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Murray · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1942

265 stories in Murray's papers · page 2 of 14

Minister’s Masons for Abandoning Royal Show

The Pastoral Times · Friday 30 January 1942 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. W. F. Dunn) added Ins opinion to the general view that there should no be a Royal Sydney show at Easter…

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Swimming Carnival Produces Thrilling Contests

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 3 February 1942 · page 4

Close finishes markka Sunday’s swimming carnival. Though, entries were small competitors provided thrilling contests…

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Stud Cattle Exhibition at Easter Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 6

Although there will be no Royal Easter Show this year an exhibition and sale of stud cattle will be held in Sydney at Easter. This will be staged…

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Producer and Consumer Neither Gelling a Fair Deal SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 5 February 1942 · page 6

F[?] was being wasted or destroyed and neither producer nor consumer [?]…

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P. & A. SOCIETY Financial Success Of Show

The Pastoral Times · Friday 6 February 1942 · page 1

Mr. W. Walters (preside? Was in the chair and 16 members attended the annual meeting of Deailiqui? P. and A. Society last night…

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Show May Not Be Held Date Fixed Tentatively

The Pastoral Times · Friday 6 February 1942 · page 1

Deniliquin P. and A. Society members, at a meeting held last night, decided tentatively to hold the annual show in October, but to review the decision in three months. The voting was four votes to four,…

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Monster Patriotic Carnival

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 14 February 1942 · page 2

The Mayor (Aid. D. G. Padman) would like lo see a similar carnival in that which last year was run by the Rotary Club. That effort resulted…

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Show Society Resignation of Secretary Position to Be Reviewed at Annual Meeting

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 1

A meeting of the Committee of the Henty Pastoral and Agricultural Society was held in the School of Arts on Friday last,…

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Victory Vanities’ Show

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 21 February 1942 · page 4

Victory Vanities in did of Mike June [?] C.W.A. candidate for the popular [?] [?] will give revival [?] of a selection of the most popular…

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Sheep Show Abandoned Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 21 February 1942 · page 3

As a meeting to-day of the Australian Sheepbreeders Association, members decided unanimously to forego the annual show this year. The chairman and…

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No Show in Sydney. Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 21 February 1942 · page 3

The annual sheep show in Sydney will not be- held this year. This was decided to-day by the council of the N.S.W. Sheepbreeders' Association. Owing to the…

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Amusements Fun and Music [?] New Show at Ho[?]

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 21 February 1942 · page 4

When “The Goal American [?] cast” [?] [?] Hoysts yesterday [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] “The [?] [?]” [?] Payn. John Payne, and jack [?]…

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Service Clubs’ Carnival

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 24 February 1942 · page 2

The Ugly Man Competition, which proved such a popular feature of the Inst Rotary Club Carnival, has been revived for the Service Clubs’…

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Last Day of Action Show at the Regent

Border Morning Mail · Friday 27 February 1942 · page 4

Very good and most entertaining melodrama is contained in “Girl from God’s Country” at the Regent for the last times to-day Chester Morris is the young…

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Austral Pictures "Lady Be Good" Opens To-night New Musical Show

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 February 1942 · page 1

Aimed to please every type of audience, "Lady Be Good," a musical comedy based on the stage success by George Gershwin which was played in…

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Patriotic Carnival

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 28 February 1942 · page 2

The various organisations in Albury the V.D.C. Red Cross, Boy Scout’s V.A.D., A.R.P. and military are working hard preparing for the…

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Britain's Critics Free Speech and Fair Play

Border Morning Mail · Friday 6 March 1942 · page 4

It is typical of the free-s[?]eech inhe[?]ance of British people that they should direct their challenges at one another in Public. No small wonder, then that their…

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Sank - Deposits Show Record Figure; Advances Declining

The Pastoral Times · Friday 6 March 1942 · page 2

Deposits of the nine Australian trading banks increased by £1,900,000 m January to £385.800,000—a record. Com-pared with a year ago they were…

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Politicians' “Disunity Show” Wordy Wrangle at Canberra, CANBERRA

Border Morning Mail · Friday 6 March 1942 · page 2

Poli[?] Canberra [?] the country a "great example" [?]o-day wh[?] for [?] engaged in a wordy wrangle. The…

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Away Back in 63 Agricultural Show Held in Wahgunyah Bonded Store

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 March 1942 · page 4

In the historic building known as the Bonded Stores, Wahgunyah, on the bank of the Murray River, close to the bridge linking…

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