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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1927

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Polo. Carnival Starts Next Week

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 July 1927 · page 8

There should be a big influx of visitors into Wellington next week, the occasion being the holding of the Wellington Polo Club's…

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WELLINGTON P., A. and H. SOCIETY. General Meeting of Members. Life Members—Members' Privileges—Combined Sports Ground

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 July 1927 · page 9

A general meeting of the members of the Wellington P., A. and Society Was held in the Council Chambers last night, there being…

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The Coming Carnival. Splendid Tennis Assured 240 Individual Players

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 8 July 1927 · page 7

The Hard Courts Championships of N.S.W., to open next Friday on about 60 Dubbo courts, will be a better and in some ways bigger carnival than any…

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Greatest Ever Tennis Talent for Carnival. Dubbo Will Be the Mecca Next Week

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 8 July 1927 · page 6

Dubbo will have a rare feast of tennis next week, judging by the splendid array of tennis stars that have entered for the annual championship carnival,…

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I Doffs My Hat. Dubbo District Tennis. Many Promising Fair Players

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 12 July 1927 · page 5

Whereas any humble lucubrations of mine that have found their way into the local press have naturally dealt with metropolitan play and pla[?]ers, it…

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The Tennis Carnival. Improvement in Arrangement. Better Booth—grandstand Seats

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 12 July 1927 · page 4

Everything is now ready for the great tenuis event that opens on Friday and continues on Saturday and Monday. All the courts are in perfect…

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Huge Exhibition Proposed. Opening of Harbour Bridge and City Railway. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 12 July 1927 · page 4

The State Cabinet has considered the question of holding an exhibition in Sydney in 1931 to synchronise with the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge…

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Narromine Agricultural Society. Committee Meeting

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 13 July 1927 · page 3

A meeting of the committee of the above society was held at the Imperial Hotel on wednesday of last week, when the following members were present:—…

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Peak Hill Show

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 July 1927 · page 8

On 26th and 27th July the annual show at Peak Hill takes place and entries close on 20th instant. There is a regular gala week of…

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Wellington Polo Carnival Some Exciting Games

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 July 1927 · page 10

The annual Polo Carnival held under the auspices of the Wellington Polo Club was commenced in the well-known Glenrock paddock, the…

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The Wellington Annual Polo Carnival. (Continued from Page Ten.) Third Day. Gilgandra Wins a Double

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 July 1927 · page 8

Dull, cold weather saw the opening of the third day's play of the Carnival, which was witnessed by another large gathering, the ladies…

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The Tennis Carnival. Town Filled with Players

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 15 July 1927 · page 6

The capacity of the hotel accommodation of Dubbo was taxed to its utmost by this morning, when the majority of the competitors in the great…

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Gas Employees to Show Cause. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 15 July 1927 · page 6

An order was granted by Chief Judge Dethridge against the Federated Gas Employees' Union to show cause why they should not be restrained from…

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Polo Carnival. Concluding Games

The Wellington Times · Monday 18 July 1927 · page 3

The concluding games of the carnival were played on Thursday afternoon in the presence of a very large concourse of spectators, and…

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Show Members' Privileges. Wellington Society Too Liberal

The Wellington Times · Monday 18 July 1927 · page 3

At the last special meeting of members of the Wellington P. A. and H. Society, attention was drawn to the liberal privileges given to…

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The Trangie Carnival

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 19 July 1927 · page 4

A very successful Junior K.O. Carnival took place at Trangie on Sunday last. Although the Junior Association here was unable to send a team of the…

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Football. Trangie Junior Carnival

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 20 July 1927 · page 4

Messrs. T. Lindsay and F. Stargiss are to be highly complimented upon the success of the Junior Carnival inaugurated by them, ans which eventuated at…

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Trangie Show Committee

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 20 July 1927 · page 2

A mooting of the Committee of the Trangie P.A. and H. Association was held on Saturday. There was also lately the largest attendance even seen…

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Tennis at Dubbo. Highly Successful, Carnival

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 20 July 1927 · page 2

On Friday, Saturday and Monday last the Hardcourts Tennis champion ships of New South Wales were contested at Dubbo. Beside the championships…

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Wellington Agricultural Bureau. Annual Meeting Exhibits for Next Annual Show

The Wellington Times · Thursday 21 July 1927 · page 7

The annual meeting of members of the above was held in Mr. R. M. Kimbell's rooms, Warne Street, last night, about fifteen members being…

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