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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1952

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Wesley Fair

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 September 1952 · page 9

Wesley Hall was a blaze of color yesterday after noon for the annuar Wesley floral fair…

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Reds Open Leipzig Fair

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 September 1952 · page 6

Berlin. Monday. — East Germany's Deputy Premier (Herr Heinrich Fau) opened the 1952 Leipzig Industrial…

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Invention Show

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 September 1952 · page 4

LONDON. — Exhibits at the International Inventions Exhibition, to be held…

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Wesley Floral Fair

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 11 September 1952 · page 4

With a glorious day after the previous day of wind and dust, the success of the Wesley Church Fair on…

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B.h. Exhibition of Watercolors at College Annexe

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 September 1952 · page 5

The Mayor (Ald W. F. Riddif ord, will open an exhibition of Australian Watercolor Painting on Tuesday next at the Technical College Annexe. The pictures have been…

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Promising Ring Events For Show

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 13 September 1952 · page 5

Ring events at the Sliver City Show next week-end are expected to be the best ever. Entries have been…

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Art Show

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 September 1952 · page 12

Under the auspices of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales an exhibition of Australian water color…

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Champion Dancers Give Show

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 September 1952 · page 12

A crowd estimated at mure than 600 were at the Palais De Danse last night to see Charles Thiebault…

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B. H. Exhibitors Had Anxiety at Adelaide Show

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 September 1952 · page 8

Broken Hill exhibitors who sent fowls and pigeons to the Adelaide Royal Show had an anxious time. Their birds were quarantined for four days and were only released the night before they had to be exhibited…

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Exhibition Of 30 Watercolors To Be Opened Tonight

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 16 September 1952 · page 1

Tonight at 8 o'clock His Worship the Mayor, Ald. W. F. Riddiford, will open a delightful exhibition of 30 original paintings illustrating the history of Australian…

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Committee Looks Forward To Record Show

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 16 September 1952 · page 3

The Silver City Show will be held at the Memorial Oval on Saturday and Sunday and the committee believes that if good weather prevails attendance records may be broken…

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Soccer Men Preparing For £100 Carnival Adamstown Strong Favorites

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 16 September 1952 · page 2

Sixteen teams will compete for the Z.C.N.B.H.E. knock Out Cup plus £100 cash at the Zint Oval the week-end after next. All other local soccer competitions have been…

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Australian Art Show at Local Annexe Tonight

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 September 1952 · page 4

All citizens are cordially invited to be present at tonight's official opening of an extremely attractive exhibition of Australian watercolors, and to hear an address by…

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Best Exhibits for Years at Silver City Show

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 September 1952 · page 2

Exhibits at the Silver City Show, which will be held on the Memorial Oval on September 20 and 21, are expected to be the best for some time. The ring events…

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Spiced Ale to Fair Guests

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 September 1952 · page 1

London, Tuesday. — The beadle at Barnstaple, in south-west England, will lock himself in a panelled room at the Guildhall tonight and will brew 4½ gallons of spiced ale, according to a…

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Successful Anglican Fair

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 September 1952 · page 16

The annual St. Philip's and St. James' Church of England fair was held in the New Masonic Hall this…

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Oxide Street Fair

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 September 1952 · page 3

Mrs. L. C. Hocking opened the fair of the Oxide Street Methodist Church yesterday afternoon. Mrs. W. Baker played an overture, and Mrs. Carter sang. Posies were presented to officials, artists, and judges by Marie Pinder, Christine Brown, Carol Penny and Lyndell Pearson…

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Big Soccer Carnival

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 September 1952 · page 16

The Soccer Association executive this evening will decide the intinerary for the interstate visiting teams in…

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Art Show Visitors

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 September 1952 · page 11

Among an interesting crowd who attended the exhibition of historical Australian water colors and…

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Wafer Colors On Show At tech. annexe

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 18 September 1952 · page 4

Water colors, representative of many Australian schools of painting, are now on exhibition of the Technical college Annex. The exhibition which was;…

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