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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1953

358 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 11 of 18

Local Races Stakes for the Cup Carnival

Barrier Miner · Monday 31 August 1953 · page 15

The Silver City Racing Club has allotted £1600 in stake money for its threeday cup carnival in…

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Annual Show: Dancing Events Post Entry

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 31 August 1953 · page 4

Secretary of the Silver City Show Committee, Mr. G. H. Davis, said yesterday that nominations for the…

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Wild Plower Show for B.H.

Barrier Miner · Monday 31 August 1953 · page 2

The Barrier Field Naturalists' Club will stage a wildflower and nature show at the Technical College annexe…

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Record Entries Expected for Silver City Show

Barrier Miner · Monday 31 August 1953 · page 2

Entries for this year's Silver City Show, to be held on the Memorial Oval on September 19 and 20, are expected to be a record. Entries for several…

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Children Show Promise at Tennis

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 1 September 1953 · page 12

The second day of the School Age Singles Tennis Tournament was again marred by a strong gusty wind. The young participants overcame the elements and…

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Dog Show Entries

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 September 1953 · page 11

The Broken Hill Dog Club will conduct its eighth championship show at the Memorial Oval on…

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Wildflower And Nature Show

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 2 September 1953 · page 3

With prospects of a dusty spring minus wildflowers, Broken Hill should welcome the Wildflower and Nature…

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Empire Fair at Wesley Church

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 September 1953 · page 4

Wesley Methodist Church had patriotic decorations for the Guild's Empire Fair yesterday afternoon. Mrs. M. C. Trenorden opened the function before a large crowd…

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Show Opens in Rain

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 September 1953 · page 2

Adelaide: The show opened damply in a downpour of rain at 9 a.m. today. The early crowd was the…

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Good Entries for Annual Show Events

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 4 September 1953 · page 1

A heavy list of entries have been received for all sections of the Silver City Show to be held at the Memorial Oval an September 19 and 20…

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Wildflower Show

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 September 1953 · page 2

Next weeekend will be wildflower time in Broken Hill. The Barrier Field Naturalists' Club will hold a…

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Wildflower Show

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 September 1953 · page 2

Next weeekend will be wildflower time in Broken Hill. The Barrier Field Naturalists' Club will hold a…

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Record Entries for Silver City Show

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 September 1953 · page 7

With record entries in most sections, this year's Silver City Show should be one of the most successful in recent years. The 1000 entries in the…

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Record Entries for Silver City Show

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 September 1953 · page 12

With record entries in most sections, this year's Silver City Show should be one of the most successful in recent years. The 1000 entries in the…

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Nine Teams for Soccer Carnival

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 September 1953 · page 12

soccer officials expect about nine teams to compete in the £250 knockout carnival and Zinc-N.B.H.C. Cup at the Zinc Oval during the Labor Day week-end, next…

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Federal Budget Will Show Many Concessions

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 September 1953 · page 12

Canberra—Three reasons concentrate unprecedented interest on this year's Federal Budget[?] details of which will be presented to the House of Representatives…

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Wild Flower Show

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 September 1953 · page 4

Newly formed naturalists' clubs which will send specimens for the Wild Flower and Nature Show at the…

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Secrets Kept at Air Show

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 September 1953 · page 1

London, Monday: Precise details of Britain's latest Rafour jet engine were banned today by security chiefs at Britain's annual air show. The engine is the power…

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Annual Show Handicraft And Wool Sections

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 8 September 1953 · page 4

The ladies committee for this year's Silver City Show will have a lot of new sections to look after…

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Show Had Gun But No Annie

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 September 1953 · page 7

New Yok, Monday—The show "Annie Get Your Gun" went on in Kansas City— without Annie. Laryngitis prevented Janis…

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