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

Shows & fairs, 1941

660 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 15 of 33

Many Inter-town Visitors at Bathurst Show

National Advocate · Saturday 26 April 1941 · page 2

Special trains yesterday brought many hundreds of visitors from Lithcow. Change. Portland and other intermediate townships to the Bathurst…

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Boxing at Show "Black Bombers" Puncil Sharah's Great Gameness

National Advocate · Saturday 26 April 1941 · page 4

Once again the Jimmy sharman troupe proved a feature of Bathurst Show. The many splendid fights and…

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The Motorists' Corner a Nation On Parade Royal Show Reviewed by "Carbon"

National Advocate · Saturday 26 April 1941 · page 6

Any newspaperman standing alongside me at the microphone during the Royal Empire Show would have had his finger on the pulse of a…

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Record Crowd for Third Day of Bathurst Show; High Jumping Events Best for Years

National Advocate · Saturday 26 April 1941 · page 1

Showery rain during yesterday afternoon marred the third and final day of the Bathurst A. H. and P. Association's 77th annual Show. There was a record crowd, however, and this second…

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Autumn Flower Show a Brilliant Spectacle

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 28 April 1941 · page 3

THE Town Hall was decorated with red, white and blue paper and with flogs, greenery are flowers adding color and brilliance to…

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La Belle's Show Next Week's Varied Programme

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 28 April 1941 · page 1

Fifty dancers and 30 whirlwind acrobats are among the artists to appear at La Belle's "Star Parade" at the Theatre Royal on Friday week…

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Bathurst Court Show Woman Got Drunk During the Adjournment

National Advocate · Tuesday 29 April 1941 · page 1

When Rose [?] (12), show woman, appeared before the Bathurst Police Court yesterday, at 1[?] a.m. charged with offer[?]…

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Show Races in West.'

Leader · Wednesday 30 April 1941 · page 4

Wellington show Races will be inducted lo morrow and Friday, and on the corresponding days of the fo[?] work the [?] Golf Cup…

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Record Entries for Dubbo Show Dubbo

National Advocate · Wednesday 30 April 1941 · page 5

Entries received for the Dubbo Patriotic Shew on May 6 and 7 (which close on Saturday) const[?] a record…

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Turf Tattle Rathlin And Trimmer Show Dash SYDNEY

National Advocate · Wednesday 30 April 1941 · page 4

Kathlin and, Trimmer, who will be opponents in the Clissold Handicap at Canterbury on Thursday, ran smart five furlongs trials at Kensington…

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Golf Professional Bolger at Tarana Success in Exhibition Match

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 1 May 1941 · page 4

Playing in an exhibition golf match at Tan[?]a on Sunday, W. Bolger, leading Sydney professional [?]red he course in [?]20…

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School Football Group 10 Plan Annual Carnival for Bathurst

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 1 May 1941 · page 5

Plans for the holding of the second annual Group 10 school Rugby League football carnival at Bathurst on July 12 are well…

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“Not Quite Fair.” London. May 1

Leader · Friday 2 May 1941 · page 2

According to the [?] correspondent of the “Times.” Turkey thinks that Mr. [?] was not [?] fair when he [?] that Turkey was…

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Bathurst Show Weight Guessing

National Advocate · Friday 2 May 1941 · page 2

Guessing the weight of the bullock at the Bathurst Show provided a keen contest. The bullock, sloughtered yesterday, weighed 786½lbs. No one…

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Coolah Locals Flower Show

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 5 May 1941 · page 4

A flower show was conducted by the C.W.A. at the School of Arts on Saturday, April 26. There was a large number of exhibits of…

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Booyamurra Show Team Win Many Prizes

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 5 May 1941 · page 4

Miss D. M. Swanston, of Booyamurra Station, attended the recent Royal Sydney Show with her team of 13 horses and ponies, and she…

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Splendid Show 2Lt's "Stars in Your Eyes"

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 5 May 1941 · page 2

The second improved and enlarged "edition" of "Stars in Your Eyes," with an all-Tivoli cast, was presented by Station 2LT as a radio feature…

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Orange’s All-in Carnival

Leader · Wednesday 7 May 1941 · page 2

[?] the greatest novelty artist Australia has [?] for some [?] big patriotic carnival [?] the Strand Theatre…

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