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Shows & fairs, 1958

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Over 60,000 Electronics Exhibition

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 11 June 1958 · page 11

More than 60,000 industrialists, scientists, engineers and technologists visited the Instruments, Electronics and…

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Fairfield Show Friday and Saturday, November 21 & 22, This Year

The Biz · Wednesday 11 June 1958 · page 1

The annual show of Fairfield A. and H. Society will be held on Friday and Saturday, November 21 and 22, this year…

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Football Carnival Next

Nepean Times · Thursday 12 June 1958 · page 6

Penrith's big annual football event, the knock-out competition for Nepean Theatre Shield, will be staged on…

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Emu Plains Flower Show

Nepean Times · Thursday 12 June 1958 · page 1

The combined Emu Plains Scouts and Guides committee has decided on a flower show and fete, to be held on August…

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Home Ball as Fashion Show

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 13 June 1958 · page 1

Latest Paris, London and New York fashions, expensive furs and glittering jewellery made a glorious setting of color for the Sir Moses Montefiore Home Ball in the Trocadero on Tuesday…

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U.s. Pavilion at World's Fair

The Biz · Wednesday 18 June 1958 · page 25

Brussels, Belgium.--This is the huge circular building, fronted by a pool, that bouses the United States exhibit at the 1958 World's Fair, the biggest International exposition since World War II and the first World's Fair since the one in New York City in 1939…

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Captain Fortune to Attend Pet Show at North Villawood Public School

The Biz · Wednesday 18 June 1958 · page 1

Captain Fortune, popular TV star, will be at our first annual pet show, which will be held at the school on Saturday…

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Pool Committee Considers River Queen Carnival and Back to Penrith Week

Nepean Times · Thursday 19 June 1958 · page 1

A meeting of Penrith Swimming Pool committee was held in the Bank of New South Wales' new premises on Thursday night last. Members of the committee inspected the nice new furniture and equipment in the bank. The…

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Penrith's Big Football Carnival was Marred by Boisterous Weather (By League Reporter)

Nepean Times · Thursday 19 June 1958 · page 2

Penrith No. 1 team won the Nepean Theatre Shield on Sunday. It was a bad day so far as the weather was concerned, but a good day for football in Penrith. After the final, Leo Travena, Penrith's captain-coach, was…

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1958 Homes Exhibition

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 25 June 1958 · page 8

On Friday last, the Minister for Housing, Mr. A. Landa, M.L.A., officially opened the 1958…

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Sydney Exhibition'of Hiroshima Panels

Tribune · Wednesday 25 June 1958 · page 7

THE Hiroshima Panels that have recently attracted such huge crowds to the art galleries of Me bourne,…

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Burmese Beauty Show Winner

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 25 June 1958 · page 3

An imported Burmese cat, "Calypso Pallas Athene," gained first place in the…

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Ladies' Auxiliary Canley Vale Doll and Toy Show

The Biz · Wednesday 25 June 1958 · page 30

A doll and toy show was held at Canlay Vale School last Friday. June 20, for the primary school. Two Judges were Mrs. Whitlam…

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'Captain Fortune' to Attend Pet Show at North Villawood Public School

The Biz · Wednesday 25 June 1958 · page 22

"Captain Fortune," of A.T.N. Channel 7. will be in attendance at the first annual pet show to be held in the North Villawood…

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Ambulance Carnival Dance

The Biz · Wednesday 2 July 1958 · page 1

The most popular dance in the district is held at the Civic Hall. Cabramatta, every Thursday night. It is in aid of funds for Fairfield…

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A Fair Deal for Railways 55,000 Employees

The Biz · Wednesday 2 July 1958 · page 26

Nowhere in the world do railway employees enjoy better long service leave conditions than in New South Wales and that is…

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Letters to the Editor "If the Telegraph is fair dinkum..."

Tribune · Wednesday 2 July 1958 · page 2

"THE Telegraph editorial of June 23, which I consider claptrap, says that the "red-inspired tyrants" of Hobart waterfront have reduced the Hurseys to "economic hopelessness" — they can't keep up ' payments ' on their home or…

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Rugby League From the Sideline Schools' Carnival

The Biz · Wednesday 9 July 1958 · page 17

The Southern Districts Junior Rugby League will again assist and co-operate with the Liverpool, P.B.A.A.A. in the conduct of a…

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School Pet Show at Fairfield West

The Biz · Wednesday 9 July 1958 · page 16

The annual pet show at Fairfield West Primary School on Saturday, June 28, again was marred by inclement weather…

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School Pet Show Captain Fortune Attracts Large Crowd at North Villawood

The Biz · Wednesday 9 July 1958 · page 1

The attendance of "Captain " Fortune," TV personality, attracted hundreds of children, A together with parents, to our…

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