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Blue Mountains · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1916

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The King's Skating Carnival a Record Success

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 23 June 1916 · page 4

In spite of rain, hall and snow, the skating rink of the King's Theatre attracted about 400 people on Wednesday evening to witness the first carnival of…

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The Coronation Carnival

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 2

Mayor Dash presided over a meeting of the Boys' Association on Monday evening, to which the public had been invited, to discuss the above…

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Queen Competition Carnival. Mrs. Geo. James Elected. Mrs. J. H. Bloome a Close Second

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 3

The final rally for the Queen Competition on Saturday was an unqualified success. Business was unusually good, all the candidates being confident of…

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The Coronation Carnival. Everything Well, Forward. Success Assured If Fine Day

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 6 October 1916 · page 4

Everything is running smoothy for the Coronation Carnival, and if the day be fine, an unprecedented demonstration should result. In spite of the heavy…

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The Coronation Carnival. Mrs. George James Crowned. Queen of the Blue Mountains. Grand Spectacular display. Record for Katoomba

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 13 October 1916 · page 3

The Blue Mountains Queen Carnival is now a memory of the past, but a memory which will live for aeons in the minds of those who participated in the…

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The Coronation Carnival

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 20 October 1916 · page 6

Following a most successful day, about 150 couples attended the Royal Ball in the Town Hall in the evening. The function opened with a Grand March,…

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With the Field Ambulance. in Fair France

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 27 October 1916 · page 3

After a long silence, "Echo" is in receipt of a letter from Harry Craig, now an active worker in A Section, 14th Field Ambulance, France. All Mountaineers…

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Flower Show at Lawson

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 3 November 1916 · page 5

The Literary Institute hall at Lawson was a blaze of color on Wednesday afternoon, it being the occasion of a Rose Show, in aid of Emanuel Church funds,…

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Next Year's Show

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 24 November 1916 · page 4

At Wednesday night's meeting, the new Show Committee decided by a majority vote to make the effort for 1917 a two days' display—Easter Monday and…

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