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Shows & fairs, 1953

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STROUD'S 28th Show April 10 AND 11

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 1 April 1953 · page 1

Stroud and District A. H. & I. Association will hold its 28th annual show on April 10 and 11. General entries close…

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Big dahlia display for Methodist Flower Show

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 April 1953 · page 4

A feature of the Methodist Flower Show on April 15 will be a big non-competitive display of dahlias…

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Judge Impressed with Hereford at Sydney Show

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 April 1953 · page 7

With record entries Herefords staged a truly remarkable display at Sydney Show. The English…

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Pony Club members to ride at Royal Show

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 April 1953 · page 4

A team of Singleton Pony Club members will go to Sydney this week to ride at the Royal Easter Show…

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Poll Shorthorns to 1,000 gns. at Show

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 April 1953 · page 2

There was an exceptiontionally strong demand for Poll Shorthorn bulls of top-sire standard at the…

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Champions of the Herefords at the Royal Show

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 April 1953 · page 1

Herefords reached a very high standard at the Royal Show this year. The photos show the champion Hereford bull, Windsor March On, and the champion Hereford cow, Golf Hill Morinda 108th.-(Photo Dalgetys News Service)…

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Sydney Royal Show Dungog Horse Fails in Water Jump

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 1 April 1953 · page 8

Australia's wonder jumping horse, Steel Dust failed to break his own water jump record of 33 feet 4 inches at…

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Exhibition of Antiques

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 3

Some rare and attractive pieces will be seen at the expiation of antiques next month…

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Sydney Show Prices

The Scone Advocate · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 6

A Hereford bull from Kildrummie Stud, Holbrook brought 4600 guineas at the stud cattle sales in Sydney yesterday—a record for a…

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Bowls Carnival Starts To-morrow

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 1

Muswellbrook Bowling Club's Eastcr carnival will open to-morrow, and end o[?] Monday. The carnival will…

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Rough-riding Championships At Carnival

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 5

The secretary of Branxton and district Show Council (Mr. J. C. Bendeleh), under whose arrangements the…

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Expensive Opening for Show

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 5

Sydney's 124th Royal Easter Show, which opened on Monday, is the most expensive ever staged. The President of the Royal Agricultural Society, (Sir Colin Sinclair) said…

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Show Sales Much Better

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY: Exhibitors at the Royal Show have reported that sales were much better this year than last…

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aberdeen Jottings Royal Show Success

The Scone Advocate · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 2

J. A. Magann and Sons, who were successful at the recent Tamworth Show with their entries in the large white pig section…

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Maitland Successes At Sydney Show

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 2

Maitland and district exhibitors achieved success at Sydney Show especially in the dairy cattle, poultry and…

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Kay, Aged 10, Makes Show History

The Scone Advocate · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 5

Competing against men twice her own age, 10-year-old Kay Duggan, of Baerami Creek, herself made history on Tuesday…

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Country Hour Broadcast From Sydney Show

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 6

The A.B.C.'s Country Hour will be broadcast from the Royal Easter Show, Sydney, this week, and prominent overseas speakers…

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District Junior Farmers Do Well at Sydney Show

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 2

Junior farmers form the Hunter Valley met with considerable success in cattle Judging completions at the Sydney Show. They were competing against club…

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Dungog Show Everything Going Well

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 4 April 1953 · page 1

Committeemen of Dungog A. & H. Association are doing voluntary labour on the local showground getting…

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U.s. Agriculture Specialist at Sydney Show

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 4 April 1953 · page 3

Mr. Everett Mitchell, nationally known farm radio commentator in the United States, is attending Sydney's…

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