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

Shows & fairs, 1940

845 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 9 of 43

District Hospital Luncheon and Afternoon Tea Booth at Show

National Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1940 · page 2

The members of the Bathurst District Hospital Women's Auxiliary are again on the job, preparing for the business of catering for the needs of…

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Oberon Show Second Day Official Opening Ring Events Feature Two Day's Takings £104 OBERON

National Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1940 · page 3

"Any man who destroys the fertility of land here is a distinct menace to the country," said Mr. Jack Finlay, president of the…

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Show Dates

Leader · Monday 4 March 1940 · page 2

Mr B[?]ford, reporting to his asso[?]ion at Dubb[?] sta[?]ed that at the show Association meeting, held at Change to which be was a delegat[?]…

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Additional Show Prizes

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 4 March 1940 · page 2

MR. T Carr has made available the following additional prize money in classes [?]40 and [?]41, boy and girl riders under 12 years of…

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Tug-o'-War at the Show

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 4 March 1940 · page 2

A NOVELTY which will attract a great deal of attention at the coming Mudgee Show is a tug-o'-war. There are likely to be quite…

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Left Carnival Police Track Down Man. Rent Collector Dead. SYDNEY

Leader · Monday 4 March 1940 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon several police sergeants and constables left the police carnival at North Sydney to join in a search for a…

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Oberon Show the Concluding Stages Speeches at the Opening

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 4 March 1940 · page 4

Three thousand persons paid £9710- admission to see the second and concluding session, of Oberon A.H. and P. Association's 45th…

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Wealth of District Display 27th Annual Dunedoo Show Epoch Making 1940 Event Officially Opened by Captain Dunn Ideal Weather Greets a Great Show

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 4 March 1940 · page 3

A GRAND and gorgeous spectacle, the Dunedoo P.A.H. and [?] Association's twenty-seventh annual show on Wednesday was crowned with success. In [?]t of general entries, ring features and the…

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Bathurst Show Booths Sells Well

National Advocate · Tuesday 5 March 1940 · page 2

If the result of the sale of booths can be taken as a guide, then the forthcoming Bathurst Show is going to be a bumper success. The…

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Show Societies

Leader · Wednesday 6 March 1940 · page 2

[?] there are who [?] [?] the [?] [?] The adv[?] [?] industrial [?] and [?]…

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Easter Carnival in Bathurst

National Advocate · Wednesday 6 March 1940 · page 2

The carnival being arranged in aid of the District Band and local War Fund, promises to be a huge success. Already several novelty…

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Horticultural Society's Show

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 6 March 1940 · page 5

At the Horticultural Society's show on Friday, Sergt. H. H. Buchan and Mr. S. Abbott will present the prize cards and prize money won in…

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Oberon Show Weight Guessing

National Advocate · Wednesday 6 March 1940 · page 2

In the weight guessing competitions at the oberon show held in conjunction with the recent show have been decided. Mrs. B. Kerr being the…

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Oberon Show Aftermath Two Successful Functions

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 6 March 1940 · page 5

Oberon Show ball, Which took place in the pavilion on Friday evening, proved a splendid success, there being a large attendance. An amount…

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Blood Stock Sale Only Fair Prices at Orange Orange

National Advocate · Wednesday 6 March 1940 · page 5

There was a large attendance of buyers at the Orange saleyards to-day when a bloods[?] ock sale was conducted by Messrs., McNeily,…

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Mr. Gus Kelly to Open Blayney Show

National Advocate · Wednesday 6 March 1940 · page 2

Mr. Gus Kelly, M.L.A., will officially open the Blayney Show this afternoon. the second and main day of the Blayney Show Society's…

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£66 for Show Booth. Comparison with Bathurst

Leader · Wednesday 6 March 1940 · page 3

Only £[?] was realised for the publican's booth at the Orange Showground. This represen[?] decline of about [?] on last year's…

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Gage Birds Lithgow Show Valuable Experience for Novices

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 6 March 1940 · page 5

About 150 birds Were benched at a Successful one-day show which Lithgow Canary and Cage Bird Society conducted at Knight's Hall on…

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Bowling Carnival

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 7 March 1940 · page 4

THE Mudgee Bowling Club has received an invitation to be represented at the big Easter carnival at Tamworth, and it is on the cards…

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