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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1954

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Trangie Show This Friday and

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 4 May 1954 · page 1

Arrangements are welt in hand for the show next Froday and Saturday, and good [?]…

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Dubbo Pilots to "Dog Fight" at Narromine Air Display Inter-town Flying Carnival for Model Planes

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 4 May 1954 · page 1

The Dubbo model Flying Club will travel to Narromine on Sunday week to compete in the first inter-town flying competition between the two clubs this year…

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Methodist Flower Show

Gilgandra Weekly · Wednesday 5 May 1954 · page 1

An exhibition that reflected great credit on its organisers was held in the Australian Hall last…

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Mileage Limit for Show Entries

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 May 1954 · page 12

Both the sponge cake and the apron competition at the Wellington Show are open to residents within a 30-mile…

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District Girls As Judges at Sydney Sheep Show

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 6 May 1954 · page 3

Two district girls will compete in the sheep judging contests at the Sydney Sheep Show next month. They are Sally Jones, of "Hawthorne,"…

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Stage set for record Show at Yeoval on

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 May 1954 · page 1

Yeoval Show Society, which has spent £3,000 on improvements to the Yeoval Showground in the last three years, expects a record Show on Tuesday next. The Show Secretary, Miss M. Merriman, said to-day that,…

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Stud cattle worth £20,000 on display at Wellington Show

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 May 1954 · page 1

Champion stud cattle, collectively valued at more than £20,000, will be exhibited at the Wellington Show Society's 1954 exhibition, which commences next Thursday. Some of the exhibitors are fresh from triumphs at the recent Royal Easter Show in Sydney…

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Red Cross Catering at Sydney Show

The Western Herald · Friday 7 May 1954 · page 3

At the Royal Easter Show which closed on Tuesday, 20th April, the Red Cross again pitched their…

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At the Show

The Wellington Times · Monday 10 May 1954 · page 5

At the Wellington Show this year there is the outstanding sideshow attraction, Miss Obelia Zimmie, glamorous Florida Submarine Girl. See her eating,…

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Women's sections, non-stop ring events will highlight Show

The Wellington Times · Monday 10 May 1954 · page 1

Women's sections, cooking and needlework, and a non-stop spectacle in the show ring on Saturday will be the highlights of the Wellington P.A. & H. Society's 1954 Show. Since Saturday the Showground has been a hive of activity as an army of…

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Report on the Trangie Show

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 11 May 1954 · page 1

Reporting [?] show is at say tome [?] but a repea[?] of Trangie's [?]king…

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"First Claw Show," Says M.P. at Official Opening

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 11 May 1954 · page 1

"I could [?] that this was a [?] class show fre[?] the [?] I arrived an the gre[?] Mr. Saturday [?] day of the show. The…

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Judges Unanimous in Praise of Trangie Show All Report "Outstanding"

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 11 May 1954 · page 5

Trangle has always had the rep[?]tation of appointing judges whose standing is high. This year special care was takon in their selection, and in each the judge spoke to the higheat terms of the standerd and numbers…

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Tr[?] Show Sets New Standard Sheep, Cattle, Horses Unsurpassed in Namber and Quality

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 11 May 1954 · page 1

[?] on Friday and Saturday set new recocds. Pass, yards and stables were c[?]owed with sheep, cattle and borses judges would win prises anywbere in Australis. The Trangie Show, which some had w[?]ed to abandon, not a new standard—even the old hands admitted chat it was like…

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Big Entries for Hockey Carnival

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 13 May 1954 · page 6

A record number of local teams will contest the Dubbo Invitation Hockey Carnival at Harden Park and No. 3 Oval…

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Judges pleased with Yeoval Show exhibits

The Wellington Times · Thursday 13 May 1954 · page 2

All judges at the Yeoval Show on Tuesday congratulated exhibitors on the quality and quantity of the entries which taxed available accommodation. Comments by the various judges to "Times" reporters…

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Garden Club Chrysanthemum Show at Savoy

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 13 May 1954 · page 11

The third annual Chrysanthemum show arranged by the members of the Coonabarabran Garden Club…

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Record Attendance at Yeoval Show on Tuesday Society's best Show staged in glorious weather

The Wellington Times · Thursday 13 May 1954 · page 2

Yeoval P.A. and H. Society on Tuesday staged the greatest show in the long history of the Association. A record crowd of an estimated 2,500 people attended the exhibition, which was held in glorious weather. Undoubted feature of the Show was the ring events which were contested by the largest number of horses ever seen at Yeoval…

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Girl Farmer Enters for Fat Stock Show

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 13 May 1954 · page 2

Miss Margaret Sewell of Albury, who has put in a Shorthorn steer is the first girl junior farmer and first woman to…

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Small Graziers Entries in Syd. Sheep Show

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 13 May 1954 · page 2

Record entries in the small graziers section of the Sydney Sheep Show have been received this year, the Acting Registrar…

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