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Southern Highlands · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1939

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Bowral Horse Show. Good Entries Received

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 2

Early entries for the Bowral Horse Show to be held on Loseby Park on Friday, and Saturday next, indicate that the decision of the…

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Swimming Carnival Was Great Attraction. Hundreds of Holiday-makers Spent Day at Mittagong Baths. Swimming and Diving Country and Metropolitan Clubs in Competition

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 3

The annual carnival of the Mittagong Swimming Club drew a large crowd to the Mittagong Baths on Monday. The weather was ideal and…

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Bowls Bowral Carnival

The Southern Mail · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 3

The annual carnival of the Bowral Bowling Club attracted a large crowd of players to the Bowral green on Saturday and Monday. Players from…

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Horse Show. Big Show Opens To-day

The Southern Mail · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 3

The Bowral Horse Show will open this (Friday) morning and continue for two days and two nights. Entries are exceptionally good this year, and…

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The Best Horse Show Yet Held in Bowral. Big Fields and Close Contest Provided Many Thrills. Attendance Was Most Disappointing

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 3

Bowral Horse Show Society is not devoid of members possessing the old pioneering spirit. For some reason not easy to discover the Society has…

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Show Society's Liability Judge's Important Ruling

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 4

A judgment of considerable interest to Agricultural Societies throughput Australia was delivered by Acting Judge Fuller in the…

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District Show Society. Committee Meeting

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 2

The monthly committee meeting of the Berrima District Show Society was held on Wednesday afternoon, Mr. B. H. Paine in the chair…

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Liability of Show Societies. Important Judgment

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 2

A judgment of considerable interest to Agricultural Societies throughout Australia was delivered by Acting Judge Puller in the District Court…

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A Great Disappointment. Junior Farmers' Show Abandoned

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 2

Owing to the adverse weather conditions, the Advisory Committee of Kangaloon Junto[?] Farmers' Club has decided to abandon the 1989 show…

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Swimming Carnival

The Southern Mail · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 2

A swimming carnival will be held at Mittagong Baths on Monday (Australia Day). Swimmers from metropolitan clubs will compete and…

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Better Prices for Show Booths. Good Omen for Show

The Southern Mail · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 2

That those most interested in making a careful forecast of the prospects of the coming Berrima District Show are confident it will be most…

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Show Horse Kills Itself. Unusual Accident

The Southern Mail · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 2

Ad unusual accident resulted in Mrs. J. F. Hennessy, of Queen Street. Bowral, losing a valuable show bone on Saturday. The bone was…

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Australia Day Swimming Carnival. Bush Fires Made Trouble

The Southern Mail · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 4

The recent bush fires brought more troubles in their trail than might at first be anticipated. They even affected the Mittagong Swimming…

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No Show Holiday

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 4 February 1939 · page 4

At the last meeting of the Bowral Council, the Berrima District Show Society wrote asking the Society wrote asking the Council to have…

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Show Handicaps [To the Edit R]

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 4 February 1939 · page 2

Sir,—Every year tens of thousands of residents in various districts in New South Wales, exhibit at pastoral,…

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Improving the Health of Our Children Research and Experiments Show Conclusively How it May be Done Health Department

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 11 February 1939 · page 4

Our means of retaliation when called unpleasant names at school was usually to chant the old saw that "Sticks and…

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Sheep Dogs Yard Duck. Highlight of Berry Show

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 3

Patrons of Berry Show were provided with an item unique in Australian show records. Sheep for the sheep-dog trials had not arrived and…

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Burrawang Sports. Junior Farmers' Show

The Southern Mail · Friday 17 February 1939 · page 4

There was a fair attendance at the sports held under the auspices of the Burrawang-Wild's Meadow Sports Club on Burrawang Park on…

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Robertson's Jubilee Show. Big Entries in Leading Sections

The Southern Mail · Friday 17 February 1939 · page 2

Robertson Show Society's Jubilee Show, which commences on Friday of next week, promises to be one of the most successful in the history of…

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Robertson Show. Diamond Jubilee

The Southern Mail · Friday 24 February 1939 · page 2

Robertson Show Society will celebrate its Diamond Jubilee on Friday and Saturday with its sixtieth annual show. The Secretary reports…

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