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Shows & fairs, 1945

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Before at Chiltern Gay Joys Flying Fair Fields And Racing

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 2 January 1945 · page 4

Chiltern Racing Club held its New Year’s Day meeting yesterday in pleasantly cool weather. Tile attendance was good and as fields in most of the races…

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Monster Swimming Carnival On January 17

Border Morning Mail · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 5

To enable I Aus[?]. BOD Army unit to decide unit championships, a monster swimming carnival has been arranged for Wednesday week. January 17. at the Olympic…

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£500 for Wangaratta Carnival

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 6 January 1945 · page 6

Prize money totalling £500 will be offered at the Wangaratta Athletic Club carnival on January 27-29. Pedestrian and cycling events will be the main features of…

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Swimming 1/Aust. B.O.D. and Civilian Carnival Entries Must Be Lodged Now

Border Morning Mail · Monday 8 January 1945 · page 4

An attractive programme has been drawn up and a [?] organising foundation laid for the 1/Aust. BOD and civilian swimming carnival at the…

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Swimming Noel Ryan to Swim; Next Week’s Carnival

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 5

At a meeting of Albury Swimming Club officials last evening. it was revealed by the acting secretary (Mr G. Dowling) that Noel Ryan. British Empire Games…

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Backshore Swimmers Prepare For Carnival

Border Morning Mail · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 6

Some of the 1/Aust. BOD backstroke competitors, who were among the 80 who participated in trial swims at the Olympic Pool during the week. The swimmers shown here lined up at the board awaiting the starter’s signal are, left to right: Capt. Bright. Lieut J. Dempsey, and Major McKay,…

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Wangaratta Carnival

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 January 1945 · page 2

“Nominations are coming in freely,” the secretary of the Wangaratta Carnival Committee (Mr C. S. Faulkner) said yesterday, when giving a…

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Link Trainer In Action At Spitfire Show MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 3

The Link Trainer will not only be on view at the Spitfire show in the Melbourne Town Hall from January 29 to February 3. but it will be in…

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SWIMMING Tomorrow’s Carnival Assured Of Success Internationals Ryan and McKay Should Thrill

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 January 1945 · page 5

[?] of the Albury Swimming Club, who will conduct tomorrow night’s 1-Aust BOD and civilian swimming carnival, have expressed complete satisfaction with the…

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Swimming 1/Aust, B.O.D. and Civilians’ Carnival To-night. Stage All Se[?] for Excellent Entertainment

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 17 January 1945 · page 5

Record entries and the appearance of Noel Ryan and Major McKay two bril[?] internationals, should elevate tonight’s 1/Aust. BOD and civilian swimming…

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SWIMMING Aust. BOD Carnival Last Night Successful From Every Viewpoint

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 18 January 1945 · page 5

Last night, 1/Aust BOD staged a successful swimming carnival—the opening one of the season—at the Albury baths. The proceeds were In rid of POW funds and…

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Good Attendance at Opening Carnival

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 23 January 1945 · page 2

Good weather favored the Deniliquin Swimming Club for the opening carnival held on Saturday night. The attendance was very good. For an opening…

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Town Topics Street Carnival Postponed

The Pastoral Times · Friday 26 January 1945 · page 1

A last-minute decision was reached yesterday to postpone (at least temporarily) the street carnival which was set down for to-morrow, in aid of…

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To Each a Fair Share

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 27 January 1945 · page 8

One of the reasons why poddy calves on “Riversdale.” Wodonga, are so uniformly healthy is because of their system of feeding. A separate receptacle for each lakes the place of the old communal trough at which the quickest drinker got the most milk…

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Swimming Notes Good Attendance at Carnival

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 30 January 1945 · page 1

There was a very good attendance at the second weekly carnival conducted by the Swimming Club at the Edwardes street pool on Saturday night. Conditions Were ideal for spectators, but the air was a little chilly for the swimmers, and numerous scratching upset…

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Successful Carnival At Wangaratta Excellent Cycling And Running Order of Day

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 30 January 1945 · page 6

Wangaratta was crowded yesterday when the Athletic Club staged a very successful carnival. These carnivals are noted for the high standard of the events, but they had…

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Sidelights of Wangaratta Carnival

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 31 January 1945 · page 4

Top: A. J. [?] Fizroy, winner of the Wangaratta Gift, being presented with his sush by Mr. John Ryan. Mayar of Wangaratta. Mr A.C.Calander. president of the earnival is on the right. Centre: Left to rient. Three secretaries of the Wangaratta Gift…

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Saturday and Monday’s Wangaratta Carnival

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 31 January 1945 · page 4

Some of Australia’s best rider age lined up in this picture for the start of the Victorian Five Mile Championship at Wangaratta on Monday. There was a false start when three fell in the first 20 yards, but in the last…

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Amusements a Carnival of Comedy and Swing at Royts

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 31 January 1945 · page 4

“It Happened [?] how at [?] Theatre. is [?] of [?] reporter mi the “Evening New” in [?] who receives a [?] of [?] news…

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At Wangaratta Tennis Carnival

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 6

Com[?] at the Wangaratta tennis tournament on Monday. Top : Dulcie Whitticker and Dorothy Moron, of Melbourne, who were [?] in the women’s doubles championship. Below : [?] Smith. B. Kay. R. Rogers and J. Edwards, who played…

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