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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1954

77 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 4 of 4

Show Council Day Altered

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 November 1954 · page 10

The regular meeting day of the show council was altered, from the former third Thursday of each month, to…

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Show Tradition Carried On

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 November 1954 · page 8

Chief poultry steward (Mr. R. B. Turnbull) announced at the November meeting of the show council that Miss Joyce…

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Show Steward Kept Promise

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 November 1954 · page 10

An extra £10 in prize money for the bullock-riding contests at next Show had been granted on an…

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Show Variation For Poultrymen

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 November 1954 · page 11

Closing of the poultry pavilion at 3 p.m. (an hour earlier than usual) on the Saturday of the next Show…

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To Discuss New Show Pavilion

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 November 1954 · page 11

The November meeting of the show council was informed that the Hawkesbury Race Club committee was prepared…

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Councillors Welcomed at Show Meeting

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 November 1954 · page 2

A CORDIAL welcome to two new councillors was extended at the November meeting of the show…

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Sawing Contest At Next Show

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 November 1954 · page 2

A recommendation that a two-handed sawing contest be conducted in conjunction with the woodchopping events…

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Show Donations By Month's End

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 November 1954 · page 10

Making a strong appeal to stewards of all sections to have donations for the prize list of the next Hawkesbury…

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Show To Stay On Present Site Decided

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 November 1954 · page 1

A decision that the Hawkesbury Show continue to be staged on the present showground, but that this did not inhibit future discussion of…

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May Be Goat Entries In Next Hawkesbury Show

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 November 1954 · page 6

As the result of a decision by the show council at its November meeting it is now likely that a section for goats will be included in the schedule…

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Show Bread Section Will be Bigger Than Ever Before

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 November 1954 · page 9

Already showing lusty growth, in recent years under, the impetus of bakers' interest, the bread section at the next Hawkesbury Show will be…

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Air Marshall To Be Asked To Open 1955 Show

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 November 1954 · page 12

A unanimous decision to ask Air Marshal J.P.J. McCauley to perform the ceremony of officially opening the 1955 Hawkesbury Show was reached…

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Swim Costumes Hit" of R.A.A.F. Carnival

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 8 December 1954 · page 1

The interest attracted by the display of bathing costumes, in such seasonable swimming or surfing weather, by three leading…

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Show Donations Coming In

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 15 December 1954 · page 1

THIS 1935 Hawkesbury Show was being well supported by donors, the secretary (Mr. D. Backhouse)…

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New Pavilion for Next Show

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 15 December 1954 · page 15

A NEW pavilion 80 feet long by 50 feet wide will be erected for the next Hawkesbury Show, it was…

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No Turnstiles at 1955 Show

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 15 December 1954 · page 1

A DECISION not to use turnstiles at the 1955 Show will mean that patrons will be able to move freely…

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Free Grandstand, But Show Admission Up

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 15 December 1954 · page 15

There will lose no charge for admission to the grandstands but the admission charge to the showground will be increased from 3/- to 4/-, it…

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