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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1939

933 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 17 of 47

St. Vincent's Hospital at the Show

National Advocate · Monday 17 April 1939 · page 2

St. Vincent's Hospital's Women's Auxiliary, as usual, will conduct refreshment rooms at the Bathurst Show. Luncheon will be served each…

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Threw Letters Away Postman Who Did Not Like Show NOTTINGHAM

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 17 April 1939 · page 1

Four days before Christmas, Ernest Phillips, of Regent- street, Beeston, was given temporary post office work…

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Next Week's Show. Military Display. Good Entries Reported. Big Plans Advanced

Leader · Monday 17 April 1939 · page 1

With new and enlarged pavilions, the innovation of a spectacular Anzac Day military programme on the first…

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A Human with a Tail Boy From Borneo to Be Seen at the Show Link with the Past

National Advocate · Monday 17 April 1939 · page 6

According to Charles Darwin and others man has descended from apes. In the course of time, they say the tail has completely…

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The Bathurst Show

National Advocate · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 2

The Bathurst Show will open today and though the season has been by no means satisfactory, still the prospects for success are more than bright. The annual exhibition has always been the principal attraction so far as Bathurst and district residents are concerned…

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Leopard Man at Bathurst Show

National Advocate · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 4

Show visitors will have the unusual [?]portunity of seeing for the first time in Australian Tam Tam, a Leopard Man. from darkest Africa, a…

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Jimmy Sharman at the Show Sporting Treat for Patrons

National Advocate · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 4

Sydney sporting critics in writing their praises of the doings of this always welcome troupe of boxing wrestling team, mentioned the fact that a…

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A Human with a Tail Boy From Borneo to Be Seen at the Show Link with the Past

National Advocate · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 5

According to Charles Darwin and others man has descended from the apes. In the course or time, they say, the tall has completely…

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Show Week in May

Leader · Wednesday 19 April 1939 · page 6

In [?]rder that the Interest in scouting which was [?]roused by the recent Sydney Jamboree might be maintained, in every city and town in…

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New Clothes for Show. Special Prices Announced

Leader · Wednesday 19 April 1939 · page 1

Orange stores have made easy the freshening of wardrobes for the Show and other festivities of next week in Orange, by Show…

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At the Show Interesting Sidelights Western Stores

National Advocate · Wednesday 19 April 1939 · page 4

The Western Stores and Edgley's Lid have three attractive stands in the Arts Pavilion which are amongst the most interesting of a large…

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The Bathurst Show the Drought Defied Stock Exhibits Excel Wonderful Agricultural Display Takings Show Increase Yesterday's Awards

National Advocate · Wednesday 19 April 1939 · page 5

Smiled on benignantly by the weather, with the grounds a more resplendant green than has been the case for several seasons past the 75th…

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Bathurst Show. Orange Exhibitors Get Prizes. BATHURST

Leader · Wednesday 19 April 1939 · page 5

[?]f we can [?]et some warm sunshine to take the b[?]e out of the cold winds, Bathurst will see [?] record crowd at its Show…

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Bathurst Show Is the "Best Ever" Under Adverse Weather

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 19 April 1939 · page 3

Perfect conditions favored the opening day of the 75th annual show of the Bathurst Agricultural, Horticultural, and Pastoral Association at…

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Jimmy Sharman at the Show Sporting Treat for Patrons

National Advocate · Wednesday 19 April 1939 · page 7

Sydney sporting en[?] in writing their praises of the doings of this always welcome troupe of boxing wrestling team. mentioned the fact that a…

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Ring Events Big Feature. Of 1939 Orange Show. Many Good Horses Coming

Leader · Wednesday 19 April 1939 · page 1

One of the outstanding sections of the 1939 Orange Show, which opens next Tuesday, will be the ring events on each o[?]…

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Motors at the Show In Twenty Minutes Engine Dismantled and Re-assembled

National Advocate · Wednesday 19 April 1939 · page 3

Amazing as it may seem, a modem motor car engine can be taken to pieces and perfectly reassembled in the short apace of twenty minutes…

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Dubbo Flower Show Fine Dahlia Display Whiteley Cup to R. Land DUBBO

National Advocate · Wednesday 19 April 1939 · page 6

The annual dahlia show of the Dubbo District, Horticultural Society was held over the weekend in the Church of England Sunday school…

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General News Collapsed at Show

National Advocate · Thursday 20 April 1939 · page 2

Joseph McGrath. of Lambert street, collapsed at the Bathurst show yesterday afternoon. He was taken to his home by the ambulance…

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Booyamurra Show Team Outstanding Record

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 20 April 1939 · page 6

MISS D. M. Swanston's show team returned to Coolsh on Thursday of last week after a triumphant tour of southern parts of the…

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