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Murray · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1950

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

Speed Boat Carnival

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 19 December 1950 · page 8

—On Boxing Day at Yarrawonga the Foreshore Committee are staging a speed, boat racing carnival. All the leading speed…

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Speed Boat Carnival At Yarrawonga

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 19 December 1950 · page 4

On Boxing Day at Yarrawonga, the Foreshore Committee are staging a speed boat racing carnival. All the leading speed boats from Melbourne…

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Carnival Ends in Tragedy

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 27 December 1950 · page 2

BRISBANE, Tues.: A bushman’s carnival at St. George ended in tragedy today when a competitor Vivian Copley, 29, angle, was…

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Q’land Cyclists at Beechworth Carnival

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 27 December 1950 · page 14

Left to right : Bob Larsen, John Diffi[?] Jim [?] of Townsville, and Jim Schirmer, Rockhampton, were all successful in winning their heats of the cycling events at the Beechworth Boxing Day carnival…

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Record Entries for Saturday’s Sports Carnival

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 28 December 1950 · page 11

The Albury Athletic Association’s sports carnival, which will he conducted at the sportsground, day and night, on Saturday, December 30, promises to be the best that the…

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£1 Million Worth of Industrial Equipment on Show

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 28 December 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wed. : The biggest display of industrial equipment ever staged in Victoria will open at the Exhibition Building…

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Opening Swimming Carnival

The Pastoral Times · Friday 29 December 1950 · page 4

Deniliquin Amateur Swimming Club’s opening carnival on Wednesday night attracted a good crowd of spectators and…

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Record Gate for Echuca Carnival

The Pastoral Times · Friday 29 December 1950 · page 1

Many Deniliquin visitors were [?]|mong the record crowd of more [?]han 12,000 at the annual Echuca Boxing Day carnival on Tuesday…

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At Speed Boat Carnival

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 30 December 1950 · page 7

Miss Marita Davis, Miss Doreen Sandford and friend at the speed boat carnival at Yarrawonga foreshore on Boxing Day…

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5000 at Speed Boat Carnival

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 30 December 1950 · page 5

Five thousand people attended the speed boat carnival at Yarrawonga forc[?] on Boxing Day. Pictured is Len French in “The Freg” roaring past in the handicap event. This boat won the A grade scratch race…

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