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Murray · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1948

537 stories in Murray's papers · page 15 of 27

Show Secretary Fined

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 20 July 1948 · page 4

The secretary of Crookwell A. P. and H. Society, Mr. A. Glanville, pleaded. guilty before Mr. Hook, SM, at the Crookwell Court of Petty…

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Show Eve Dinnet

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 20 July 1948 · page 13

The Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria has agreed to hold its annual dinner the night before the opening day instead of holding the…

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Fine Woollens At London Fashion Show

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 20 July 1948 · page 5

Bright rose, tinged with purple and called audacious pink, was one of the newest colors presented at recent London fashion shows in…

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All Should See Albury Sheep Show

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 20 July 1948 · page 1

The wealth of not only the Riverina, but the whole of the Commonwealth will be mirrored in the Albury Sheep Show which will open in Dalgety’s wool stores at 9 o’clock this morning, and will be continued to-morrow, with mannequin…

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Grooming Entry for To-day’s Sheep Show

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 20 July 1948 · page 1

Mr, K, B. Kelsall, Broughton Brook, Wagga, carding out the-wool of a 4-tooth Dorset Horn ewe prior to trimming, at Dalgety’s Wool Stores yesterday…

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Stud Sheep Worth £50,000 Face Judges at Albury Today Sheep Show Section

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 20 July 1948 · page 7

STUD sheep valued at more than £50,000 will be on view at the Albury Sheep Show and Fair which opens at Dalgety’s wool store in Wilson street to-day. Sheep represent the…

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Balts Stage Variety Show

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 21 July 1948 · page 2

About 700 people from Albury, Wodonga and surrounding witnessed a colorful variety show by Baltic migrants at the…

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Wodonga Queen Carnival Expected to Raise [?] 2000

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 21 July 1948 · page 8

Wodonga Queen Carnival is expected to return [?]. The effort has been in progress since April, and will end on July 30…

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Outstanding Sheep at the Show

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 21 July 1948 · page 10

The third annual Albury Sheep Show provides an outstanding exhibition of Australia[?] stud sheep, reflecting great credit to the industry which produced them—particularly the,…

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School Boys See Albury Sheep Show

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 21 July 1948 · page 1

This group of High School boys was escorted round the A1 bury Sheep Show yesterday by agricultural teacher (Mr. E. E. Wood[?] They showed neen interest in all the [?]…

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Aristocrats of Pastoral World on Display at Albury Sheep Show

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 21 July 1948 · page 3

Aristocrats of the Australian sheep world graced the vast floor of Dalgety’s wool store yesterday when the third annual Sheep Show of the Albury Show Society had an auspicious opening. Once again the over-riding note of the show was the complete…

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Corowa Show Dates

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 22 July 1948 · page 7

This year’s Gorowa show will be held on September 10-11…

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Officials Pleased With Support Given Albury Sheep Show

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 22 July 1948 · page 3

ALTHOUGH the attendance at Albury Sheep Show yesterday was not as great as last year, it is estimated that over 3000 people thronged the hall during the peak period in the afternoon. Lower attendance this year was due to the fact there was no…

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Eleven Awards at Poultry Show

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 23 July 1948 · page 4

Mr. H. D. Willard, Yerong creek, secured seven first, two championships, one special, and one second at the Wagga Poultry Show a fortnight…

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Judges Appointed For Henty Show

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 23 July 1948 · page 3

Henty Pastoral and Agricultural Society, at its meeting last Friday afternoon, appointed judges for the various sections at the forthcoming annual…

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Albury Show Grand Championship to Mungadal

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 23 July 1948 · page 2

Mr. Anthony Hordern, of Mungadal, won the Grand Championship at Albury Show this week with the ram A.H.102, which was…

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Boonoke Rams to Feature At Melbourne Show

The Pastoral Times · Friday 23 July 1948 · page 3

Rams will appear in Melbourne's sheep show from the noted Boonoke and Wanganella Estate studs of Messrs. F. S. Falkiner and Sons Pty…

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More Trophies for Sheep Show

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 July 1948 · page 2

As a result of the success of the Albury Sheep Show, the society has already been promised additional trophies for its next…

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Trotting Time Trials For Show? Open Racing Not Practicable

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 27 July 1948 · page 1

Time trials, with three horses to each heat, will most likely be used by the P. and A. Society to decide trotting competitions at the…

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CULCAIRN Show Committee Meet

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 28 July 1948 · page 4

At a meeting of tho show committee, the president (Mr J. A. Balfour) referred to the death of Mr W. W. Graham. A minute’s…

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