Olympic Swimmer to Appear in Dubbo Carnival
Australian Olympic swimmer, Frank O'Neill, will compete in the Dubbo Swimming Club's annual carnival on Sunday when the Western Districts swimming championship will be decided…
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Shows & fairs, 1953
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Record Crowd (3063) Attends Dubbo Swimming Carnival
Swimming was obviously so popular in Dubbo and the facilities so good, that it seemed certain that the town would eventually produce a champion, Olympic swimmer, Frank O'Neill, said on Sunday night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Basketball Assn. Planning For Big Carnival
The Dubbo Men's Basketball Association's fourth annual carnival for the Turner Cup will be held at the Showground pavilion over Anniversary weekend. Already indications point to one of the biggest…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Show Society Mr. A. R. Burrell Again President
At the annual meeting of the Gilgandra P. and A. Association, Mr. A. R. Burrell was re-elected…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shearer Wants To Show Queen Wellington (N.z.) Fri
The Prime Minister, Mr. Holland, said yesterday, that he would consider a proposal that Godfrey Bowen, holder of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Members of Show Committee
New members of the committee of the peak Hill PA and H Association. Messrs. H. Taylor, D. J. Boyd, D. R. Boyd and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fair Play in Education
"Boys and girls alike should have some grounding in the essential skills. The cooking first-aid and carpentry classes should…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MOTORS & MOTORISTS (Cont'd. Earl's Court Motor Show Had Twenty Completely New Models
Fifty-seven car manufacturers were represented at the annual show of the Society of Motor Manufacturers at Earl's Court, London, and at least 20 completely new models were shown. One of the new models was a Morris Minor four-door saloon, still for export…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Swimming Carnival Filtration Cup to Coonamble Dubbo's Easy Win in Hitchen Shield
Gilgandra Swimming Club staged a carnival on Sunday last, and despite the fact that cool…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dubbo Woman Won Radio in Quiz Show
The wife of a Dubbo bee-keeper sent a question to a Sydney quiz show and asked how many varieties of ants…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dubbo Girls in Badminton Exhibition
Two Dubbo girls have been chosen to play with the Malayans in their exhibition badminton matches on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →London Cycle Show Reviewed
Twenty years ago if you wanted a really light-weight bicycle for racing you had to have one specially made, says…
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Gilgandra was well represented at the swimming carnival held at Coonamble on Sunday last, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Local News Fair Rents Court
At the Pair Rents Court at Gilgandra on Monday, Peter Capsonis,of Warren, who was represented by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Show Plans Ground Repairs Planned
The meeting of the Coonabarabran P. A. and. H. Association committee on Friday evening made further…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Forecast of Record Show Follows Excellent Season
The 69th annual exhibition of the Coonabarabran Pastoral, Agricultural and Horticultural Association on March 13 and 14, shows indication of being a record or near record show…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stock Sales at Royal Show Sydney
Stock sales will be held on five of the in days of the Sydney Royal show from March 27 to April 7 this year…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Record Crowd Expected At Swimming Carnival Special Attractions Planned For Greater Spectator Interest
A record crowd is expected for to-night's session of the Wellington Amateur Swimming Club's carnival, which commenced this afternoon, favoured by delightful weather. Highlight of to-night's session will be the display of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Peak Hill Prepares For 1953 Show
The first meeting of the new committee of the Peak Hill PA and H Association took place on Saturday night, when officers were elected and considerable groundwork was done to preparing for this year's show…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Record Number in Diggers' Day Bowling Carnival Becoming Famous, Says Sydney Visitor
Dubbo had its biggest Diggers' Day bowling carnival yesterday when a record number of 46 rinks (184 bowlers mostly from many [?]towns in the Central West) competed…
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