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Shows & fairs, 1950

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Junior Farmers’ Show Display Items Came From 350 N.S.W. Clubs

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thurs The Junior Farmers Clubs' non-competitive exhibit in the Agricultural Hall at the Show took 12 months to…

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Sunshine Brings Royal Show Hopes

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sat—Hopes held by RAS officials of an attendance exceeding 200,000 before the Royal Easter Show’s night assassin…

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Maitland Bird Men Score at Royal Show

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1950 · page 2

Maitland pigeon fanciers, W. Melbourne and H. Greedy, figured prominently in awards for three sections of the pigeon classes at…

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Sydney Show Winners

Maitland Mercury · Monday 10 April 1950 · page 4

Singleton, Monday.—Singleton exhibitors at the Royal Show have been successful in several sections…

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Show on Good Friday “An Outrage”

Maitland Mercury · Monday 10 April 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—The Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, Dr. Mowll, today criticised the holding of the Royal Easter Show on…

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Sydney Home For Country Show Officials

Maitland Mercury · Monday 10 April 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—Sydney is likely to hare an Agricultural House, where people from the country can meet and all the…

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Royal Show Attendances Slightly Less

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 11 April 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — The 1,000,000th visitor to the 1950 Royal Show passed through the turnstiles late yesterday…

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Holiday for Gresford Show

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 12 April 1950 · page 2

In reply to representations to the Wallarobba Shire council to have Friday. April 26, declared a public holiday In C…

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Family Triumph At Show

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 12 April 1950 · page 2

MUSWELLBROOK, Wed. — Competiting against Contestants from all states and England, Muswellbrook junior farmer,…

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Milk Samples Show Evidence of Sediment

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 12 April 1950 · page 1

Samples taken from 13 milk carts In the city area had all shown traces of sediment, the chief health officer (Mr. J…

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Champion Axeman Collapses at Show Lasted Long Enough to Win

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 April 1950 · page 1

When Les Tagg, the all-round Queensland axeman from Beerwah, struck the final blow to sever his log in the world…

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Carnival and Barbecue

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 13 April 1950 · page 4

A lancy dress carnival and tar'[?]erue. being organised by the East Maitland Parents and Citizens’ Women’s Auxiliary, will be…

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Dog Show

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 13 April 1950 · page 4

Fine weather is all that is needed to make the championship dog show at Maitland show Ground on Saturday an outstand…

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Last Session Of The Royal Show

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 13 April 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday. — When children presented The Dance of the Flowers” In show ring last night the curtain was drawn…

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Wyoming Stud Awarded Special Prizes at Show Charles Shearer's Good Record

Singleton Argus · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 4

Additional prizes were won by A. S. R. Shearer and Son, of the Wyoming Stud, Maison Dieu, at the Royal…

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Vintage Carnival

Maitland Mercury · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Monday. — Forty thousand people, including interstate and overseas visitors, attended the close of the Barossa…

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Singleton Show Secretary

Maitland Mercury · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 2

SINGLETON, Monday.—Mr. J. Wright, Singleton accountant, was appointed secretary of the Northern Agricultural…

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Paterson Show Exhibit

Maitland Mercury · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 2

Paterson show secretary (Mr. S. M. Reynolds) states that prospects for next Paterson Show are good…

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Motor Exhibits At Cessnock Show

Maitland Mercury · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 1

CESSNOCK, Monday.—At a meeting of the committee of the Cessnock Agricultural Association it was decided to refer the…

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Loud Speakers At Singleton Show

Singleton Argus · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 1

Loud speakers at the Singleton Show may be curbed at the next Show. This was considered at the…

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