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Southern Highlands · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1918

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Tortoises Released to Show Regret

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 4
Also in The Southern Mail

A strange custom was carried out in connection with the funeral of Emperor Meiji which was not generally known at the time…

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Police and Firemen's Hospital Carnival. Support for Local Hospitals

Robertson Advocate · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 2
Also in The Southern Mail

In connection with the carnival to be held in Sydney on March 2nd, it has been decided by the committee that the proceeds of all art union tickets in the country shall go…

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Police and Firemen's Carnival

The Southern Mail · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 2
Also in Robertson Advocate

The Mayor (Ald Ebb Davis) presided over a public meeting held at the Town Hall, Bowral, on Tuesday evening, for the purpose of taking steps to accord local support to the…

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

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 4

The sale of stock in Nowra last Tuesday to augment the prize fund of the Shoalhaven Agricultural Society was a splendid success. The best price…

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Missionary Exhibition

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 2
Also in The Southern Mail

The Missionary Exhibition which is to be held in the Bowral School o( Arta on Wednesday (to-morrow) will give the district an opportunity of seeing exhibits from Palestine,…

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Sale of Show Privileges

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 2

Messrs. Wynne and Holt held a successful sale of booths, etc., on account of the committee of the B.D.A.H. and I. Society, at Moss Vale on Wednesday last, when good prices…

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Missionary Exhibition

Robertson Advocate · Friday 1 February 1918 · page 2
Also in The Southern Mail

The Missionary Exhibition, for which so much preparation had been made, was on Wednesday thrown open to the public in the Bowral School of Arts, which, in spite of the…

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Manly's Coming Carnival

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 13 February 1918 · page 2

The fifth annual Manly Carnival is set down for the 20th, 21st, 22nd and 23rd of this month—Wednesday to Saturday inclusive. With a…

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The Robertson Show

Robertson Advocate · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 2
Also in The Southern Mail

The 38th annual exhibition of the Robertson A. and H. Society was opened on the local show ground on Wednesday and was continued yesterday. The morning of the…

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The Robertson Show. a Successful Exhibition

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 5 March 1918 · page 2

That all important factor—the weather—was for once particularly kind to the Robertson Show, which took place on Wednesday and Thursday last on the…

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A Successful Exhibition

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 5 March 1918 · page 2

That all important factor—the weather—was for once particularly kind to the Robertson Show, which took place on Wednesday and Thursday last on the…

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Berrima District Show

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 5 March 1918 · page 3
Also in The Southern Mail

The annual show of the Berrima District A. H. and I. Society will be held at Moss Vale on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of this week, and with fine weather should prove the…

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Robertson Show

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 6 March 1918 · page 2

As briefly mentioned in our last issue the exhibition was a complete success. So far as the horse and cattle sections were concerned the show was a particularly fine one. Young…

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