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Shows & fairs, 1954

654 stories in Murray's papers · page 26 of 33

Scotch Fair Friday Night

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 13 October 1954 · page 14

Wodonga Presbyterians will hold their annual Scotch fair in the R.S.L. Hall on Friday night. Organisers believe it will be a…

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Berrigan Show

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 13 October 1954 · page 9

Mr. C. F. [?] president of the [?] A. and H. Society, and the other officials, were the recipients of many…

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“Speed” carnival at Howlong on

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 13 October 1954 · page 11

Leading Melbourne motor cycle road racing and scramble stars will be opposed to north-eastern centre riders at the…

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Record entries for Rutherglen Show

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 13 October 1954 · page 4

Entries for next Saturday’s Rutherglen Show may create a record. Till yesterday, when they closed…

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Move for better parking at show

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 13 October 1954 · page 14

Wodonga Show Society decided at its monthly meeting last night to appoint a sub-committee to go into the matter of orderly…

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Melb. mannequins show lingerie

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 14 October 1954 · page 11

Parade of Kayser lingerie was held in Mate’s auditorium yesterday and will be repeated at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. today…

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Minister Hits at Watersiders “Not giving fair deal to fellow workers”

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 14 October 1954 · page 4

CANBERRA, Wed.: The Minister for Labor (Mr. Holt) today accused organised Labor of being responsible for a “serious deterioration” on the Australian waterfront…

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Band at Holbrook Show

Border Morning Mail · Friday 15 October 1954 · page 2

Albury City Band will visit Holbrook tomorrow for the Show. The bus will leave the band room at 1.15 p.m…

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Rutherglen Show Wine Awards

Border Morning Mail · Friday 15 October 1954 · page 24

Wine awards for the Rutherglen Show, to be held on Saturday, were judged yesterday. Judges were Messrs R. Smith…

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Pleasant Hills Flower Show Highly Successful

The Observer · Friday 15 October 1954 · page 2

The annual Spring Flower Show conducted by the Pleasant Hills United Churches Ladies' Guild, held on Saturday last, was very successful, even surpassing last year's splendid effort…

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Record Rutherglen Show entries for to-morrow

Border Morning Mail · Friday 15 October 1954 · page 12

Rutherglen Show tomorrow should be one of the greatest exhibitions of livestock and district produce staged by the society in recent years. Mr. B. Gilfuis, secretary…

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Catholic W.S.G. flower show well patronised

Border Morning Mail · Friday 15 October 1954 · page 7

The Catholic Women’s Social Guild held their annual flower show at St. Patrick’s Hall yesterday afternoon and evening and…

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142 Rose Entries at Yesterday’s Flower Show

The Pastoral Times · Friday 15 October 1954 · page 1

FRAGRANT ROSES in every shade — there were entries in the competitive rose sections — were a [?] of yesterday’s flower show conducted by the [?] of St. Michael’s Church…

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Holbrook Show To-day Should be the best ever

Border Morning Mail · Friday 15 October 1954 · page 15

Holbrook spring show, which opens today, has broken all records in entries and should be the best ever held by the society…

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Additional C.W.S.G. flower show awards

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 16 October 1954 · page 2

The following results were decided too late for inclusion in the report of the C.W.S.G. Flower Show published yesterday: Most…

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Holbrook Show champions

Border Morning Mail · Monday 18 October 1954 · page 2

LEFT: Coonong Margo Broadhooks 2nd, Mr. D. E. McCaughey’s (Wagga) champion female Shorthorn of the…

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Champion bird of Holbrook Show

Border Morning Mail · Monday 18 October 1954 · page 4

This outstanding Black Ornington male bird, owned and exhibited by Mr. G. Stephenson, Albury, won the award for champion bird of the Holbrook Show on Saturday…

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Rutherglen Show

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 19 October 1954 · page 3

The 66th annual Rutherglen Show, held on Saturday last in fine but overcast weather, attracted a large crowd, but gate…

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Flower show entries close tomorrow

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 19 October 1954 · page 5

Entries for Albury Horticultural Society’s Spring Show close tomorrow. To date the entries are very good but, with the…

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Champion Horse of Rutherglen Show

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 19 October 1954 · page 7

Pardon, ridden by his owner, Miss Marjory McDonald, at the Rutherglen Show on Saturday. Pardon was adjudged champion horse over 14.2 and also won the following awards Hack over 14.2, lightweight hack 15 and over, lady’s hack and…

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