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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1951

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Street Carnival Jubilee Week

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 19 July 1951 · page 1

At last meeting of the Gilgandra Chamber of Commerce, it was unanimously resolved to conduct a street…

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Basket Ball Carnival lntertown Convent Teams

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 19 July 1951 · page 15

At the basket ball carnival at the Coonabarabran Convent Grounds on Thursday of last week, teams from…

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The Men Behind the Pictures Notable Landscapes On Exhibition

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 19 July 1951 · page 2

Every day until July 31, the important display of Australian landscapes at the Dubbo Mechanics' Institute will be on view, admission free, to the Dubbo public…

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Wellington Successes At Orange. Best Bird and Other Prizes at Orange Poultry Show

The Wellington Times · Thursday 19 July 1951 · page 1

Mr. G. Fettell, of Wellington, exhibited the best bird of the show at the 40th annual exhibition of the Orange…

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Annual School Fair

The Western Herald · Friday 20 July 1951 · page 7

At the last meeting of the Parents and Citizens Association decided to hold the Annual School Fair on 6th October, the 1st Saturday of the…

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Lady Godiva to Young Carnival Young

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 20 July 1951 · page 1

A Lady Godiva pageant will be staged at Young Spring Carnival, with a local girl playing the role…

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£200 To Be Spent On Trotting Track Before Narromine Show

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 20 July 1951 · page 1

The Narromine Agricultural Society has decided to spend up to £[?] to improve the trotting track at the show ground in preparation for the 1951 show, which will open seven weeks from to-day…

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Special Dalgety News Service Photos of Recent Sydney Jubilee Sheep Show

The Western Herald · Friday 20 July 1951 · page 10

Seeking the Grand Champion Merino Ram. These are the champion rams of the various sections. The winner was the second ram from the left, bred and exhibited by a North-West small farmer F.O. Gobbert, whose lock is less than 1,000 sheep…

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Special Dalgety News Service Photos of Recent Sydney Jubilee Sheep Show

The Western Herald · Friday 20 July 1951 · page 5

Newspaper photographers were too sure of their prediction that the Mungadal champion medium wool ram would be the grand champion, but the was beaten by a champion from the Small Graziers' class, who showed in Sydney for the first time and beat the top sheep from…

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Britain's Seaborne Festival Exhibition—"campania" Will Visit Ten Ports

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 1

Transformed from a wartime aircraft carrier to the peace-time flagship of Campania is now carrying the story and the message of Britain to U-boats were hunting H.M.S. campania in the Arctic under conditions of know, wind and ice…

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Governor May Open Peak Hill Show

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 3

A letter was received at last week's meeting of the Peak Hill Municipal Council stating that the…

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Peak Hill Show Next Month Committee Makes Final Preparations

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 3

With their annual show only a few weeks off, members of the Peak Hill P.A. and H. Association met on Saturday to make final arrangements for the display of their district's products on August 21 and 22…

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'U.s. Must Have' Show-down with the Soviet New York

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 1

Tho American Federation of Labor Chief (Mr. W. Green) says that the United States must demand a show down with the…

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Health Week Exhibition Coonabarabran, August 20-24

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 26 July 1951 · page 9

At the last meeting of the Coonabarabran Shire Council the health inspector (Mr. G. S. Young), stated…

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Polocrosse Club Formed Carnival to be Staged

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 26 July 1951 · page 15

At a meeting in Coonabarabran last night the Coonabarabran District Polocrosse Association was formed and plans…

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Weighing Machines at British Industries Fair

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 27 July 1951 · page 1

Among the new products shown recently in the Birmingham section of the B.I.F. was this massive crane weigher, seen here with a tiny hand balance. The giant weighing machine registers up to 100 tons, while…

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Boys Football Carnival This Week-end

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 27 July 1951 · page 6

Rugby League activities this week-end include a schoolboy football carnival at Dubbo on Saturday, the clash with the Peak Hill representative teams on Sunday and a friendly match between the "B" grade?…

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Big Attendances at Art Show

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 27 July 1951 · page 1

The exhibition of Australian landscapes at the Dubbo School of Arts has atracted big attendances…

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Fashion Show in Gaol for Prisoners London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 27 July 1951 · page 1

A fashion show for women prisoners was staged at Holloway Gaol for the first time last night…

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Showground Trust to Benefit from Polo Carnival

The Wellington Times · Monday 30 July 1951 · page 1

The Wellington Showground Trust, which is hard pressed financially, has accepted the offer of the Wellington Polo…

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