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Murray · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1949

611 stories in Murray's papers · page 26 of 31

Wangaratta Show Pictures

Border Morning Mail · Monday 17 October 1949 · page 6

GRAND PARADE. A Section of the Grand Parade at the Wangaratta Show on Saturday…

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Hospital to Run Sports Carnival

Border Morning Mail · Monday 17 October 1949 · page 11

Albury Hospital will hold a sports carnival at the sportsground on Six-Hour Day, Monday, October 24. Events will include cycling for…

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Qualified for Melbourne Show.—

Border Morning Mail · Monday 17 October 1949 · page 6

The junior of a well-known Wangaratta family, whose members have had many successes in the show ring. MICHAEL O'KEEFFE won the Good…

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Lower Show, Fete at Rutherglen

Border Morning Mail · Monday 17 October 1949 · page 5

An excellent display of blooms confronted the judges—Mrs S. Harvey and Mrs I. M. Whitbourn —at the Rutherglen Church of…

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Missed Rain Insurance of £500 by a Point ! Wangaratta Show Attendance Down Wangaratta

Border Morning Mail · Monday 17 October 1949 · page 6

EARLY Saturday morning a thunderstorm swept over the district, and the Agricultural Society missed by one point £500 rain insurance covering its annual show. The sky was charged with dust, and…

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Albury Art Exhibition

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 18 October 1949 · page 2

A feature of the Albury Art Prize Exhibition for 1949 will be a display of sculpture by an eminent Austrian sculptor,…

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Echuca's Annual Show

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 18 October 1949 · page 1

Excellent prize money is offered by Echuca Agricultural and Pastoral Society for its annual show next Friday and…

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Carnival of the "Mardi Gras”

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 18 October 1949 · page 5

The carnival of the “Mardi Gras” was the highlight of the annual juvenile ball for Lockhart Central School. The ball attracted hundreds of people to see the “Mardi Gras.” The staging was accompanied by elaborate…

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Arts and Crafts Exhibition at School

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 18 October 1949 · page 1

An arts and crafts exhibition was held recently by the Primary section of the Deniliquin Intermediate High School. Children shown here are displaying some of the exhibits. They are, from left: Judith Shearer, David Middleton, Helen Bode, Peter…

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Flower Show at Culcairn

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 18 October 1949 · page 11

The Presbyterian annual flower show and fete was held in the Memorial Hall on Saturday. The secretaries were Miss Elva Jennings and Mr E…

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CYCLING L. Reaby Rides at Boys' Town Carnival

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 18 October 1949 · page 2

Leo Reaby, who cycled to Sydney during his holidays, ccompanied by Roy Oxley, took the opportunity whilst down there to ride at the Boys' Town…

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Wangaratta News Items After the Show Wangaratta, Monday

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 18 October 1949 · page 11

Clearing up after the show was a busy task today. “We would have got an £800 gate had the weather been fine,” said the Show…

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Flower Show and Fair

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 19 October 1949 · page 8

Although the weather was anything but good on Saturday, there was an excellent attendance at the annual Flower Show and Fair in connection…

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To the Editor Cattle Judging at Albury Show

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 October 1949 · page 18

Sir,—The treatment accorded exhibitors of dairy cattle at the recent show was an example of incompetence—or carelessness — on…

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Private Banks Get Fair Warning

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 20 October 1949 · page 2

The Federal Government is in a spot of trouble regarding its scheme for the nationalisation of private banks, indeed in respect of the whole box of tricks of the nationalisation policy. It can't drop this plank from its platform: the…

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Hospital Carnival

Border Morning Mail · Friday 21 October 1949 · page 16

On Monday Albury Cycle Club will commence the 1949-50 track season when members will contest events at the Hospital…

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Culcairn Red Cross Thanks Show Day Helpers

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 21 October 1949 · page 2

At the monthly of Culcairn Red Cross branch, the president, Mrs. F. L. Durie, thanked Mrs. A. G. Adam and Mrs. J. A. Balfour for taking charge of the…

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Letters to the Editor President Replies to Show Critics

Border Morning Mail · Friday 21 October 1949 · page 8

Sir.—I crave space to reply to some of the criticisms of the Albury show. In reply to Mr Gray, “Where…

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Woman Show Rider Injured

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 22 October 1949 · page 6

Miss Pauline Bowler, of “Annandale South”, Holbrook, had a miraculous escape from serious injury yesterday when the hack she…

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C. of E. Flower Show

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 22 October 1949 · page 6

Owing to the holiday on Monday intending entrants will not be able to send in entries to the collectors so arrangements have…

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