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Shows & fairs, 1952

495 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 7 of 25

Show Society to Be Formed at BULLl

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 25 February 1952 · page 1

President of the Slacky Flat Improvements Committee, Ald. L. Strachan, announced during the Wollongong Show on Saturday that he would convene a public meeting to form a Show Society…

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Sister Fitzgerald Scoops Pool At W'gong Show

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 25 February 1952 · page 11

Sister Fitzgerald's team of horses scooped the pool at Wollongong A.H. and I. Society's gymkhana at Slacky Flat, Bulli, on Saturday. Her team won five…

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Keen Interest In Dog Exhibits At W'gong Show

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 25 February 1952 · page 8

There was keen interest in the dog exhibits, staged in conjunction with Wollongong Show Society's one-day gymkhana at Slacky Flat, on Saturday…

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Liberals Condemn W'gong Show Ground Trust Set-up Appointments Described As "Legal Hijacking"

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 25 February 1952 · page 3

Liberal Party delegates at their Southern Regional Conference on Saturday described the method of appointing Trustees to the Wollongong Showground Trust as "legal hijacking"…

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FILMS News of the Motion Picture Industry Marilyn Wants Chance to Show What She's Got

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 25 February 1952 · page 3

Contrary to reports, starlet Marilyn Monroe will not renounce cheesecake art for a dramatic career, but will try…

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Diana Suddenly Quits Show

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 February 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tues.—American actress Diana Barrymore, who left her Launceston show suddenly…

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Swimming Carnival

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 28 February 1952 · page 31

The pupils of the C.J.H.S. had a wonderful day at Thirroul on the occasion of their annual swimming carnival…

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Club's First Carnival

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 February 1952 · page 6

Warilla Surf Lifesaving Club will compete at its first surf carnival at Shellharbour on Saturday…

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Art Exhibition Commences Sat

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 28 February 1952 · page 18

Members of the Wollongong Art Society are busily framing and finishing pictures for the opening of their first exhibition…

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Bulli May Stage Show

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 February 1952 · page 1

At a meeting of the Slacky Flat Committee at Bulli last night the chairman (Ald. Strachan) was…

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New Clubs to Compete at Shellh'br Carnival

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 28 February 1952 · page 31

The two newest surf clubs in the Illawarra [?]anch, Warilla and Gerringong, will compete for the first time when they appear at the Shellharbour Carnival next Saturday…

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Golf Notes Rain Spoils Golf Exhibition at P.k

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 28 February 1952 · page 28

The heavy rain on Sunday afternoon made it necessary to call off the exhibition match when the players were all…

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Mr. A.S. Hoskins To Open National Surf Carnival

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 28 February 1952 · page 2

Mr. A. S. Hoskins, patron of the Illawarra Branch and patron of the North Wollongong Surf Life Saving Club, will officially open the Australian Surf Championships to be held at North…

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Art Exhibition Opens Tomorrow

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 4

The Wollongong Art Society will hold its first exhibition tomorrow. It will be officially opened…

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Council to Help Surf Carnival

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 5

Mr. Floyd Morris and Dr R. Oddy waited on the Central Zone Committee of the City Council to…

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Champion Surf Teams in Today's Carnival

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1952 · page 12

Today's surf carnival at Shollharbour will be the biggest ever staged by the club. Competing in…

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Wide Interest In Art Exhibition

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 3 March 1952 · page 2

The Wollongong Art Society's first annual exhibition opened with a flourish at the Y.W.C.A…

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Wide Interest in Local Art Exhibition

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 3 March 1952 · page 3

More than two hundred persons attended the opening on Saturday afternoon of the Wollongong' Art Society's first…

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"Incidents" Mar Surf Carnival At Shellharbour

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 3 March 1952 · page 7

Several events at Shellharbour surf carnival on Saturday reached farcical proportions. Only four officials arrived to judge R. & R. events. The "A" Grade R. & R. was won by Corrimal (72.6) from North Wollongong (72.4)…

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Diving Champion to Judge at Swim Carnival

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 3 March 1952 · page 8

N.S.W. champion diver, Joe McCann has accepted an invitation to judge diving competitions at the…

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