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Shows & fairs, 1953

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Hoad Impressive in Port Kembla Tennis Exhibition

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 20 April 1953 · page 12

Australian hardcourt singles champion, Lewis Hoad's cannonball service was the highlight of the tennis exhibition at Port Kembla on Saturday…

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Fashion Spotlight New Fashions Show Softer, More Feminine Style

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 April 1953 · page 5

An indication of the softer mood in fashions as a whole, is the fact that coat and suit designers are departing from their customary classicism and are…

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Bigger Show ground Is Now Urgent

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 22 April 1953 · page 1

AN ALL-OUT EFFORT TO ENLARGE KIAMA SHOWGROUND IS LIKELY TO BE MADE BY KIAMA A. & H. SOCIETY DU[?] THE…

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Higher Costs of Show Were Matched by Bigger Income

Kiama Independent · Saturday 25 April 1953 · page 2

A very favourable financial position at the end of a year's work was reported to Kiama A. and H. Society at the annual meeting at the Kiama Church of England Hall on Monday…

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Towradgi Pigeon Show

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 April 1953 · page 12

The Towradgi Pigeon Society Show, held on Saturday, April 25, was judged by Mr. T…

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Hall Packed for Cattle Film Show

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 29 April 1953 · page 3

Members of agricultural bodies for miles around—many Junior Farmers among them—packed the Church of England Hall, Kiama, on…

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Fashion Spotlight Films May Show Highly Wearable Women's Clothes

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 April 1953 · page 9

The fashions worn by stars in their movie roles are always interesting to women, although they're not always the kind of clothes that the average woman can picture herself as wearing…

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Towradgi Pigeon Show

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 30 April 1953 · page 28

The Towradgi Homing Pigeon Society held its show last Saturday with Mr. T. Thompson acting as judge…

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Show Committee Stresses Need For New Ground

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 April 1953 · page 6

Members of the Wollongong Agricultural, Horticultural and Industrial Society Committee last night discussed the need for a new showground for…

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One Big District Show Suggested

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 4 May 1953 · page 6

That the days of the small shows was past and that it was time, for a move to be made to set up an amalgamation of societies to hold a district show were opinion voiced at Tuesday night's meeting of…

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Novel Floor Show At Rotary Ball

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 7 May 1953 · page 27

A novel floor show was given by Dick and Dulcie Johns on Friday night at the Wollongong Rotary Club's Cabaret Ball. The floorshow took the form of…

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Torchbearers Plan Camelia Show

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1953 · page 2

The monthly meeting of Torchbearers for Legacy was held in the C.W.A. Rooms on Tuesday…

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Ground Transfer Will Be Help to Show Society

Kiama Independent · Saturday 9 May 1953 · page 2

The transfer of the Albion Park Showground to the local authority would mean an increase in revenue to the Albion Park A.H. and I…

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First Women's Swimming Carnival In Wollongong Recalled By Secretary

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 4

A visitor to Wollongong yesterday was Mrs. Rose Smith, of Cabramatta, who was secretary of the first women's swimming carnival to be held in…

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Hope Stole the Show

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 15 May 1953 · page 3

NEW YORK, Thurs.—South African Bobby Locke and Texan Byron Nelson played the best golf in the professional-amateur Celebrity…

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Bowls Carnival Starts Today

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 May 1953 · page 12

SYDNEY, Mon.—More than 1,000 bowlers from all over Australia and New Zealand will tomorrow take…

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600 Bowlers In Aust. Carnival

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 May 1953 · page 11

SYDNEY, Tues.—More than 600 country bowlers played in the first and second rounds of the…

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Arbitration Court To Show Cause

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 22 May 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thurs. An order was granted in High Court Chambers to-day calling on the…

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N.I. Show Made £11[?] Profit In First Year

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 May 1953 · page 10

North Illawarra Show Society made a £118 profit on first year. Society Treasurer (Mr. L. Davis), told this to the…

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N.z. Trotters Here for Big Carnival

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 May 1953 · page 11

SYDNEY, Tues. —Four New Zealand horses are in Sydney to run at the New South Wales Turf Club…

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