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Illawarra · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1939

198 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 10 of 10

Road Safety Exhibition

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 1 December 1939 · page 2

Over seventeen thousand people attended the Road Safety Exhibition held by the Manchester and County Chamber of Commerce Traffic Section…

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Anniversary Fair At Christ Church. Successful Function

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

The Christ Church School Hall was gaily decorated with flags and hunting on Tuesday last on the occasion of the Anniversary. Fair held…

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Junior Farmers' Show

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 6 December 1939 · page 2

The sixth annual show of the Gerringong District Junior Farmers' Club will be held on Jubilee Park on Saturday next, December 9th, the official…

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Show Unions. Meeting for December 9th

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 6 December 1939 · page 2

A meeting of the South Coast and Tablelands Show Unions will be hold at Kangaroo Valley on Saturday next, December 9th, commencing at 11.30 a.m…

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Technical College Annual Exhibition and Parade of Students' Work (Women's Department.) Magnificent Display

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 8 December 1939 · page 21

About 250 females and three males attended the Wollongong Technical College on Saturday afternoon last to view annual exhibition and…

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Gerringong Junior Farmers a Record Show. Equal to any in the World says State Orgainser

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 13 December 1939 · page 1

The Sixth Annual Show of the Gerringong Junior Farmers' Club . was held on the Jubilee Park on Saturday last, in fine weather, and with a record number of entries. The Club goes on from strength to strength, and Colonel G. C. Somerville, secretary of the Royal…

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Dapto Show

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 15 December 1939 · page 19

From cows to quoits—in this order, Dapto A. and H. committee, set about its task of building up the £800 prize schedule for its…

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Fair Rents Legislation in N.S.W.

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 15 December 1939 · page 3

We have just received a review copy of the "Fair Rents Legislation of N.S.W." by J. M. Jelbart. The price is 7/6, postage extra…

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Easter Show Fodder Innovation New Facility Extended to Exhibitors

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 15 December 1939 · page 2

Commencing with the 1940 Easter Show, livestock exhibitors will be extended the privilege of purchasing their fodder requirements on the…

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Dapto Show. Best Prize Money on Coast

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 16 December 1939 · page 4

The £800 schedule of the Dapto A. and H. Society for its forthcoming show is how available, and the richest prize money on the South Coast is offered for…

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Xmas Carnival

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 22 December 1939 · page 2

Considering that this is the first time that a Christmas carnival has been conducted on the Coast, the entries are very good, and it is confidently…

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Dapto Show Enlarged Ground

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 22 December 1939 · page 6
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Attention is directed to an advertisement in this issue re alterations in certain cattle classes in the forthcoming show…

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Civic Theatre Midnight Show

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 22 December 1939 · page 4

The first show of 1940 will take place at the Civic Theatre as the church bells and whistles usher in the New Year…

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Cycling South Coast Club Cycle Carnival Marred by Spills Two Seriously Injured

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 22 December 1939 · page 6

The cycle carnival at Dapto was marred by a series of accidents, mainly due to wheels slipping on loose gravel on the town end of…

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Kiama Patriotic Carnival. Monday, January 29th

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 23 December 1939 · page 2

AId, N. H. Tully, who was the successful organising secretary of the 150th Anniversary Celebrations, has been appointed in a similar capacity for the…

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Novel Events. at Dapto Show

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 23 December 1939 · page 4

To replace the juvenile rider classes which have been transferred to the second day, the Dapto Show Committee has added two novel events, the draught…

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Easter Show Fodder Innovation. New Facility Extended to Exhibitors

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 23 December 1939 · page 3

Commencing with the 1940 Easter Show, livestock exhibitors will be extended the privilege of purchasing their fodder requirements on the competitive…

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