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Shows & fairs, 1916

16 stories in Central Coast's papers

Wild Flower Show

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 14 July 1916 · page 3

The Wild Flower Show Committee held its second meeting in the School of Arts on Thursday evening. It is many years since these meetings…

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Wild Flower Show

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 21 July 1916 · page 15

The Women's War Relief League have con[?]ted to take another stall at th[?]coming Flower Show, viz., a Pr[?] Stall, and gifts of produce…

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Wild Flower Show

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 28 July 1916 · page 8

A committee meeting was held on Wednesday evening with the, President, Mr. M. Ward, in the chair. Mr. J. A. Stafford was appointed…

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Strasburg Clock Exhibition

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 18 August 1916 · page 12

Strasburg, the capital of Alsace-Lorraine, which is a crucial centre of strategy in the western area of the war, is remarkable for the great clock…

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Newcastle Show

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 25 August 1916 · page 2

A date has been fixed for the Newcastle Show—Feb. 28, March 1, 2, 3, 1917—which will be held as usual on the Showground,…

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Proposed Aquatic Carnival. for Patriotic Purposes

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 25 August 1916 · page 7

A movement has been started at Woy Woy and Gosford for the holding of a big aquatic carnival on the Brisbane Water. The promoters…

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Aquatic Carnival

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 1 September 1916 · page 9

Messrs Stephenson and Chew, proprietors of the s.s. Gosford II., have consented to give their steamer, free of change, for the proposed Brisbane…

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Good Vaudeville Show

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 8 September 1916 · page 8

The programme put on by Mr. Harry Benson at Parson's Hall last Saturday night was well up to the mark, and by keeping the show up to…

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Gosford Wild Flower Show

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 15 September 1916 · page 9

The annual Wild Flower Show, which this year is in aid of the funds of the local War Relief League and Patriotic Society, will be…

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A. & H. Association. Proposed Abandonment of Show

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 3

A committee meeting of the A. & H. Association, presided over by Mr. W. E. Kirkness, was held on Monday evening. There was a good…

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Gosford Wild Flower Show. One of the Most Successful Yet Held

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 4

Just over 31 years ago—on Friday and Saturday, 18th and 19th September, 1885—the first Wild Flower Show was held in Tonkin's Hall,…

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A. & H. Association. Annual Show Abandoned. the President Resigns

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 6 October 1916 · page 8

Tuesday night's Committee meeting, convened to decide whether or not the annual Show should be held, was poorly attended, some 12 members…

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Wild Flower Show

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 2 November 1916 · page 5

The final meeting in connection with the recent Wild Flower Show was held on Thursday evening, when the balance sheet, audited by Mr. C…

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Picture Show Patriotism

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 16 November 1916 · page 7

You've often been to the picture shove, And seen the pictures there; "The pictures of the war are best!" You hear the crowd declare…

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Fruit Show

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 23 November 1916 · page 8

A proposal is on foot to hold a fruit show in Sydney during the coming year. The Royal Show comes too late in the year to enable a general and…

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Vaudeville Show

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 30 November 1916 · page 8

Vaudeville will be held in Parsons' Hall on Saturday night, and a good programme is promised. Some first-class artists have been engaged,…

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