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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1949

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Cricket Association's Easter Carnival. Final Competitions of the Season

North West Champion · Monday 11 April 1949 · page 1

The final cricket competitions of the season will be staged by the local Association during Easter week-end, when ten teams will attend for the…

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CRICKET. Easter Carnival Teams

North West Champion · Thursday 14 April 1949 · page 1

Following are the teams chosen by the Moree Cricket Association to play in the Easter Carnival:—SATURDAY: L. Taylor (Captain)…

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Golf notes Von Nida Exhibition April 27

North West Champion · Thursday 14 April 1949 · page 6

The Secretary of the Moree Golf Club reports that everything is well in hand for the "Von Nida Day" on April 27, and although this date…

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Record Show Attendance. Sydney

North West Champion · Thursday 14 April 1949 · page 7

The attendance at yesterday's Royal Easter Show was 121,603, which created a new record for the fourth The previous record was in 1947…

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New Inventions at British Industries Fair. a New Drug

North West Champion · Thursday 14 April 1949 · page 5

A famous firm of British chemists will be showing at the London Section of the B.I.F. a drug with a threefold purpose. It is known as D.F.P…

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Success of Local Stud at Royal Show

North West Champion · Thursday 14 April 1949 · page 3

The team of Poll Hereford Bulls exhibited by Kirkby. Pastoral Company at the present Sydney Show secured the following awards:—…

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CRICKET. Careunga Wins Association's Carnival

North West Champion · Thursday 21 April 1949 · page 2

The Moree Cricket Association's three-day Easter Carnival, in which ten teams competed, was won by the Careunga team with…

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Success of Local Buckjumper at Royal Show

North West Champion · Thursday 21 April 1949 · page 4

"Stumpy" Timmins, a well-knows contestant in the buckjumping events at Moree and other North-Western shows, competed this year for the…

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Preparing for the Show

The North Western Courier · Monday 25 April 1949 · page 1

Entries are starting to pour in for the Narrabri Show to be held on the showground on Friday and Saturday, May 6 and 7…

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Show Attraction

The North Western Courier · Thursday 28 April 1949 · page 8

Showing in Narrabri on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, May 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, Coles Varieties will present their new…

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Devon Cattle Breeders' Society's 102nd. SHOW

The North Western Courier · Thursday 28 April 1949 · page 12

Devon Cattle Breeders' Society's show and sale at Taunton in Somerset was divided into three age classes. The highest price was 415 guineas, paid by British Livestock Exports, Ltd. (London), for the Reserve Champion Bull, Buthay Field Master, calved in February…

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Scots Fair

North West Champion · Monday 2 May 1949 · page 1

The Annual Scots' Fair held in the McIntosh Hall on Friday was very well attended. A full report of the Fair, the awards and stallholders will…

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Health Notes Be Fair to Children

The North Western Courier · Thursday 5 May 1949 · page 6

"I hate crowds" is a remark heard frequently in every city. The speaker is often a woman who dislikes intensely being jostled by a…

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Stage Set for 66th Show

The North Western Courier · Thursday 5 May 1949 · page 1

Narrabri's 66th. annual show, which opens to-morrow, promises to be an outstanding success, stated the President, Mr. E. Bawden, this afternoon. Entries in all sections are particularly good, and in most…

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Show Week Features at Night. Coles New Varieties

North West Champion · Thursday 5 May 1949 · page 7

Opening on Wednesday, May 11, and continuing throughout Show week, the celebrated Cole's Varieties will (present their all-new combination of…

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APPROX. £330 Raised at Annual Scots' Fair. McIntosh Hall Gay With Well-Laden Stalls

North West Champion · Thursday 5 May 1949 · page 9

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church members conducted their Annual Pair last Friday afternoon, approximately £330 being…

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World's Smallest Horse at Show

North West Champion · Monday 9 May 1949 · page 2

A special attraction at the Moree Show this week—12th, 13th and 14th May—will be Wee Burnie, the world's smallest horse…

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Successful Show Establishes New Gate Records Judges Praise Quality of Exhibits

The North Western Courier · Monday 9 May 1949 · page 1

Record gate taking established the 66th annual Narrabri Show as one of the greatest of the series. Both days were marked by extreme cold, a squally southerly blowing both days. Yet, in spite of the inclement weather, it…

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Jubilee Sheep Show. Sydney

North West Champion · Thursday 12 May 1949 · page 9

The Secretary of the N.S.W. Sheep-breeders Association, Colonel G. C. Somerville, said last night that entries for Sydney's Jubilee Sheep Show are…

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Show Committee Pleased with Trotting Events

North West Champion · Monday 16 May 1949 · page 1

P. and A. Committeemen were pleased with the response given to the trotting events on the ring programme at this year's…

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