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Blue Mountains · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1914

8 stories in Blue Mountains's papers

Motor Show at Olympia

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 2

I once read a definition of a chauffeur, which described him as "one who is clever enough to drive a motor car, and wise enough not to own one." This…

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To-day's Carnival,—its Significance

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 4

THERE is no better test of a community's greatness than its Annual Show. The exhibition of Blue Mountains industry and talent which takes places in the…

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A. H. & I. Society's Show. a Creditable Beginning

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 5

The first Annual Show, which was held in the Town Hall on Friday and Saturday, was a very creditable attempt to bring together the agricultural, industrial…

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The Katoomba Show

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 27 March 1914 · page 3

Sir,—Permit me, through your columns to make a few remarks in reference to the Show just held. It must be gratifying to the committee and all interested…

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The Greatest Show on Earth. Wirth Bros' Wonderland

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 2

Wirth Bros were here just week for one day with their great circus. They landed at 8 a.m. vanished shortly after midnight, taking with them nearly…

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Local and General. The Show Grounds

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 28 August 1914 · page 4

Contractor Seaton is well under way with the work of clearing the show grounds. Four of the eleven acres will be cleared and levelled, and should provide an ample area for either…

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Juvenile Exhibition. Leura Lads and Lasses

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 2 October 1914 · page 2

Despite the many calls that have recently been made upon the people of Leura, and indeed of every otherMountain centre, for war funds and the like,…

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A Bright Show

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 11 December 1914 · page 6

Notwithstanding the fact that the weather was anything but pleasant, the Town Hall was comfortably rilled on Monday night, the occasion being the…

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