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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1920

139 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 5 of 7

Tennis Carnival

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 17 August 1920 · page 1

Owing to rain on the third day many of the handicaps on the programme of the Western District tennis tourney in June could not be completed in the…

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Fair and Sale of Gifts

The Western Herald · Wednesday 18 August 1920 · page 2

The Presbyterian Fair and Sale of Gifts will take place in Fitzgerald's Hall on Friday and Saturday evenings next. A good number of Stalls have…

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Flower Show

The Wellington Times · Monday 23 August 1920 · page 2

The newly-formed Horticultural Society, which is being run in conjunction with the Wellington Agricultural Bureau, will hold its first flower show…

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Western Wool Exhibit. at Royal Agricultural Show. (To the Editor Western Herald)

The Western Herald · Wednesday 25 August 1920 · page 2

Dear Sir,—I beg to solicit your interest in regard to the question of the supply of a wool exhibit for the "Western District Exhibit" to be…

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Coo[?] Carnival

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 31 August 1920 · page 1

For years St. John Ambulance Brigade has endured a financial struggle. It has attended to hundreds of country visitors to Coogee, Bronte, Bondi and…

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Picture Show

The Western Herald · Wednesday 1 September 1920 · page 2

The Picture Show and Dance (in aid of the Convent Stall at the forthcoming Catholic Bazaar) held last Wednesday was a very great success…

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Gilgandra Show. Highly Successful Exhibition. Attractive Pavilion Display

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 3 September 1920 · page 5

The ninth annual Show of the Gilgandra P. and A. Association was favored with ideal show weather. As is always the case with shows the attendance at…

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Parkes Show

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 3 September 1920 · page 2

The Parkes Show this year was a big success. Though the gate taking were [?] than the record, they ev[?] these of last year by [?]…

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[?]eurie District Carnival

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 14 September 1920 · page 2

A meeting of the Committee was held yesterday afternoon, was w[?]ll attended, and great interest was taken in the various matters brought forward by the…

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Geurie Carnival

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 21 September 1920 · page 1

Arrangements for this year's carnival at Geurie are now in progress. At the last meeting of the committee the see[?] Messrs. J. M. and J. E…

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Methodist Spring Fair. a Good Display

The Wellington Times · Thursday 23 September 1920 · page 4

The annual Spring Fair in connection with the Wellington Methodist Church was opened by the Mayor (Dr. Wade), in the Oddfellows Hall last evening…

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Methodist Spring Fair. a Financial Success

The Wellington Times · Monday 27 September 1920 · page 2

The annual Methodist Spring Fair, which had a run of three nights in the Oddfellows Hall, was brought to a successful close on Friday night, there…

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Geurie District Carnival

The Wellington Times · Thursday 30 September 1920 · page 4

The twelfth annual Geurie District Carnival will be held on Wednesday, October 20. The prize-money offered amounts to £100, and the programme…

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Points to Be Awarded at Flower Show

The Wellington Times · Thursday 30 September 1920 · page 3

The following table of points to be awarded in connection with the table decorations and roses at the forthcoming. Horticultural show under the…

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Show Conference

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 1 October 1920 · page 1

A corre[?] of the show Associations of the West was held in Dubbo yesterday, and about a dozen societies sent delegates. The movement for…

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Show and Gymkhana

The Western Herald · Saturday 2 October 1920 · page 2

With the return of good seasons the western district will soon recover horn the effects of the recent drought. Despite the recent dry years our…

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Horticultural Bureau's Flower Show

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 October 1920 · page 4

The first Spring flower show under the auspices of the Wellington Agricultural and Horticultural Bureau will be held in the Public Hall, on Tuesday…

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Geurie Carnival

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 12 October 1920 · page 1

At a very largely attended meeting of the Geurie Carnival Committee, the various officials for the big show or the 20th inst. were appointed…

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Baptist Rose Fair

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 October 1920 · page 4

The Baptist annual Rose Fair will be opened on the Church grounds on Wednesday afternoon next, at four o'clock, and will be continued on Wednesday…

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Geurie Carnival

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 October 1920 · page 4

The annual Geurie Carnival takes place on Wednesday next, when special trains will bo run from Wellington and Dubbo, as on former occasions…

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