Tricky Sea Beats Surf Carnival Swimmers
A boisterous sea at Saturday's North Wollongong Surf Carnival created major upsets in most events when favoured swimmers were beaten. Waves appeared to favour outsiders and…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Shows & fairs, 1951
384 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 1 of 20
Thirroul Carnival On
A number of Sydney competitors are expected to take part in Thirroul's annual Carnival on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Towradgi's Carnival Raises £200
A most successful carnival was held by the ladies' auxiliary of the Towradgri Surf Life Saving Club South…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Athletic Carnival New Australian Will Try to Break Aust. Record
An attempt on the Australian javelin throw record will be made hy Alexis Hakelis, of St. George Club at the mammoth athletic carnival on the Wollongong Showground next Saturday at 1.45…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Thirroul Carnival's Big Entries
Thirroul Surf Club's Annual Carnival to be held this afternoon has attracted entries from 16 South Coast Surf Clubs. In the March Past, nine teams, led by the Wollongong Highland…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Surf Kiama Junior's Treble at Thirroul Carnival
Kiama junior John Bloomfield won a treble at Thirroul's annual Surf Carnival on Saturday. He was successful in the junior surf, junior belt and single ski events…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Stole Lorry to Show Off
Two Sydney men charged at the Milton Court on Tuesday last with stealing a motor lorry said they had taken it…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Albion Park Show This Week End
Albion Park's annual show this Friday and Saturday will start the series of shows throughout this district…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Orders Reached £25 Million Mark at The Motor Show—Earl's Court
THE Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders gave the following round-up on the Earls Court Motor Show following its ten day run: Exhibitors' general reactions to this year's Show was that it…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nowra Show
The Shoalhaven A. & H. Diamond Jubilee Show at Nowra next month promises to be an outstanding event and one which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Austinmer Surf Club Carnival
In preparation for our Annual Carnival which will be held at Austinmer beach next Saturday, the beach has become a hive of activity. At this stage all members…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Albion Park Show Opens Tomorrow
Albion Park will lead off, this weekend with the first of the district's 1951 shows. A feature of the show, which begins tomorrow, will be a particularly fine display of dairy cattle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Albion Park Show This Friday &
Interest of district Show supporters will be centred on Albion Park which opens the 1950 shows in this district. The show is being held on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Show Officials Discuss Trust Set-up
At a meeting of the Wollongong A. H. & I. Society's Committee, Mr. A. C. Looney raised the question of the society's representation on the Showground Trust…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hall of Industries Booked Out for Show
All space in the Hall of Industries at Wollongong had been booked-out for next month's show…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Traders Asked to "Brighten-up" City for Show
The Wollongong A.H. and I. Society will ask city tracers to decorate their shops and streets during show week…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →McGREGOR Defeated in Tennis Exhibition
MELBOURNE, Friday.—Ken McGregor went down to Dick Savitt in the first match of the international tennis exhibitions at Kooyong today…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Big Entries For Today's Austinmer Surf Carnival
The fifth Illawarra surf carnival of the current season will be held at Austinmer Beach this afternoon, commencing at 2 p.m. Big entries have been received in ail events. Austinmer is one of the most…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Ideal Weather For Albion Park Show Opening
Ideal weather favoured yesterday's opening of the 1951 Albion Park Show. A crowd estimated at more than 1009 saw the finest exhibition of A.I.S. cattle ever exhibited at Albion Park. Although the day was cloud…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Street Carnival
The programme committee recommended the pensioners street carnival be held on the special May 9th celebrations…
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