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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1940

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Her Seventh Show Deanna Durbin's Triumph

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 29 August 1940 · page 7

Heralded, as Deanna Durbin's most colorful motion picture, "It's a Dale," which has its background in Hawaii, will, open on Saturday at the Monarch…

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"Wild Australia" Out West Show in Dubbo

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 29 August 1940 · page 5

Aptly-named "Rocky Ned," the famous outlaw with Thorpe McConville's "Wild Australia" rodeo and circus appearing in Dubbo next Saturday night,…

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Annual Meeting of P. & A. Association Show to Be Held As Usual

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 29 August 1940 · page 8

Between thirty and forty members of the Coonabarabran Pastoral and Agricultural Association attended the annual meeting, held in the Mechanics' Institute on Thursday evening last…

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GEURIE Gaiety Club Stages Fine Show Patriotic Fund Effort Red Cross Branch Has Great Record of Work

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 31 August 1940 · page 6

The Memorial Hall was crowded on Friday night when the Geurie Gaiety Club presented its third annual concert revue. Everyone enjoyed the…

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Wellington District Hospital Annual Meeting Fair Attendance of Public

The Wellington Times · Monday 2 September 1940 · page 4

The annual general meeting of the Wellington District Hospital was held in the Council Chambers on Friday night last, there being a fair attendance, in addition to the members of the Board, there were several…

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Mendooran Presbyterian Fair

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 5 September 1940 · page 7

The eleventh annual Presbyterian Fair will be held at Mendooran on Saturday. 5th October. Already the secretary and committee are…

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Mendooran Show Committee Meeting

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 5 September 1940 · page 7

At a meeting convened by the Mendooran show committee, and held on Wednesday night last delegates from the various town…

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Royal Show Likely To Be Held

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 5 September 1940 · page 1

Information received suggests that there is little doubt that the Sydney Royal Show will be held as usual next year. The R.A.S…

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Dunkirk In Paintings World Fair Exhibits Britain's Exports to U.S.

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 5 September 1940 · page 2

Woolletts, light as silk for evening wear are one of the novelties which have just been shipped from Great Britain to her pavilion at the…

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Officers Show How To Treat Unwanted Gate-Crashers At Canteen University Women's Biggest Problem Spring Frocking Suggestions for Feminists

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 5 September 1940 · page 8

Two hundred girls were arrested, I am told, at the opening of a new canteen in the city. They were not, of course, those connected with the war effort, who had worked splendidly for a long time to get the canteen…

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Dates Fixed For Royal Show Sydney, Friday night

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

The Royal Agricultural Society decided decided that the 1911 Easier Shorn would foe held over eight days Mil five nights…

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Fine Glamor Show "Three Smart Girls" Exciting Play For Dubbo

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 7 September 1940 · page 2

A three-act piny of definite entertainment and interest and of positive value, is to be singed in the Royal Theatre, Dubbo, on Thursday next at 2.30…

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Hospital Carnival Official Opening

The Wellington Times · Monday 9 September 1940 · page 3

The official opening of the hospital carnival in Wellington on Saturday afternoon last was performed by…

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Horticultural Society Spring Show in October

The Wellington Times · Monday 9 September 1940 · page 4

At the monthly meeting of the Wellington Horticultural Society, held in the Agricultural Hall on Friday night…

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Hospital Appeal Huge Success Wellington in Carnival Spirit £1000 Will be Cleared

The Wellington Times · Monday 9 September 1940 · page 3

Hundreds of people lined the streets of Wellington on Saturday afternoon last to witness one of the finest processions ever staged in the history of the town. The procession was part of a huge carnival arranged in an…

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Romantic Drama Powerful Show at Monarch

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 10 September 1940 · page 4

"Dust Be My Destiny" will open to—morrow night at the Monarch Thea-tre, with John Garfield and Priscilla Lane in the co-starring roles…

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"Three Smart Girls" Show For Women Only

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 10 September 1940 · page 2

A mannequin show, in the form of a three-act play, entitled, "A Day in the Life of Three Smart Girls," will be staged in the Royal Theatre, Dubbo,…

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Shell Show To-night

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 12 September 1940 · page 1

The Shell Company of Australia Ltd., hi conjunction with their local agents, will screen an enjoyable programme of talkie features…

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Ballerina's Debut Zorina in Dubbo Show

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 12 September 1940 · page 7

Virtually every costly gem in the swankiest jewellery shops of Los Angeles (and Hollywood was temporarily requisitioned by Production Chief Darryl P. Zanuck for "I Was An…

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Show Accident Man's Trousers Kicked Off

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 September 1940 · page 8

"Have you ever seen a man's pants kicked off by a horse?" asks the Young "Chronicle." If you were at the Young Show, and were…

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