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Murray · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1960

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Flower Show Success

The Pastoral Times · Friday 1 April 1960 · page 1

The President of the Deniliquin branch of the Red Cross, Mrs. F. M. Windeyer, M. B. E., welcomed the people at the…

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Cwa Handicraft Exhibition

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 5 April 1960 · page 1

The Sturt Group Handicraft Exhibition and semi-finals of the “Land” Cookery Cantest were held in the C.W.A. Rest Rooms…

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Rural Bank at Show

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 5 April 1960 · page 2

Country visitors to the Royal Easter Show this year will be welcomed by the Rural Bank’s Showground manager, Mr. D…

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Players Show Ability In Practice Match

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 5 April 1960 · page 6

Of the 23 Deniliquin footballers who took part in the senior practice match against Lemnos Football Club on Saturday, about a dozen -showed sufficient ability to qualify for guernseys…

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Wool Carnival

The Pastoral Times · Friday 8 April 1960 · page 1

Lovely model, Ingrid Barr of Avalon, fixes the time for the first showing of wool fashions in the Wool Carnival at…

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Show Award Won By “Artist’s Artist”

The Pastoral Times · Friday 22 April 1960 · page 2

A painter, who his colleagues describe as an “artist’s artist”, won the Rural Bank Art Award, held in conjunction…

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Apex Homes Exhibition

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 17 May 1960 · page 1

Preparations are well in hand for this year’s Homes Commerce and Industries Exhibitions to be held in the…

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Sydney Sheep Show Sets Record

The Pastoral Times · Friday 20 May 1960 · page 6

Remarkable interest is being shown throughout Australia in this year’s Sydney Sheep Show, to be held from June 1 to 4…

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Paint Model for Overseas Exhibition

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 24 May 1960 · page 6

A delicate model, which took four men almost two months to build, will give added prestige to Australia’s industrial and scientific development overseas. It will be a feature of the…

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Flower Show Entries Of Good Standard

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 24 May 1960 · page 3

The Warragoon-Blighty Hospital Auxiliary held its annual flower show recently for which entries were well up to standard and the supporting public were treated to a colorful exhibition…

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Managers Comment On Sheep Show

The Pastoral Times · Friday 27 May 1960 · page 6

A record number of 2,467 entries have been received for the 1960 Sheep Show to be held at the Sydney Showground from…

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Ex-Servicemen Hold Annual Mildura Show

The Pastoral Times · Friday 27 May 1960 · page 6

[?] of this year’s Mildura District and Returned Ex-servicemen’s Agricultural and Horticultural Society Show…

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Firms Combine In Second Apex Exhibition

The Pastoral Times · Friday 3 June 1960 · page 7

Eighteen firm, in Echuca and Deniliquin, have been allocated space in the Deniliquin Town…

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Small Stud in Show Award Win

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 7 June 1960 · page 1

The Stonehaven Cup on Friday went to the smallest stud to ever win the competition…

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Total of 1283 at Exhibition

The Pastoral Times · Friday 10 June 1960 · page 1

A total of 1283 people attended the Apex home, commerce and industry exhibition in the Town Hall this…

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Sheep Losses in District Show Marked Increase Says P.p. Board Inspector

The Pastoral Times · Friday 10 June 1960 · page 2

A marked increase in sheep losses during the past month was reported on Tuesday by the veterinary inspector of the Deniliquin Pastures Protection Board (Mr. E. Scott Rogers)…

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Another Polo Carnival Planned for Memorial Park Later This Year

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 14 June 1960 · page 5

Plans for another big polocrosse carnival at Deniliquin, are now being made by the South West Riverina Polocrosse Association. It is intended to stage it later this year at Memorial…

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Church of England Fair

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 21 June 1960 · page 7

The Church of England ladies’ Guild held a. very successful fair in the Memorial Hall on Saturday last, Good…

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Big Zone Sport Carnival Set For Wagga

The Pastoral Times · Friday 1 July 1960 · page 6

A south-western zone sports carnival, to select a team to compete in the combined high school…

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Good Standard At Annual Hay Sheep Show

The Pastoral Times · Friday 1 July 1960 · page 6

About 80 pens of sheep were exhibited at the Hay P. and Association’s annual sheep show on Saturday and the big…

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