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Illawarra · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1952

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Schoolboys' R. League Carnival to Be Held on September 13

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 August 1952 · page 11

Group Seven Rugby League Schools' Council will hold its 10th annual carnival on September 13. The carnival was…

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Carnival at Austinmer

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 14 August 1952 · page 2

Austinmer Local Committee applied to Monday night's meeting of the Northern Zone Committee meeting on behalf…

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300 Brave Weather to Attend Scots' Fair

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 August 1952 · page 4

More than 300 women braved the rain and wind yesterday to attend the annual Scots' Fair at the Presbyterian Hall, which was opened by Mrs. Harris…

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Nowra Possible Venue For 1953 C.T.A. Carnival

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 14 August 1952 · page 2

The Nowra Chamber of Commerce on Monday night decided to ask the South Coast Branch of the Commercial Travellers'…

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District Show Judges

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 15 August 1952 · page 6

Requested to supply the names of competent judges within its area for compilation of a new union list,…

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A glimpse into the coming summer when—KIAMA'S Show Will Be Made More Attractive Than Ever "Second to None in State"—claims Horse Steward

Kiama Independent · Saturday 16 August 1952 · page 1

Kiama's Agricultural Show next January is to be made more attractive than ever, it was reported to the A. and H. meeting on Wednesday…

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Group 7 Schools Carnival, Sept. 13

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 18 August 1952 · page 12

Very reluctantly the Schools' Council had to postpone the 10th Annual Carnival on August 2. The state of the grounds…

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Women's Tennis Players Show Superiority

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 18 August 1952 · page 10

Weona I, Port Kembla I, and Mitchell I all recorded easy wins in the women's midweek tennis competition. WOMEN'S TENNIS—-…

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Earl's Court 1952 Motor Show

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 18 August 1952 · page 5

Field Marshal the Rt. Hon. Earl Alexander of Tunis, K.G., G.C.B., G.C.M.G., G.S.I., D.S.O. [?].C, Minister of Defence, will…

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Floods Show Need For road Haulage'

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 18 August 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sun.—The President of the Long Distance Road Transport Association (Mr. W. V…

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Mr. L Maynes Appointed To Show Trust

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 18 August 1952 · page 1

The Minister for Lands (Mr. F. H. Hawkens) informed Mr. R. F. X. Connor, M.L.R., yesterday he…

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Show Society Nominee-Mr. L Maynes For Trust

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 18 August 1952 · page 1

The Minister for Lands has approved of the nomination of Mr. L. V. Maynes as the representative of the Show Society on the Wollongong Public Recreation and Showground Trust…

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Film Show Aids School Funds

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 20 August 1952 · page 1

Schoolchildren and a number of parents went to the annual film show at Kiama Cinema, on Friday, held on behalf of the Kiama Parents and…

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Show Society To Draw Up New Rules

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 August 1952 · page 10

"I would be happy to renew the old agreement for future use of Wollongong Showground,"…

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1953 Show Will "Surpass All Previous Shows"

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 August 1952 · page 2

A.H. & I. Society President (Mr. W. Simoson) forecast last night, that the 1953 Wollongong Show would "surpass anything we have ever held."…

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They Show the Queen Mother Round Their Gardens

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 August 1952 · page 9

No one is so keen a gardener as the Londoner, even if he has only a window-box in which to…

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Primary Producers' Leaders Show Open Hostility To New State Food Council— Governor Tells House of "Deep Concern"

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 20 August 1952 · page 1

Deep concern at the declining trend in the production od essential foods was mentioned by the Governor of New South Wales, Sir John Northcott, in his opening…

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W'gong Wins Trophy At Polo Crosse Carnival

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 21 August 1952 · page 20

In the O'Shea Polo Crosse Carnival held at Burradoo recently, Wollongong played excellent Polo Crosse, and although defeated for the coveted O'Shea Cup, played brilliantly to win the Handicap Trophy from the Town…

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Proposed New Show Pavilion At Kiama

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 21 August 1952 · page 25

The proposal to build a new pavilion and grandstand on the Kiama Showground, to take the place of the one destroyed by fire in 1938, was again referred to at Wednesday night's meeting of the Kiama Agricultural Society…

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Show Society and Trust To Confer

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 21 August 1952 · page 18

Wollongong Show Society and the, Wollongong Showground Trust will confer on appropriate bye-laws governing the…

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