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

Shows & fairs, 1950

844 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 7 of 43

Big Athletic Carnival Plans of Orange Club

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 12

A special committee of Orange Athletic Club has been appointed to organise an athletic meeting against the St. George…

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Bromwich-Brown To Play Orange Pair Tennis Exhibition At Wade Park

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 12

Orange champions Ron Hawke and Barry Thwaite will play one set against John Bromwich-Geoff Brown during the tennis exhibition at Wade Park tomorrow night…

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Millthorpe. Harvest Fair

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 2

Annual Harvest Fair at St. Mark's Church of England, Millthorpe, was held in the Amusu Theatre on Tuesday afternoon last…

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Golden Casket Is Fair, Says Commission

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 5

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--The Royal Commission which investigated the Queensland Golden Casket Art Union reported to-night that it had found…

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Industrial Fair To be Held in Melbourne

National Advocate · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: An Australian industry fair wil be held in Melbourne in March 1951 as part of the Victorian celebration to mark 100 years…

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Mudgee Agricultural Society To Insure Show

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 12

At last meeting of the Mudgee Agricultural Society, it was decided that a Pluvius insurance policy be effected to cover the second day of the show for £300 against 10 points of rain between 12 noon and 2 p.m…

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Bowls Carnival at Dunedoo

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 1

Members of the club match committees of the Western Slopes Bowling Association met at Coolah last week end to finalise…

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Royal Show Will Break Records

Central Western Daily · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 10

SYDNEY, Wednesday.— Entries for the Royal Show this year will came a record shortage of accomn[?]odation…

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Health Display at Show Bathurst Council Attitude

National Advocate · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 7

The Medical Officer of Health at Bathurst (M[?]tchell Health District) in a letter [?] Bathurst Council last night. said thai a health exhibit was…

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Crowd of 400 at Tennis Exhibition

Central Western Daily · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 11

Mere than 400 people were present at Wade Park on Wednesday night to see Davis Cup player, John Bromwich, take part in a tennis exhibition against other leading State players…

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Opossum, Storm Held Up Wade Park Tennis Exhibition

Central Western Daily · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 12

An opossum held up play in the Bromwich-Brown exhibition tennis match on Wednesday night by his antics on the wire netting of the court. He got within several yards of a large tree near the bottom…

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High School Notes Blaxland House Wins Swimming Carnival

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 2

With the heats of the Lithgow High School annual swimming carnival being conducted on Wednesday, February, 15, and the…

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Carnival Proposed To Finance Purchase Of Sports Equipment

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 1

Molong branch of the Parents and Citizens' Association has planned a continental carnival at the Central School for April 14,…

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Men's Basketball Minor Grade Teams Show Improvement

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 6

Last night's games in the C-grade men's basketball competition showed that the standard is already improving in this series…

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Handicraft and Home Products Exhibition

National Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1950 · page 2

Your attention is drawn to the Red Cross Exhibition which is being conducted in the Cathedral Hall on Wednesdny. This effort is to introduce…

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Vauxhalls at the Show

National Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1950 · page 3

Commercial exhibits at the Oberon Show yesterday, attracted widespread attention, particularly that of the popular Vauxhall cars and Bedford…

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Four Sections in Baby Show

Central Western Daily · Saturday 25 February 1950 · page 8

THE baby show, organised by the 20-30 Club, to be held this afternoon in 2GZ Hall, with Edith Caldwell as secretary,…

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Tipping's Engineering Works on Show "Big" Day Today

National Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1950 · page 3

Tippinng's Engineering Works, of Bathurst, have a splendid range of cars and agricultural machinery on display at the Oberon Show, which Today is the "big" day of the Oberon Show, and it is confidently expected new records will be established…

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This Is Show Week

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 27 February 1950 · page 2

Bro. P. E. Gauchet Grandmaster of the G.U.O.O.F., and who is favorably known in Mudgee, was honored at Lithgow last week and…

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This Is Show Week Craboon Lambs

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 27 February 1950 · page 2

Sales at the Country Producers' Homebush auction last Thursday included: T. and J. Hall (Craboon) crossbred lambs 55/1…

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