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Illawarra · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1951

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School Figures Show Remarkable Growth of District

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 19 April 1951 · page 1

In submitting his report at the annual meeting of the Fairy Meadow Parents and Citizens' Association, headmaster G. J. Wood of Fairy Meadow Public School, quoted amazing figures indicative…

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Engaged for Dancing Exhibition

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 23 April 1951 · page 8

Well-known Wollongong dancers. Dick and Dulcie Johns have been engaged by the Nowra Jubilee Committee to give…

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Scouts' Fair At Warrawong

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 April 1951 · page 4

The first Scouts Fair organised by the Women's Auxiliary of the Warrawong Hall, was opened by the Commissioner of…

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Dance and Floor Show for New High School

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 April 1951 · page 8

Over 400 people crowded the Assembly Hall of the Corrimal Junior High School for the first public entertainment at the…

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Amsterdam Motor Cycle Show

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 30 April 1951 · page 6

An exhibition devoted exclusively to motor cycles and cycle motors heralded Holland's first post-war exhibition held in Amsterdam recently. The scene of the Show was beautifully staged in a lofty and spacious ferro-concrete buiding with a floral decoration scheme…

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Grand Jubilee Sports Carnival at W'gong

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 3 May 1951 · page 32

Fourteen different branches of sport, including four codes of football, will be played on the Wollongong Showground at the Combined Sports Jubilee Carnival on the Wollongong Showground next…

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Records Broken at Nowra Show

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 3 May 1951 · page 2

The secretary of the Shoalhaven A. and. H. Assn. Mr. A. Smith, at the annual meeting on Tuesday…

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No Contest For Dapto Show Committee

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 4 May 1951 · page 4

In contrast to the interest displayed at Albion Park in the election of a new Show Committee, Dapto has closed its…

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Good Year For Albion Park Show Society

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 4 May 1951 · page 2

Albion Park A. H. and I Society had another successful year, it was revealed in the report at the annual meeting…

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Fair Rent Application Dismissed

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 May 1951 · page 1

An application for the fair rent of a flat at 32 Cliff Road, Wollongong, was dismissed by Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M., in wollongong…

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90 Entries at Baby Show

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 May 1951 · page 1

Nearly 90 babies and their proud mothers attended the Jubilee Baby Show organised by the Illawarra Poliomyelitis…

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Night Of Carnival In Crown Street

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 May 1951 · page 1

Thirty-thousand people are expected to Join in dancing, parades and sideshows at Wollongong's Mardi Gras in Crown Street tonight in the final festivities of the Commonwealth Jubilee…

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District's Sport On Show Today

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 May 1951 · page 10

The Jubilee Sports Gala at Wollongong Show today promises to be one of the most entertaining exhibitions of the district's sporting activities ever seen in Greater Wollongong…

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Tennis Club Gives Exhibition

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 May 1951 · page 12

Mt. Drummond Tennis Club coach Mr. Harry Chapman proved his ability yesterday when 30 members of his club [?]…

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Barbell Club Weight Lifting Exhibition

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 May 1951 · page 12

A weight lifting exhibition by the Illawarra Barbell Club was most impressive. A contender for State honours…

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Let's Come to the Fair —Annually

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 May 1951 · page 4

THE MAYOR (Ald. J. J. Kelly) is to be commended on his statement last night that [?] he considers the Mardi Gras should become [?] an annual event…

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Jubilee Baby Show

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 10 May 1951 · page 27

Eighty-six babies were entered in the Jubilee Baby Show, held a the Wollongong Soldiers Hall on Monday…

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No Clash of Show Dates

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 7

A meeting of South Coast A.H. and I. Societies' Union at Kiama arranged show dates for 1952 to avoid clashing, and so that all…

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Illawarra Cycling Club's Carnival Now on May 19

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 12

The date on which the Illawarra Amateur Cycling Club is to hold its open cycling carnival has been changed from, June 16 to May 19. This is in accordance with…

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Show Societies Confer

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 14 May 1951 · page 12

Mr. G. E. Chittick, president of Kiama Society, was chairman at the meeting last Saturday of societies in the South Coast and Tablelands Union. Most of the affiliated societies were represented…

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