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

Shows & fairs, 1946

732 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 13 of 37

Wild and Woolly Rowdy Show Day Wholesale Arrests

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 8 April 1946 · page 10

The following clipping from Friday's Bathurst "Times" tells of furious doings sit the show. Police on duty at the showground…

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Gate Receipts Total £1548 Bathurst Show Record Another Big Crowd on Final Day

National Advocate · Monday 8 April 1946 · page 2

Gate receipts for the three days of Bathurst Show amounted to £1584 (Thursday £162, Friday £984, Saturday £402). This constitued a local record and…

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Autumn Flower Show

National Advocate · Tuesday 9 April 1946 · page 2

The Horticultural Society's annual [?] Flower Show will be held in the Memorial Hall tomorrow (Wednesday) and will be officially opened by…

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Record Crowd Expected at Molong Victory Show

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 9 April 1946 · page 1

The Committee of the Molong Victory Show, with Mr. Dick Senkins as secretary, are prenarling for record attend…

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Sequel to Show Disturbances 51 Cases of Drunkenness

National Advocate · Tuesday 9 April 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: The aftermath at Castle HJU Show disturbances on Saturday was charges of drunkenness against persons at Parramatta Court…

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Fox Terrier Awards at Bathurst Show

National Advocate · Wednesday 10 April 1946 · page 2

The following are the correct awards in the fox terrier section at the Bathurst Show: Champion dog of show: Mrs. T. Wade (Lithgow)…

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Orange Visitors to Bathurst Show Awry in Weight Guessing

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 10 April 1946 · page 5

In guessing the dead weight of a bullock at the Bathurst Show. Orange visitors were wide of the mark, and not one…

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Show Records

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 11 April 1946 · page 2

A meeting of the Mudgee Agricultural Committee will be held to-night (Thursday). It is anticipated that the financial report of…

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Weight Guessing at Dunedoo Show

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 11 April 1946 · page 14

Of special interest at all shows, the guessing competition of the weight of the fat bullock and fat sheep always appeals to local stock…

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Wonder Musical Show in Technicolor

Central Western Daily · Thursday 11 April 1946 · page 4

Jeanne Crain, the brilliant young star on the movie horizon who shares top billing with Dana Andrews, Dick Haymes and…

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MUDGEE v. ORANGE Fine Handball Exhibition Visitors Delighted

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 11 April 1946 · page 9

The Orange handballers who visited Mudgee on Sunday were delighted at the hospitality shewn to them. The following…

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Record Entries for Molong Show Tomorrow

Central Western Daily · Thursday 11 April 1946 · page 3

For Molong’s Victory Show tomorrow and Saturday record entries have been received for all sections…

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Show Records Best for 78 Years

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 11 April 1946 · page 23

Bathurst, like Mudgee, has broken all show records. The gate takings for the three days totalled £1548, the greatest…

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Show Brevities

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 12 April 1946 · page 1

A happy waggon-load of junior farmers, replete with badges on their lapels, were among the first at the Show this morning. They started off…

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Rockley Gymkhana and Carnival

National Advocate · Friday 12 April 1946 · page 2

What promises to be the most comprehensive gymkhana ever held locally will be held at Rockley on Saturday. It will be followed by a grand…

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Lithgow Winners at Bathurst Show

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 12 April 1946 · page 4

Several outstanding winners were noticed amongst the Lithgow exhibitors at their sister city show held at Bathurst last week, amongst whom…

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P A.S. Cattle Exhibition Imported Bulls to be Paraded

National Advocate · Friday 12 April 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: There will be 118 exhibitors of cattle at the R.A.S. Beef Cattle exhibition in Sydney on May 8. Breeders from Queensland…

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R.a.s. Cattle Show Has 100 Exhibitors

Central Western Daily · Friday 12 April 1946 · page 4

Outstanding entries have been received by the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales for the 1946…

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Molong's Great Victory Show Opening Record Number of Exhibits; Outstanding Attractions Holiday Spirit Prevalent

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 12 April 1946 · page 1

There was only one thoroughfare that mattered today: it was the Euchareena Road, along which streams of excited, holiday-minded people of both sexes and all ages, from near and far, commenced to…

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Country News Review. Victory Show at Tamworth— Stolen Tyres Recovered — Muswellbrook Wants Houses, Too

Central Western Daily · Friday 12 April 1946 · page 3

After a lapse of live years, the Tamworth Pastoral and Agricultural Association opened its Grand Victory Show, the 68th in the…

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