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Shows & fairs, 1951

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1952 Show Dates

The Bega District News · Friday 4 May 1951 · page 4

A meeting of the Far South Agricultural Societies, in Bega, on Wednesday, decided on the show dates for 1952…

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Full Executive at Com. Meeting “Queen” Carnival Discussed

The Bega District News · Tuesday 22 May 1951 · page 2

The full exectuive commitee of the Commercial Travellers’ and Ambulance Queen Competition and Carnival were present…

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Gas Works Show Better Figures

The Bega District News · Tuesday 29 May 1951 · page 4

The figures of the Bega Gas Works show an increase in gas made in four months compared with the same period of last…

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Show Scty. Makes Good! Profit After Setbacks Draft Balance Sheet And President’s Report Submitted To Committee

The Bega District News · Tuesday 29 May 1951 · page 1

In a draft balance sheet, submitted by the hon. treasurer of the Bega A., P. and H. Society (Mr. E. V. Single), on Tuesday last, a total nett profit of £1,034 was shown, the main reason for which was the revenue from the annual show, although interrupted by rain, and two carnivals…

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Berry A. and H. Association Large Attendance at Annual Meeting

The South Coast Register · Thursday 31 May 1951 · page 1

The largest attendance for many years at an annual meeting of the Berry A. and H. Association was welcomed by the…

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South Coast and Tablelands Show Societies Meet at Kiama

The South Coast Register · Thursday 31 May 1951 · page 2

The president of the Kiama A. and H. Association, Mr. G. E. Chittick, presided at a meeting of the South Const and Tablelands…

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Show Dance at Numbugga

The Bega District News · Wednesday 13 June 1951 · page 2

Numbugga and Buckajo people turned out in force at the Numbugga Hall, on Wednesday night last week, for the dance and…

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Show Society’s Good Year President Says Result Very Satisfactory

The Bega District News · Wednesday 13 June 1951 · page 4

The Society finished its year very satisfactorily; the result could have been better, but could also have been very much worse, declared Mr. J. B. D’Arcy, President of the Bega A., P. and H. Society, at the…

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Berry A. and H. Association Officers Re-elected

The South Coast Register · Thursday 14 June 1951 · page 1

Only b bare quorum of ten members was present on Friday night at the committee meeting of the Berry A. and H…

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Jubilee Art Exhibition Jack Kirkland Has Painting Included

The Bega District News · Friday 6 July 1951 · page 2

A picture painted by Bega. artist Jack Kirkland has been accepts by the Royal Art Society of New South Wales for a…

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Berry A. and H. Association

The South Coast Register · Thursday 12 July 1951 · page 1

There was an attendance of 27 at the committee meeting of the Berry A. and H. Association, on Friday night last, with the…

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Bright Boxing in Bega Top Flight Cooma Boys Give Exhibition

The Bega District News · Friday 27 July 1951 · page 2

Although stripped of the tigerish intensity of a first-class professional bout, the six rounds of exhibition boxing by “Bluey” Francis and Leo Heaney, both of Cooma, on Saturday night, in Bega, was a fine…

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Candelo Show Ass. Is Sound Annual Report Shows Profit For The Year

The Bega District News · Friday 27 July 1951 · page 4

In recent years, rain has fallen on either one or days of the Candelo Show, but this year the Society was blessed with two fine days. This fact allowed the secretary (Mr. Field M. Roberts) to state…

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Three Days for Bega Show Secretary Says Third Day Is Necessary

The Bega District News · Tuesday 31 July 1951 · page 2

Asked to give his opinion on whether the Bega A.,P.&H. Society should reduce its annual show to two and two nights. Mr. Jim Appleby, at the meeting of the Commitee.on Tuesday last week,said…

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Bega Show Days Charge on First Day

The Bega District News · Friday 3 August 1951 · page 5

In the report of the Bega A. P. and H. Society committee meeting the report of a further amendment, referring to the…

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Show Union Meets at Picton

The South Coast Register · Thursday 9 August 1951 · page 1

Representatives of Picton, Campbelltown, Bowral, Berrima, Robertson, Kangaroo, Valley, Berry, Kiama, Albion Park…

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£700 Prizemoney for the 1952 Berry Show

The South Coast Register · Thursday 9 August 1951 · page 2

The Berry A. and B. Association committee met on Friday night last, under the presidency of Mr. P. V. O’Keeffe, and among…

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Production Prize for Next Berry Show Same Conditions and Prizemoney As Last Year

The South Coast Register · Thursday 9 August 1951 · page 1

In spite of an earnest appeal by Mr. A. N. Binks (who donated 10 guineas), a majority decision defeated a motion to…

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Hybrids Take the Stage Three Varieties Entered At Bega Maize Show

The Bega District News · Friday 17 August 1951 · page 6

Confined last year to little more than a gesture, hybrid maize varieties at Tuesday's Maize Show, in Bega, provided the major interest in the whole display with three different varieties being exhibited…

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A “Bright” Show South Coast League Falls Down on the Job

The Bega District News · Tuesday 21 August 1951 · page 7

It has lately become more and more apparent that enthusiasm among the “big wigs” of the Northern section of…

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