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Shows & fairs, 1953

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Art Show Nets £41 For Bookmobile

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 14 April 1953 · page 1

Gosford Shire Library's Bookmobile Fund will net £41/7/- as the result of the recent exhibition of…

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Jersey Cattle From Wyoming At Big Show

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 14 April 1953 · page 5

Jersey cattle from the "Wingello" stud at Wyoming were among the successful exhibits at the Royal Show…

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Wamberal Pigs Shine at Royal Show

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 17 April 1953 · page 5

District pig studs were highly successful exhibitors against strong interstate opposition at the Sydney Royal Show recently. In Wessex Saddle Back classes, Mr. Alan Grimes,…

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Big Empire Night Show Likely to Aid Pool Fund

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 17 April 1953 · page 5

Subject to approval of Gosford Shire Council, Gosford War Memorial Pool Committee will arrange a barbecue, bonfire and fireworks display on the pool site on the waterfront reserve at…

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Kariong Flower Show Booked For September

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 24 April 1953 · page 2

Kariong Progress Association has booked the Masonic Hall, Gosford, for its first flower show on…

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30 Mountain Folk For "Crazy Show"

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 1 May 1953 · page 2

More than 39 Mangrove Mountain folk are busy preparing for their "Crazy Show." to be…

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Poultry Show Attracts Big Exhibit at Wong

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 22 May 1953 · page 8

Six-hundred exhibits were benched during the Wyong Poultry Club's recent show. Besides many entries from local areas, exhibits came…

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Old Bible on Show at Rally

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 26 May 1953 · page 3

A bible printed in the reign of King George III, who succeeded to the English Throne in 1760. will…

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'Sally' Next Big Show at Gosford

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Wednesday 3 June 1953 · page 2

The bright musical comedy, "Sally" has replaced Gosford Musical and Dramatic Society's proposed…

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Red, White And Blue At Sailing Club Show

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 2

Coronation decor, in the traditional red, white and blue, dominated the atmosphere at the Gosford Sailing Club's annual presentation night on Saturday. The presentation func-…

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Big Entries For Show Of Poultry

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 5

Between 600 and 700 entries have been received for the fourth annual Go-ford Poultry Club show at…

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Record Entries for Big Weekend Poultry Show

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 12 June 1953 · page 3

A record 640 entries have been received for Gosford Poultry Club's fourth annual exhibition of show and utility poultry at Gosford Showground tomorrow and Sunday…

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Carnival Games For Pool Go On

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 19 June 1953 · page 1

Carnival games in aid of Gosford War Memorial Pool fund will be given a further trial on…

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Poultry Expert Praises Two-Day Show Exhibits

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 19 June 1953 · page 5

Gosford Poultry Club's fourth annual show at Gosford Showground last weekend was an outstanding success, well-known interstate poultry judge, Mr J. D. Pennicuik, of Lisarow, said yesterday. Mr. Pennicuik, who…

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Real Fair for Village of Kulnura

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 23 June 1953 · page 2

A real Village Fair, and all that goes with it, is planned to be held on the Kulnura Memorial grounds…

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First Kariong Flower Show In September

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 23 June 1953 · page 2

Kariongr Progress Association will hold its first flower show on September 5. Mrs. O. K. Parry, publicity…

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Amazing Increase in Daily Average of Patients Record Figures Show Larger Hospital Is Urgent Need

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 3 July 1953 · page 1

Need for more adequate hospital accommodation in Gosford is stressed by figures issued yesterday, which reveal that the 33-bed Gosford District Hospital had a daily average of 45.13 inpatients during the year…

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Terrigal To Hold Carnival In January

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 7 July 1953 · page 5

A carnival similar to the Easter Parade is to be held at Terrigal during the next Anniversary Day weekend…

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Musical Show For Gosford On

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 7 July 1953 · page 3

Tuggerah Lakes Music Club will present a varied programme by its artists at Masonic Hall, Gosford,…

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Citrus Show

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 17 July 1953 · page 7

The seventh annual Citrus Show and Handicraft Exhibition of Gosford Methodist Church will be opened in the…

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