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Southern Highlands · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1942

31 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 1 of 2

Bowral Horse Show Friday and Saturday, 9th AND 10th JANUARY

The Southern Mail · Friday 2 January 1942 · page 3

An attractive program of trotting, hunting, jumping and sporting events as well as a buckjumping contest will be features of Bowral Horse…

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Abandoned Robertson Show

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 3 January 1942 · page 2

At a special committee meeting of Robertson Show Society it was decided to abandon the annual show to have been on 27th and 28th…

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Bowral Show Friday and

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 6 January 1942 · page 2

The annual Bowral Horse Show will be held on Loseby Park on Friday and Saturday. There will be an attractive program of trotting, hunting…

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District Show Abandoned Unanimous Decision of Committee

The Southern Mail · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 3

At a meeting of the committee of the Berrima District Show Society held at Moss Vale on Wednesday, it was unanimously decided to abandon…

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Bowral Show To-day and To-morrow

The Southern Mail · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 2

Bowral Horse Show will open to-day (Friday) and will be continued to-morrow. An attractive program of trotting, hunting and high jump…

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District Show Abandoned Unanimous Decision of Committee

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 10 January 1942 · page 2

At a meeting of the committee of the Berrima District Show Society held at the Showground, Moss Vale, on Wednesday, it was unanimously…

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Bowral Horse Show Was Poorly Attended But Standards Were Higher Than Ever

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 2

Due to lack of public support, Bowral Horse Show Society will show a low on its sixteenth annual show held on Loseby Park on Friday…

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Picton Show Alteration of Dates

The Southern Mail · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 2

The committee of the Picton Show Society has decided to hold the annual show in February instead of March. It will now be held on 13th…

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Eighty-fifth Show Abandoned Decision of Dapto Society

The Southern Mail · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 3

The Dapto Show Society which has held eighty-four consecutive shows, has decided to abandon this year's exhibition. In a circular to members,…

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Patriotic Dog Show Attraction at Bowral's Big Carnival

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 3 February 1942 · page 3

The committee of Bowral Horse Show Society and employees of Bowral Greyhound Club, have provided cups and ribbons for a big Dog Show…

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Dog Show Raised Ten Pounds PRIZEWINNERS

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 10 February 1942 · page 3

Mr. A. E. Madden had a big job organising the Dog Show at Saturday's Carnival, but was rewarded by bringing together an interesting collection…

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Carnival Was Great Success Stalls Sold Out in Record Time Proceeds and Donations Will Exceed Five Hundred Pounds

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 10 February 1942 · page 2

The Win-the-War Carnival at Bowral on Saturday was a great success. A large band of helpers worked mail assiduously and most of the stalls were completely sold out before evening. Proceeds at end of the day exceeded…

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The Dog Show

The Southern Mail · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 3

The cup donated by Mrs. Fehrenbach for best exhibit in Maiden Classes at the Carnival Dog Show was won by W. Meredith's Lady Rivette…

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Over Five Hundred Pounds From the Carnival

The Southern Mail · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 3

Although £1000 was set as the objective of Bowral's Win-the-War Carnival, it was hardly expected that over five hundred pounds would be…

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Bowral Bowls Club Russia Day Carnival

The Southern Mail · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 2

On Saturday last, Bowral Bowls Club held a successful carnival in aid of the Russia Day and Australian Comforts Fund. There was a good…

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The Carnival Lord Mayor's Win-the-war Fund and Aid to Russia To All Residents and Visitors

The Southern Mail · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 3

Friends,—The Bowral Sub-branch Committee of the above has very great pleasure and satisfaction in being able to say the appeal made…

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Britain's Critics Free Speech and Fair Play

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 7 March 1942 · page 2

It is typical of the free speech inheritance of British people that they should direct their challenges at one another in public. No small…

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Saturday and Monday Road Show and the Officer and the Lady

The Southern Mail · Friday 13 March 1942 · page 4

Hal Roach's latest comedy production "Road Show," which is to be screened at the Empire Theatre, Bowral, on Saturday and Monday,…

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Russia Makes the Bees Work to Order Scientists Show How

The Southern Mail · Friday 27 March 1942 · page 4

The role of the honey bee as a pollen carrier and fertiliser of flowers has long been known to science, but it was only recently that it was…

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Another Successful Entertainment Bowral Gymnastic Club Stages Good Show

The Southern Mail · Friday 17 April 1942 · page 4

Bowral Gymnastic Club and its charming and energetic leader, Miss Marjorie Venables, achieved another signal success with Follies of l942,…

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