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Shows & fairs, 1947

612 stories in Murray's papers · page 3 of 31

Helped to Organise Jubilee Carnival

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 2

Senior members of the Wangaratta silver Jubilee Carnival Committee. Left to right: Messrs A. C. Callander (president), R. C. Mackenzie (secretary), R. M. Sloan (senior vice-president) and W. J. Law (vice-president.) It is certainly a silver Jubilee meeting in every sense of the word for Messrs Callander, Sloan and Law. as these. committeemen have been associated with sporting activities in Wangaratta since 1919 when, as…

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Swimming Diving Display at Friday’s Carnival

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 29 January 1947 · page 8

Diving enthusiasts will be well catered for at the point-score swimming carnival at the Olympic Pool next Friday night at which a featured event…

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Swimming Thrills Galore at Tonight’s Carnival

Border Morning Mail · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 5

Although there has been an easing off in the heat wave conditions, there is certainly no slackening of interest among Albury Swimming Club members and tonight’s…

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Big Echuca Team for To–morrow Night’s Carnival

The Pastoral Times · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 1

Thirty–five swimmers from Echuca will compete in to–marrow night’s carnival at Edwardes Street pool. Last Monday Deniliquin swimmers…

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A. and W. Association Players Show Return to Form Some Close Finishes Expected on

Border Morning Mail · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 8

The return to form of several leading cricketers in the A. and W. Association games gives promise of some good exhibitions of balling in the near future…

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Sheep Shearing Competition at Royal Show Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 1 February 1947 · page 9

For the first time at the Royal Easter Show a championship sheep shearing competition is to be conducted by the Royal Agricultural…

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Swimming Three Year Old Wins Acclaim Last Night’s Carnival Results

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 1 February 1947 · page 10

Three-years-old diver. Judith Dowling, captured the hearts of the crowd at last night’s point-score swimming carnival, when, as a…

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Schoolboys’ Own Exhibition

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 2

After a lapse during the war years, the schoolboys’ exhibition was opened during the Christmas holidays at the Central Hall, Westminster, London. It offered exciting exhibits, old and new, and plenty of well-known people visited the exhibition to give first hand…

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Queen Mary at Servicemen’s Exhibition

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 4

H.M. Queen Mary inspecting models of ex-servicemen’s homes on show at an exhibition in London…

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“Shell Show” Coming Back

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 7

After an absence of eight years the “Shell Show.” Australia’s first big [?] variety programme, is returning in the air. The programme will…

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Cycling Carnival on Friday Night

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 8

The Albury Cycling Association will hold another carnival on the sportsground Friday night. Excellent entries have been received…

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Swimming Big Gala Carnival on Friday Exhibitions as Major Highlights

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 8

The point-score swimming carnival scheduled for Friday night at the Olympic Pool, will be of unequalled magnitude so far as the…

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Innovation at Sydney Royal Show Sheep Shearers' Championship

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 6 February 1947 · page 3

A championship sheep-shearing competition, for which the Graziers' Association of N.S.W. has given £100 as prize money, will be…

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Swimming Exhibition Programme To-night Ycw Eager to Gain Pastoral Cup

Border Morning Mail · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 8

A consensus of opinion favors the suggestion that tonight’s point-score swimming carnival at Albury, with its many and varied exhibition heights, will prove most…

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To-morrow Night’s Carnival Return of the “Krazy Kats” Deni. Motors v. Riverina Tyres

The Pastoral Times · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 4

A return performance of the popular and amusing “Krazy Kats” troupe and the anxiously awaited challenge relay between Deni. Motors and…

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For the Shipwright’s Exhibition

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 8 February 1947 · page 2

A fine true-to-scale model of an escort carrier under construction on the “slipways” at Messrs Basset Lowke’s factory at Northampton, where craftsmen are engaged on models of all kinds for exhibition and experimental purposes. This model was on view at the last shipwrights…

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JINGELLIO Show Meeting

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 8 February 1947 · page 4

The secretary of the Show Society advises that a meeting will be held next Saturday to make final arrangements for the show next month…

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Freaks and Fat Ladies Showmen Prepare For The Royal Show

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 8 February 1947 · page 2

A Sydney firm which specialises in supplying “freaks” for sideshow exhibition is hoping to secure an immigration permit for Chang, the…

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Small Crowd at Louis Exhibition Mexico City

Border Morning Mail · Monday 10 February 1947 · page 5

The first of the world heavyweight champion, Joe Louis, exhibitions his Latin-American tour, that with the Chilean, Arturo Godoy, last night…

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Peace Treaties Signed Italians Show Their Opposition London

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 11 February 1947 · page 5

Representatives of Italy and Yugoslavia signed the Italian Peace Treaty at 11.34 a.m at the Qu[?] Dorsay this morning. The Marchesi…

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