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Southern Highlands · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1930

128 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 1 of 7

Show and Sports

The Southern Mail · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 2

On Saturday next, 4th January, the annual Flower Show and Sports organised by Wingecarribee Church of England Parish Council will be…

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Tales of the Old Days and Other Australianities Australia Fair

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 4

An American visitor and I were perched up on the Kurrajong Range come years ago at a commanding spot that afforded a delightful panoramic…

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District Flower Show

The Southern Mail · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 1

MR.PAINE'S SUGGESTION that the Berrima District Show Committee might take the place of the District…

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Moss Vale Bureau Exhibit to Be Staged at District Show. Will Support Railways

The Southern Mail · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 3

At the monthly meeting of the Moss Vale Agricultural Bureau on Monday evening, arrangements were made to stage an exhibit at the…

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Box Plan for Cars at the Show the Unexpected Happens

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 3

The action or the committee of the Agricultural Society to have a box plan and charge for positions of cars round the ring has met with…

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Show Society Preparing for Berrima District Show

The Southern Mail · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 5

At the recent committee meeting of Berrima District Show Society, a letter was received from Mr. Bert Mills, Towrang, an exhibitor for many…

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Show Gymkhana Poor Attendance

The Southern Mail · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 2

The gymkhana organised by the Berrima District Show Society to aid its improvements fund was not as well attended as it should have been…

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Mittagong Carnival All Sorts of Outdoor Sport

The Southern Mail · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 2

Mittagong will be the scene of a great Sports Carnival on Anniversary Day (next Monday). Organised by the Eisteddfod Society, the Carnival…

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Shoalhaven Show Big Prizes and Plenty of "Hem

The Southern Mail · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 2

In our busines columns will be seen an advertisment bearing on the Shoalhaven A. nd H. Association's forthcoming Show at Nowra, on 13th…

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Show Privileges Falling Off in Prices

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 2

Mr. W. Holt submitted the booth rights for district shows at Mack's theatre, the prices realised for the Moss Vale exhibition dropping…

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Rain Spoiled It Mittagong Carnival Abandoned

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 2

The hoodoo which seems to hang over carnivals arranged for the Lake Grounds, Mittagong, was again in evidence on Monday, when the big…

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Bowral Butter Wins First Prize at Kiama Show

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 2

They used to say you couldn't make the best butter with Bowral water. It was a bogey, of course, for some of the finest butter made was…

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Come to the Fair Mittagong Carnival Next

The Southern Mail · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 2

The Carnival in aid of the District Eisteddfod and Mittagong School of Arts, which was postponed owing to the wet weather will be held on the…

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Brief Locals Robertson Show

The Southern Mail · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 2

Copies of the Robertson Show Schedule may now be had at The Mail Office. A POOR GATE…

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Parking Car at Nowra Show

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 4

The committee of the Shoalhaven A. and H Association has made a departure in regard to the parking of care at the forthcoming show. A…

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No Reason for It. When People Show a Way

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 4

There can be no reason why any reader of this who suffers the tortures of an aching back, the annoyance of urinary disorders, the pains and…

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Lake Carnival Better Weather This Time

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 2

King Sol smiled on the postponed Lake Carnival at Mittangong on Saturday and there was quite a good attendance to witness the various events…

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No Show Holiday Costs Too Much to Pay Workmen

The Southern Mail · Friday 7 February 1930 · page 2

Since the awards require payment to be made to employees for proclaimed holidays, the Councils are more careful about agreeing to…

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Sunday Carnival Fine Swimming Exhibition at Mittagong

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 11 February 1930 · page 2

On Sunday last Mattagong Swimming Club held a carnival at the baths, and some 400 persons attended. The Town Band enlivened…

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More Locals Band Carnival

The Southern Mail · Friday 14 February 1930 · page 5

The Mayor of Bowral (Ald. H. Sheaffe) has convened a meeting to arrange for a Band Carnival. It will be held on Monday night in the Town…

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