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384 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 9 of 20
The Illawarra branch of the Surf Life Saving Association closed its carnival activity for the 1950-51 season with a spectacular Jubilee carnival at the Wollongong beach on Saturday afternoon. More than 12,000 people surged from the Crown Street procession area to watch…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →"Fifty years ago, before the advent of motion pictures and radios, people enjoyed considerably more home life than is the case at present. It is indeed a moot point whether wet are happier now…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The A.B.C.'s demonstration studio in the South-West corner of the commemorative pavilion at the Sydney Showground will again be on show for South Coast visitors to the Easter Show…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →With a respite from Pennant Bowls for those clubs which still have games to play, interest this weekend will centre on the Annual Easter Tournament…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →THE Annual Brussels Show held recently in the Grands Palais du Centenaire was as usual very well organised and highly interesting. Doing the show systematically…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Two Illawarra athlets were placed in events at the Jubilee Athletic Carnival at the Sydney Cricket Gorund on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On the heavy sandy oval at Kemblawarra yesterday, the Port Kembla first grade Rugby League team defeated Northern Suburbs by 16 points to 10. Outstanding player on the field was Port Kembla's V. Meizer, who was the spearhead of Port Kembla's attack…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →MELBOURNE, Monday.—Outsider Prince o' Fairies caused the biggest, upset of the Easter Racing Carnival when he narrowly defeated odds-on favourite Chicquita in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The world's first turbocar, Jet 1, will be on view—from a distance—at the British Festival. It is an open three-seat Rover,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir Edmund Herring, Director General of Recruiting, was interested in this radar device shown to him by Flight-Lieut. George Garlick when he visited the Royal Easter Show. During the visit…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accepting a financial statement prepared for the last financial year by Wollongong A.H. & I. Society Secretary (Mr. C. P. Mulcahy), a meeting of the society last night described it as "highly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Commonwealth Jubilee Celebrations in Greater Wollongong will culminate in a Grand Mardi Gras street Carnival on the afternoon and night of Wednesday, May 9. This was decided at last…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The nett return from the last Wollongong A.H. and L. Society's annual show was about £1,920, which had left the Society in a healthy financial post on the President, Mr. W. Simpson, told a meeting of the Show Committee on Tuesday night…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Displaying the form they showed in their recent trial games, members of the Thirlmacs Dodgers baseball team…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →On show at the British Industries Fair this year will be a wide range of British made pneumatic…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Notable photographic advances are being demonstrated at the British Industries Fair Considerable international interest has already been aroused in a new precision miniature camera which was shown in prototype at the 1950 fair…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Elaborate preparations are well in hand for the Mardi Gras street carnival in Crown Street on the evening and night of Wednesday, May 9th This is a Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Visitors to the Festival of Britain exhibition on the South Bank of the river Thames in London should find much to interest them in the Telecinema, a building specially designed for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A grand sports carnival, featuring all forms of sport played in the Illawarra district, will be held at Wollongong Showground on May 9, when Illawarra teams will play Sydney and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Plans were completed at a conference of sporting bodies on Monday for the big Jubilee Sporting Carnival on May 9 at Wollongong. The meeting decided to…
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