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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1951

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Special Show For Palais

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 2

Queenie Paul, the "Celebrity Glamour Girl" and several other artists will present shows at the Palais de Danse commencing on…

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Record Crowd For Show

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 2

Sydney. — A record first day crowd is tipped for the opening day of the Royal Easter Show to-day. At 10 a.m. 12,000 people had…

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Show Two Hours Late

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 March 1951 · page 2

Sydney.—Of 33,723 people who attended the opening day of the Royal Show yesterday, about 20,000 were still on the ground after…

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Show Crowd in Sharp Rain

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 March 1951 · page 12

Sydney.—A sudden shower drenched arrivals at the show this morning and sent them scurrying for shelter in…

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Aboriginal In Television Show

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 March 1951 · page 2

New York, March 18.—Australian aboriginal tenor Harold Blair was guest of honor on a New York television programme conducted by actress Jinx Falkenberg and her husband, Tex McCreary…

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Record Crowd At Sydney Show

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 19 March 1951 · page 1

Sydney, March 18.—Workmen today gave the Royal Easter Show "a face lift" In readiness for the record crowd expected tomorrow. However, weather…

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Menindee Road in Fair Condition

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 4

Menindee road is now in fair condition as the result of having been recently graded along its full length from here to the river town…

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Show Society Collects

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 4

Sydney, March 19.—Although only a few points of rain fell at the Show to-day the Royal Agricultural Society will collect £1,000 insurance for the third…

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Floor Show At Palais New Attraction Tomorrow Night

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 4

Tomorrow night at the Palais de Danse Broken Hill will be treated to a dancing and floor show extraordinary as Queenic Paul…

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Floor Show at Palais

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 5

Queenie Paul and her celebrity glamor girls will present "The Hollywood Square Dance," a floor show at the Palais tonight…

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Security Officers Guard Guided Rocket At Jubilee Exhibition

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 23 March 1951 · page 3

Melbourne, March 21.—Security Officers guarded the Department of supply display at the Jubilee Exhibition, which opened today. A guided rocket—the first…

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No Liquor at Sydney Show; No Big Accidents

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 March 1951 · page 2

Sydney.—The police say that 152,878 people who filled the Showground yesterday for the seventh day of the Easter Show was the best behaved show crowd in years…

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Social Happenings Queen and Princess at Private Dress Show

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 March 1951 · page 9

THE QUEEN and Princess Margaret—seen here with Lady Rothemere (centre) — recently attended a private showing of 60 dresses from the spring collection of London's "big ten," the Incorporated Society of London Fashion Designers, of which Lady Rothemere is president. Three Australian girls, including South Australian Bobbie…

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Glass Racket at the Sydney Show

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 March 1951 · page 9

Sydney.—The proprietress of a soft drink stall, Mrs. C. Podesta, had a most unprofitable day at the Showground. She said that customers bought a glass of soft drink for 6d. and…

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Baldwin In Easter Fair Gift

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 29 March 1951 · page 1

Sam [?] and J. A. McCoy both [?] heats of the Bendigo Easter [?] conducted this afternoon and night…

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Apes show no signs of leaving Gibraltar

Barrier Miner · Friday 30 March 1951 · page 6

Gibraltar, [?] All the world knows that if the rock apes of Gibraltar leave the fortress colony, the British must leave too. But the apes, who with the British have occupied "The…

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Church Pet Show

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 April 1951 · page 5

On Saturday afternoon they Wills Street Church of Christ teachers organized a pet show to raise funds for a projector…

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Zinc Athletic Carnival

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 11

A special meeting of the Zinc-N.B.H.C. Athletic Club will be held tonight in the Trades Hall to make final arrangements for…

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Show on Mountains

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 April 1951 · page 2

Mount Kosciusko. — Snow has been falling over the main range since Tuesday, and there has been a fairly heavy fall at the…

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Jubilee Carnival

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 11 April 1951 · page 6

The Memorial Oval Fund Comm[?]ing decided at a meeting on Monday night that the Jubilee Celebrations win be held at the back of the Grand…

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