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Central Coast · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1920

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The Great Easter Show. Magnificent Exhibition Promised. Prize Money £11,000

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 13

Exhibitors in all the States of Australia and the general public are looking forward to a bumper Agricultural Exhibition in Sydney next Easter. The…

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Gosford Show

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 9

The A. and H. Association has received two valuable prizes for Home-made Scones Competition from the manufacturers, Messrs Tillock & Co.,…

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Gosford Show

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 7

A meeting of the A. and H. Association was held at the School of Arts on Monday evening. The President, Mr. G. T. Boughley, occupied the chair,…

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Gosford Show

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 22 January 1920 · page 7

A Committee meeting of the A. and H. Association was held on Monday night at the School of Arts. Mr. G. T. Roughley presided, and there were…

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Blackwa[?] Water Carnival

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 29 January 1920 · page 8

The second annual Water Carnival took place at the "Hollymains" Baths on Friday, 16th January. Mr and Mrs S. McSmith again generously donated…

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The Gosford Show

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 29 January 1920 · page 10

The 31st minimi Exhibition of Gosford and Brisbane Water A. and H. Association will be hold on Friday and Saturday, 30th and 31st January,…

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Show Night Pictures

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 29 January 1920 · page 10

Two big double feature programmes will be shown on Friday and Saturday nights, both programmes being first-class. They include a Mack…

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Gosford Show. Receipts

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 5 February 1920 · page 10

Gate Receipts £87 13s 6d, Fruit Stall £25 14s 4d, Ice Cream £12 5s 10d, Refreshment Room (cash receipts £40 4s, officials, officers and stewards'…

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Gosford Show. Something Worth Reporting

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 5 February 1920 · page 4

The Show that has been held this year equals, if it does not surpass, the splendid Show of 1919, which in itself was a record in many ways. The…

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Picture Benefit to the A. and H. Association

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 12 February 1920 · page 10

Last night Mr. Frank Buscombe screened a lengthy, first-class programme before a large audience, proceeds being for the benefit of the A…

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Wyong Show. February 20th AND 21st

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 12 February 1920 · page 20

This year, as usual, the Secretary has let a great space for the sideshows, including Jimmie Sharman, the great athletic show, the world's…

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Gosford Show. Original Stories — the Judge's Remarks

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 12 February 1920 · page 14

Mr E. J. Dann, secretary of Newcastle A. and H. Association, judged the Literary Competition at Gosford Show and made the following…

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Gosford Show. Somersby-Mangrove Mountain District Exhibit

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 12 February 1920 · page 10

In report of Show appearing in last issue, it was stated that the first prize for District Exhibit ware awarded to Somersby. It should have read…

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GOSFORD A. & H. SHOW, 1920. To the Editor

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 12 February 1920 · page 19

Sir,—It is nine or ten years since having [?] pleasure of attending Gosford A. and H[?] Show, and it is very pleasing to note the splendid exhibits…

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Original Story. Awarded First Prize at Gosford Show. Mother Love. — Dedicated to My Mother

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 12 February 1920 · page 8

The following Original Story, writtea b Miss M. E. Everingham, was awarded first prize at the recent Gosford Show:—…

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Newcastle Show. the Village Exhibit. Won by Somebsby-mangrove Mountain. Newcastle

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 26 February 1920 · page 10

First prize for the District Exhibit was won by Somersby-Mangrove Mountain…

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Newcastle Show. State Forestry Exhibits

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 4 March 1920 · page 5

Reporting Newcastle Show, the "Herald" says:—The State Forestry Commission's exhibit of timbers, in their natural and manufactured forms,…

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Tamworth Show. Champion High Jump

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 11 March 1920 · page 6

In the Champion High Jump at Tamworth Show there was some very fine jumping and a close and exciting finish. Five well-known horses were entered…

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Swimming Carnival

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 18 March 1920 · page 9

A monster swimming carnival, by the premier Amateur Club of Newcastle, will be held at Wyong Bridge on Saturday afternoon, 27th March…

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"A Fair Deal."

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 25 March 1920 · page 19

A well-known N.S.W. politician, Mr Austin Chapman, M.H.R., and who was at one time a publican, tells a good story of a waiter whom he once…

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