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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1937

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Church Fair Good Effort at Menindee

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 May 1937 · page 4

In the Menindee Hall on Saturday last a very successful autumn fair was conducted by the Church of England Ladies' Guild. The fair…

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Model 'Plane Club North School Boys Show Interest

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 May 1937 · page 3

THE North primary school is extending its activities in another direction. Under the organisation of Mr. J. McDonogh, the manual…

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Fair Exchange

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 May 1937 · page 5

GENERAL Enrico Rodriguez was damned hot. A bald statement, perhaps; but then, General Enrico Rodriguez was a bald man, which…

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Fair Exchange

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 May 1937 · page 5

GENERAL Enrico Rodriguez was damned hot. A bald statement, perhaps; but then, General Enrico Rodriguez was a bald man, which…

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Aquarium Club Exhibition

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 May 1937 · page 3

On Friday and Saturday next in the Town Hall the Aquarium Society will hold their second annual exhibition. The management committee has…

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Preparing for Silver City Show

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 May 1937 · page 2

At a meeting of the Silver City Show committee last night, sub-committees were appointed for various sections of the show which is to be held…

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Coronation Fair at Oxidestreet Church

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 May 1937 · page 2

THE Coronation Day fair organised by thc Oxide- street Methodist Church yesterday was a splendid success both financially and socially…

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Aquarium Society Exhibition

Barrier Miner · Friday 14 May 1937 · page 3

The second annual exhibition of the Aquarium Society will be opened at 6 o'clock this evening by Dr. I. Macgillivray in the Town Hall. A…

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The Riff Chosen for Coronation Cup Final Days Racing of S.A.J.C. Carnival Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 14 May 1937 · page 5

THE South Australian Jockey Club will conclude its Adelaide Cup meeting at Morphettville to-morrow when the Coronation Cup will be decided. Donaster, who brilliantly won the Adelaide Cup on Wednesday, is topweight with 9.4. The Riff is selected to…

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The Riff Chosen For Coronation Cup Monday's Racing of S.A.C. Carnival Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 May 1937 · page 8

THE South Australian Jockey Club will hold its postponed Adelaide Cup meeting at Morphettville on Monday, when the Coronation Cup will be decided. Thc Kin", with an 8.2 impost and H. Bastian astride him, is chosen to win the important event. His…

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Badge Show To-morrow

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 May 1937 · page 4

The quarterly badge show conducted by the Barrier Industrial Council along the line of lode will commence at midnight to-night and will…

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Carnival Spirit in London (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON. May 16

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 May 1937 · page 3

HUGE crowds are still thronging London to see the decorations and other features of interest. Now that the serious business of the coronation…

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Union Badge Show

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 May 1937 · page 3

The quarterly badge show of the Barrier Industrial Council was held to-day. The demand yesterday for day shift badges was greater than…

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Brilliant West Darling Carnival Week Crowds Flocking Into City 2 Race Meetings; Club Ball

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 May 1937 · page 5

"West Darline Week is the one week of the year in which the pastoralists have a good time," said the president of the Pastoralists' Association of West Darling (Mr. W. I. Foulis) to-day…

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Profits Show Increase Metals Corporation Accounts

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 May 1937 · page 2

ACCOUNTS of Amalgamated Metal Corporation Ltd., London, for the 12 months ended March 31, embodying the trading results of the…

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Too Poo's Picnic Handicap West Darling Carnival Ends

Barrier Miner · Friday 21 May 1937 · page 6

LEADING all the way Mr. C. A. Harvey's Too Poo narrowly won the Western Darling Picnic Handicap, the chief event of the second day's racing of the Western Darling Picnic Committee's meeting at the racecourse,…

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Bowls Visitors Show Good Form

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 May 1937 · page 8

VISITING South Australian bowlers played their first match against the Broken Hill team on the Central Reserve greens to-day. The play…

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Rare Metal in Demand Japanese Show Big Interest DARWIN

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 May 1937 · page 3

THe international race for a monopoly of the tantalite deposits in the Northern Territory has been accentuated by the…

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Rare Metal in Demand Japanese Show Big Interest DARWIN

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 May 1937 · page 3

THe international, race for a monopoly of the tantalite deposits in the Northern Territory has been accentuated by the…

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England and Safety Child Refugees Show Timidity (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, May 23

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 May 1937 · page 3

"MORE than 2000 child refugees from Bilbao, so used to the terrors of war that they involuntarily ducked when newsreel cameras, which…

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