£17,500 Prizemoney at 1948 Royal Easter Show
Prize money amounting to £17,500 will be competed for at the forthcoming Royal Easter Show commencing March 20 next…
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Shows & fairs, 1948
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Council Should Take Over Show Ground Trusteeship Says Chamber of Commerce
Opinion expressed by members of the Coonabarabran Chamber of Commerce at its meeting last Thursday night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldiers' Carnival for March 13th Proceeds to Provide Book of Remembrance and Equip Club and Library
THE Soldiers' Carnival to be held on Saturday, 13th March, 1948, at Swift St., Wellington, promises to be one of the most successful events of its kind ever held [?] Wellington…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Local Swimmers in Fine Form Gilgandra and Mudgee Successes Augur Well for Big W'ton Carnival
THE 29th Annual Swimming Carnival of the Wellington Amateur Swimming Club will take place on Monday next, at the Municipal Baths. A fine programme, including the coveted Nanima Cup teams' race and the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Weather Upsets Swimming Carnival Attendance and Competitors Fewer Than Former Years Western Stores Cup Won by Dubbo 100 Metres Western District Championship to J. Boyle
The cool and unsetted weather conditions of late was responsible for a smaller attendance than usual at the ninth annual carnival of the Gilganelra Amateur Swimming Club held…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →House [?] Will Show Location of Homes in Town
Because some of Narromine's streets continue on across the railway line the municipal council has approved a scheme that will…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hospital Carnival General Success
The Venetain Carnival conducted by the Ladies Auxiliary of the Dubbo Base Hospital at the Olympic pool last night recorded…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gilgandra Show Dates Changed
To avoid clashing with Dubbo Picnic Races on May 18 and 19, Gilgandra Show Committee has changed the dates of the Gilgandra Show to May 25 and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cycling Big Carnival for Next
The Wellington Cycling and Athletic Club will conduct a club carnival on the Rygate Park. Oval on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sporting Swimming Dubbo Represented At Tamworth Carnival
Although no county titles came Dubbo way at the Country Swimming Championships held at Tamworth last weekend,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bourke P. & A. Association SHOW & Rodeo on May 6 & 7. New Pavilion to Be Erected
There was a good attendance of Committeemen at the meeting of the Bourke Pastoral & Agricultural Association held on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Carnival Competitions
The winners of the competitions conducted by the Hospital Ladies Auxiliary at thier carnival were:—Groceries, Miss D. Beddoes, Shire Office;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fodder for 1948 Show
The Royal Agricultural Society has let this year's tender for fodder to the Producers' Co-operative Distributing Society Ltd. This is in keeping with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Caravans Excluded From Royal Easter Show
The Royal Agricultural Society has been compelled to prohibit the admittance of carvans, to the Sydney Showground prior to and during all future…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Schedule Almost Complete. Mr. Gordon Edgell Invited to Open Show
AT a recent meeting of the Wellington P. A. and H. Society, it was decided to ask Mr. Gordon Edgell, of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Municipal Council. Rebuff for Macquarie Shire on Building Application. Sunday Night Swimming Carnival and Other Matters Considered by Aldermen
AN application by the Macquarie Shire Council for permission to erect a shed for the storage of inflammable liquids was rejected by the Wellington Municipal Council at last Thursday night's meeting because the shed,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Show Holidays
A special meeting of the retailers' sub-section of the Chamber of Commerce is to be called to deal with request from the Dubbo P. A. & H…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In Brief Peak Hill Carnival Abandoned
Lack of public support has caused the abandonment of Peak Hill Gift Carnival which was to have been held on April 24 and 26. The committee is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Yeoval News P. A. and H. Society Committee Meeting
A committee meeting of the Yeoval P.A. and H. Society was held on Saturday last at the C.W.A. rooms,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Education Centenary. Celebrations for Show Week
At a fairly well attended meeting in the High School last Monday night, arrangements were finalised for the…
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