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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1950

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Enthusiastic Committee Phoning Street Carnival to Finance Modern Snorts Area

The Wellington Times · Monday 10 July 1950 · page 7

THE first meeting of the Committee appointed to organise the planned Street Carnival at Yeoval early in September was marked by enthusiasm and active support and, judging from the progressive ideas advanced and accepted by those present, the carnival will be the most successful ever conducted at Yeoval…

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Charity Show at Yeoval

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 11 July 1950 · page 4

The Yeoval C.W.A. will present a 16 m.m. picture show in the Assembly Hall tomorrow. The projector has been loaned…

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Boys' Football Carnival Drive For Funds

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 11 July 1950 · page 6

The Dubbo Rugby League decided at meeting last night to make a determined drive to raise funds for a big Schoolboys'…

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Great Cattle Show & Sale Planned

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 11 July 1950 · page 2

Planned in Sydney for June, 1951, is a grand fat cattle show and sales which is likely to become the biggest thing of its kind south of the equator and initiate a new era in the breeding and fattening of…

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Polo Crosse Carnival Bubbo To Send A Team To Forbes

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 12 July 1950 · page 8

Dubbo is to send a representative team to the Forbes Polo Crosse Carnival to be held in Forbes on August 5 and 6…

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Large Crowd at Narromine Polo Carnival

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 13 July 1950 · page 8

One of the largest crowds ever seen on the Narromine polo ground gathered there at the weekend to witness one of…

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Yeoval Plans Carnival

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 18 July 1950 · page 4

The special Committee appointed to organise a street carnival at Yeoval on September 2, met last week at the office of Mr…

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Exhibition Staged by Camera Club

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 19 July 1950 · page 8

At a well attended meeting of the Coonabarabran Camera Club on Thursday night an exhibition of photographic work…

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Rugby League Notes Grand Exhibition At Condobolin

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 20 July 1950 · page 8

A grand exhibition of good, hard, clean, open football was seen at Condobolin on Sunday. A big crowd, by their…

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Showground Trust Meeting. Show Society Granted Dates To Hold Week-End Show

The Wellington Times · Thursday 20 July 1950 · page 1

THE Wellington Showground Trust has granted the Show Society permission to use the Showground on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April 19, 20 and 21, for the Wellington Show next year. This action follows…

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Local and General Bourke Show & RODEO

The Western Herald · Friday 21 July 1950 · page 4

Many important matters in connection with the forthcoming Show & Rodeo will be discussed at the meeting to be held at the Royal…

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Boys' Carnival Postponed

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 25 July 1950 · page 6

As roads from the southern end of Group XI are impassable, the Dubbo Boys' Rugby League Carnival which was to have been…

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Exhibition of Fine Books 10-Day Display At Dubbo

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 25 July 1950 · page 3

Fifty books, chosen by authorities as outstanding example of the best in British book production, were placed on view at the Dubbo Mechanics' Institute to-day for a 10 day public exhibition…

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Sale of Rights for Narromine Show

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 1

Rights for the Narromine Show, which takes place on August 18 and 19, were auctioned at the imperial Hotel this morning by Mr. G. B…

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Big Exhibit of Machinery at the Show

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 1

Plans are being' made for a bigger exhibit of industrial and agricultural equipment at the Narromine Show, on August 18 and 19…

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Bourke P. & A. Association SHOW & Rodeo, September 15, AND 16

The Western Herald · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 3

A meeting of the Committee of the above Association was held at the Royal Hotel on Saturday afternoon last…

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Now Is The Time To Get Those Show Entries In

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 1

These people who are willing to help make this year's Narromine Show worthy of the Narromine district [?] asked to try to get as many entries a as soon as possible. The show takes place on Friday…

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Dubbo Polo Crosse Carnival

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 29 July 1950 · page 6

Five city teams and seven from country centres will compete for the Wansey and Gordon Bell trophies at a polo crosse…

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Polo Club's Shield Carnival on Friday and Saturday Next

The Wellington Times · Monday 31 July 1950 · page 1

AT a special meeting of the committee of the Wellington and District Polo Club held on Saturday afternoon last, it was decided to conduct the Shield Carnival, weather permitting, this Friday and Saturday (August 4…

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Exhibition Game

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 1 August 1950 · page 6

Two teams have to be chosen very soon to piny an exhibition game at the invitation of the Women's American Association…

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