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Blue Mountains · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1923

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Floral Fair 'Heath Presbyterians

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 8

A Floral Fair in aid of the funds of the Presbyterian Church, Blackheath, was hold last week, Mrs. Strang, president of the…

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Proposed Carnival at Katoomba Baths. (Con[?])

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 2

There have been many good aquatic sports conducted by Mr. Jack Kilner at the Municipal baths, some of the stunts boing being in aid of…

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Diggers' Swimming Carnival

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 5

Katoomba Municipal Baths will, to-morrow afternoon, be the scene of a memorable happening, for the programme, just printed at the…

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Show Prospects Good At Wentworth Falls Successful Re-union

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 5

The February meeting of the A.H. & 1. Society was hold at the School of Arts on Tuesday evening and was largely attended. Those…

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Diggers' Carnival

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 16 February 1923 · page 5

At the suggestion of Patron Alf, Powell, the Latoomba Diggers have decided to hold a caraival during Easter week, in aid of the furniture…

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Swimming Carnival For Diggers' Fund Sydney Experts Help

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 16 February 1923 · page 2

If all the crowd who watched last Saturday 'morning's carnival at the Katoomba Baths had each paid even a modest "trey;" the fund for the…

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Empire Exhibition Australia's Chance

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 2 March 1923 · page 2

The State Government has appointed a commission to superintend the work of preparing exhibits from New South Wales to the British…

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Show Sidelights

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 6

Last weeks Show under tho W, F, A. H. and I. Society proved a signal success, and there is quite a healthy optimism in the village in…

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Team of Champions for Swimming Carnival

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 1

The lessee if the Municipal Baths, in collaboration with Mr. Jim Eve (representing the N.S.W. controlling Association), has arranged for…

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Leura's First Bid. Initial Flower Show Creditable and Encouraging

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 16 March 1923 · page 1

If one thought impressed the visitor to St. Albans's Hall, Leura, on Tuesday, more than another, it must have been wonder at the…

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Cottage Gardens. The Spirit of the Show. a Recent Winner

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 16 March 1923 · page 7

Cottage gardens figured prominently at the Wentworth Falls and Blackheath shows. On the whole, the introduction of the…

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Royal Show Exhibit Modern Methods in Building HARDIE & Co.'s Enterprise

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 30 March 1923 · page 2

The exhibit at the Royal Show of a modern bungalow residence, built completely with "Fibrolite" Asbestos Cement Sheets and roofed with…

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Advertising Quarry Wentworth Falls Expense "Not a Fair Thing!"

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 6 April 1923 · page 1

Dark clouds with vivid lightning flashes passed over the Shire Council meeting on Wednesday, when the Engineer submitted a report on…

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Cranbrook Apples Pride of the Show

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 20 April 1923 · page 8

Whilst Katoomba and the Blue Mountains were practically unrepresented at the Show, Mr, "Billy" Cripps, of Little Hartley, was one of…

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The Lock-up Shops Wrong to be Righted Council Fair Hut Firm

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 18 May 1923 · page 1

Acting under instructions issued at the previous Blackheath Council meeting, the Town Clerk notified the two occupiers of lock-up shops in…

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The Shire Quarry Not Getting Fair Deal Engineer's Pointed Report

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 1 June 1923 · page 2

The development of a primary product or industry is always beset with obstacles undreamt of in the philosophy of the enterprising…

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Empire Exhibition

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 27 July 1923 · page 7

Miss Dickson, who proceeded to England during the war to serve in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, and after demobilsisation was…

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Young Doug.! Katoomba Youth Selected for Empire Exhibition Tour

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 27 July 1923 · page 4

Word is to hand that Frank Douglas Marshall, the 16-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Marshall, of Katoomba, and one of the foremost…

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"Only Fair and Right" Blair Athol Colliery Agreement with Shire

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 3 August 1923 · page 5

Communication in reference to the Blair Athol Colliery, at Mt. Victoria, were received at Wednesday's meeting of the Shire Council from…

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White Carnival Mountains Covered in Snow Population Holds Revel

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 10 August 1923 · page 5

Katoomba and Leura woke up on Sunday morning and found themselves white. While they slept on Saturday night the snow clouds…

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