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Shows & fairs, 1953

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25,000 people expected to attend Albury Show

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 9 September 1953 · page 3

Provided the weather remains fine, over 25,000 people are expected to attend the three-day Albury Show which begins tomorrow. Prospect of a change in the weather was…

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There will be dazzling display of cars at Albury Show

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 9 September 1953 · page 9

Total value of cars on display at the Albury Show tomorrow, Friday and Saturday will be in the vicinity of £100,000, it was stated yesterday. The trade in Albury and district will go “on parade” with a huge gleaming display of all the best and most modern developments in the motoring world at the exhibition park almost opposite…

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National dancing at Show

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 10 September 1953 · page 6

Saturday at the show will be one of the biggest in the history of Highland and other national dancing in Albury. There…

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Yarrawonga Show October 3

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 10 September 1953 · page 9

Yarrawonga’s 1953 Show will be held on Saturday, October 3. Two features will be the Victorian Department of…

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Wagga Sheep Show and Sales

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 10 September 1953 · page 16

WAGGA, Wed.: The annual Riverina stud and flock ram show and sales of British and Australian breeds will be held at Wagga…

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Ice Skating at Albury Show

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 10 September 1953 · page 14

The all new 1953 presentation of the Ice Follies, which has pleased many thousands of people throughout the Commonwealth…

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First Show day might be cool and cloudy

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 10 September 1953 · page 1

Weather for the opening day of the 1953 Albury Spring Show today is likely to be cool and cloudy, according…

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Stage is set for opening of Albury Show today

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 10 September 1953 · page 2

Albury showground was a small village yesterday and final preparations were being made to the venue to receive an expected total of more than 25,000 visitors during the three-day programme to start early today, It is Albury’s 97th annual…

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Schoolboys' Knock-out Rules Carnival

The Observer · Friday 11 September 1953 · page 10

Following is the draw for the Australian Rules schoolboys' knock-out carnival at the Culcairn Sportsground on…

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Junior Farmers have very attractive exhibition

Border Morning Mail · Friday 11 September 1953 · page 9

Exhibition and entries in the Junior Farmers’ pavilion at the Albury Show have improved in range and number this year, and all judges commented favorably on the high standard…

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In the Show Ring

Border Morning Mail · Friday 11 September 1953 · page 3

Miss Cynthia Brindley, Tallangatta, leading her entry, Brandy, in the ring during the judging for dry mare, suitable for breeding, 13 and under 14 class, at the Albury Show yesterday…

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Champion Galloway of Show

Border Morning Mail · Friday 11 September 1953 · page 1

Miss Virginia Parker, of Corowa, on Skipper champion galloway of the Albury Show. Skipper also gained first prize in the class for galloway gelding or more which has not won at either Melbourne or…

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All-star boxing programme at show

Border Morning Mail · Friday 11 September 1953 · page 12

A former heavyweight champion and former bantamweight champion of Australia will head Harry Johns’ troupe of boxers and…

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Side Show Alley has many attractions

Border Morning Mail · Friday 11 September 1953 · page 11

Side Show Alley will be one of the main drawcards for today and tomorrow, with the biggest cross-section of its kind yet to visit Albury…

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Wide range of ears on view at the show

Border Morning Mail · Friday 11 September 1953 · page 9

The display of cars at the Albury Show is a most comprehensive one, and anyone can take their choice from an “Austin Seven” about £750, to an outsize “Super” by Thorneycroft Motors, the “Mighty Antar,” costing £19,000, and carrying up to 100 tons payload…

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It’s Your Day at the Albury show today

Border Morning Mail · Friday 11 September 1953 · page 1

Today is a “Day of Days” for the people of Albury and border district. It is “People’s Day ” al the Albury Show, and from near and far they are expected to crowd on to the ground…

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71st Annual Corowa Show Opened By Pakistan High Commissioner

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 September 1953 · page 3

The 71st annual Corowa Show was brought to a successful conclusion on Wednesday afternoon after two busy days during which a carnival atmosphere prevailed at the picturesque ground. Weather conditions could have been kinder…

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Albury Show is best yet held at new location

Border Morning Mail · Friday 11 September 1953 · page 9

The 1953 Albury Spring Show looks like being the most successful exhibition over staged here. It started off in the right direction yesterday with a record first day attendance and gate takings, and of the weather remains fine, “bumper”…

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Exhibits at Albury Show typify the machine age for the farmer

Border Morning Mail · Friday 11 September 1953 · page 2

Biggest and most extensive machinery exhibit in Albury Show the points to a new era in form and industrial Advent of a greater number of multi-purpose machine and…

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Trotting and Ring Events Feature of 49th Annual Show Grate Takings Improve by £40

The Observer · Friday 11 September 1953 · page 1

The 49th annual Show conducted by the Henty Pastoral and Agricultural Society on Monday last was crowned with even greater success than that of the previous year, and fully justified the committee's action in again staging it on the Monday…

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