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Blue Mountains · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1928

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First Flower Show of the Season Wentworth Falls Leads Preparations For Annual Show

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 7 September 1928 · page 8

The first Monthly Flower Show of the season, of the Wentworth Falls A.H. and I. Society, held on Tuesday night, at the local School of Arts,…

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Show Society Spring Function Auctioning Booth Rights

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 7 September 1928 · page 3

A meeting of the Blue Mountains Show Society was held in Katoomba School of Arts on Monday night. Those present were Messrs. George…

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Spring Show: Society's Big Experiment Should be Loyally Patronised

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 7 September 1928 · page 2

An innovation, which perhaps it would not be amiss to describe as an experiment, will take place at Katoomba during the current…

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Flowers, Foliage and Fowls How to Show Them Useful Lecturette by well-known Local Experts Instructing Exhibitors

The Blue Mountain Echo · Tuesday 11 September 1928 · page 1

It was a pity last Friday' lecturetters were not more widely known. The notice was too short, and several enthusiasts attended the…

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Spring Show Big Entries Assured

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 14 September 1928 · page 2

Tuesday and Wednesday next will be red-letter days on the calendar of the Blue Mountains. For the first time in their history, a united spring…

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Valuable Publicity at Spring Show

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 14 September 1928 · page 4

Public[?]ty is the soul of any modern enterprise. That Katoom[?] alert Elcatri[?] Englneer is nware of this [?] ovidenced by the following…

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To-day's Show Officials Chosen

The Blue Mountain Echo · Tuesday 18 September 1928 · page 2

Business at the Show Society meeting, on Friday night, was purely formal, and in the main devoted to arrangement of details for the Spring…

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Leura Show Opening by Judge Edwards

The Blue Mountain Echo · Tuesday 18 September 1928 · page 2

A colorful profusion of Spring bloom filled Masonic Hall, Leura, on Friday afternoon, when the annual Spring Show, under the…

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League Knock-out Carnival Sparkling Football Eastern Suburbs Survive Two Protests a Record Day

The Blue Mountain Echo · Tuesday 18 September 1928 · page 1

Kandos taught Katoomba a lesson with its Knock-out Competition. Although the season was practically over, President Byron and his…

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Mountains Spring Show Opened by Minister for Agriculture Details of Awards and Ring Events Initial Effort

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 21 September 1928 · page 1

The Blue Mountains District has held its first Spring Show. Bright, sunny weather greeted the Society on both Tuesday and Wednesday…

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Regrettable Apathy Supporting Spring Show Paucity of Entries

The Blue Mountain Echo · Tuesday 25 September 1928 · page 1

"Tis not in mortals to command success"; but, the Blue Mountains Show Society did not command success (from the view point of exhibits)…

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First Spring Show Loss of £40 Education the Public

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 5 October 1928 · page 4

Those in attendance at last night's meeting of the Blue Mountains Show Society were Messrs. G. Shaw (president), R. V. Smythe, D. Brown,…

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Stocks and Lupins at Wentworth Falls Schedules for Annual Show

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 5 October 1928 · page 3

The lecture hall at the School of Arts was a blaze of color last Tuesday night, when the Wentworth Falls A.H. and I. Society held its…

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B.M. Annual Show Arranging Details Prime Minister Wanted

The Blue Mountain Echo · Tuesday 16 October 1928 · page 1

A special meeting of the Blue Mountains Show Society was held in the Secretary's office, on Friday night, those present being Messrs. G…

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Spring Blossom Fair at Woodford

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 19 October 1928 · page 3

The Methodist Hall, Woodford, presented a picturesque appearance on Saturday, when the Methodist Ladies' Church Ald held their Spring…

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Show Enthusiasts Shattered by Scullin

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 26 October 1928 · page 2

A big business sheet had been prepared by Sec. Christie for the showmen's meeting, last night. Prior to the opening, the Finance Committee…

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Lengthy Show Society Meeting Cricket and Showground Schedule Adopted for Forthcoming Annual Show Trotting Postponed

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 2 November 1928 · page 1

A lengthy sitting of the Show Society Committee was held in the Secretary's office on Tuesday night, those present being Messrs. G. Shaw…

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Beautiful Blooms at Wentworth Falls Prospects for Annual Show

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 9 November 1928 · page 5

There was a large attendance at the School of Arts, on Tuesday night, when the Wentworth Falls A. H. & I. Society held its Monday…

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Fair Play

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 16 November 1928 · page 4

Sir,—I write to ventilate a little grievance. At a public meeting of ratepayers, recently held in School of Arts Hall (convened by the…

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Fair Rents Act Mr. Hamilton Knight, M.l.a., Starts the Ball Rolling Parliamentary Debate

The Blue Mountain Echo · Tuesday 20 November 1928 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly recently, Mr. Hamilton Knight, M.L.A. member for the district, spoke on the Fair Rents Act. His remarks were…

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