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Obviously feeling a little shy, Colleen Weavell, of Gosford, offers a gift basket of flowers to Lady Stevens, wife of the former Premier of NSW (Sir Bertram Stevens), after she had opened the Methodist show and fete at the Gosford Masonic Hall on Saturday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Officials estimate that £400 will be paid into the Methodist Church Building Fund from profits made at the citrus show and handicraft exhibition at the Masonic Hall on Saturday. There were a total of 617 entries in the six sections of the show, almost double those of the two preceding years…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Orchids were the outstanding feature of Terrigal's second annual flower show, held in Hudson's Cabaret last Saturday afternoon. Mr W. Worth, Editor of the "Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr L. L. Brennan announced this morning that increased admission prices would operate at the Regal Theatre, Gosford, as from Monday night next. The prices are the same as those approved…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Gosford District Citrus Festival Committee announced this morning that plans are complete for festival week, which will commence with the first day of the Gosford Show on Friday next…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr C. R. McKerihan, president of the Rural Bank, who will officially open the Gosford Show and Citrus Week Festival tomorrow, is shown here cutting a cake at an afternoon tea party given by the bank in Sydney last week to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The second Gosford district Citrus Festival commenced today in typical spring weather. The town is gay with flags and from daylight this morning people have been putting the final…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Mangrove Mountain district display in the pavilion at the Gosford Show was one of the best ever staged, said judges, who awarded it first prize. Other districts which staged displays were Somersby. Peat's Ridge and Calga-Mt White. The Mangrove Mountain display got more points in one place because it featured citrus very strongly, the judges said…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →What does one do when one's shoe lace comes undone and one has both hands full of very sticky lolly? But for the fact that his sister came to his aid this young man would have been in real difficulty at the Gosford Show on Saturday. They were two of many who thoroughly enjoyed themselves around the side shows…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victorian boxer Archie Kemp, who was knocked out by Queenslander Jack Hassen in the Australian Lightweight championship fight at the Sydney Stadium last night, died this morning in St…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →More than 400 men and women motor cyclists and a crowd of 1500 saw Gosford rider Ronald (Skeeter) Falconer jump a motor cycle 34ft 5in from a ramp in the broad jump at the Gosford District Motor Cycle Club's Gymkhana on Sunday. The distance was only 5ft short of the state record…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The owners of 260 dogs submitted 400 entries to the judge, Mr W. G. Hill, of Newcastle, at the Gosford Show on Saturday. Mr J. Bousche's Bowery King of Flornell was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Gosford District Citrus Festival Queen Competition raised a total of £3,909/15/7. The final voting in the competition was announced last night at the stage presentation of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →An exhibition of 40 paintings of Antarctic settings will be opened in Gosford on December 17. The paintings—oils and watercolors—are the work of the deputy-leader of the Antarctic expedition, Mr G. A. Mottershead, of Gosford. Mr Mottershead returned last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →This is one of 40 Antarctic paintings to be exhibited in Gosford on December 17. The paintings are the work of the deputy-leader of the Antarctic expedition, Mr G. A. Mottershead, of Terrigal. This one shows two members of the expedition installing a home-made…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →St. Andrew's (Gosford) Presbyterian Women's Guild will hold its second annual gladioli and hydrangea show in the Masonic Hall,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Toowoon Bay Surf Club made its debut in surf carnivals at North Bondi on Sunday, reports the publicity…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The kelp can wreck a ship by winding round its propellers, and strangling the engine immobility. It can save a ship by its warnings of hidden rock. It is graceful and beautiful, grotesque and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mrs C. Garling and Mr Len Dodds tied for first place at the St Andrew's Presbyterian Church Women's Guild flower show at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This is one of 40 Antarctic paintings which will be exhibited in the Gosford Shire Council Chambers on December 17. The paintings are the work of the deputy-leader of the Antarctic expedition, Mr G. A. Mottershead, of Terrigal. This one shows a view of the…
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