Season's first surf carnival at Towradgi Punters' Pie Fire Scout
Good entries have been received for the first surf carnival of the season to be held at Towradgi today. The presence of North…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Shows & fairs, 1954
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Woonona Presb. Scots Fair
The Annual Scotch Fair was held in the soldiers' Hall, Woonona, in perfect weather and was very well attended…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Show Business in Family
ANOTHER member of the Clooney family is on the verge of entering show business Rosemary Cloodney just got word…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Surf Stars Herald Opening of Carnival Season
New surfing stars heralded the opening of the Illawarra carnival season on Saturday, when the first of the 1954-55 carnivals was held at Towradgi beach. Most pleasing feature of the afternoon was the large…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Congregational Fair
Almost £100 was realised when the Gerringong Congregational Church Women's Guild held their Spring Fair at the Town Hall on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bulli Show Trotting Prizes to Total £500
£500 in prize money will be won in trotting events at this year's Bulli show. Entries for the show, which is to be held on December…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Spotlight On Wollongong Carnival
The spotlight on district surfing activities this week-end is focussed on Wollongong Club's South Beach with the…
Continued on Trove, page 47 →Mr. Fields Resigns Dapto Show Presidency
At the monthly meeting of Dapto A. and H. committee, a letter of resignation was received from Mr. P. J. Fields, former president, in which he intimated that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →To Hold Exhibition
Mr. Carl Sven Pearson of Market Square, said yesterday that he plans to hold an exhibition of his art in Wollongong…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wollongong Surf Carnival Stopped by Rain
Saturday's surf carnival at Wollongong beach was abandoned when heavy rain fell after only half the programme had been completed…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Five Events Abandoned at Wollongong Carnival
Five events were abandoned at the Wollongong Surf Club's annual Carnival on Saturday, when a heavy storm forced officials and competitors to scurry to shelter shortly before 5 o'clock. The events were the finals…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Plan To Handle Picture Show Buses
As from next Friday altered arrangements for the usual after-picture-show buses will operate in Wollongong. The arrangement will…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →President Confident of Big Bulli Show
With the Bulli Show, the first of the 1955 show series on the South Coast drawing nearer, the Northern Illawarra A. H. and I. Society President (Mr. G…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →[?]arnett Doubtful For [?]hellharbour Carnival
[?]ading North Wollongong surfer and Australian [?]tative, Tassie Barnett, is almost certain not to be [?] Shellharbour surf carnival this Saturday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 54 →Top Ranking Tenm Stars in W'gong Exhibition
Four of the world's top rank professional tennis players will comp in an exhibition at McCabe Park cod Wollongong, on Sunday week…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Dates worry Woll'gong Show Society
Smaller show societies should not dictate the days Wollongong Show was to be staged. This was stated by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fair way Pars
The champion of champions event at Moss Vale last Sunday was well within the bounds of mediocrity…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →R. and R. highlight of Shellharbour carnival
The "A" grade R and R should be the highlight of an interesting programme at today's surf carnival at Shellharbour. Three teams, Wollongong, North Wollongong and…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Surfer collapses at Shellharbour Carnival
The collapse of a team member probably cost Wollongong a win in the senior R. and R. at Saturday's highly successful surf carnival at Shellharbour. The R. and R. was well…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Tiny tots steal show at ball
Over eight hundred feet-stamping, hand-clapping parents and friends attended the second day of the Wollongong Primary School P. & C. Association's annual Juvenile Ball which was being held in the Soldiers' Hall, Wollongong on…
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