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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1954

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Star Horses for Local Cup Carnival

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 14 July 1954 · page 8

Messrs. Dick Johnston, of Mooram[?] Station, Wanaaring, and George Goodwin, of Tonga Station, yesterday…

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French Show Strength Bastille Day Hanoi March

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 5

Hanoi, Thursday: Ten thousand French troops paraded through Hanoi in a Bastille Day show of strength, aimed at reassuring a population frightened by a…

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Cup Carnival Horses Here

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 17 July 1954 · page 3

Some horses for the Cup Carnival this month have already arrived in Broken Hill…

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Cup Carnival Just Fair Arrives

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 July 1954 · page 11

South Australian trainer B. Dawson arrived here today with his charge, Just Fair, which is to…

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Methodist Fair

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 July 1954 · page 9

The Lane Street Methodist Ladies' Guild will hold their annual fair in the North Mme Hall, on July…

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Scratched for Cup Carnival

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 July 1954 · page 10

South Australian performers Renmano Lad and Royal Pass and Balranald owned Mannasong have been…

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Kennel Club Show

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 July 1954 · page 4

The Silver City Poultry and Kennel Club Show is to be held at the Memorial Oval on August 8. Entries…

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Joy Nichols for Tv Show

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 July 1954 · page 3

London: Australian radio star Joy Nichols will rush to the B.B.G. television studios in London for an…

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S.c.p. & K. Club Show

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 22 July 1954 · page 3

The Silver City Poultry and Kennel Club Show is to be held at the Memorial Oval on Sunday, August 8…

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Silver City Racing Club Cup Carnival Opening

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 July 1954 · page 15

The Silver City Racing Club will open its 1954 Cup Carnival on the Broken Hill course tomorrow when a six-event programme will be decided. Good fields are engaged in all events. Several visiting horses will give color to the meeting which should prove a fitting dress rehearsal for the following meetings on Wednesday and Saturday…

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4 Bh Boys for Football Carnival

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 24 July 1954 · page 3

Four High School boys have been selected for the schoolboys football carnival in Sydney during the second…

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B.H. Judge at Merbein Show

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 July 1954 · page 5

A prominent local poultry fancier (Mr. Reg Gould) has been appointed judge of the poultry section at the…

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More Judges for Silver City Show

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 July 1954 · page 3

A[?] a meeting held on Thursday night the Silver City Show Committee made more judge appointments for the show on September 18 and 19…

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More Judges for Silver City Show

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 July 1954 · page 3

A[?] a meeting held on Thursday night the Silver City Show Committee made more judge appointments for the show on September 18 and 19…

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Lane St. Fair

Barrier Miner · Monday 26 July 1954 · page 6

Lane Street Methodist Guild held a meeting to finalise arrangements for the Wheelbarrow Fair in…

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Show Preparations Well Advanced

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 26 July 1954 · page 7

Preparations for the Silver City Show on September 18 and 19 are well advanced and the organisers predict that it will be the best show seen here for many years…

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Local Race Carnival Acceptors for Cup Day on

Barrier Miner · Monday 26 July 1954 · page 12

A field of 17 remained in the Silver City Cup when final acceptances were declared today. The race will be the chief event on the Silver City Racing Club's three-day carnival, and will be run on Saturday…

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Woman's Parade Furs Won At First Day Of Cup Carnival

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 27 July 1954 · page 3

Although the dusty, gusty weather on Saturday was far from ideal for displaying new frocks and fashions, many of the ladies at the first day of the Silver City Racing Club's 1954 Cup Carnival turned out in their furs and smart new ensembles. Tailored suits and subdued colors…

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Kennel Club Show

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 July 1954 · page 15

The Ladies' Kennel Club Committee have finished arrangements for the championship show to be held on…

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Divorces Show Big Rise

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 28 July 1954 · page 2

Canberra, July 26.—The number of divorces, judicial separations, and decrees of nullity of marriage last year…

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