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Illawarra · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1951

384 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 13 of 20

Aust. T. Tennis Stars In Exhibition

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 16 July 1951 · page 3

Four Australian table tennis stars will participate in the exhibition match, featuring international players, at the Southern…

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Under 19 Group Game Poor Exhibition

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 16 July 1951 · page 9

Group 7 defeated Group 6 under 19 Rugby League team 10-4, in the curtain raiser to France v Southern Division yesterday in…

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Denmark Stages International Motor Cycle Show

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 16 July 1951 · page 6

The first International motor cycle show to be held in Scandinavia, in the pAst 18 years opened in the Forum…

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Show Society Wants Deputation to Trust

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 July 1951 · page 2

The Wollongong Show Society has not received a reply to its request to the Premier (Mr. J. J. McGirr) to meet a deputation…

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Show Society Wants Deputation to Trust

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 July 1951 · page 2

The Wollongong Show Society has not received a reply to its request to the Premier (Mr. J. J. McGirr) to meat a deputation…

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Constitutional Show Meeting

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 July 1951 · page 7

There was confusion and difference of opinion on constitutional grounds of the correctness of holding a committee…

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Ground Trust "Robbing" Show Society

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 July 1951 · page 10

"The Showground Trust is robbing the Show Society of funds," stated Mr. A. O. Butler, at a meeting of Wollongong…

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Show Society Found It Hard to Get Quorum

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 26 July 1951 · page 10

There was a Gilbertian air at last week's meeting of Wollongong Show Society Committee when endeavours were made to overcome constitutional difficulties arising from the set quorum of fifteen…

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Big Show at Hospital Opening

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 July 1951 · page 1

Wollongong Hospital Board now hopes to open the new hospital block, Hickman House, before its annual meeting, scheduled for August 24…

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Tests Show U.S. Could Speed Making of 'Flu Vaccine

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 30 July 1951 · page 1

Australian winters, like winters in many other parts of the world, bring influenza epidemics. A recent experiment in Washington, D.C. indicates that widespread influenza epidemics can be prevented by the speedy production of vaccine for mass…

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72 Teams in Schools' Carnival

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 2 August 1951 · page 32

A record number of teams will take part in the Group 7 schools Rugby League Carnival in Wollongong on…

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[?]roup 7 Rugby League Schools Carnival

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 2 August 1951 · page 13

On Saturday next the Group Rugby League School's Council [?] hold its Annual Carnival. [?]rices of admission are adults…

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Seventy R.L. Teams In Group Carnival

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 August 1951 · page 12

Seventy Rugby League teams will be competing for honours in the Group 7 carnival at Wollongong on…

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Lands Minister To Meet Show Trust

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 6 August 1951 · page 1

Mr. Rex Connor, M.L.R., said last night the Minister for Lands (Mr. J. B. Renshaw, M.L.A.) will be visiting Greater…

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Caravans and Trailers For International Motor Show

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 6 August 1951 · page 6

Plans are already well in hand for the 36th. International Motor Exhibition, to be held this year at Earls Court…

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Show Society Defers Trust Appointment

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 August 1951 · page 6

The Wollongong A.H. & I. Society will not nominate a representative to the Showground Trust until the Premier (Mr. J…

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Crowds at Sunday Picture Show

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 13 August 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.—All sessions of the Kings Cross Newsreel Theatrette were pecked today and this evening, the proprietor…

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Show Society's Reouest for Deputation Refused

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 13 August 1951 · page 7

The State Premier has advised Wollongong Show Society that he is unable to meet a deputation on the question of the society's representation on the new Trust…

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Big Improvements for 1952 Nowra Show

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 13 August 1951 · page 8

The Shoalhaven A. & H. Association claims big improvements for its 1952 Show which promises to surpass the meritorious Jubilee event held this year…

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"Fair Cop", Cyclist Told Police

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 August 1951 · page 4

After being warned a few days previous, Raymond William Lang, Illowra Crescent, Primbe, was seen by police ridign a…

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