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Blue Mountains · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1937

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Katoomba's Carnival Business Houses Invited to Co-operate in Advertising

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 19 August 1937 · page 3

Katoomba Bowling Club has given a worth-while lead by suggesting combined efforts, in publicising Katoomba's part in…

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Pet Show Novelty Sponsored by the Mothers' Club in School Grounds

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 20 August 1937 · page 2

To augment the ever-depleted fund of the Mothers' Club, on which there is consistent demand, owing to the nature…

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Red Cross Fair Lady Wakehurst to Visit Katoomba Early Next Year

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 21 August 1937 · page 2

Katoomba Red Cross branch held its annual meeting last week, the president, Mrs. A. A. Kemp, presiding. Various activities for the…

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Katoomba's Carnival Business Houses Invited to Co-operate in Advertising

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 24 August 1937 · page 3

Katoomba Bowling Club has given a worthwhile lead by suggesting combined efforts in publicising Katoomba's part in…

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Daffodil Fete Wentworth Falls Show Opens on Wenesday Next

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 2 September 1937 · page 2

The annual Daffodil Fete and Sale of Work will be held in the School of Arts, Wentworth Falls, on Wednesday next,…

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Daffodil Fete Wentworth Falls Show Opens on Wenesday Next

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 3 September 1937 · page 3

The annual Daffodil Fete and Sale of Work will be held in the School of Arts, Wentworth Falls, on Wednesday next,…

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Leura Horticultural Society Spring Show

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 4 September 1937 · page 2

The 1987 Spring Show of the Leura Horticultural Society will be held on Wednesday next, and with so many good prizes offering it is…

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Leura Horticultural Society Spring Show

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 7 September 1937 · page 1

The 1987 Spring Show of the Leura Horticultural Society will be held on Wednesday next, and with so many good prizes offering it is…

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Daffodil Fete Wentworth Falls Show Opens on Wenesday Next

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 7 September 1937 · page 1

The annual Daffodil Fete and fide of Work will be held in the School of Arts, Wenworth Falls, on Wednesday next,…

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Lawson Play Night Dramatic and Musical Society Adds to Its Fame. One Act Show's Great Success

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 10 September 1937 · page 2

Many people were mentioned in praise for the success of the Lawson play-night on Friday; but it was obvious to the onlooker that enthusiasm and co-operation has combined to create the atmosphere of happiness which marked this…

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Spring Flower Show Annual Leura Function Is Very Successful Daffodils and Spring Flowers Bring Keen Competition

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 11 September 1937 · page 2

Magnificent weather and magnificent blooms characterised the Spring Show of the Leura Horticultural Society held at the Masonic Hall, Leura, on Wednesday. The magnificent Weather was particularly appreciated…

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Spring Flower Show Wentworth Falls Parents and Citizens' Association

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 21 September 1937 · page 1

This being the jubilee year of the Wentworth Falls public school, preparations are being made to celebrate the occasion, which will…

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Successful Spring Fair £107 Realised

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 23 October 1937 · page 1

Perfect weather favored the day of the Spring Fair held on Thursday, October 14, in the Congregational Church Hall, Katoomba…

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Children Who "Show-off" What Accounts for This Peculiar Trait

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 26 October 1937 · page 3

"The desire to impress people, to make the world sit up and notice us, comes to all of us at times. So it is hardly surprising…

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In the Garden Petunias and Viscaria Make Summer Show Success with Parsnips

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 4 November 1937 · page 4

One of the most colorful of all plants that bloom from late spring until the cold days of winter put an end to the display, is petunia…

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Wentworth Falls Spring Flower Show

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 5 November 1937 · page 2

The bountiful rain experienced during the past week should be beneficial to the flower growers who are looking forward to the…

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Annual Leura Fair

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 9 November 1937 · page 1

The annual Fair of the Leura Presbyterian Church is always a much-anticipated function. Thursday November 11. is the…

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Fair Rents Court

The Blue Mountains Times · Friday 12 November 1937 · page 3

Council's co-operation in urging upon the Government the need of reestablishing the Fair Rents Court, in view of the recent sky-rocketing of…

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Soldiers Carnival

The Blue Mountains Times · Friday 12 November 1937 · page 3

The Katoomba Sub-Branch of the R.S. and S.I.L.A. were given permission to erect a marquee on the "New Hotel Site" in Katoomba-street, for…

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Unemployed Investigation Is Not Fair Says Emu Plains Association Engineer's Partiality

The Blue Mountains Times · Friday 12 November 1937 · page 1

"In view of the unfair investigation, we have taken further action and we shall not let the matter drop until we get fair play," ran a letter, inter alia, written by…

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