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Blue Mountains · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1923

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Sunday Football On Lomaita Park Springboks' Show Point

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 17 August 1923 · page 5

Consideration was given to the following matter submitted by the Springwood Progress Association to last meeting of the Shire Council:—…

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Blackheath Enterprise Show Rooms Crowded

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 24 August 1923 · page 8

The second weekly display of electrical contrivances and conveniences, arranged in the Council's show room, attracted a large crowd…

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Officers' Expenses Aldic Asks for Fair Deal and No Gamble

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 31 August 1923 · page 3

As to whether Council officers attending association conferences should be paid a fixed sum for expenses or submit a detailed list of…

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For the Kiddies Wattle Fairy Show

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 7 September 1923 · page 7

A third series of the Katoomba infants' School competitions in aid of the Children's Hospital Fund was held on Monday. Considering that…

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Daffodil Show at Wentworth Falls

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 21 September 1923 · page 5

The Wentworth Falls annual Daffodil Show was held on Wednesday. The opening ceremony was performed by Mrs. J. C. L., Fitzpatrick, in…

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Slap-up Show

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 28 September 1923 · page 7

Her Majesty's theatre in the City is being put to a right good use just now, by the staging of a musical comedy, untilled "The Cabaret Girl."…

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Springwood's First Show

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 28 September 1923 · page 5

The Springwood A.H. and I. Society is now an established fact, and the executive has placed the schedule for the first show in the…

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Big Things Ahead Getting Into Shape Katoomba's Show Ground

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 12 October 1923 · page 2

Thousand who pass on the heights of the great Western Road, midway between Leura and Katoomba, gaze wonderingly at the…

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Springwood Show Official Opening Ceremony Round the Exhibits

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 2 November 1923 · page 7

Ideal Spring weather favored the Springwood H. A. and I. Society's Inaugural Exhibition held in the local hall on Thursday, October 25…

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The Flax Show

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 23 November 1923 · page 2

This was most unusual and one of the most attractive items of the week in the city. The simple little flax plant is responsible for mean…

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Enthusiasts of the Carnival

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 30 November 1923 · page 3

Few will deny the great part played by Messrs. E. W. Thomas and J. N. Williams in the Success of the Katoomba Eisteddfod. Both enthusiasts of high musical attainments, their untiring load in the recent reconstruction effort materially aided in the undoubted success…

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Our Eisteddfod Moral of the Carnival

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

The fourth annual Musical Festival is now an event of the past. Many were called but few chosen to secure the adjudicator's favourable verdict…

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Blackheath Show

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 21 December 1923 · page 8

The general meeting of the Blackheath Horticultural Society held of Wednesday evening was presided over by Ald. A. Porter in…

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