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Shows & fairs, 1953

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Flower show on April 9

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 26 March 1953 · page 7

Preparations are well in hand, for Albury Horticultural Society’s big autumn Show and garden competition to be held on Thursday,…

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Prickly-pear Exhibit at Sydney Show

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 26 March 1953 · page 6

At this year's Royal Show, commencing in Sydney on March, 27, a prickly-pear exhibit will be introduced for…

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Floral Festival Carnival

Border Morning Mail · Friday 27 March 1953 · page 2

A meeting to discuss arrangements for this year’s floral festival carnival will be held immediately after the Easter holidays, the…

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Ambulance Carnival Opens Tonight

Border Morning Mail · Friday 27 March 1953 · page 2

Albury ambulance Easter carnival will open in Elizabeth street, at the rear of the Carlton Hotel, tonight. The usual array of…

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Ambulance Carnival Opens

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 28 March 1953 · page 2

Albury ambulance’s Easter carnival opened to a good crowd in Elizabeth street last night. Ambulance superintendent, Mr. H…

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“Art from country” exhibition planned

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 28 March 1953 · page 3

Council of Adult Education is planning an exhibition to be called “Art from the Country” at the Victorian Artists’ Society north…

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1953 business barometer set fair and steady—Holt

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 3

BRISBANE, Mon.: Australia’s business barometer for 1953 was now set at fair and steady, the Minister for Labor (Mr. Holt) said today. Australian workers were…

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Record Crowds at Motor Show

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Mon.: A record number of people attended the 1953 Melbourne Motor Show which closed on Saturday night…

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Well-Known [?] Here Again Prelude To Town [?] Exhibition

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 4

Well known [?] scape and wat[?] Mr. Don [?] be remembered [?]…

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Less Profit But Good Year for Show Association

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 1

INCREASING costs caused a reduction of profits on the 1952 Show as compared with the 1951 display, it was stated at the annual meeting of the Association held on Saturday…

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Show Prizes

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 1 April 1953 · page 2

BORDER districts were to the fore when prizes were handed out at the Royal Sydney Show, and this is rightly…

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Ambulance Fair support pleases officials

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 1 April 1953 · page 14

Officials are pleased with the support so far given to the Albury ambulance fair. It has been in progress for four nights…

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FOOTBALL Yarrawonga newcomers show out

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 11

When Yarrawonga played its first full game at Berrigan on Sunday a feature was the performance of Yarrawonga…

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£120 Profit From Flower Show

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 2

At the monthly meeting of North Albury All Saints’ Church England Women’s Guild yesterday the president (Mrs. J…

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Mrs. F. M. Windeyer, M.b.e., Will Open Guide Fair

The Pastoral Times · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 2

Preliminary arrangements for the annual fair in the Town Hall on May 7 were made when the Deniliquin Girl Guides’…

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Show crowd’s tribute to Queen Mary

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.: More than 60,000 people stood in silence for a minute at the showground today as a tribute to…

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Signposts Will Show Way To McLean Beach

The Pastoral Times · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 7

The McLean Beach project formulated by the Rotary Club with the approval of the Deniliquin Municipal Council, and…

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Yerong Creek Knock-out Carnival

The Observer · Friday 3 April 1953 · page 8

At the annual meeting of the Yerong Creek Australian Rules Knock-out. Carnival Committee it was agreed that the usual…

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Culcairn Show President's Recommendations To Annual Meeting

The Observer · Friday 3 April 1953 · page 1

Culcairn Show President, in his report to the annual meeting of the P.A.H. and L Society, made a number of recommendations to the incoming committee for improving the next show. One suggestion was to have…

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Over million will see Royal Show

Border Morning Mail · Monday 6 April 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sun.: The 1953 Royal Easter Show was the greatest ever staged, the RAS register (Mr H. N. Sarina)…

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