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Murray · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1956

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Country Bank Manager At Royal Show

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 11 September 1956 · page 6

Mr. J. T. Stevenson, Manager of the Commonwealth Bank at Deniliquin, has announced that the bank is attaching Mr. M. R…

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River Levels Will Decide If Show On

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 11 September 1956 · page 1

Reports on the anticipated river levels during November will be submitted to a committee meeting of the…

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Autumn Show to Be Held

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 18 September 1956 · page 2

At a well- attended meeting of the committee of the P. and A. Society of Deniliquin, it was decided after lengthy discussion to abandon the spring show and hold the annual event during the Autumn of 1957. For some…

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Church Aid Prepares For Fair

The Pastoral Times · Friday 21 September 1956 · page 6

Mrs. K. Monk presided over the recent monthly meeting of the Methodist Ladies’ Church Aid in the absence of the…

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Echuca Show

The Pastoral Times · Friday 5 October 1956 · page 4

The Echuca and District Agricultural and Pastoral Society will stage the 18th Annual Show at the new Showgrounds…

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Deni. to Hold Autumn Show

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 9 October 1956 · page 1

At a committee meeting held at the show committee rooms, Memorial Park on Monday morning it was…

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Church Fair Opened by Mayoress

The Pastoral Times · Friday 12 October 1956 · page 1

“Looking round the hall today I see faces of so many people who support everything worth while in Deniliquin,” the mayoress (Mrs. J. P. Burchfield) said yesterday prior to officially opening the annual…

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Blighty C.W.A. Flower Show

The Pastoral Times · Friday 12 October 1956 · page 4

The Blighty C.W.A. October meeting was held in the form of a Flower Show. This was a new step after a number of…

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Dramatic Club Show In November

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 16 October 1956 · page 1

Dates for the coming Deniliquin Dramatic Club production “The Barton Mystery”, have been set for November 14…

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Ram Show & Sal[?] Record Prices

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 17 October 1956 · page 4

The fifth registered sheet show and sale conducted at Finley by the Australian Society of Breeders of British Sheep (Fin…

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Olympic Athletes Invited Here For Exhibition

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 23 October 1956 · page 1

Attempts will be made by the three Parents and Citizens’ Associations in the town to have some visiting Olympic…

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Exhibition Day At D.H.S.

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 23 October 1956 · page 2

Exhibition day at the Deniliquin High School on Friday concluded a week of displays and functions designed to…

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Mathoura News £180 Raised At Spring Fair

The Pastoral Times · Friday 26 October 1956 · page 5

A profit of nearly £180 was realised at the Spring Fair held in the Shire Hall last Friday by the…

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[?] Champion Rose At Flower Show

The Pastoral Times · Friday 26 October 1956 · page 1

[?] H. G. Campbell, who is a member of the Victor[?] Society, exhibited the champion rose at the [?] of England Fete and Flower Show at the…

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Carnival Week

The Pastoral Times · Friday 2 November 1956 · page 2

Commencing tomorrow, and continuing each evening next week from Monday until Saturday, a Carnival Week will…

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Why Show Wa[?] Put Off

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 6 November 1956 · page 8

Public criticism of the Pastoral and Agricultural Society of Deniliquin abandoning its anual show for 1956,…

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Matron To Open Auxiliary Fair At Mayrung

The Pastoral Times · Friday 9 November 1956 · page 2

Matron P. Jenkins has consented to officially open the flower show to be conducted by the Mayrung Hospital…

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Mayrung Auxiliary’s Successful Show

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 20 November 1956 · page 2

The sterling support of all auxiliaries attached to the Deniliquin Hospital was immediately apparent to anyone visiting the hospital, Matron P. Jenkins said on Tuesday when she opened Mayrung Hospital Auxiliary’s…

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Mathoura News. . £300 Realised From C. of E. Flower Show

The Pastoral Times · Friday 23 November 1956 · page 6

Over £300 was realised from the highly successful Flower Show and Fete conducted by the Church of England Ladies’ Guild in the Shire Hall last Friday. It was the first time the guild…

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Wakool Auxiliary Hold Successful Baby Show

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 4 December 1956 · page 6

Warm sunshine and the attractively decorated C.W.A. Best Rooms made a charming setting for the baby show…

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