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Murray · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1950

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Tennis L.t.a.a, Officials at Exhibition Final

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 7

Mr H. A. Pitt, senior vice-president of file Lawn Tennis of Australia Association, will visit Albury on January 7 for the…

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Dry Cleaners Must Show Prices

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 4 January 1950 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tues.: All Victorian dry-cleaners and their agents are now required to display publicly the maximum rates…

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TENNIS Special Seats For Children At Exhibition Match

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 5 January 1950 · page 8

Adhering to its policy of encouraging encouraging junior players, Albury and Border lawn Tennis Association has reserved 200…

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League Cycling. Tonight’s Carnival

Border Morning Mail · Friday 6 January 1950 · page 12

Entries for tonight’s carnival have been very encouraging in both the professional (61) and amateur (33) events…

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Country Tennis Carnival Albury Men Still Undefeated

Border Morning Mail · Friday 6 January 1950 · page 11

SYDNEY, Thurs: Newcastle No. 1, winners of the 1948 country tennis carnival, were surprisingly beaten by Manning River in the fifth round of…

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Exciting Relay Race at Saturday Night Carnival

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 10 January 1950 · page 4

DESPITE the cool change and unfavourable swimming weather, there was a fair attendance at the weekly Club carnival conducted by the Deniliquin Amateur Swimming and Life Saving Club at the Edwardes Street pool on…

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Governor Cannot Open Wodonga Show This Year

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 11 January 1950 · page 7

The Governor of Victoria (Sir Dallas Brooks) has advised the Wodonga Show Society that a prior engagement prevents him…

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Country Tennis Carnival Matthews-carter (Albury)go Down to Unheeded Pair Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 11 January 1950 · page 15

THE unseeded pair, K. and F. Bower (Armidale) today caused the biggest upset of the 1950 country tennis championships by defeating the No. 1 seeded pair, J. Matthews…

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Lavish Fashion Fair for Melb

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Wed.: A fashion fair on a lavish scale has been planned by the Australian an Guild of Fashion Designers…

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Swimming. “Big Splash” Carnival Tonight

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 12

In answer to a rising public demand, the Albury Swimming Club has decided to stage its “Big Splash” point-score swimming…

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Wangaratta News Items Carnival Entries Good

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 6

WANGARATTA, Wed.: When entries closed for the forthcoming carnival 70 nominations had been received for the Wangaratta Gift,…

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Exhibition Match

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 1

The Corowa club has been fortunate in securing four leading Australian players to give a tennis exhibition on Saturday afternoon…

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"Back-to-corowa" Carnival

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 3

The public meeting held on Wednesday night at the Council Chambers, Corowa, was so well attended and characterised by enthusiasm, as…

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Younger Set Proposes Stage Show Tour

The Pastoral Times · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 1

Deniliquin 'Hospital Younger Set Set, in a letter to Hay Hospital, advised that it wished to arrange a return…

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Deniliquin Swimming Club Meeting Holiday Carnival Turned Over £250

The Pastoral Times · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 1

The Deniliquin Swimming Club's series of functions during the holiday period turned over about £250…

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Yarrawonga Foreshore Annual Carnival

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 14 January 1950 · page 19

Preparations are well in hand by the committee in charge of the annual foreshore carnival at Yarrawonga on Saturday, January 21. The carnival…

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Ambulance Fair Was a Success

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 17 January 1950 · page 10

Superintendent (Mr. Davison) told members of the Albury-Corowa Ambulance Board last night that the ambulance fair…

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Back-to-corowa Carnival

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 January 1950 · page 2

Considerable interest is being evinced by the general public in the Back-to-Corowa carnival to be held at Easter. As it is recognised that…

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Show Me the Way to Go Home!

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 18 January 1950 · page 2

Blade clouds, prelude to a tropical rain storm, completely blotted out the sky early yesterday morning, making visibility in Albury’s…

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News From Tumbarumba Governor to Open Show

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 18 January 1950 · page 5

Advice has been received that the State Governor (Lieut.-General Northcott) will visit Tumbarumba on Wednesday, March 8,…

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