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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1953

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Show Crowd's Tribute To Late Queen

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 3 April 1953 · page 1

Sydney, April 2.—More, than 60,000 people stood in silence for a minute at the Showground yesterday as a…

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Record Show

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 6 April 1953 · page 1

Sydney, April 5.—The 1953 Royal Easter Enow was the greatest ever staged, the R.A.S. Registrar (Mr. H. N…

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Kennel Club Show

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 April 1953 · page 6

The Ladies' Kennel Club will hold a championship show on May 3. Mr. J. S. Rowles, of Melbourne, has…

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Royal Pageant Wins At Oakbank 'Jockey Blamed For Defeat Off Fair Bl[?]nd

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 8 April 1953 · page 4

Plenty of excitement was provided at Oakbank on Saturday when the Onkoparing[?] Club opened its Easter carnival with a program which was below that on Monday…

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"Far Westers" at Show

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 9 April 1953 · page 2

Fifty children from among the present [?] patients in the Drummond Far West Home at Manly were guests…

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Barrier Attraction At Silver City Gift Carnival

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 9 April 1953 · page 1

Nominations have been rolling in for the Silver City Gift on April 19, which this year appears on paper to be…

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St. Joel and El Sovino Show Speed

Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 April 1953 · page 12

Melbourne.—Stablemates St. Joel and El Sovina galloped well to finish on terms over six in 1.17 next to the…

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Pert Pups (With Papa) at Dog Show

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 April 1953 · page 7

AT ADELAIDE KENNEL CLUB'S dog show at Wayville Showgrounds today, William Thorpe, of Forestville, poses a family group of rough-haired Scotch collies. They are Loechshil Cavalier (right) with his two sons and a daughter…

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Lake Carnival

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 April 1953 · page 1

An added attraction for the Zinc Lakes carnival tomorrow night will be an exhibition of roller riding by…

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Lake Carnival

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 April 1953 · page 5

An added attraction for the Zinc Lakes carnival tomorrow night will be an exhibition of roller riding by…

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Big Prizemoney for Gift Carnival

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 April 1953 · page 12

About £1200 will be distributed in prizemoney during Broken Hill's week of athletics which will start with the Silver City Gift Carnival at the Zinc Oval on…

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Radium Hill Wins Soccer Carnival

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 14 April 1953 · page 3

Radium Hill United won the Sandercock knotkout Cup in a soccer carnival at the Memorial Oval on Sunday afternoon…

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It's carnival time at Nice

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 April 1953 · page 2

THE TRADITIONALLY gay French Riviera goes even gayer in the famous carnival season. Here a…

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Recruits Show Form in Rugby Play

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 April 1953 · page 5

Many recruits, mostly from Sydney, impressed in the trial Rugby League games at the Zinc Oval on Sunday. All teams fielded new…

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£1,000 Silver City Gift Carnival on Sunday Top Class Runners England; Stringer Here Already

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 14 April 1953 · page 4

Next Sunday the public of Broken Hill will once again witness the Silver City Gift Carnival in which some of the best runners will participate. These include Frank Banner,…

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Show Day Planning

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 April 1953 · page 1

The Silver City Show executive committee will meet tonight when reports will be received from the…

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Records Expected At Gift Carnival

Barrier Miner · Friday 17 April 1953 · page 11

Broken Hill Athletic Club officials expect to break record attendance figures at their Gift meeting on Sunday. They are catering for a crowd of about 10,000. The Gift field consists of…

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Plans Made for B.h. Show

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 April 1953 · page 5

At a meeting of the Silver City Show executive it was decided to ask the Memorial Oval Managemnt Committee for permission to stage a water jump…

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Plans Made for B.h. Show

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 April 1953 · page 5

At a meeting of the Silver City Show executive it was decided to ask the Memorial Oval Managemnt Committee for permission to stage a water jump…

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For Silver City £650 Gift Thousands Expected at Tomorrow's £1,000 Carnival

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 18 April 1953 · page 5

With the completion of Bendigo and Stawell professional athletic carnivals interest in the athletic world has now been focussed on the £650 Silver City Gift of 1953. The Gift carnival with prizemoney…

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