Attendance at Royal Show Sydney
To-day’s attendance at the Royal show was 15,880. The takings totalled £[?]78. The total attendance for the two days was 43,065, compared with…
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Trade Balance Swinging Towards Australia First Seven Months Show Satisfactory Figures
Details of the changing financial position of Australia since the outbreak of war are contained in the latest bulletin of Dr. Roland…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fighting Forces To Appear Before Sydney Night Show Crowds SYDNEY
Despite the dry weather in all parts of the State which has reached almost record proportions, Sydney Show which continued to-day. was well up…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Passing of Mr. A. J. SIMPSON Melbourne Royal Show Cancelled
It is a most extraordinary coincidence that the death of Mr. A. J. Simpson, of Shorthorn cattle fame, on March I, should be followed by the announcement that the Melbourne Show Ground was to be taken over indefinitely by the Royal Air Force as a training ground and mechanical…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Easier Scout Rally at Albury Three Days’ Camp at Show Ground Mounted Scouts From Corryong Will Create Interest
Over the Easter holidays more than 300 scouts from many parts of N.S.W: and Victoria will take part in a rally at Albury. They will…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Adelaide Royal Show to Be Held Adelaide
The annual Royal Show will be held as usual in September, as the Defence [?] announced to-day that [?] showground would be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →1940 Ford Show New Models Attract Keen Interest
Gleaming models of the most modern design which are on display at the 1940 Ford Motor Show m the Lyceum Hall in Edwards street have attracted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Coronation Stand at Show Ground SYDNEY
A lighted cigarette, dropped beneath floor boards on the first tier of the coronation stand, at the Royal Agricultural Show Ground to-night, caused…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Strange Coincidence Death of Mr. A. J. Simpson and Abandonment of Melbourne Show
It is a curious coincidence that the death of Mr. A. J. Simpson, of [?] cattle fame, on March 1, should be followed by the announcement that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Price Control Of Great Benefit to Australia Mr. Menzies at Sydney Show Luncheon Sydney
The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) declared to-day that Australia’s experience in price control by the machinery set in motion three days after the war…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Premier at Show Luncheon Great Praise For Exhibitors Warning to Australians Regarding War Position Will Have to be Taken Seriously SYDNEY
At the Sydney Show luncheon today, the Premier (Mr. Mair) described this year’s exhibition as one sounding a note of great cheer and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →P., A. and H. Society Annual Meeting Abandonment of 1940 Show Possible
The annual meeting of the Corowa P., A. & H. Society was held on Tuesday last, March 19, and was attended by thirteen…
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At the Sydney Royal Show which opened his week, successes were obtained by several district, exhibitors. In the Pig section, J. P. Adam, of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bushfires Committee Royal Show Exhibit
An exhibit of considerable interest to country visitors to this year's Royal Easter Show in Sydney, will be found in the Agricultural Hall, where…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney Show Sydney, Thursday Morning
The attendance at the Sydney Show yesterday and last night, was 53,044, and the takings £ 2,734, being a slight decrease on the same day last year…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Corowa Show (To The Editor)
Sir.--Councillor Duncan referred, in a letter to your paper of a recent date, to the lack of interest shown by the public in their local affairs. This…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Henty P. & A. Society Show Dates Fixed for September 3 and 4 Schedule to Be Revised April 9
The annual meeting of the Henty Agricultural and Pastoral Society was held on Tuesday, March 19, when there were present: Messrs. H…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush Fires Committee Royal Show Exhibit
An exhibit of Considerable interest to country visitors to this year’s Royal Easter Show in Sydney, is in the Agricultural Hall where the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Scouting Activities At the Albury Show Ground
Left: Holbrook troop getting an early start with lent-pitching. Right: No camp is complete without a cookhouse. of-doors kitchen. This industrious boys from Corowa are hared at it making a neat…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boy Scouts “Digging-in” for Big Rally at Albury Show Ground
Scouts came from near and far in N.S.W. and Victoria for the Easter rally at Albury show ground, which is to continue over Easter holidays. Beechworth lads found the ground rather hard when they commenced to dig holes for their tent poles…
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