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Southern Highlands · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1940

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Suggestions for Show Committee Several New Ideas

The Southern Mail · Friday 31 May 1940 · page 3

At the annual meeting of the Robertson Show Society last week several suggestions were forthcoming from members and were made…

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District Show Society Has Good Financial Year Greyhounds and Rain Insurance Help Balance the Budget

The Southern Mail · Friday 31 May 1940 · page 4

[?] District Show Society [?] to be proud of the [?] operations during the [?] in April…

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Cattle Show on Second Day. District Committee Favors Change

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 4 June 1940 · page 3

At the annual meeting of the Berrima District Show Society on Wednesday night it was decided to recommend to the incoming committee that…

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Pull Together to Win War. President's Address to Show Society

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 4 June 1940 · page 2

At the conclusion of the meeting of Berrima District Show Society, at Mots Vale, on Wednesday night last, those present were entertained at…

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Cattle Show on Second Day Committee Favor Change

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 5 June 1940 · page 2

At the annual meeting of the Berrima District Show Society on Wednesday night it was decided to recommend to the incoming…

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Zone Carnival

The Southern Mail · Friday 7 June 1940 · page 2

The two teams nominated for the zone and metropolitan carnival had a fun before the selectors on Sunday, but are required to play again next…

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District Exhibit at Royal Show. Term of Appointment of Manager

The Southern Mail · Friday 7 June 1940 · page 3

There was some discussion at the meeting of the South Soast and Tablelands Union of Show Societies at Moss Vale on Saturday On the district…

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District Exhibit at Royal Show Term of Appointment of Manager

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 8 June 1940 · page 2

There was some discussion at the meeting of the South Coast and Tablelands Union of Show Societies at Moss Vale on Saturday last on the…

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Bowls Bowral Club. Carnival for Patriotic Fund

The Southern Mail · Friday 14 June 1940 · page 3

On Saturday last sixteen players of the Bowral Bowls Club had their first roll up on the green after it had been top-dressed. The afternoon was…

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Bowral Bowlers Help War Funds. Gratifying Result of Carnival

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 18 June 1940 · page 3

On Saturday afternoon Bowral Bowls Club held a carnival for funds to assist the Lord Mayor's Fund, the weather was all that one could wish…

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To Aid War Funds. Daffodil Show at Bowral

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 25 June 1940 · page 3

Members of the District Horticultural Society resolved at their monthly meeting on Thursday to held a small Daffodil Show early in…

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Hockey Carnival for Red Cross. Twelve Teams Will Take Part

The Southern Mail · Friday 28 June 1940 · page 2

The Moss Vale Bed Cross will benefit financially from a hockey carnival to be held on the Old Park, Moss Vale, on Sunday. Members of the Society…

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Greyhound Club Wants Rebate. Request to District Show Society

The Southern Mail · Friday 28 June 1940 · page 5

At the monthly meeting of the committee of Berrima District Show Society on Wednesday the Moss Vale Greyhound Club wrote asking that the society forego its half share of…

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Bowls Carnival for Red Cross. Twenty-one Pounds Realised

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 2 July 1940 · page 3

On Saturday afternoon, Bowral Bowls Club held a most successful carnival in aid of the funds of the red Cross. the Weather was all that…

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HOCKEY Hokey Carnival for Red Cross. Keen Competition

The Southern Mail · Friday 5 July 1940 · page 4

All roads led to the hockey ground at Moss Vale on Sunday last Wen the Berrima District, Hockey Association Staged a carnival to raise funds for…

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HockeyPlayersHelp Red Cross. Carnival at Moss Vale

The Southern Mail · Friday 5 July 1940 · page 3

Hockey players in the Berrima District combined in a carnival at Moss Vale on Sunday to raise funds for the Red Corss. As a result of their…

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Council Ban on Dog Racing at Bowral. Show Society Puts Its Case

The Southern Mail · Friday 12 July 1940 · page 3

At the meeting of Bowral Council on Wednesday night a deputation from the Bowral and District Horse Show and Gymkhana Society was…

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Women's Hockey. Proposed Carnival

The Southern Mail · Friday 19 July 1940 · page 3

Mittagong players have intimated their intention of running an allteams carnival for the Mittagong Red Cross at the old park, Moss Vale, on…

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Country Show Societies Plan for Wartime Production Federal Treasurer's Support

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 20 July 1940 · page 4

"It is to my mind of the very greatest importance that tho Australian primary industries should maintain their standards of efficiency so…

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Bowls Moss Vale Carnival

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 23 July 1940 · page 3

Bowral Bowls Club took four rinks to Moss Vale on Saturday last to take part in a bowls carnival, organised by Moss Vale Club, in aid of the Lord…

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