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Shows & fairs, 1921

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Village Fair at Hazelbrook

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 14 January 1921 · page 8

Success is the word used in connection with the Village Fair and Market Day, organised by the Methodists of Haselbrook, and held in the…

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Show Socials

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 21 January 1921 · page 4

Such a record crowd attended the Show Social on Wednesday evening and the social harmony was so genuine that, by special request, the…

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At the Baths Saturday's Big Carnival Some Sydney Cracks

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 2

To-morrow (Saturday) the municipal baths should be the scene of one of the most interesting natatorial carnivals witnessed on the…

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District Display At the Royal Show Fruitgrowers Active

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 18 February 1921 · page 1

The Blue Mountains District Branch of the N.S.W. Fruitgrowers' Association is busily preparing for the forthcoming Royal Agricultural…

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The Harvest Fair At Congregational Church Opened by Mrs. A. A. KEMP

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 5

The day for the above fair was exceedingly unpropitious from the standpoint of weather. All the night preceding, the rain fell…

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Bewitching Blooms Lawson's Fine Effort Autumn Show

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 11 March 1921 · page 5

The third Autumn Show, held in the Lawson Literary Institute, under the auspices of the Lawson and District Horticultural Society, ranks as…

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First Summer Show Blackheath Behind It Excellent Exhibits

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 11 March 1921 · page 3

In the presence of about 500 people, the Blackheath Summer Show opened on Tuesday afternoon in the Arcadia Hall, under the auspices of…

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Grown on the Blue Mountains Fruit, Flowers and Vegetables Fruitgrowers' Annual Show

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 11 March 1921 · page 1

It was not a big display, nor yet was the quality, taken all round, of a high order. Individual exhibits of exceptional merit were not wanting…

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To Show Visitors

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 25 March 1921 · page 2

A reminder is sent us by "Henton's." the hybridising specialists, 12-14 Loftus Street, Sydney, whose advertisement appears regularly in…

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At the Royal Show This Apple Display

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 25 March 1921 · page 4

The Blue Mountains secured fourth place out of seven district representations at the Royal Show over the week. The display was easily the…

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Street Carnival

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 1 April 1921 · page 5

In Katoomba Street, the diggers had created a big marquee. Being in the line of traffic every effort was made to induce the passer-by to…

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Happy Hazelbrook Easter Carnival The Spirit of Progress

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 1 April 1921 · page 1

Once again success must be written in capital letters when referring to Hazelbrook's Euster carnival, organised to raise funds for the…

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Big Bowls Katoomba Easter Carnival Most Successful to Date

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 1 April 1921 · page 2

Ideal weather conditions during Easter assisted materially in making this year's bowling tournament the most successful, yet hold under the…

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Successful Carnival at Springwood

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 20 May 1921 · page 8

Despite inclemency of the weather, the open-air carnival held on Friday and Saturday last, in aid of the School of Arts. resulted in a…

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Dedicated to Leura's Brave 1914—"Not once or twice in our fair island story The path of duty was the way to glory "—1918 Governor-General Unveils Memorial

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 27 May 1921 · page 1

May 25, 1921, should be Impressed indelibly in the memory of the people of Leura by the incidence of three things—unveilling of the Soldiers…

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For the Green and Fair Kathleen

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 10 June 1921 · page 5

If, at times, the Hon-hearts who inaugurated and so solidly sustain Katoomba's bowling green, have had occasion to feel disappointed at the…

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A Fair Spin What Engineer Wants Unfair Criticism Resented

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 8 July 1921 · page 1

The Warialda Street controversy is not, apparently, finished with. At the previous meeting of the Katoomba Council, Aid. Wall…

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Running the Show Cost to Katoomba Still Another Report

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 8 July 1921 · page 1

An astonishing statement was made by Ald. Wall at Tuesday night's meeting of the Katoomba Council, upon the receipt of the finance…

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Gave Show Away

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 2 September 1921 · page 8

It was on an Old Country estate. The old squire had erected a terrace of cottages as homes for his agricultural employees. They were mostly…

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For St. Alban's Daffodils and Exhibition

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 30 September 1921 · page 5

"To raise funds for painting and repairing the rectory" were the main objects of a daffodil display and exhibition in St. Alban's hall on…

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