest against the compulsory early closing of fruit and refreshment shops is being numerously signed in Katoomba, and the question arises—Is it fair to the…

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Leura's Exhibition. Music, Art and Industry

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 1 November 1912 · page 6

Never a fairer day broke over Leura than Friday, the opening day of the musical, educational and industrial exhibition given under the auspices of the…

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