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Southern Highlands · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1948

43 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 2 of 3

Robertson Show New Committee Elected

The Southern Mail · Friday 28 May 1948 · page 2

Four newcomers, F. Jackson, Will Schofield, John Wills and H. H. Florence, were elected to the committee of Roberson Show Society as a…

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District Show Annual Meeting

The Southern Mail · Friday 4 June 1948 · page 2

Attendance at the annual meeting of the Berrima District Show Society on Thursday night of last week was not large, and some members of the…

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District Show Society Elects Life Members

The Southern Mail · Friday 4 June 1948 · page 5

"The highest honour the society can bestow," said. Mr. G. F. Q Thresby at the annual meeting of the Berrima District Show Society,…

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Rugby League District Hockey Bowral Wins a Fast, Game Carnival at Moss Vale

The Southern Mail · Friday 4 June 1948 · page 6

Bowral first-grade Rugby League team defeated Campbelltown by 16 points to after a particularly interesting game of fast, clean I Moss Vale Hockey Club conducted a carnival at Moss Vale on Sunday, which produced some fast and exciting games. The men's section was…

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Berrima District Show Society Election of Officers

The Southern Mail · Friday 2 July 1948 · page 2

Until last year, the executive officers of the Berrima District Show Society were elected by members, but now they are appointed by the…

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Men's Hockey District Carnival

The Southern Mail · Friday 6 August 1948 · page 5

On Sunday last, at Moss Vale, the annual Berrima district carnival took place and proved a very successful event of the hockey year…

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Show Steward Resigns

The Southern Mail · Friday 27 August 1948 · page 1

At last meeting of the Berrima District Show Society, Mr. F. Scott Fox, of Mittagong, chief steward in the dog section, asked that he be…

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Carnival Ball Aid for United Nations Appeal

The Southern Mail · Friday 27 August 1948 · page 2

Everybody is talking about the Carnival Ball for the United Nations Appeal for Children, which will take place at the Bowral School of Arts…

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Junior Tennis Players Show Promise in Trials

The Southern Mail · Friday 27 August 1948 · page 2

At the trials held by Berrima District Tennis Association on Sunday morning to select juniors for a coaching school, there were sixteen juniors…

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Junior Tennis Players Show Promise in Trials

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 28 August 1948 · page 2

At the trials held by Berrima District Tennis Association on Sunday morning to select juniors for a coaching school, there were sixteen juniors…

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The Carnival Ball

The Southern Mail · Saturday 4 September 1948 · page 2

The United Nations Appeal for Children Carnival Ball on 10th September is going to be a very great occasion in the Bowral School of…

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The Carnival Ball

The Southern Mail · Friday 10 September 1948 · page 5

All the Bowral and district dancing world are foregathering at the Bowral. School of Arts to-night (Friday) for what, promises to be a glorious…

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Flower Show Suitcase Mystery Y.W.C.A. VENTURE Woman from Yerrinbool Involved

The Southern Mail · Friday 17 September 1948 · page 4

A daffodil show, to provide funds for the renovation of the Y.W.C.A. Hostel building, will be held in the School of Arts, Bowral, on Thursday A man recently entered a pawnshop in Sydney, and when unable to open a locked suitcase he had with him asked the pawnbroker for the…

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Unusual Blooms Exhibits at Y.W.C.A. Flower Show

The Southern Mail · Friday 1 October 1948 · page 2

An unusual bloom at the Y.W.C.A. flower show at Nowral which attracted widespread attention was a petticoat polyanthus, exhibited by…

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Lake Carnival

The Southern Mail · Friday 8 October 1948 · page 5

Special lighting, provided through the courtesy of Mark Foys Ltd., was used at the Lake Alexandra grounds on Saturday night when a carnival…

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Flower Show at Bowral Fine Blooms Exhibited

The Southern Mail · Friday 8 October 1948 · page 8

The recent flowers show staged by Bowral Y.W.C.A. was its first for some years. An annual flower show was a regular feature of Y.W.C.A…

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District Residents Success at Melbourne Show

The Southern Mail · Friday 15 October 1948 · page 1

The Wallah Aberdeen Angus stud at Narrabri, owned by Mr. Talbot Sanderson of Bong Bong, and his son, met with marked success at the…

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Flower Show Blooms Were Good Growers Overcome Adverse Weather

The Southern Mail · Friday 19 November 1948 · page 3

Visitors to St. Jude's Flower Show in the School of Arts, Bowral, on Thursday of last week were amazed at the variety and quality of the…

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Flower Show at Kangaloon Aid for St. Mark's Church

The Southern Mail · Friday 3 December 1948 · page 5

A successful flower show and apron parade was held in the Kangaloon Hall on Friday, 19th November. Proceeds were donated to St. Mark's…

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Methodist Fair Proceeds Were £80

The Southern Mail · Friday 10 December 1948 · page 2

A recent fair held at Robertson in aid of the Methodist Church was most successful and the takings were in the vicinity of £80. Miss Prater,…

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