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Shows & fairs, 1939

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The Show Is On! the Judges Are Busy To-day One of the Finest Exhibitions Yet Staged Remarkable Achievement in Defiance of Dry Season

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 4

There is no reflection of the dry season in the exhibits at the Central New England P. and A. Association's seventy-first Exhibition, which opened on the showground to-day, and will be continued to-morrow…

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Show Booth

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 8 March 1939 · page 8

The Licensing Magistrate granted A. E. Preston a license to conduct a publican's booth at the Uralla show[?]ound between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. on…

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HILTON Swimming Carnival on

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 8 March 1939 · page 4

Hilton Presbyterian Girls' School swimming carnival will be held at the City Baths on Friday at 11 a.m. The carnival was to have been held…

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Armidale Show Entries Close

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 8 March 1939 · page 4

Trotting and Jumping Events—Wednesday, 8th March (to-day). Third Day Events—Tuesday, 14th…

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Tenterfield Flower Show Remarkable Display Overcoming Dry Weather

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 8 March 1939 · page 7

A month ago seasonal conditions were so unfavorable for flower culture that the committee of the Horticultural Society decided to postpone the…

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Armidale District Show Opening by Minister For Education Judging Times Arranged

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 8 March 1939 · page 4

Arrangements have been completed in connection with the official opening of the Armidale District Show by the Minister…

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Town Council Spreads £1200 on Many Streets Work of Office Staff Ald. O'connor Wants "Show Down." Additional Fee for Consultants Surplus Money for Many Streets Position of Trees in Streets

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 8 March 1939 · page 3

The Town Council held a long and interesting meeting last night when many matters were dealt with. On a report from the Town Clerk on the office staff, Ald. O'Connor claimed that it was time for a "show down."…

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TENNIS Exhibition Match

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 4

Tennis enthusiasts of Glen Innes will have their appetite for first-class tennis satisfied ill a few days' time, for on Wednesday, 15th March, a…

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Uralla Show

The Uralla Times · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 1

The Shaw pavilion is a busy centre to-day. All exhibits in the sections housed there, with the exception of flowers, were received up to noon and…

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Show Sidelights

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 4

The rain has set the old hands talking of "wet shows," and it appears that the rain this week is a mere shower in comparison with the…

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The Show Alphabet

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 14

A is for axemen, those muscular men. B is for Berkshire, confined to his pen, C is for Cattle, so proud on parade…

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Armidale District Show

Guyra Argus · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 5

The Armidale and New England District Show, to be held on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of next week offers entertainment on each day for…

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An Old Time Show Revives Memories Glen Innes And Armidale Combine The Exhibition of Forty-four Years Ago

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 15

This morning it falls io our most pleasant duty, as recorders of genuine passing events, to announce to our readers, the friends and well-wishers of New England, the happy fad of an unparalleled success having crowned the efforts of those who have labored thus efficiently and eminently to boom up the Glen Innes-Armidale Combined Show. That…

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The Armidale District Show

The Uralla Times · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 2

Armidale Show, to be held next Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday, offers entertainment on each day for young and old. The ring programme…

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Easter Show Wool Exhibit

Guyra Argus · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 3

Manufacturing interests are so confident that the Easter Show Wool Industry Exhibit will be a success that at a meeting of the Wool Exhibition…

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Pigs at Dorrigo Show

Guyra Argus · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 4

The following interesting comments were made by the judges in the Pig Section:— Mr. J. H. Teague, of Bellembopini…

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Show the Pigs Excellent Quality Animals

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 5

Distinct improvement in breeding was shown in the animals exhibited in all classes in the pig section. All were of excellent…

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The Town Impresses the Visitors to the Show

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 16

A View of Glen Innes looking South from Meade Street…

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