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Murray · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1950

529 stories in Murray's papers · page 24 of 27

Finish of Show Trot

Border Morning Mail · Monday 23 October 1950 · page 9

Mirelda, owned and driven by W. Sutherland, winning the Holbrook Show Trot from R. C. Wynack’s High Court led all the way to within a half lap to go, when it broke and Sutherland urged his horse to the…

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Pictorial Angles of the 1950 Holbrook Show Light Horses

Border Morning Mail · Monday 23 October 1950 · page 9

Entries in the light horse class at the Holbrook Show were particularly heavy and many of the events were…

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Walbundrie Show Committee , 1914

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 24 October 1950 · page 5

This photograph, the property of Mr. Ned Clear, taken about 1914, was the first taken of a Walbundrie show Committee Left to right (back row); Messrs Mick Douge, Jim McLeish Ned clear, Joe L[?] jun., Joe Loftus, sen., E. Thomas, J…

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Diggers to Conduct Christmas Carnival

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 25 October 1950 · page 9

Wodonga RSL Hospital Appeal Committee will conduct a big Christmas carnival to aid the Wodonga donga hospital appeal…

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Getting Ready for Flower Show

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 25 October 1950 · page 1

Mr. Bob Bye adjusting floral decorations in St. Matthew’s Hall on Monday night, in readiness for today’s flower show. Mr Bye is secretary of the flower show…

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St. Matthews Flower Show Today

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 25 October 1950 · page 2

St. Malthew’s flower show today promises to be a record and entries in all section exceed those of previous years…

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Kennell Club Show Cancelled

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 26 October 1950 · page 10

Albury and Border Kennel Club have cancelled their proposed first championship show, which was to have been held on Saturday,…

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Legion to Stage Variety Show

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 26 October 1950 · page 15

Principal discussion at the Albury Legion of Ex-Servicemen and Women meeting last evening centred around the production of…

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St. Luke’s Flower Show at Wodonga To-morrow

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 26 October 1950 · page 7

Victorian Attorney - General (Mr. [?] M.L.K.) with officially open the St. Luke’s Flower Show and Fair at the…

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Leaving Show Society

Border Morning Mail · Friday 27 October 1950 · page 2

Assistant secretary of Albury and Society (Mr. C. Vincent) stated yesterday that the executive committee of the society had…

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After-show Meeting at Culcairn

The Observer · Friday 27 October 1950 · page 2

The following were present at a meeting of the Culcairn Show Com-mittee, held on Friday afternoon: Messrs J. A. Balfour (president), G. C…

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Heavy Rose Entries at Annual Church of England Fair

The Pastoral Times · Friday 27 October 1950 · page 2

THE large number of entries in the section for cream and yellow roses (28) and the 26 red rose entries were the outstanding features of the fete and flower show Conducted by members of St. Paul's Ladies' Guild at the…

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Burrumbuttock CWA Flower Show

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 31 October 1950 · page 8

Burrumbuttock CWA staged its second annual show. Takings amounted to approximately £60. Due to rain just prior to the show,…

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Walbundrie Show Committee’s Decisions

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 1 November 1950 · page 11

At a meeting of Walbundrie Show Committee the president (Mr E. L. Thomas) presided and others present were Messrs T…

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Hay Show

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 November 1950 · page 2

The President of the Hay P. and A. Association yesterday attended the Group Conference at Griffith. Hay was given 14th and 15th September…

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“Art Exhibition May Be Discontinued”

Border Morning Mail · Friday 3 November 1950 · page 6

Hint that art exhibitions in Albury may be discontinued because of general public apathy was given last night by the…

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Bernard Shaw Memorial Exhibition

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 7 November 1950 · page 1

It is a curious fact that though the Hay Municipal Library, which was formerly the Athenaeum Library, is about seventy years old and contains…

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Catholic Flower Show Rain Success Of Floral Display

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 November 1950 · page 4

Heavy rain which set in on Friday morning last caused a big set back in connection with the annual Catholic flower show, which was scheduled…

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Art Exhibition Tonight

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 8 November 1950 · page 2

Those interested in art will have their last opportunity tonight to view the Art Exhibition in the Plaza Theatre. Officials said…

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Red Cross Fair

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 8 November 1950 · page 4

The Albury Red Cross annual fair will be held in the Plaza on Friday, opening at 11.15 a.m. Following stalls will be…

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