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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1917

10 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers

Western Districts Exhibit for Royal Show

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 9

Mr. George Trevitt, of Bathurst, has been in the Hawkesbury district for some days, arranging with our farmers and fruit-growers to have the Hawkesbury Valley represented…

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The Royal Show

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 16 February 1917 · page 1

The organising for the Royal Show in Sydney, which begins on April 3rd next, is now far enough advanced [?]or the secretary to be able to form an idea of the prospects of…

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The Easter Show

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 23 March 1917 · page 4

The Royal Show has grown in size so much during the war period, that its extensions will almost, certainly be phenomenal. At present the accommodation, at, the show…

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Interesting Exhibit at R a S. Show

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 3

Guano as a fertiliser.—An interesting exhibit at the R.A.S. Show was made by Spriggs Asbostolite Co., who act is distributing agents for the Mt. Etna Guano Co., Queensland and…

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The Western District Exhibit at the Royal Show

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 4

Of the four great district exhibits at the Royal Show, Die Western held the greater attraction for visitors from the Hawkesbury, for this district was included in the…

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A Unique Exhibition Lower Portland's Good Effort

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 May 1917 · page 9

Some two years ago, when the schedule for the 1916 Show of the Hawkesbury District Agricultural Association was being revised, Mr. R. M. Smith, a member of the Council…

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The Show a Great Display

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 18 May 1917 · page 1

The Hawkesbury Show of 1917 was one of the most successful held for several years, both as regards the number and quality of the exhibits and the attendances. On the…

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First Hawkesbury Wild Flower Show and Industrial Exhibition for Fighters' Families. Splendid Effort at Leet's Vale

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 5 October 1917 · page 2

The first annual Hawkesbury River Wild Flower Show and Industrial Exhibition, organised by the good people of Leet's Vale, and held on the Public School grounds on…

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Leet's Vale Wild Flower Show and Industrial Exhibition

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 2 November 1917 · page 5

Mr. Hill, hon. secretary of the above writes:—I wish to correct a few errors in report of our Flower Show on September 28, 1917…

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Maritime Fair Salvation Army's Good Work

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 9 November 1917 · page 10

The annual safe of gifts in connection with the Salvation Army's Self-Demal Appeal, which has for many years proved a great factor in raising funds for the maintenance…

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