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Southern Highlands · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1953

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Potato Board Election Lists of Producers on Exhibition

The Southern Mail · Friday 16 January 1953 · page 6

The triennial elections of the N.S.W. Potato Marketing Board will be conducted by postal ballot, closing at 2 p.m. on Friday,…

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Railways Show Profit Annual Report for 1951

The Southern Mail · Friday 16 January 1953 · page 8

The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. R. Winsor, has presented to the Acting Minister for Transport, the Hon. G…

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The Show Season Is On

The Southern Mail · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 8

There's Show Fever on the Tablelands. And on the South Coast too. This Show fever is a most…

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The Great Fontaine a Show You Should Not Miss

The Southern Mail · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 11

Residents of Bowral and Mittagong will long remember the amusing antics which went to make up the entertainment by…

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Bowral Show Ring Personalities

The Southern Mail · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 8

Sir Sam Hordern heads the list, he's Patron. Ringmaster of the Royal, President of the Equitation Society, has donated…

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Junior Farmers Show Successful Venture at Kangaloon

The Southern Mail · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 7

Despite the wet day, a large crowd gathered to witness the best show ever held by the Kangaloon Junior Farmers…

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Robertson Show Breaks Record Finest Exhibition Ever Staged

The Southern Mail · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 3

The Seventy-fourth Annual Show conducted by Robertson A. and H. Society on Friday and Saturday last established records for the Society in gate takings and entries. The Showground has never appeared to finer advantage and with the pavilion and…

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Horse Show Judge

The Southern Mail · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 1

The horse judge for the Bowral Horse Show, to be held at [?] Park today and tomorrow, is Mr. Herold Andrews of…

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Robertson Show Weight Judging

The Southern Mail · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 9

The fat cow weighed 704 pounds. Two visitors to the show, Mr. F. Randall Moss Vale) and Mrs. L. Wilson…

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Bowral Horse Show Today and Tomorrow

The Southern Mail · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 1

Today and tomorrow at Lose by Park, the Bowral Horse Show Society will conduct its 25th Annual Horse Show…

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Special Trophies for Bowral Horse Show

The Southern Mail · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 1

The Bowral Horse Show Society is distinctly fortunate for its Show this year, in several of the Special Prizes which have…

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Berrima District Show Gate Takings Were a Record

The Southern Mail · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 2

The annual show of the Berrima District A.H. & I. Society, held on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of last week, attracted a record crowd. It was an outstanding success and displayed not only the direct produce obtained from the land but a fine…

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Methodist Fair Some Good Blooms Shown

The Southern Mail · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 4

The annual flower show and fair of the Bowral Methodist Church was held in the School of Arts on Friday. Although…

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Fat Beast At District Show Six Competitors Share Prizes

The Southern Mail · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 2

The prize-money in the weight judging competition at the Berrima District Show will be shared by six competitors…

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Bowral Staged A Successful Show Horses of Outstanding Quality

The Southern Mail · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 3

The Bowral Horse Show, which is unique in that it caters only for horses, lived up to the reputation established in previous years on Friday and Saturday last, when many high quality animals were paraded before the judge, Mr. Harold Andrews of…

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Junior Farmers Show Great Exhibition at Burrawang

The Southern Mail · Friday 27 March 1953 · page 6

There was a record number of entries of 660 for the annual sports and Junior Fanners Show held under the auspices…

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High School Fair a Successful Effort

The Southern Mail · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 2

The annual fair conducted by the Bowral High School P.C.A. was held at the school on Wed­nesday of last week and was an…

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Road to the Caves Surface in Fair Condition

The Southern Mail · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 2

Since the Department of Tourist Activities has improved the surroundings at Wombeyan Caves House, many visitors to…

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Campbelltown Show

The Southern Mail · Friday 10 April 1953 · page 8

The Campbelltown Show held on 10th and 11th April, 1953. at Campbelltown, N.S.W., 34 miles from Sydney, offers good…

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Fair At Colo Vale Successful Venture

The Southern Mail · Friday 10 April 1953 · page 2

The Colo Vale Community Centra Association held a high­ly successful fair on Monday last in glorious sunshine. As a…

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