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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1951

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Rain Mars Opening of Moree's Show

North West Champion · Thursday 24 May 1951 · page 1

Rain which commenced to fall last night, and which continued steadily this morning, marred the opening day of Moree P. and A. Society's Commonwealth Jubilee Year show today…

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Moree's Jubilee Year Show Was Outstanding Success

North West Champion · Monday 28 May 1951 · page 1

Moree P. and A. Society's Jubilee year show is now past history but it will go down on record as one of the most successful ever staged. Rain on the first day caused officials some concern…

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Sherlock Holmes Exhibition

The North Western Courier · Thursday 31 May 1951 · page 2

Sherlock Holmes, that famous creation of Conan Doyle, is probably the only noted character of fiction, who had to be brought back from…

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Bowling Club Carnival

North West Champion · Thursday 31 May 1951 · page 9

A total of twenty-four rinks (ninety-six players) have been nominated for the Moree Bowling Club's…

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Australia Expects Fair Prices LONDON

The North Western Courier · Thursday 7 June 1951 · page 1

Unless the British Government paid a fair price for Australian mutton, bacon eggs and other agricultural products, Australia…

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Big Entries For Bowling Carnival

North West Champion · Thursday 7 June 1951 · page 1

One hundred and four players will compete in Moree Bowling Club's Winter Carnival next…

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Royal Family Tours Festival Exhibition

The North Western Courier · Monday 11 June 1951 · page 1

Their Majesties the King and Queen, accompanied by Queen Mary, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret and other members of the Royal Family, toured the Festival of Britain Txhibition after the King had declared open the Festival…

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Bowling Club's Winter Carnival

North West Champion · Thursday 14 June 1951 · page 11

Moree Bowling Club's Winter Carnival conducted last week-end was a most successful function in spite of the fact that one green was unfit for…

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Northern N.S.W. Bushmen's Carnival Assn

The North Western Courier · Monday 18 June 1951 · page 2

Amended regulations affecting rodeos staged in the north west, were adopted at the annual meeting of It was decided that in future…

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Model Of Doors On Show

North West Champion · Monday 18 June 1951 · page 1

At a meeting of the Alf Jones Commemoration Committee on Friday a model of the proposed…

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High Standards In all Classes At Sheep Show SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Thursday 21 June 1951 · page 1

The Mungadal, Hay, stud of Anthony Hordern Junr. stole the limelight in the Merino section at Sydney Sheep Show today…

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Moree's Record Show

North West Champion · Monday 25 June 1951 · page 1

An anonymous donor has given Moree P. and A. Society a stun of money so that its 1951 Show could be a record…

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Champions of Sydney Fat Cattle Show

The North Western Courier · Thursday 28 June 1951 · page 5

An Aberdeen Angus steer from H. F. White's Bald Blair Station, Guyra, won the championship of the single pasture-fed steers of…

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500 Here Saturday for Schools' Football Carnival

North West Champion · Thursday 5 July 1951 · page 1

The schools' football carnival to be staged at Moree on Saturday is to become an annual fixture and will be run on the same lines as the Ous Junee carnival…

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Champions of Sydney Sheep Show

The North Western Courier · Thursday 5 July 1951 · page 5

Champion Dorest Horn ram from the South Australian stud of W. J. Dawkins Newbold Ltd., was the broadest, biggest, and shapliest, champion ever seen in Sydney. Mr. Mas Falkiner, of Boonoke (Pres. N.S.W. Sheepbreeders'…

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500 Compete at Inter-schools' Football Carnival

North West Champion · Monday 9 July 1951 · page 1

Over 500 boys representing every school in the North-West were here on Saturday to contest the first schools' football carnival. The carnival was an outstand-…

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Exhibition Golf Match

North West Champion · Thursday 19 July 1951 · page 1

Visiting golf professional, Dan Cullen, will play in an exhibition match at Moree on…

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Golf Exhibition

North West Champion · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 1

Roseville professional Dan Cullen, and J. Callaghan defeated D. Gordon and J. Wallis 3 and 2 in a…

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Nightingale Relic on Show

The North Western Courier · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 4

When Florence Nightingale was nursing the wounded during the Crimean War (1854-1856), she designed and used a candle-lamp-cocker which…

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Vandal Damages City Show Windows Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 26 July 1951 · page 1

Using a diamond ring, a vandal scratched initials on show windows in many city shops last night, causing thousands of pounds worth of…

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