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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1922

328 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 11 of 17

Forbes Show

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 25 August 1922 · page 5

The Forbes Show, held on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, was a decided success. The official opening on Wednesday was…

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Cowra Show

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 25 August 1922 · page 5

The dates of the Cowra show are the 12th and 13th September, and the general entries close on the 5th September. Schedules may be obtained…

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Weight Guessing at Show

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 25 August 1922 · page 6

The fat bullock and sheep in the weight-guessing competitions at the Forbes Show this week are being killed to-day by Mr Thos Webb,…

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Our 49th Annual Show A Social, Educational and Financial Success Perfect Weather and Record Attendances

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 25 August 1922 · page 10

The concensus of opinion among exhibitors, regular visitors, and the general public, was that this year's Forbes Show was head and shoulders above any previous exhibition. The…

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Grenfail Jockey Club. Nominations for Show Meeting

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 26 August 1922 · page 1

Hurdle Race—Ossy Boy. Quantity, Yarran King Malice King. [?] Seawood Upheavat Chicker, Ballyhooley, [?] King, ber[?], Lerwick…

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Show Races

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 28 August 1922 · page 2

THE entries for the Show Race meeting to be held on Thursday and Friday are very large, and have already appeared. On the…

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Show Sales

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 28 August 1922 · page 2

On the second day of the show at 2.30, on the ground, Messrs Flanagan, Stein and Co will offer some special lines of stud…

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The Show

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 28 August 1922 · page 2

The ring events will be quite up to the ordinary, and an added attraction for the first day will be the cattle drafting and cattle…

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Hospital Show Bazaar

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 28 August 1922 · page 2

The ladies assisting at the big show in aid of the Hospital, to be held in Royal Hall during each night this week, say that…

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Show Committee

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 29 August 1922 · page 7

A meeting of the above was held at the M.U. Hall on Saturday afternoon. The President (Mr C. E. Wallder) occupied the…

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Weight Guessing at Show

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 29 August 1922 · page 2

The weight guessing competitions at the Forbes Show -- estimating the dead weight of a fat bullock and sheep -- did not do much better than…

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Grenfell Show and Races

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 29 August 1922 · page 2

Grenfell Show lakes place to-day and to-morrow and should be well attended from these parts if the weather permits. The show races follow…

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Show President's Allowance Fixed at £35

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 29 August 1922 · page 1

At Saturday's meeting of the Show Committee Mr Gagie said as it was now only three or four weeks till the show he desired to…

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Show Membership Tickets The New Design Mr Helyar's Protest

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 29 August 1922 · page 1

At Saturday's meeting of the Show Committee, Mr H. R. Helyar said he had a matter which he wished to discuss, although he…

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Extending the Show Ground By Purchasing Adjoining Block Proposal Under Consideration

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 29 August 1922 · page 4

At Saturday's meeting of the Show Committee, the President said some of them had been discussing the advisability of…

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Combating a Nuisance. Dust at the Show Water Cart to Be Purchased

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 29 August 1922 · page 2

At Saturday's meeting of the Show Committee, the matter of combating the dust nuisance on the Show Ground, particularly in…

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Band Carnival Week

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 30 August 1922 · page 4

Saturday night next will see the commencement of this undertaking on behalf of out very deserving town band. The main object is to…

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Forbes Show

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 30 August 1922 · page 5

General opinion places this show, held last week, as the best ever held in Forbes. It was the first attempt at a three days' show. Opening on…

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Grenfell Show Successful Exhibition

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 31 August 1922 · page 2

THE 46th Annual Exhibition of the Grenfell Pastoral, Agriculural, Horticultural and Industrial Association opened on Tuesday. The weather…

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Parkes Show Trot

Western Champion · Thursday 31 August 1922 · page 18

LYN ELMO, winner of the President's Cup, presented by Mrs. J. F. Barr…

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