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Shows & fairs, 1931

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Maitland Show

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 8

As advertised elsewhere in this issue, the Maitland Show will soon be once more attracting the interests of show patrons of the Hunter Valley and…

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Wyong Show

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 8

Entries for Wyong Show, Friday and Saturday, Feb. 13th and 14th, close on Saturday, Jan. 31st. They may be made at Gosford per Kinnears & Lake's…

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Newcastle Show

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 10

This Show is considered the largest outside Sydney, and it is hoped the most successful exhibition in the history of this Association will take place…

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Agricultural Society of N.S.W. Royal Easier Show, 1931. £14,000 Prize Money, Cups and Trophies

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 5 February 1931 · page 3

The Royal Agricultural Society is to be congratulated on the Schedule of Prizes for this year's Royal Easter Show, which has just been issued. In…

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Wyong Show

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 5 February 1931 · page 8

Friday and Saturday of next week, Feb. 13th and 14th, are dates of Wyong Annual Show, when an interesting exhibition, with attractive ring…

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Newcastle Show. February 18, 19, 20 and, 21

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 5 February 1931 · page 8

The Committee of the Newcastle Show have made special arrangements this year to place before visitors the best exhibition, both in regard to…

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Wyong Show

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 13

There should be many Ourimbah folk in Wyong this Friday and Saturday,' when Wyong's annual Show will be held. We hope to see the names of…

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Going to the Show?

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 13

A special service will be run from Gosford to Wyong this Saturday for Wyong Show. Mr. R. Compton, proprietor of the Gosford-Ourimbah bus…

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Rail to Wyong Show

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 16

Return tickets at excursion fares from Gosford to Wyong, will be issued in connection with Wyong Show, by ordinary trains commencing to-day…

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Carnival at Ettalong Plain and Fancy Dress

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 10

A very pleasant evening was spent at "Roslyn" Minnie Links, Ettalong, on Thursday evening, Jan. 15th, when a fancy., dress minnie carnival, was…

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Newcastle Show Gala Week

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 19 February 1931 · page 12

For one week at least the depression, which seems to be universal, is being lifted as far as Newcastle is concerned. The various organisations of the…

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Wyong's 28th Show Success Under Difficulties

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 19 February 1931 · page 5

The Committee of Wyong Agricultural Association was faced with a difficult problem, whether a Show should be held this year. Pluckily its…

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Ourimbah News We Want Fair Play!

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 13

"Ourimbah Ratepayer" writes:--Ourimbah--where is it? Half way between Gosford and Wyong, on the old bullock track the pioneers blazed…

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The Rangers' League Australian Bushland Exhibition, 1931. To be held at the Blaxland Galleries of Messrs. Farmer & Co. Ltd., from the 8th to 12th September

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 5 March 1931 · page 5

This annual exhibition, arranged to coincide with the opening of Spring, has for its object the arousing in Australians a sense of pride in, and a…

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Australian Bushland Exhibition, 1931

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 12 March 1931 · page 6

The second Australian Bushland Exhibition is to be held during September 1931, and the Rangers' League, which is organising the display, extends an…

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Easter Show

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 26 March 1931 · page 16

Those local residents who intend visiting Sydney for the Show are invited to inspect the exhibit by W. H. Paling & Co. Ltd. in the Hordern…

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Successful at Royal Show

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 9 April 1931 · page 11

The following prizes were awarded to Mr. H. C. Yarnall, of Ourimbah, at the recent Royal Bhow:-- Brahma cock or cockerel; 1st; Hen…

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Autumn Flower Show

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 16 April 1931 · page 8

As advertised elsewhere, the Gosford Horticultural Society will hold its Autumn Show in Gosford this week. All members are working hard for its…

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Christy Minstrel Show Entertainment in Aid of Woy Woy Unemployed

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 14 May 1931 · page 10

A large audience enjoyed the Christy Minstrel entertainment in the Woy Woy Masonic Hall on May 7, which was held under the auspices of the Woy…

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A. & C. Show Meeting

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 28 May 1931 · page 8

A meeting of the Gosford District Agricultural and Citrus Association was held last Monday night. Mr. C. Hills (President) occupied the chair and…

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