Man-Hunting to Big Game Hunting Monster Crocodile at Bowral Show
Ex-Sergeant H. H. Grant, of the N.S.W. Police, visited the North of, Australia recently, where he heard of a monster crocodile that had killed…
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Shows & fairs, 1949
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Bowral Horse Show Successful Exhibition Attracts Some of the Finest Horses in the State
Over twenty years ago a few Bowral residents formed the Bowral Horse Show and Gymkhana Society with the object of staging gymkhanas and an annual show, to cater for the many good horses bred in this district and for the many riders…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dog Section at Bowral Show Judge Makes Suggestions
The judge of the dog section at Bowral Show on Saturday afternoon was Mr. F. W. Scot-Fox, of Mittagong. He has judged at international…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Soap Box Derby Exciting Racing and Bright Carnival
The annual Soap Box Derby will conducted by Bowral Apex Club Rose Street; Bowral, on Monday [?]. It will be preceded by a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Robertson Show To-day and To-morrow
The annual exhibition of the Robertson A. and H. Society will be staged on-the showground to-day and to-morrow. The season has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →About People Robertson Show Personalities
[?] Mr. and Mrs[?] their baby som mr[?] friends and were [?] in the show…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Robertson Show Breaks Record Pavilion Was Best for Many Years
The annual exhibition of the Robertson A. and H. Society, held on the local showground on Friday and Saturday last, was the best in the history of the society. The total gate takings exceeded the record ones in 1947, by £14 18s. This increase was justified by the fact that the display…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mostly About People Readers are cordially invited to send The Mail items of personal interest concerning relatives and friends or old inhabitants. Robertson Show Personalities
Mr. and Mrs. Harley Hindmarsh of Wagga, who left Robertson a few years ago, renewed old friendships. Mr. G. H. Bisby has become an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Official Luncheons at District Show
The president (Mr. G. F. O. Throsby) occupied the chair at the official luncheon, at which the speeches were followed by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dramatic Society's Great Show Moss Vale Players Were Good
In selecting "Lady in Danger," written by Australian author Max Afford, as a play for production, the Moss Vale Dramatic Society selected…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →District Show Breaks Record Great Display of Agricultural Wealth
The wonderful fertility of the soil of the Berrima district, and its capabilities of producing feed to bring horses and cattle to a condition which challenges that of any other area in New South Wales, was shown on Thursday, Friday and Saturday,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Doll Show Mission Funds Assisted
A doll show was held in conjunction with the sale in aid of the Tanganyika Mission in St. Jude's Parish Hal), Bowral, on Saturday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wide Influence of Junior Farmers MR. H. O. Cox Opens Show at Kangaloon
"The Junior Farmer movement gives the young farmer the possibility of a future, and its effect is obvious in the vital part it is now…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Exhibition of Modern Art National Art Gallery Lends Prints
Two exhibitions of prints from the National Gallery of New South Wales will be on display at the Community Centre Hall, Elizabeth St.,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Grand Display of Dahlias Methodist Church Holds Flower Show
It is many years since the Methodist Church in Bowral staged a flower show, but if it maintains the standard of that staged in the School of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Royal Show Successful Local Exhibitors
Several local exhibitois met with marked success at the recent Sydney Royal Show, which attracted a record number of entries. Prizes won…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sunday Carnival
Both Wallabies and Penguins will take part in the carnival at Moss Vale) on sunday. A bus will leave Bowral Post Office at 8.30 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rifle Shooting Weather Spoils Show
Last Saturday local rifl[?] not fire their usual shoot, own rain. However, on Sunday Mo[?] club members visited the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Show Society at Robertson Annual Meeting
There was a good attendance at the recent annual meeting of Robertson Show Society, at which the chair was occupied by the president…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →High School Fair OVER £100 RAISED
A fair field at Bowral High School in aid of the foods of the P.C.A. on Empire Day brought in a profit of £176. A number of stalk did…
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