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South Coast · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1918

124 stories in South Coast's papers · page 1 of 7

Bega District Jockey Club. Annual Racing Carnival. Unprecedented Success—record Crowds, Record Racing. Gate Takings Over £500. Triumph of the Sire Whitton Blood—bemboka Lad's Double Victory. Nearly £600 Passes Through the Totalisator

Southern Star · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 2

Well, it's all over, except for the newspaper man's duty to write it all up, and one might easily let his fancy take lofty fights in describing…

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Augmenting the Agricultural Society's Funds

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 12

At the meeting of the Agricultural Society's committee, on Saturday, afternoon, Mr. Pestell, pursuant to notice…

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Shoalhaven A. and H. Association

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 1

A meeting of committee was held at the show pavilion on Saturday afternoon. President—Messrs. W. R. Graham (president), Monaghan…

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Shoalhaven Agricultural Society

The Nowra Leader · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 2

A committee meeting of the above Society was held on Saturday afternoon last. Present: Messrs. Graham (President), Hayles, Lumsden, Pestell, W…

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Police and Firemen's Hospital Carnival

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 2

The great demand for' assistance made on business firms and citizens generally on behalf of the various Patriotic Funds have depleted, the…

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Shoalhaven A. and H. Association. Cattle Sale. to Augment the Prize Fund

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 16 January 1918 · page 3

The Shoalhaven Agricultural Society sustained a substantial loss in abandoning the aunual ball, depended on to augment the prize fund. Bad luck…

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Trots at the Show. Embargo Removed

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 16 January 1918 · page 5

Yesterday afternoon the Secretary of the Shoalhaven Agricultural Society received the following wire from the Hon. Austin Chapman:—…

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Shoalhaven Agricultural Society

The Nowra Leader · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 5

A committee meeting of the above Society was held on Wednesday at the showground. Present: Messrs Graham (President), Glanville, Muller, Shepherd, Binks,…

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Police and Fireman’s Carnival

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 5

The Police and Fire Brigades are holding a carnival and art union in aid of the hospitals. It is suggested on behalf of the…

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Shoalhaven Agricultural Society's Luncheon and the Red Cross Society. Mr. Shepherd Speaks Out. What the Public Are Saying

The Nowra Leader · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 4

At the meeting of the Shoalhaven Agricultural Society on Wednesday last Mr. T. Shepherd upset the ordinary even tenor of…

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Shoamav[?] A. and H. Association

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 1

A meeting of the committee was held at the showground on Wednesday forenoon. Present— Messrs. Graham (President), Binks, Shepherd, Pestell,…

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Albion Park Show Postponed

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 6

We received a wire yesterday afternoon from the secretary of the Albion Park Society, stating that the show had been postponed to Friday and…

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The Royal Show

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 1 February 1918 · page 8

The schedule of prizes and programme for the Royal Show and Patriotic Carnival, which will begin on March 26h next, have been…

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The Royal Show

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 2 February 1918 · page 1

The schedule of prizes and programme for the Royal Show and Patriotic Carnival, which will begin on March 26th next, have been issued…

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Shoalhaven Show. Big Exhibition Carnival. Next Wednesday and

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 6 February 1918 · page 8

The weather having settled somewhat, prospects for the Shoalhaven Show are very bright. The secretary, when interviewed yesterday, stated…

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The Case for the Agricultural Society

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 6 February 1918 · page 1

Sir,—In Saturday's NEWS Mrs. M. Jamieson Williams, President of the Shoalhaven Branch of the Red Cross Society, occupies a column of space in…

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Shoalhaven Agricultural Society

The Nowra Leader · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 8

A committee meeting of the above Society was held on Tuesday. Present: Messrs. Graham (President), Hayles, Boyd,…

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The Case for the Agricultural Society. (To the Editor)

The Nowra Leader · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 5

Sir,--In Saturday's NEWS Mrs. M. Jamieson-Williams, President of the Shoalhaven Branch of the Red Cross Society, occupies a column of space in…

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Nowra Show

The Nowra Leader · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 4

The Nowra show is aptly termed the leading exhibition of the South Coast. And it gives promise of fully maintaing that enviable reputation this year, on…

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Agricultural Society

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Saturday 9 February 1918 · page 1

A well-attended meeting of the local A.H. and D.F. Asso-ciation was held On Thursday afternoon, Mr. H. P. Collins…

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