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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1940

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Two Resignations From Show Committee

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 30 May 1940 · page 2

The resignations of two young members of the committee were received at Sutunday's meeting of the Gilgandra P. and A. Association,…

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Bullaway Stud Sheep Again Going to Sydney Show

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 30 May 1940 · page 8

The local merino stud, “Bullaway,” was awarded four firsts and two second prizes at the Sydney Show last year with nine…

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Show Society Meeting of Committee Arrangements Further Advanced

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 30 May 1940 · page 5

A largely attended meeting of the committee of the Gilgandra P. and A. Association was held on Saturday afternoon…

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JOINED A.I.F. Show Secretary And Four Committeemen Granted Leave of Absence

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 1 June 1940 · page 7

At a meeting of the committee of the Dubbo P.A. and H. Association last night, the secretary (Mr. D. R. Bedford),…

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Reserve Seventeen Improvements Show Ground and Golf Course Benefit

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 June 1940 · page 5

The Trustees have recently carried out considerable improvements to reserve seventeen, upon which are…

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Football Dubbo v. GILGANDRA At Show Ground on

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 6 June 1940 · page 4

On Sunday, Gilgandra will meet Dubbo representative team on the Showground. The visitors will field a strong thirteen, and have been…

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Woodlands Border Leicester Stud Has Show Successes

The Wellington Times · Monday 10 June 1940 · page 3

Mr. E. C. Frecklington, of Woodlands Border Leicester Stud, Wellington, who had a small team at the last Sydney…

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Military Camp for Dubbo at the Show Ground Troops Will Be Trained in Batches of 500 Per Month

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 13 June 1940 · page 1

A military camp is to be established at Dubbo, and the Show Ground will be utilised for the purpose. Recruits…

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Wirth's Circus Still the Biggest Show on Earth

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 15 June 1940 · page 5

Wirth's Circus played in a crowded, house on Thursday evening. The menagerie of Jungle dwellers. including bears, lions, leopards,…

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Blind Men Show the Way

The Wellington Times · Monday 17 June 1940 · page 3

For weeks the public have been demanding more strenuous Government action towards the marshalling of Australia's resources, the…

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Annual Sheep Show Local Award

The Wellington Times · Thursday 20 June 1940 · page 1

The 45th annual theep show commenced in Sydney yesterday. Considering all the circumstances, the war, and conditions…

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Many Wins. Show Successes of Ioma Borders Big Demand Certain

The Wellington Times · Thursday 20 June 1940 · page 7

At the Dubbo show this year Border Leicesters from Mr. E. Frecklington's Ioma Stud, Wellington, won nine of the possible…

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Closing Shops Will Not Win War Police Urge Women To Show Forbearance Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 20 June 1940 · page 1

As a result of the action of nearly 100 women who in two days have forced five foreign shopkeepers at Bondi to close…

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Carnival and Rodeo. Returned Soldiers Big Effort

The Western Herald · Friday 21 June 1940 · page 6

On Monday and Tuesday last the Returned Soldiers Second Annual Carnival and Rodeo took place on the Showground, and was a…

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Warren Stud Sheep Show Successes Kater & Sons Take Titles

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 22 June 1940 · page 6

H. E. Kater & Sons, of Egelabra Station, Warren, scored three of four grand championships at the Sydney Sheep Show this week…

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Monarch Theatre Three Great Stars "The Women" Is Fine Show

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 22 June 1940 · page 5

With star honors divided three ways, among Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford and Rosalind Russell, "The Women" will open its Dubbo season at the…

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Narromine Air Training School Recruits Arrive Current Conditions Lead To Abandonment Of Show

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 25 June 1940 · page 3

Seventy recruits and staff arrived by mail train on Monday and proceeded to the Air Training School…

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Tooraweenah P.A. and H. Association

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 27 June 1940 · page 2

At a general meeting of the Too[?]weenah P.[?]. and H. Association on Saturday, presided over by the President (Mr J. L…

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Show Society Meeting of Committee

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 27 June 1940 · page 2

A well attended meeting of the committee of the Gilgandra P. and A. Association was held in the War Memorial Institute on…

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Hockey Knock-out Carnival At Dubbo Next Month

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 27 June 1940 · page 7

Plans for the conduct of a knockout carnival were discussed at a meeting of the Dubbo Hockey Association on Monday night…

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