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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1952

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The Show

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 20 March 1952 · page 2

Things are never so bad that they mighn’t be worse. It is in something of that spirit that Coonabarabran marches up to…

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Bumper Show Expected

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 20 March 1952 · page 2

Judging by the improved standard of the Dunedoo and Mendooran Shows the Coonabarabran P and A Association’s…

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Show Holiday P.O. Arrangements

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 20 March 1952 · page 3

Most business and commercial houses in Coonabarabran will close on Saturday morning to allow employees to attend the…

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Fourteen Shearers Contest at Dunedoo Show

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 20 March 1952 · page 16

An innovation at the Dunedoo Show, which was held last week, was a shearing competition in which 14 district…

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Mendooran Show Excels Record Gate Takings

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 20 March 1952 · page 1

The 1952 and 34th annual exhibition of the Mendooran Pastoral, Agricultural and Horticultural Association on Monday attracted a record attendance and generally showed a marked improvement in the…

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C’bran Camera Club Exhibit at Show

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 20 March 1952 · page 1

The exhibit of the Coonabarabran Camera Club, which attracted so much attention and worthy praise…

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Smallest Jet Plane Shown at Schoolboys' Exhibition

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 21 March 1952 · page 1

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2,000 Guinea Bull for Wellington Show

The Wellington Times · Monday 24 March 1952 · page 1

A prizewinning Red Poll Hereford stud bull, valued at 2,000 guineas, will be exhibited at the Wellington Show…

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£1,100 Prizemoney for 1952 Show More Exhibits and Enlarged Trotting Programme Will Make This Year's Show Best Ever

The Wellington Times · Monday 24 March 1952 · page 1

PRIZEMONEY for the Wellington P.A. and H. Society's 1952 Show, to be held on May 8, 9 and 10, will be £1,100, which is £100 more than last year, said the secretary, Mr. J. W. Price, at a meeting of the Show Committee on Friday night last. The increase in prizemoney is part of a drive by the…

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Big Carnival on Empire Day Ready Support for Baby Health Centre Appeal

The Wellington Times · Monday 24 March 1952 · page 1

Mr. Harry Taylor, Organiser of the Baby Health Centre and Restroom Appeal, told a Times representative this morning…

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Junior Farmers' Show on

The Wellington Times · Thursday 27 March 1952 · page 1

The Wellington Junior Farmers' Show will be staged in the Agricultural Hall, Cameron Park, next Saturday, 29th…

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Weather Favours Baradine Record Show Yesterday

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 27 March 1952 · page 1

Baradine yesterday was blessed by the meteorological Gods for the occasion of the annual show of the Baradine H. A. and H. Association. Gate takings, combined with a swelled membership, assured the…

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Shire Seeking Holiday for Second Day of Show

The Wellington Times · Thursday 27 March 1952 · page 12

Wellington Shire Council will apply for the gazettal of Friday, May 9—the second day of the 1952 Wellington Show—…

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Rain Affected Bumper Coonabarabran Show However Most Events Completed

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 27 March 1952 · page 1

Over 3½ inches of rain on Friday and Saturday spoilt what would have been one of the most outstanding exhibitions in the history of the Coonabarabran P. and A. Association…

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Carnival in the Park

The Western Herald · Friday 28 March 1952 · page 4

A Grand Carnival, organised by the Bourke Football League, will be held in the Park on Wednesday night next (first…

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New Radio Show Starts To-morrow

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 28 March 1952 · page 4

A new Atlantic show, starring Mo McCackie, and featuring a host of new ideas for a breezy half-hour of fun, gets…

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Fire Fighting Exhibit at Royal Easter Show

The Western Herald · Friday 28 March 1952 · page 4

The exhibit of the Bush Fire Committee at the Royal Easter Show this year will attract special attention because of…

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Baby Health Centre Appeal Dahlia Show to Swell Funds

The Wellington Times · Monday 31 March 1952 · page 5

The Wellington Horticultural Society will hold a special Dahlia Show next Saturday in aid of the Baby Health…

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Successful Junior Farmers' Show State Member Says Junior Farmers Could Easily Be Answer to Australia's Food Problems

The Wellington Times · Monday 31 March 1952 · page 1

THE Junior Farmer Movement could easily be the answer to Australia's food problems, stated the State Member for Orange, Mr. C. B. Cutler, when he officially opened the Wellington Junior Farmers' Show in the Agricultural Hall on Saturday last. Mr. Culter said that the Show was a striking example…

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Trangie [?] at Royal Show

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1952 · page 8

Trangie district will be represented at the Royal Agricultural Society's show in Sydney by eleven head of…

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