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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1953

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Tenders For Show Rights

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 15 April 1953 · page 3

When tenders for Hawkesbury Show rights were considered by the March meeting of the show council, that…

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Editorial Show Belongs to Us All

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 15 April 1953 · page 1

WHEN you pay your admission to the Hawkesbury Show this week, you are not merely buying some entertainment. Consciously or not, you become a shareholder, and partner…

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Dairymen Do Well At Royal Show

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 15 April 1953 · page 8

WHO says the Hawkesbury district is not suitable for dairying? Awards gained at the Royal Show…

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Some Mishaps At Show

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 22 April 1953 · page 1

THERE was the usual number of calls on the first-aid service provided. during the Show, and four…

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Ring Events Pleased Show Crowds

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 22 April 1953 · page 3

some time of other practically every Show patron has a look at the ring events, and the Friday and Saturday programmes at this year's…

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Show Cooking Maintained High Quality

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 22 April 1953 · page 7

A CENTRE of interest at the Hawkesbury Show for lady patrons is always the cookery, and this year…

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Vegetables Least Of Show Awards

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 22 April 1953 · page 7

KNOWING this district's fame as a commercial vegetable growing area, many visitors to this year's Show…

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"Big Little" Show Section Was Bread

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 22 April 1953 · page 12

Entries in the bread section of the Hawkesbury Show were striking support of the announcement of the master bakers last year that they…

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Honey Is The Smallest Show Section

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 22 April 1953 · page 12

AS there are few apiarists ill the district, the apiculture section, is the smallest in our Show, but…

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Show Patronage Sets New Record For Gate Takings Two Ways Of Enjoying The Show

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 22 April 1953 · page 1

An all-time record for gate takings was set by the 67th Show staged hy the Mawkesbury District agricultural Association on Thursday…

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Show Office Receipts

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 April 1953 · page 2

Apart from a multitude of other duties and distractions, the office staff during the Hawkesbury…

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show Trots Maintain Popularity

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 April 1953 · page 1

ALWAYS one of the most popular features of the ring programme, the trotting races at the Show…

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Industrial Exhibits Big Show Feature

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 April 1953 · page 6

Growing in size and interest at successive Hawkesbury Shows, the exhibits staged by businessmen have now become a big feature, and, in the…

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Preserves At Show Had Small Entry

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 April 1953 · page 3

LITTLE competition! was evident in the preserves section at the Show, and the most consistent…

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Less Pigeon Entries In Show Classes

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 April 1953 · page 6

NOTICEABLE feature of the pigeon section of the Hawkesbury Show was the falling-off of entries…

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Praise For Dairymen At Show Opening

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 April 1953 · page 7

Efforts being made by dairymen of this district to increase production and being the standard of their herds were praised by the Chairman…

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Show District Exhibit Was Greatly Admired

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 April 1953 · page 2

In the opinion of many, the District Exhibits staged by both Hawkesbury and Lithgow in the Inter District Competition were the…

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Richmond Court Fine For Show Day Behaviour

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 May 1953 · page 10

AS the result of a disturbance he created among a Showday crowd, a defendant was fined £5 by Mr…

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Fair Offer!

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 5 August 1953 · page 1

Following a donation of '£10 by Messrs. Woodhill & Co. to the Kurrajong R.S.L. sub-branch towards…

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Invitation to Open Show

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 5 August 1953 · page 1

An invitation to the highest ranking public personage in Australia, the Governor-General, Sir William Slim…

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