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Shows & fairs, 1954

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Albury Show Society to seek increase in its overdraft

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 29 May 1954 · page 2

Albury Show Society proposes to increase Its bonk overdraft by £8000 to £20,000 to meet the cost of new buildings and improvements at the showgrounds. At a special meeting…

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Albury Sheep Show

Border Morning Mail · Monday 31 May 1954 · page 2

The American Ambassador, Mr Amos J. Peaslee, has signified his intention of visiting Albury to officially open the Albury Show…

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District News HOLBROOK Show Society Decision

Border Morning Mail · Monday 31 May 1954 · page 16

New Cyclone fencing will be erected at the Holbrook Showground ground soon, it was reported at a meeting of the society on…

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Officials worried by lack of support for Sydney Sheep Show

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 3 June 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wed.: Sydney Sheep Show officials are perturbed at the lack of support for the show by sheep breeders. Only 185 exhibitors have entered sheep in…

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Sheep good at Sydney show

Border Morning Mail · Friday 4 June 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thurs.: Sydney Sheep Shaw Judges today were unanimous that standards were maintained in all sections and…

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Olympic Hunt for Culcairn Show

Border Morning Mail · Friday 4 June 1954 · page 8

At a meeting of Culcairn Show Society it was decided that an Olympic hunt he included on the programme for the next show and that invitations be extended to Holbrook and Henty societies to discuss the proposal at…

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Use Golf Club Side: Softballers Tell Basketball Carnival

The Pastoral Times · Friday 4 June 1954 · page 1

Last night’s meeting of softball players decided that if the Basketball Carnival wished to use the Softball pitch on June…

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Olympic Hunting to be Included in Culcairn Show Ring Events

The Observer · Friday 4 June 1954 · page 1

Culcairn Show Society has decided that Olympic hunting be included in this year's ring events at the annual show, and an invitation was extended to Holbrook and Henty Societies to meet Culcairn Society at…

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Albury girl learned a lot at stock show

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 5 June 1954 · page 10

The 1954 Sydney Fat Stock and Carcase Show had shown her whet kind of animal butchers wonted, 14-year-old Albury girl Margaret Sewell said yesterday on her return from Sydney…

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New sheep yards for Walbundrie Show Society

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 8 June 1954 · page 5

Walbundrie Show Society acquired a new asset recently when the local technical committee organised one of the most…

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Merryville Again on Top at Sydney Sheep Show

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 8 June 1954 · page 2

In drizzling rain in Sydney, and cheered by reports of widespread country falls which promised to end the drought in the west and…

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Will play in Melbourne hockey carnival

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 10 June 1954 · page 1

These three Albury High School girls have been chosen in Albury teams to play at the hockey carnival in Melbourne during the holiday week-end. They are (from left) : Jennifer Clark, 14, fouth-year student, who will play left-inner in the Albury No. 1 team; Sheila Bedggood, 15, third-year, chosen left-back in the No. 2 team; and Lottie Bodinnar, 16, fifth year,…

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Yarrawonga Show Society’s important decisions

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 10 June 1954 · page 17

Two important decisions were mode at Tuesday’s meeting of Yarrawonga and Border Agricultural and Pastoral Society, when it was decided to purchase the turf club grandstand and increase prize money in some…

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Henty-Culcairn ministers’ requests to show societies

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 10 June 1954 · page 21

Henty-Culcairn Ministers’ Fraternal met at Holbrook on Tuesday last, June 8, 1954, when it was decided to ask the permission…

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Men’s Hockey Albury team to play in Melbourne carnival

Border Morning Mail · Friday 11 June 1954 · page 19

The Border Men’s Hockey Association’s team to play in the Queen’s birthday hockey carnival at Altona (Melbourne) was announced…

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Olympic hurdles for show societies

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 12 June 1954 · page 21

A meeting of representatives of Culcairn. Henty and Holbrook Show Society at Culcairn decided that the three societies…

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Beef carcase competitions show great increase

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 12 June 1954 · page 10

Encouraged by the Royal Agricultural Society, beef A carcase competition s were growing at a tremendous rate throughout N.S.W. Mr E. S. Playfair,…

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Cold Yesterday—But Not For Carnival Players

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 15 June 1954 · page 4

A CROWD of about one hundred [?] a [?] down St. Michael’s [?] side by…

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Big Entry for Sheep Show

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 15 June 1954 · page 2

Officials of the Hay P. and A. Association, are delighted at the big entry received for the merino flock ewe competitions to be…

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Successful Carnival at Corowa

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 June 1954 · page 5

Despite cold, wintry conditions a large crowd attended the axemen’s carnival and sports day conducted by the Corowa Memorial…

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