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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1931

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HAWKESBURY 1931 EXHIBITION (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 4

Sir,—I was pleased to read your ample report of the last meeting of the Council of the H.D.A.A., which is busy perfecting arrangements for this year's show. I heartily…

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Horticulture January Monthly Exhibition

Hawkesbury Herald · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 4

The [?] weather conditions left its [?] upon the flower section at the [?] show on Monday evening, when the competition was…

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Hawkesbury Show Record List of Donations People's Confidence in Society Official Opening Arrangements

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 8

IT was announced at the monthly meeting of the Hawkesbury District Agricultural Association on Friday last, in response to the…

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Windsor's Carnival on Again This Friday & Saturday Town Improvement Association's Objects

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 March 1931 · page 3

ON Thursday, Friday and Saturday last, the carnival, held under the auspices of the Windsor Town Improvement Association was conducted in…

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Blacktown Show Record Entries and Attendances Thrilling Ring Events

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 March 1931 · page 8

BLACKTOWN and District Agricultural Society held its twelfth annual exhibition on the local showground on Friday and Saturday last. The show created a record…

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Nepean Show Record Entry—good Attendance Horses and Cattle Attract

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 13 March 1931 · page 8

NEPEAN District Agricultural Society held its 39th annual exhibition on the Penrith showground in fine weather on Friday and Saturday last. The torrential rain which…

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Harbor Bridge Exhibition

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 20 March 1931 · page 2

An exhibition is to be held at Maroubra on a 79-acre site prior to the opening of the Sydney Harbor bridge. The exhibition is deigned to gather from every part of the…

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Easter Show

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 27 March 1931 · page 7

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

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Over £50 Scotch Fair and Flower Show. Successful. Pitt Town Effort

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 3 April 1931 · page 10

"OVER £50 was realised as a result of the Scotch Fair and Flower Show, organised by the Ebenezer-Pitt Town Presbyterian Church and held in the School of Arts, Pitt…

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Show Horses Killed Windsor Man in Railway Smash Derailment Near Gunning

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 3 April 1931 · page 5

THE most serious railway accident in the south for many years occurred near Gunning early on Thursday morning of last week, when…

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Records Smasher! Hawkesbury Show Entries Bright Prospects—attractive Sporting Programme

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 10 April 1931 · page 3

PROSPECTS for a successful Hawkeabury Show, which takes place on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of next week, are particularly bright. This assertion is based on information received from the office of the secretary (Mr. R. B. Tate), with whom a representative of this paper had a special interview…

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Leo Appo World's Champion Woodchopper Coming to Hawkesbury Show

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 April 1931 · page 3

AS We go to Press—noon on Thursday— the Hawkesbury Showground at Clarendon is a busy hive of industry—the 51st annual exhibition of the Hawkesbury…

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Hawkesbury Show

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 24 April 1931 · page 11

LET the world know about our beautiful and historic Hawkesbury district. Send a copy of this week's "Gazette," containing a complete report of the show, to your friends here and…

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Hawkesbury Show

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 24 April 1931 · page 2

LET the world know about our beautiful and historic Hawkesbury district. Send a copy of this week's "Gazette," containing a complete report…

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Hawkesbury Show

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 24 April 1931 · page 1

LET the world know about our beautiful and historic Hawkesbury district. Send a copy of this week's "Gazette," containing a complete report…

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Met at the Show the Year's Friendly Rendezvous Some Personalities of Hawkesbury's Great Carnival

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 24 April 1931 · page 8

HAWKESBURY SHOW has for over half a century been the meeting place for many old friends, some of whom would consider it nearly as a year, taken from their…

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Pen Pictures of the Show

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 24 April 1931 · page 3

"The Show's the thing," and the Hawkesbury edition this year was no exception. On Friday it rained but, generously, late in the afternoon. On Saturday a Warm sun…

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Escaped or Stolen? Valuable Show Pigeon

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 24 April 1931 · page 4

THE valuable Flying Homer pigeon, owned by Mr. Geo. Down, of Scarborough, South Coast, which was awarded champion prize at Hawkesbury Show…

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President's Optimism "Speedy Return to Prosperity" Official Opening of Hawkesbury Show

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 24 April 1931 · page 9

THE official opening of the Hawkesbury Show was performed on Friday by the President (Major Philip Charley), who struck an optimistic note when he said that, when the record entries and the quality of the exhibits in every class were considered, it gave confidence that there would be a speedy return to…

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Better Than Ever Exhibits at Hawkesbury Show Attractive Displays and Keen Competition

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 24 April 1931 · page 10

ENTRIES for the Hawkesbury Show altogether numbered over 3,300 which is a record for the Association. Few classes in any section were totally neglected, and…

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