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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1948

417 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 13 of 21

Show Fall

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 August 1948 · page 2

SPECTACULAR CRASH at Brisbane, Royal Show this week, when Miss. M. Kemp's Once Again failed to clear the slicks in the high jump. The rider was catapulted from the suddle…

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Tibooburra News October Race Carnival

Western Grazier · Friday 13 August 1948 · page 3

On October 8 and October 9 Tibooburra will be a lively spot. On these days a race carnival will be conducted and on both evenings dancing will be the order. This carnival will be conducted by the…

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Badge Show Rules

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 14 August 1948 · page 4

Rules for the Badge Show which will begin at midnight Monday, and which covers the line of lode. Globe Timber Mills, Silverton Tramway Workshops…

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Badge Show Rules

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 16 August 1948 · page 3

Rules for the Badge Show which will begin at midnight tonight. and which covers the line of lode, Globe Timber Mills, Silverton Tramway Workshops,…

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Big Crowd At Brisbane Show

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 August 1948 · page 5

CROWDED SIDESHOW AREA and main oval at Brisbane Showgrounds are shown in this serial picture taken during the…

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Union Badge Show

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 August 1948 · page 2

Town card show and mines' badge day was held today by the B.I.C. Employees along the line of lode, Silverton Tramway, Globe…

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Barrier Youth Club Athletic Carnival

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 August 1948 · page 3

October 2 has been tentatively set down as the date for the combined athletic carnival of the Barrier Youth Clubs' Association…

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Country Week Cricket Carnival Broken Hill Included

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 17 August 1948 · page 1

Sydney, August 10. — The N.S.W. Cricket Association tonight adopted a recommendation that fourteen country teams should participate in a country…

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Badge And Town Card Show Today

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 17 August 1948 · page 1

The badge show along the line of lode, Silverton Tramway, Globe Timber Mills, Water Board and a number a other businesses in the town is being…

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Over 1,000 At Police Carnival Ball

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 18 August 1948 · page 1

Highly successful was the annual Police Ball which was held last night at the Palais de Danse. Over 1000 people attended and several sittings of supper…

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Dog Section of Silver City Show

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 18 August 1948 · page 1

The Silver City Show to be held on September 23 and 26 at the Western Oval promises to be a really good one for the dog section. Mr. G. A. Curtis…

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Barrier Entries At Pirie Show

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 August 1948 · page 3

Thirty Broken Hill people will enter about 290 exhibits in the Port Pirie show to be opened on Saturday…

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Varsity Hockey Carnival

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 20 August 1948 · page 1

Adelaide, August 19.—The Australian Inter-Varsity Hockey Carnival continued today. Results Adelaide 12 defeated Tasmania 3. Melbourne 2 drug, with…

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Schedules Out for Silver City Show

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 August 1948 · page 4

Schedules for the Silver City Show, to be held on September 25 and 26, are available from the secretary, Mr. S. Cockrum, Blende Street. Entries for the show will close on Septmeber 8…

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Seen At English Royal Show Advance In Agricultural Mechanisation

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 20 August 1948 · page 6

When Britain's Royal Agricultural Show was held at York last month, there were 1103 entries of 16 breeds of cattle, 500 horses. 490 entries of 20 sheep breeds…

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Silver City Show (To the Editor)

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 21 August 1948 · page 7

Sir,—The time for the annual Silver City Shew is again nearly due and it is up to the correspondents who criticised the yard and chute arrangements for…

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Public To See Britain's Big Air Show

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 21 August 1948 · page 4

At least twelve aircraft will be making their first public flights when the annual flying display and exhibition organised by the Society of British…

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Record Crowd At Police Carnival Ball

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 23 August 1948 · page 4

Dancers who flocked to the Palats de Danse on Tuesday night to attend the annual Police Carnival Ball, found that the ball was even more of a success than…

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B.h. Exhibitors Successful at Port Pirie Show

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 August 1948 · page 5

Broken Hill exhibitors who attended the Port Pirie Show on Saturday met with much success. Over 30 local people were present at the show and there were 250 exhibits from Broken Hill in the…

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Photographic Exhibition

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 25 August 1948 · page 1

Commencing at 2.30 p.m. today at the Annexe, Technical College, there will be showing n representative group of photographic prints, just arrived…

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