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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1944

37 stories in Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown)'s papers · page 1 of 2

Not Getting a Fair Deal

The Picton Post · Thursday 27 January 1944 · page 3

Sales of milking herds on the South Coast have been more numerous during the past couple of months than old hands of the districts can remember…

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Liverpool Show. Saturday Next

Camden News · Thursday 10 February 1944 · page 5

The revival of a number of country agricultural shows is creating considerable interest in various centres, and none the least within the districts…

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Liverpool Show. Saturday Next

The Campbelltown News · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 1

The revival of a number of country agricultural shows is creating considerable interest in various centres; and none the least within the districts…

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Picton Horse Show

The Picton Post · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 2

The Picton A. and H. Society has provided a programme of 43 events for the Horse Show, to be held on Victoria Park on Saturday, 4th March. The programme…

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Scouts' Swimming Carnival

Camden News · Thursday 2 March 1944 · page 2

On Saturday, February 19, the Near Southern District Boy Scouts' Assn. held their annual Swimming Carnival in the George's River, at…

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MARCH 9, 1944 Show Refreshment Booth

The Picton Post · Thursday 2 March 1944 · page 2

This important feature in connection with Saturday's horse show was in charge of Mrs. R. Nailer, who was assisted by Mesdames W. Badcosk, F…

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Scouts’ Swimming Carnival

The Campbelltown News · Friday 3 March 1944 · page 2

On Saturday,. February 19, the Near Southern District Boy Scouts’ Assn. held their annual Swimming Carnival in the George’s River, at…

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Picton Horse Show

The Picton Post · Thursday 9 March 1944 · page 1

That the decision of the Picton A.H. and I. Society to revive, in part, this year, the annual show which it had conducted up to 1941, met with the approval of the…

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Monster Patriotic Carnival

The Campbelltown News · Friday 10 March 1944 · page 1

Campbelltown definitely holds one Monster Patriotic Carnival each year as the War rolls on, and this is the Lord Mayor’s Patriotic and War Fund…

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A.C.F. Carnival. £500 in Sight

The Campbelltown News · Friday 17 March 1944 · page 1

Last Saturday, the Committee of the Campbelltown Branch of the Lord Mayor’s Patriotic and War Fund, staged an afternoon and…

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Comforts Fund Fair

Camden News · Thursday 20 April 1944 · page 1

The Bringelly-Rossmore Comforts Committee, on Saturday next, are holding a Fair at Maryland's, the home of Mr. and Mrs. N. A…

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Picton Show Society

The Picton Post · Thursday 4 May 1944 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Picton A. H. and I. Society will be held in the School of Arts on Wednesday, 17th instant, at…

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One Day Show At Kiama Next Year

The Picton Post · Thursday 11 May 1944 · page 2

The committee of the Agricultural Society rejected a proposal to hold a two days' [?] year in favour of a…

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Homes Carnival

The Picton Post · Thursday 25 May 1944 · page 1

A well-atteuded meeting of ladies, held to arrange for the stalls at the forthcoming carnival, on June 9th, for the…

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Show Society and the Hall

The Picton Post · Thursday 20 July 1944 · page 1

In a letter which came before Wollondilly Shire Council at its meeting this month Picton A.H. and I. Society manifested…

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Preparations on the Way for Another Patriotic Carnival

The Picton Post · Thursday 10 August 1944 · page 1

A Combined Patriotic Carnival will be held in Picton again this year on Six-Hour Day…

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Show Dance

The Picton Post · Thursday 17 August 1944 · page 2

Dancing space was at a premium, at the Picton Show Society's dance in the Shire Hall on Friday night. Many…

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Patriotic Carnival Committee Meeting

The Picton Post · Thursday 7 September 1944 · page 1

The committee of the above assembled in the School of Arts 011 Wednesday night of last week to attend to the necessary preliminaries in…

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No 1945 Royal Show

The Campbelltown News · Friday 15 September 1944 · page 1

In a joint statement the Army and the Royal Agricultural Society announce that there would be no Sydney Royal Show in 1945, and that…

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Patriotic Carnival

The Picton Post · Thursday 28 September 1944 · page 2

The annual combined Picton Patriotic Carnival takes place in Victoria Park on Monday, and given favourable weather, the…

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