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

Shows & fairs, 1954

762 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 5 of 39

'Royal' Exhibition at Show -- Queen's Carpet Displayed

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 4

Stretching towards the ceiling of the main pavilion on the City Sportsground, agricultural exhibits at this year's Royal Lithgow Show are valued at more than £3,000 in retail value, and experts who visited Dubbo's highly publicised display claimed that the bounteous harvest standing on mounting…

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St. Patrick's Carnival

National Advocate · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 2

The carnival in the area opposite the Olympic Pool will continue tonight and tomorrow night The gala carnival is being conducted by St. Pat's Club…

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Royal Visit Carnival

National Advocate · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 2

A special matinee carnival will he held this afternoon for all the visiting children at the Olympic Park carnival. Steam trains, Octopus wheel,…

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Coronation Robes and Regalia on Exhibition

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 6

COINCIDENT with the Royal visits is an exhibition of the Queen's Coronation Robes and Regalia m the National Art Gallery, Sydney. The exhibition will be staged in Sydney until next Thursday. The display will then transfer to other States…

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Equipment From Hospital in Show Display

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 4

In order to give the general public the opportunity of seeing what makes the hospital function as a vital unit in the…

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Huge Influx of Visitors Carnival Scene in Bathurst Magnificent Floral Display

National Advocate · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 2

Visitors continued to flow into Bathurst last night. They were the vanguard of the many thousands who will assemble in Bathurst prior to the arrival of Her Majesty the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, this…

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Athletic Carnival leading Competitors For Bathurst

National Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1954 · page 6

Bathurst Amatcur Club's Royal visit carnival wil be held at the Sportsground tomorrow, commencing at 2pm. The programme will be opened by…

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Mudgee Show Next Month Should be The Outstanding Event of the Year

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 15 February 1954 · page 8

Everything points to the Mudgee Show, to be held on March 4, 5, and 6, being the outstanding event of the year. The season has been…

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Mr. Luchetti Opens Show

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 3

Owing to inability bf the Sydney Royal Show Registrar (Mr. Sarina) to keep a promise to open Lithgow Show, this…

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Train Your Show Stock

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 8

The untrained champion in any field is a myth and farmers planning to show the quality of their dairy stock at the local or the Royal Show this year should train their animals to…

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Rain Disorganises Country Week Tennis Carnival

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, This Afternoon.-- The Country Week tennis carnival may be abandoned (Mr. V. Kelly) the N.S.W…

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Country Bowls Carnival Rain Mars Play SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 4

Heavy rain this afternoon interrupted play in the third round of the fours championship at the country week bowls carnival today on…

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Record List of Dogs in Royal Show

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 6

Entries in the dog section of the Sydney Royal Show, which begins April 9, have broken all previous records. Registrar of the Royal Agricultural Society, Mr. H. N. Sarina, said today…

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Floral Fair at Neville on

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 1

Interest in the Neville Floral Fair, organised by the Neville Ladies' Church Aid, is heightening…

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Puppet Show Visits Lithgow

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 2

Puppetry, once a travelling gipsy type of entertainment, but now raised to artistry in the entertainment world, is…

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Oberon Show Big Entries

National Advocate · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 1

There was a good attendance of members of the committee at a meeting held in the secretary's office at the, Oberon Show Ground last…

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Gulgong Shearer in Dubbo Show Exhibition Before the Royal Couple

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 8

Hilton Bennetts, well known shearer of Gulgong, not only won the open shearing competition at Dubbo…

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Success at Dubbo Show

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 15

Among the successful exhibitors at this year's Dubbo Show were Messrs. Lugsdin Bros, of Cobbora Station,…

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Swimming Carnival

National Advocate · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 2

St. Patrick's Club will stage an Intertown swimming carnival on Saturday night at the Olympic Pool. Strong entries have been from Orange Cyms…

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Exhibition Of Modern And Contemporary Art

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 5

Featuring reproductions of the work of men who have shaped the course of modern or contemporary art, another outstanding art exhibition will open in Lithgow on Tuesday, February 23…

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