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Illawarra · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1939

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Dapto Show. JANUARY 13th AND 14th

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 2

The series of Coastal Shows this year commences with Dapto on Friday and Saturday, January 13th and 14th. There will be Increased prize money in all…

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Dapto Show

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 11 January 1939 · page 2

Daito show the first of the Coastal serious of exhibitions this year, will be hold on Friday. and Saturday next, 13th and 14th January, and the Society has…

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Bishop on Fair Dealing

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 12

The Anglican Bishop of Goulburn, (Right Rev. Er H. Burgmann), in his monthly letter to the diocese, warns Australia of the dangers confronting…

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Wollongong Show

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 3

The last meeting prior to the annual Wollongong Show was held by the A.H. and I. Society in the Society's Rooms on Wednesday night. Present…

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Wollongong Show Society

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 13

The final meeting of the Wollongong Show Society prior to the annual show was held on Wednesday night…

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Surf Carnival at North Beach

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 3

North Wollongong Surf Club has reason to feel highly gratified at the success of its thirtieth annual carnival held at the North Beach on…

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Dapto Show To-day (Friday)

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 15

Right Hon. W. M. Hughes (better known to a big percentage of the workers here as Billy) will perform the official opening of Dapto Show…

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Free Railway Passes for Show Judges Assistance Sought

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 6

The granting of free railway passes to judges at agricultural shows is being sought by the United Pure-Bred Cattle Breeders' Association of New…

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Royal Easter Show £15,500 Prize Schedule Features. 10 Days' Programme

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 14

In the next few weeks the vast organisation necessary to stage the Royal Easter Show will be functioning in earnest. For months now the…

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Albion Park Show

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 14 January 1939 · page 2

The big district event next week is the Albion Park Show, the jubilee exhibition of the Society, who are putting on an excellent programme for Friday…

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Free Railway Passes. for Show Judges

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 14 January 1939 · page 4

The granting of free railway passes to judges at agricultural shows is being sought by the United Pure Bred Cattle Breeders' Association of New South…

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The Dairy Breeds. at Sydney Show

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 14 January 1939 · page 4

The dairy section at the next R.A.S. Sydney Show is being kept well abreast of modern requirements, although there was little occasion for revision…

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Albion Park Show

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 2

The Jubilee year show of the Albion Park Society will be held on Friday and Saturday next, and the break in the dry spell gives reason to hope that…

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At the Royal Show

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 3

Junior Farmers will again be very well catered for at the Royal Easter Show this year. For the fourth year in succession…

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Dapto Show. Good Cattle Exhibits. Grand Championship of All Breeds Won by G. E. CHITTICK

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 2

One of the best cattle exhibitions ever staged at the Dapto Show was seen on Friday last. There were good entries in practically every…

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DAPTO'S 82nd. SHOW

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 4

With probably the best entry of horses and trotters ever seen at any South Coast Show, Dapto Society had to postpone its ring programme…

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Wollongong Show Big Entries

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 9

Mr. A. O. Maegillyeuddy, secretary of the Wollongong Show, is a busy man at the present time, receiving entries for the forthcoming show, which…

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Wollongong Show Opens Next

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 18

The entries for "The Event of the Coast" Wollongong's Annual Show, have been coining in steadily for some weeks past and indications…

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Port Kembla Baths Not Available for Boy Scouts' Carnival

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 9

At the meeting of the Central Illawarra Shire Council on Monday night, the Boy Scouts Association made application to hold a swimming carnival…

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Dapto Show. Opened by Hon. W. M. Hughes, M.h.r. Second Day Postponement

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 8

With a brilliant Row of topical humour undaunted by a temperature hovering near 100 degrees the Hon. W. M. Hughes, "the little Digger," officially opened the eighty-seventh Dapto Show last Friday afternoon…

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