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Southern Highlands · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1939

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Moss Vale Carnival. Record Entries

The Southern Mail · Friday 4 August 1939 · page 3

Record entries of seven women's and twelve men's team have team received for the annual hockey carnival which will be held at Moss Vale on Sunday…

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Juniors Give Great Display. Polished Exhibition of Clever Soccer

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 8 August 1939 · page 3

Many of the senior soccer players in this district could have learnt a great deal by watching the match between Balgownie Juniors (South Coast)…

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Show Committee Meeting. Sewerage at Showground

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 22 August 1939 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the committee of the Berrima District Show Society was held on Wednesday afternoon…

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T.B.-Free Show Cattle Red Poll Society's Decision

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 26 August 1939 · page 4

The New South Wales branch of the Red Poll Cattle Breeders' Association has decided to approve in principle…

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Men's Hockey. Canberra Carnival

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 19 September 1939 · page 4

There were do competition games in the district on Saturday, 9th September, the scene being shifted to the carnival at Canberra in which a…

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Brief Mention. Daffodil Show

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 19 September 1939 · page 2

The annual daffodil show of the Ministering Children's League, Moss Vale, will be held in Mack's Theatre on Wednesday afternoon and…

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Show Societies Union Meeting Business at Picton

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 23 September 1939 · page 4

The third and last sessional meeting of the year 1988-89 of the South Coast and Southern Tablelands Agricultural,…

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Hard Match for Gold Cup. Bowral Gives Great Exhibition Against Original Holders of Trophy

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 26 September 1939 · page 3

Bowral Rugby League team, holders of the Gold Cup, defeated Campbelltown, the original holders, at Bowral, on Sunday, in one of the…

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Berrima District Show. Position to Be Considered

The Southern Mail · Friday 29 September 1939 · page 2

At last meeting of the Committee of the Berrima District Show Society the President (Mr. Bryce Beard, M.B.E.) urged that full consideration be given…

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Berrima District Show Society Consideration of Prize Money

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 30 September 1939 · page 2

At last meeting of the Committee of the Berrima District Show Society the President (Mr. Bryce Beard) urged that full consideration…

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Methodist Fair. Over Fifty Pounds Netted

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 3 October 1939 · page 2

The wet afternoon did not prevent the Methodist Fair, at Bowral, on Thursday, from being a great success. The Church Hall, in which it…

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Military Camps. District Show Grounds

The Southern Mail · Friday 13 October 1939 · page 3

Both the Moss Vale and Robertson Showgrounds are being used as military camps at present. Bowral Council has offered the…

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District Show. Cattle Judging on First Day

The Southern Mail · Friday 20 October 1939 · page 3

A meeting of the committee of the Berrima District Show Society was held at Moss Vale on Wednesday night. The principal matter under…

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B.D.A.H. and I. Society District Show Cattle Judging on First Day

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 21 October 1939 · page 2

A meeting of the committee of the Berrima District Show Society was held at Moss Vale on Wednesday night. The principal matter under…

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Highland Fair. the Church and War

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 24 October 1939 · page 2

There was an excellent attendance at the Highland Fair at Bowral on Thursday, in aid of St. Andrew's Church, and results were highly…

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District Flower Show

The Southern Mail · Friday 27 October 1939 · page 2

The annual show of Berrima District Horticultural Society was disappointing as a district effort. Although though there were many excellent…

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Show Horses at Loseby Park. Exhibitor Wants to Camp

The Southern Mail · Friday 27 October 1939 · page 2

At the meeting of Bowral Council on Wednesday night the Bowral Horse Show Society wrote that Miss Swanston, of Coolah, desired…

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Butterfly Fair. Bright Stalls at Kangaloon

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 31 October 1939 · page 2

The Kangaloon Hall was gaily decorated with a host of crepe paper butterflies in lovely colorings on Wednesday night last, the occasion…

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Militia Helps Show Society. Successful Ball at Robertson

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 31 October 1939 · page 3

The action of the officers and men of the 4th Cavalry Field Ambulance and Hygienic Corps in organising a ball in aid of the Robertson Show…

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St. Jude's Flower Show. Opening by Lady Wakehurst

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 7 November 1939 · page 2

The annual flower show in aid of St. Jude's Church of England, Bowral, will, be held in the School of Arts on Thursday afternoon and…

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