Hundredth Show Next Year
Wollongong Show Society will stage its 1[?]th Show next year (1955). The first committee of the…
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Austinmer Surf Carnival Upsets; Barnett Beaten
Shock defeats of four favourites, including previously undefeated Tassie Barnett in the open surf rice, highlighted Austinmer's surf carnival on Saturday. Upsets occurred when:…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Tie in Wollongong Junior Surf Carnival
Two juniors yesterday tied for first place in a special junior carnival conducted by the Wollongong Surf Club…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Beehive Working At Next Show
Wollongong Show Society will probably have a honey and bee exhibit at next year's show. The suggestion has been made…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Show Crowd Hardly Beat last Year's
Despite the fact that it was a perfect day only 120 more people paid to see the last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Attendance Was Down At Annual Wollongong Show
Attendance figures for the 1954 Wollongong Show held last Thursday, Friday and Saturday was over 2000 less than in 1953 and the gate takings approximately £70 less. However many hundreds, after…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Show's Main Day Was Cavalcade Of Fun, Laughter
No lack of entertainment made the main day at Wollongong Show, on Saturday, a cavalcade of fun and laughter for, the crowds who poured through the turnstiles all day and half the night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gentle, Booth Both Win Twice in Show Trots
H. Gentle and N. Booth were the most successful riders in trotting races at Wollongong Show over the weekend. Gentle won twice and had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hardly Missed a Show at W'gong in 67 Years
About the oldest visitors to Wollongong Show on Saturday were Mr. John McClosky, 87, and J. B. Stoyles, 83. Both enjoyed them…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Building and in the Home New Archetrim Demonstrated at Wollongong Show
Among the most interesting of the exhibits in the Industrial Pavilion at the Wollongong Show was that of C. J. May of Wollongong, builders' suppliers who featured the new Archetrim…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Special Prize for Show
This week it was learnt that Mr. Alan Crago the noted Friesian breeder of Jasper's Brush, had offered a special…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Signs Point to Bumper Kiama Show
Indications of keen competition and wide-spread interest point to the fact that this year's Kiama Show which opens on Saturday will be the biggest and best…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →One Day Horse Show at Bowral
A combined horse show and one-day event, organised by the N.S.W. Branch of the Equestrian Federation of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Royal Landing Holiday Schooldays Start on Tuesday Next Week, the Day After the Australia Day Holiday and the Kiama Show
Some parents are reported to be under the impression that the following day, Wednesday, when the Queen and the Duke…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Kiama Show This Weekend
Kiama's annual show, which is being held on Saturday and Monday (Australia Day) has attracted a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Show Memories in Other Years
Show-time is a gay time—summer frocks, new hats and all the fun-of-the-fair. But what led up to it? What were the events which ended with the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Strong Entries for Towradgi Surf Club's First Carnival
Today's surf carnival at Towradgi, the first ever conducted by the club, has received strong entries from almost every club in the branch. Included among the en[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →All Set for Grand Show Royal Year Show Could Set Up New Coast Record
Last minute reports from Kiama Showground on the number of entries for the various sections late yesterday indicate that the Royal Year Show will be outstanding in Coastal Show history…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Records Broken at Kiama's Annual Show
Kiama's 106th Annual Show, which opened on Saturday, was a great success, with records again broken in several departments. The weather on Friday was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →George Barnes in Exhibition at Wollongong Police Boys' Club
National welterweight champion, George Barnes, will give an exhibition with a leading fighter at the Wollongong Police Sous' Club tonight. The exhibition will be…
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