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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1938

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Cookery Competitions at Y.m.c.a. Fair

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 May 1938 · page 2

A great deal of preparation has been made for the Y.M.C.A. Red Triangle Fair, which is to be held on Wednesday next, afternoon and…

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Wests Show Better System Against Souths

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 May 1938 · page 1

WESTS had complete control of the game against Souths on the Jubilee Oval this afternoon. Inaccurate kicking and the heavy ground did not tend towards very bright football. Wests marked better and played with more system than Souths. Umpire Barnsley did not…

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Badge Show To-morrow

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 May 1938 · page 1

The Barrier Industrial Council's quarterly badge show will be conducted among unionists affiliated with the B.I.C. to-morrow. The…

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Successful Opening Of Y.M.C.A. Fair

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 May 1938 · page 3

ARTISTICALLY decorated to form the emblem of the Y.M.C.A.—a triangle—and yet give full effect to the Dutch setting, the Town Hall…

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Y.m.c.a. Fair

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 May 1938 · page 2

The Y.M.C.A. fair was brought to a successful close in the Town Hall last night when members gave a demonstration of work done at club…

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Ladies' Kennel Club Show

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 May 1938 · page 8

The first show for 1938 to be conducted by the Ladies' Kennel Club will be held on Saturday. The committee requests that dogs be on their…

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Barrier Miner Thursday, May 26, 1938. Watersiders Show Saneness

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 May 1938 · page 2

UNANIMITY or otherwise among unions in support of the waterside workers' action in imposing an embargo on the handling of scrap…

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Pet Show To-morrow at Baptist Church

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 May 1938 · page 3

The Chapple-street Baptist Sunday School will hold a pet show in the church hall on Saturday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock…

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Show[?]doe

Western Grazier · Saturday 28 May 1938 · page 4

Farm is not white. It is really colo[?] its apparent white[?] being produced by the [?]tion and retraction of light from the [?]…

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Baptist Pet Show

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 May 1938 · page 3

A very successful pet show was held by the children of the Chapplestreet Sunday school in the Church Hall on Saturday afternoon. The…

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Chinese Show Air Mastery (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, May 31

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 June 1938 · page 1

A message from (Janton says that in a battle between 50 Chinese and 64 Japanese 'planes hear Hankow, the Chinese shot down 15 Japanese 'planes…

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Silver City Show Fixed For October 1

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 June 1938 · page 4

The Silver City Show will be held on October 1 so that there will be no danger of it clashing with any other functions, said the secretary of the…

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Police Traps Removed Accidents Show Increase

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 6

BECAUSE motorists complained so much of police traps in the parks, Sir Philip Game, Commissioner of Police in Britain, had the traps…

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Infants' School Exhibition

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 June 1938 · page 3

The Wills-street Infants School Mothers' Club will hold its wool and handicraft exhibition in the Burke Ward Hall on Wednesday, June 8,…

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Solicitor To Show Cause SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 June 1938 · page 3

The Full Court to-day ordered a rule nisi calling upon Charles George Pardrian Crane, solicitor, to show cause why his name…

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Silver City Show on October 1

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 June 1938 · page 2

Apart from the fixture of the date on October 1 for the 49th Silver City Show, no further arrangements have yet been made by the show…

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Original Shell Show Team Back on Jobs

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 June 1938 · page 6

With the inclusion of Peggy Brooks in the last few programmes, following on the reappearance of Sammy Fields some weeks ago, and now followed by…

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Show Committee Elections

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 June 1938 · page 4

The Silver City Show Committee has decided to enter into agreement for three years with the New South Wales Council of Agriculture…

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Derbyshire's Poor Show Ward And Waite Get Wickets Another Century to Brown Chesterfield, June 29

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 June 1938 · page 5

DERBYSHIRE, giving a feeble display of batting in view of its high position in the county championship, was dismissed for 151 by Australia to-day. Ward (fire for 45) and Waite (three for 50) were responsible for the collapse…

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Baseball Carnival To Be Held In October Strong Local Team For Peterborough

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 July 1938 · page 8

ALTHOUGH the Northern Districts Country Baseball Carnival will not be held until the first week in October, the Broken Hill Baseball Association is making preparations for the visit to Peterborough, where the carnival will be played…

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