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Murray · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1947

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FOOTBALL Carnival Player Was Once With Corowa

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 29 July 1947 · page 6

Eddie Lu[?] brilliant centre half-forward of the Leeton Australian rules team, who will play in the NSW team at the Hobart all States carnival, in 1936 had a…

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Guthrie Corriedales Win At Show MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 29 July 1947 · page 5

A slightly larger entry of super[?] merinos increased the number of sheep entered for the Australian Sheep Breeders’ Association annual show held…

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Carnival Teams Arrive in Tasmania Burnif

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 30 July 1947 · page 7

Five mainland teams to take part in the Australian national football carnival at Hobart on Wednesday arrived in Tasmania today—Victorians at Cambridge by air, and…

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N.S.W. Beats Queensland in Carnival Game HOBART

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 31 July 1947 · page 7

A crowd estimated at about 15,000 today witnessed the opening matches in the 10th Australian Football Carnival at North Hobart oval when New South Wales and…

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Show Schedule Available

The Pastoral Times · Friday 1 August 1947 · page 1

The prize schedule for the Deniliquin Pastoral and, Agricultural Society's 69th Annual Show, to be held on Saturday, September 6, has just been printed…

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District Show Henty Asks for Public Holiday

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 1 August 1947 · page 2

At a committee meeting of the Henty Pastoral and Agricultural Society, held on Friday last in the School of Arts, it was decided that an application be made to the Culcairn Shire Council to have Wednesday, September 10—the main day for this year's annual…

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Eleven Mannequins selected for next week’s Sheep Show Parade

Border Morning Mail · Friday 1 August 1947 · page 2

Rayne’s Studio. MISS A. GRANT. MISS J. NUGENT. MISS F. DAVEY…

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Record Entries for Sheep Show Next Week’s Grand Albury Attraction Aristocrats Valued At More Than £50,000 Will Make Bow

Border Morning Mail · Friday 1 August 1947 · page 2

Aristocrats from some of Australia’s best known sheep studs will be on exhibition at the Albury Sheep Show, in Dalgety & Co.’s wool store, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of next week. Good judges predict that it will be the best show ever staged in the Commonwealth—better even than the…

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Sheep Show an Fair Opens at Albury To-morrow

Border Morning Mail · Monday 4 August 1947 · page 2

Hundreds of visitors will be in [?] for the PA and H [?] Sheep. Show and Fair which [?] open tomorrow, and the [?]…

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Spiring Fair Abandoned Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 4 August 1947 · page 1

The Royal Agricultural Society has abandoned the Spring Fair, which was to have been held in September…

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[?] Carnival for Albury Approved

Border Morning Mail · Monday 4 August 1947 · page 3

[?] N.S.W. and Victorian Lawn [?] Associations have whole [?] approved of Albury’s [?] to conduct a grand…

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Poll Merinos for Show Classes At Sydney Fair

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 5 August 1947 · page 3

POLL merinos are to be included at the nest Sheep Show in Sydney. This was decided by the council of the New South Wales Sheepbreeders’ Association at a meeting in Sydney. Several of the major merino…

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Sheep Show Opens Today Should Rival Melbourne-Sydney Exhibition Tomorrow Big Day; Mannequin Parade

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 5 August 1947 · page 2

“I do not know of another place in Australia where such excellent facilities are available for staging a sheep show.” An exhibitor, who arrived yesterday with a large team of merinos for Albury’s annual sheep show, to open to-day in Dalgety’s wool store, said this to the “Mail.”…

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The “Bell Wether” at the Show

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 5 August 1947 · page 5

Mr. J. B. Bell, of “Mundalta,” Barnawartha, brought his daughter’s pet to the show yesterday as a “bell wether” to help lead sheep through the maize of strange aisles to the pens…

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A. and H. Society, Members Decide Against Removing Ground

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 6 August 1947 · page 3

There was a very large attendance of members of the Berrigan A. and H. Society on Tuesday afternoon of last week, at n mooting called to give…

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Grand Champions of the Show

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 6 August 1947 · page 6

Mr Anthony Hordern, “Mungadal,” Hay, made more records for his stud when his ewe (above) and ram (lower) each won the champion and grand champion award in the merino section…

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Seeing the Show From High Up

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 6 August 1947 · page 1

While judging was in progress at the Albury Sheep Show yesterday this party viewed the spectacle from a wool bale gallery. From left to right, Mr John Henderson, “Wanlagong,” Holbrook, and Mesdames J. T. Baker, Gundagai; Fred Griffith, “Toonallook,”…

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Outstanding Sheep Excellent Set-Up Of Show

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 6 August 1947 · page 6

Sheep breeders are to be congratulated on the excellence of their stock, which show more quality and finish than last year. The general set-up of the show left little to be desired, and it can now be claimed to be one of the finest in Australia…

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Sheep Show Points Way To Greater Successes Wealth of Australia’s Golden Fleece on Display Bumper Crowd Expected At Today’s Sessions

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 6 August 1947 · page 6

The second annual Albury Sheep Show opened in impressive fashion yesterday with a display of the natural wealth of Australia which created great interest among the crowd which flocked to Dalgety and Co.[?]s huge store. Transformation of the store yesterday was remarkable. Scores and scores of…

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Opened the Show

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 7 August 1947 · page 4

High Commissioner in Australia for New Zealand (Mr. Barclay) officially opened the show yesterday…

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