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Blue Mountains · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1927

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Cheque for £600 Railway Men Hand Over Proceeds of Carnival Lesson in Co-operation

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 8 April 1927 · page 3

To rise superior to cicumstance, and turn defeat into victory; that is the infallible index of manhood. How the railway workers of the Blue…

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Junior Red Cross Exhibition, May 7

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 15 April 1927 · page 6

A letter has been received by the Headmaster of Blackheath Public School, from the Hon. Director of the Junior Red Cross Society,…

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Annual Fair for Baptist Church

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 22 April 1927 · page 1

Not with standing the blank weather conditions prevailing on Wednesday afternoon, quite a bright fair, in aid of the Baptist Church, was…

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Carnival Fete Success Despite Weather

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 7

An effort to raise funds for the Blackheath Catholic Church and Convent School took the form of a Carnival Fete, and was opened in…

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An Autumn Fair Organisers Well Satisfied

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 3

On Friday last the Congregationalist held an Autumn Fair which, apart from providing a happy reunion of Church workers, netted a…

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Show Workers Active Track and Oval Under Way Grandstand Ahead

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 13 May 1927 · page 2

Since the Show Society has established its entity, it has moved quickly, and Monday evening's meeting signalled further advances…

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Blue Mountains Show

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 4

AT the last meeting of the Blue Mountain A.H. and I. Society, a suggestion was put forward that the district should combined to bold an annual Show. The sponsor of this idea is an acknowledge authority in the demesne of horticulture, who carefully canvassed his…

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A Combined Show Blue Mountains District

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 5

The question of holding a Combined Show on the Show Grounds, Katoomba, arose at Monday's meeting of the A.H. and I. Society…

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Show Grandstand

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 3 June 1927 · page 1

There was a fair master of members of the Committee of the Blue Mountains A. H. and I. Society on Monday afternoon, when a meeting…

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Show Society's Sports Mid-Winter's Mixed Menu Possibilities of the Future Visualised

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 10 June 1927 · page 3

At long last, the Show Society of the Blue Mountains was blessed with a fine day. The cautious Christie, who attends to the Society's…

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Grandstand at Last Sanctioned by Show Society Trotting Club Approved

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 17 June 1927 · page 3

"I feel confident the structure will be built for less than the money allotted for the purpose, and when completed, the Society should have…

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Localisms Show Accounts

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 1 July 1927 · page 4

At last meeting, the Show Society passed accounts for payment totaling £67. With the exception of £3 (outside advertising), all business…

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Poultry Fanciers Joining Show Society

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 8 July 1927 · page 3

"I have twenty-five men eager to Join up with your Show Society, if you will only cater for the Poultry Section in your Schedules…

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Katoomba Trotting Club Formed by Show Society

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 15 July 1927 · page 5

The outside support for the recommendation by the committee of the Show Society to its members to form a Trotting Club, under the…

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Localisms Anniversary Day Show

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 12 August 1927 · page 4

It would appear that Katoomba's Picturesque Show Ground will receive its official christening on Anniversary Day next. At a meeting…

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Show Ground Available for Cricketers New Wicket to Be Laid

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 12 August 1927 · page 2

Prior to a meeting of the Blue Mountains A.H. and I. Society, held at Katoomba on Tuesday night, a conference was held between…

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Big Carnival For Local Charities Delegates Favorable

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 19 August 1927 · page 3

Delegates from the Blue Mountains District Hospital, the Ambulance, the United Friendly Societies, and the Returned Soldiers, met at…

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For the Infants Successful Spring Fair

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 26 August 1927 · page 3

The Town Hall was decorated on Wednesday, for the Spring Fair, staged by the Mothers' Club, in aid of the Infants' Department of Katoomba…

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Merry Mountains Maids Function at Hospital Fair Contestants Entertained by the Committee Enrolled As Workers

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 26 August 1927 · page 1

On Wednesday afternoon, ten of the fourteen candidates in the recent highly-successful Mountains Maid competition, which netted over…

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District Show Ground Advancing Poultry Fanciers Active Official Opening of Area deferred till Later Date Encouraging Reports

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 2 September 1927 · page 1

Messrs. J. E. Goldsmith, R. V. Smythe, S. C. Bartle, P.V. Tabrett, S. Foran, W. Mason, F. Millyard, F. Frost, B. Lacey, and L. G. Christie…

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