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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1951

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Annual Show on September 22 and 23

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 3 March 1951 · page 3

An all-out drive would be made by the Silver City Show committee to have a big exhibition of fleeces at the show this year, the President of the committee…

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Zinc-N.B.H.C. Lakes Committee Jubilee Carnival Tomorrow Afternoon's Big Program

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 3 March 1951 · page 5

The Program of events, commencing at 9 a.m. sharp, for the Zinc-N.B.H.C. Lakes Committee's Jubilee Aquatic Carnival tomorrow is given below. The day's fun will open with the first…

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Crowd At Zinc Carnival

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 March 1951 · page 12

A large crowd attended the jubilee carnival conducted at the Zinc Lakes yesterday by the Broken Hill, Aqualic Club under the…

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Talk of the Town Aquatic Carnival

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 March 1951 · page 2

THE hard work of the Zinc Corporation-NBHC Aquatic Club merited a larger crowd than that which attended its championships…

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£750 Prizes For Gift Carnival

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 March 1951 · page 11

The Zinc-N.B.H.C. Athetic Club will stage its 1951 Silver City Gift Carnival at the Zinc Oval on Sunday, April 15, when prize money totalling £750 will be distributed…

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Comments Of Readers Vaudeville Show

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 7 March 1951 · page 3

To the Editor, Sir— It has been rumored that the Vaudeville Show at the Zinc Lakes on Sunday night was the…

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Books show little is new in sport

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 7 March 1951 · page 5

London, Sport provides as many examples as anything else to support the old saw that "there is little or nothing new under the sun." How many knew that in the…

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Silver City Show Plans

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 March 1951 · page 3

This year's Silver City Show will be part of the Jubilee Year celebrations and the committee is making every effort to secure special attractions, especially for the Sunday programme. The show will be held on September 22 and 23. At the annual meeting held…

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Gift Carnival Plans For Zinc Athletic Club

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 March 1951 · page 6

Work is well in hand at the Zinc Oval on the preparations of the running track for the Silver City Gift Carnival. The carnival, for which the prizemoney is £750, will be staged by the Zinc-N.B.H.C. Athletic Club on April 15…

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Gift Carnival Plans For Zinc Athletic Club

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 March 1951 · page 12

Work is well in hand at the Zinc Oval on the preparations of the running track for the Silver City Gift Carnival. The carnival, for which the prizemoney is £750, will be staged by the Zinc-N.B.H.C. Athletic Club on April 15…

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Too Generons To Show Girl

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 March 1951 · page 1

New York, March 9 —Rosemary Wlliamson, tall, shapely New York showgirl, must give back Expensive presents which she…

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Annand's Show In London

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 March 1951 · page 8

London, March 11. — Douglas Annand, the Australian artist, is holding his first English exhibition at a Mayfair art gallery…

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Last Cricket Games Before Final S.T.C. Has Fair Score To Chase

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 12 March 1951 · page 1

Lost games in the minor rounds of the Cricket League's A Grade competition were played on Saturday. Only interest was in the S.T.C.-A.S.C. match of the Turf No. 1, the winners of the match participating in the final. A.S.C batted first…

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Rain Insurance For Sydney Show Attendance Record May Be Broken

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 13 March 1951 · page 1

Sydney, March 12.—Insurance against rain for this year's Easter Show provides for a maximum payment of £72,000 to the Royal Agricultural…

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Barrier Miner Tuesday, March 13, 1951. Men Who Show the Way

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 March 1951 · page 3

METHODISM, with its triennial changes of ministry, has given a severe shock to its members in…

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Local Cup Carnival

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 March 1951 · page 5

A £1,500 double for the Silver City Cup Carnival, to be held on July 11 and 14, has been planned by the Silver City Racing Club…

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North Flower Show Off

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 March 1951 · page 5

The North School P. and C. association, at its monthly, meeting on Tuesday night, when the president (Mr. A. Keats) presided…

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Mobil Show

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 March 1951 · page 9

Five of Australia's celebrated singers will make the final programme of the Vacuum Oil Company's Mobil Show musical…

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90 Runners For Silver City Carnival Gift

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 15 March 1951 · page 1

It is expected that 90 individual runners will participate in the Silver City Gift Carnival on April 15 at the Zinc Oval. Officials of the Zinc—N.B.H…

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Queenie Paul Show Arrives on

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 15 March 1951 · page 3

Well-known stage star and theatrical producer, Queenie Paul, will arrive in Broken Hill next Monday. She is bringing with her the famous Glamor Girls,…

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