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Murray · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1940

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C.u.s.a. Hut for Show Ground

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 15 October 1940 · page 3

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A.J.C. Carnival Was Most Successful $15,000 Offered for Beau Vite and Refused SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 15 October 1940 · page 5

Successful in every way is the description that must be applied to the just concluded A.J.C. Spring racing carnival at Randwick. Attendances and [?] revealed a decided improvement upon last year’s tallies. Repeatedly time records went by the board…

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Continental Carnival

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 16 October 1940 · page 3

Arrangements am now practically completed for the Monster Continental Carnival to take place on Saturday week, October 26. [?]…

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Baby Show Marie McLEAN, CHAMPION

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 October 1940 · page 4

When 175 bounding specimens of plump Australian babyhood open their mouths at one and the same time, even If just to murmur, they…

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Who Mentioned Starvation ? Not Known at Albury Show Ground

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 October 1940 · page 5

“There’s nothing that chap can't do the in way of eats.” That’s the Diggers’ way of describing Lieut. Vickers, messing officer of the 2/23rd Training…

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Bonny Prize-winning Babies in Albury C.w.a. Show

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 October 1940 · page 4

Almost 200 babies faced the judge at the C.W.A. show in Albury on Tuesday. They were as fine a lot of children the judge (Dr. H. C. Worch) has seen…

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Royal Empire Show Next Year Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 18 October 1940 · page 8

The R.A.S. has decided to call the Sydney show, to be held from April 7 to April 15 next year, the Royal Empire Show. Announcing this to-day. the…

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Net Profit Of £100 Expected From St. Paul’s Annual Fair

The Pastoral Times · Friday 18 October 1940 · page 1

St. Paul’s Church of England annual fair and flower show, held yesterday in the Deniliquin Town Hall, passed oil most successfully. Gross takings were £106, and the net profit is expected approximately £100—a sp’endid result…

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Pleasant Hills C.W.A. Annual Flower Show

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 18 October 1940 · page 1

A very successful flower show was held at Pleasant Hills on Saturday last, when there was a good attendance of local residents and visitors…

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A Success Brocklesby Flower Show

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 19 October 1940 · page 8

The annual Presbyterian spring flower show and fair at Brocklesby was an outstanding success. Rev. J. Thompson referred to the church’s loss in the…

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Corowa Methodist Flower Show Mrs. C. B. Lethbridge Opens Display

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 19 October 1940 · page 8

An excellent display was seen at the 31st annual flower show of the Corowa Methodist Church yesterday, the official opening being performed…

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A Draught Horse Trotting Freak Grant Was Amazing Phenomenon Won at Richmond and Royal Show

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 19 October 1940 · page 3

Previously I have written in these columns, an account of a draught horse named Pilot, who won many steeplechases in slashing style at Flemington…

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Merrymakers’ Free Show

Border Morning Mail · Monday 21 October 1940 · page 3

The Merrymakers, who staged a successful show in the Plaza Theatre on September 24, will put on a variety entertainment on October 31…

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Rotary Carnival Profit £1960

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 22 October 1940 · page 2

The president of Albury Rotary Club (Rotarian Stan Henry) announced yesterday, that, there would be a profit of £1980 from the patriotic carnival on…

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Catholic Flower Show

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 October 1940 · page 2

The annual Catholic Flower Show if advertised for Friday next at the Club rooms. A comprehensive schedule has been drawn up, and there…

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No Country Week Carnival Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 22 October 1940 · page 4

Because of the war, there will again be no Country Week cricket carnival this year, it was revealed at the Cricket Association’s meeting to-night…

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Methodist Flower Show Good Display For Poor Season

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 October 1940 · page 3

The thirty-first annual Spring flower show under the auspices of the Corowa Methodist Church was held in the Hand Hall on Friday last and…

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Carnival

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 23 October 1940 · page 3

The Monster Carnival, in aid of the local Patriotic and War Fund, takes place on Saturday, commencing at 1.30 p.m. with a…

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Show Gymkhana To-day

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 23 October 1940 · page 2

Albury’s new show ground in Mate street will be "“christened” to-day with the gymkhana in aid of patriotic funds. fine programme of events has been…

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Church of England Flower Show Magnificent Display Champion Rose Won by Mrs. W. W. Holt

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 25 October 1940 · page 7

The array of blooms exhibited at the show were a credit to Henty, and the judge in the flower sections, Mr. Le Brereton, suggested a number of alterations in the schedule next year to make the display more…

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