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South Coast · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1928

132 stories in South Coast's papers · page 5 of 7

Agricultural Society's Annual Ball

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 16 May 1928 · page 3

A meeting of the Agricultural Society's ball committee was held at the Nowra School of Arts on Saturday afternoon. There was a good…

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Returned Soldiers ask for Fair Treatment

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 16 May 1928 · page 10

Returned soldiers, backed up by the Federal and State Congresses of the Returned Soldiers' League, are pleading both moral and constitutional…

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Bega Agricultural Society. Annual Meeting

The Bega District News · Thursday 31 May 1928 · page 4

The annual meeting of member of the Bega Agricultural Society was held on Friday afternoon last, those present being Messrs R. Cochrane…

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Country Press Asks Fair Go

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Friday 1 June 1928 · page 4

Western newspaper proprietors are very much alive on the question of self-preservation, and periodically get together to consider their position…

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Our Fisheries Special Conference at Work. Britain and America Show Keen Interest

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 6 June 1928 · page 4

News has been received from London that the work of the Fisheries Conference organised by the Development and Migration Commission in…

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Bega Agricultural Society

The Bega District News · Thursday 21 June 1928 · page 2

Mr T. E .W. Irwin, the newly elected president, presided over his first committee meeting on Tuesday afternoon…

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''Not A Fair Go To Moss Street."

The Nowra Leader · Friday 22 June 1928 · page 8

A. Aldous couched a communication to Nowra Council, at Monday night's meeting, in terms with the above heading. It went on to say…

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[?]all on the show-ground. Nowra v. Pyree

The Nowra Leader · Friday 22 June 1928 · page 8

were a goodly number of [?]s to witness the above teams the second round of the [?]ast Rugby League Football…

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In Fair Fiji

The Bega District News · Monday 25 June 1928 · page 4

Fiji, with its magnificent scenery, its luxurious tropical vegetation and its charming native population, offers many attractions to the tourists…

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A Show Claim Stewards' Book Mix-up. the Truth Reached Through Judge's Notes

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 4 July 1928 · page 7

The maiden hunting contest at last Nowra show was responsible for a lot of trouble to the committee through a mix-up in the stewards' books. The…

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Agricultural Society

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Friday 6 July 1928 · page 1

The annual nomination meeting of the Candelo A.H. & D.F. Association was held, on Wednesday afternoon, there being present Messrs J…

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The Agricultural Society

The Nowra Leader · Friday 6 July 1928 · page 5

A committee meeting of the Shoalhaven A. & H. Association was held on Tuesday. Present: Mr. J. R. Knapp, chairman until the arrival of…

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The Proposed Showground Extension and Improvements. Magnanimity of the Public. Generous Response to the Collectors' Appeal. Memorial Gates. Sub-Committee Of The Agricultural Society Appointed To Furnish A Report

The Nowra Leader · Friday 6 July 1928 · page 3

After the collectors' lists, showing several hundred pounds, were read at the committee meeting of Shoalhaven A. & H. Association, at…

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What Records Show Studebaker Holds Them All in America

The Bega District News · Monday 16 July 1928 · page 4

If the holding of records mean anything, and their establishment, at the very least, demonstrates outstanding power and endurance…

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Agricultural Society

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 8 August 1928 · page 4

A meeting of the committee was held at the School of Arts, Nowra, yesterday forenoon. Present—Messrs. T. Bink's (President), W. Watt, C…

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Sports Carnival

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 8 August 1928 · page 5

At the meeting of the Shoalhaven A. and H. Association's committee, yesterday, The secretary asked if anything…

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The Agricultural Society

The Nowra Leader · Friday 10 August 1928 · page 6

A committee meeting of the Shoal-haven A. & H. Association was held on Tuesday last. Mr. G. Borrowdale, (Vice-President occupied the Chair until the…

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Bega Agricultural Society

The Bega District News · Thursday 16 August 1928 · page 2

The monthly meeting was held on Tuesday afternoon. Mr T . E. W. Irwin presiding. Before the ordinary business the…

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Show Societies’ Association

The Bega District News · Monday 20 August 1928 · page 2

At the annual meeting of the Far-South Coast and Tablelands Agricultural Societies’ Association at Candelo on 11th instant delegates were…

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A Show Disqualification

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 25 August 1928 · page 3

At the meeting of the Agricultural Societies' Union, on Saturday last, Berry Society wished to have endorsed its disqualification of Mr. J…

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