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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1947

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Bathurst Show Profit £2,004

The Wellington Times · Thursday 26 June 1947 · page 1

A profit of £2,004/2/11 on the last show was revealed in the statement of the treasurer (Mr. R. A. Frost) to a…

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Horticultural Society. Report on Chrysanthemum Show

The Wellington Times · Thursday 26 June 1947 · page 1

At last Monday night's meeting of the Horticultural Society the following report on the recent annual Chrysanthemum…

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Show Carnival Combined Effort Planned

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 27 June 1947 · page 3

The Peak Hill School of Arts committee has decided to hold a carnival during show week—on August 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23—in conjunction…

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Wild West Show

The Western Herald · Friday 27 June 1947 · page 1

Showing under cover at end of Oxley Street, near Billabong, McFarlane's Wild West Variety Show, every night during race week. A…

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Bourse Rodeo & Show

The Western Herald · Friday 27 June 1947 · page 4

A meeting of the Committee of the P. & A. Association will be held in the Council Chambers to-morrow (Saturday) afternoon at 3 p.m…

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Narromine Polo Carnival Next Month

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 27 June 1947 · page 1

The Narromine Polo Club has decided to bold a carnival on July 11 and 12. There will be six teams competing…

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Lucky Boys Will Follow Judges at Narromine Show

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 27 June 1947 · page 1

Judges for the Narromine Show were selected at the committee meeting on Saturday afternoon at the Federal Hotel…

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Spring Carnival

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 1 July 1947 · page 2

Orange Show Society has decided to run a big spring carnival this year. It will include sheep dog trials, horse events, camp drafting and…

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More Time Between Royal Show and Sydney Sheep Show Would Help Western Exhibitions

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 1 July 1947 · page 6

Members of the Trangie Pastoral, Agricultural and Horticultural Society believe that unless more time is allowed to elapse between the Royal Sydney Show and the Sheep Show there will not be sufficient time to allow sheep to be shown at western shows first. This applied…

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Pet Show Successful Children’s Exhibition

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 3 July 1947 · page 10

Childish chatter and the excited barking of dogs indicated to onlookers that the Church of England Pet Show held at…

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Show Profit Is Nearly £90

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 3 July 1947 · page 1

At a meeting of members of the Gilgandra P and A Association on Friday afternoon, the secretary (Mr A…

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Trangie News Show Committee Meets

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 3 July 1947 · page 6

The first post-Show meeting of Trangie P. A. and H. Association, held at the School of Arts on Saturday afternoon, was marked by enthusiasm…

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Early Start on Next Yfar's Trangie Show

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 4 July 1947 · page 8

To give more time for the organising of next year's Trangie show a ; meeting of the committee on Saturday afternoon made two important…

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"On with the Show" The Story of the A.I.F. Concert Party at Singapore (Written by Syd Piddington, Magician, Stage Director and Demonstrator of Thought Transference.)

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 4 July 1947 · page 4

The fall of Singapore in those dark days in early 1942 left most of us stunned. Something was needed to take us away from the inevitable questions that came tumbling out and to help us meet the bad news we felt must come,…

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Poultry Record for Orange Show

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1947 · page 2

Record entries are being received for the Orange Poultry Show, to be held, on July 18 and 19. It is thought [?] entries will constitute a State record…

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Polo Carnival Eight Teams Expected for Aug. 7 and 8

The Wellington Times · Thursday 10 July 1947 · page 11

Prior to the outbreak of war, the annual Wellington Polo Carnival was regarded as an event of much importance…

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Show Meeting

The Western Herald · Friday 11 July 1947 · page 4

A meeting of the Committee of the Bourke P. & A. Association will be held at the Council Chambers to-morrow (Saturday) afternoon at…

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Thrilling Polo W'ton Teams Defeated at Narromine Carnival Huge Crowds of Spectators and Great Enthusiasm Signal Revival of Game on Pre-war Basis

The Wellington Times · Monday 14 July 1947 · page 7

NARROMINE was invaded by a host of visitors on Friday and Saturday last, quite a large contingent being present from Wellington and district, for the occasion of the first post-war polo carnival to be held at the centre which is…

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Records Show Safer Flying in Australia

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 15 July 1947 · page 2

The shocking list of air disasters in the States this year, resulting in hundreds of deaths resulted in President Truman ordering the setting up of a…

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Narromine Stages Successful Polo Carnival and Wins Gillespie Cup

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 15 July 1947 · page 1

ALTHOUGH the Narromine Polo Club has been formed only a few months and there has been little time to train players or their ponies, the Narromine Polo Carnival, on Friday and Saturday, recaptured all the glamour of prewar polo days…

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