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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1954

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Ornamental Gates Beauty to Show

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 1

When the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh arrive at the Dubbo Showground on February 10, they will pass through impressive wrought iron gates into the grounds to which many improvements…

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Definition Brood Mare Coonabarabran Show Schedule

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 28 January 1954 · page 7

A controversial subject for some years past, the minute altering the definition of a brood mare for the 1954…

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Dubbo Show and Queen’s Visit

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 28 January 1954 · page 9

In order to assist the organisers of the Dubbo Show on February 10, admission tickets are being made…

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Aberdeen-angus Exhibit for Dubbo Show

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 28 January 1954 · page 2

The Aberdeen Angus Society of Australia will present a special Royal Souvenir Sash for the best Aberdeen Angus…

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Tartan Sashes for Champion Show Cattle

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 28 January 1954 · page 2

Visits by Queen Elizabeth to the Queensland Royal Show at Toowoomba, and the Dubbo Show, will be commemorated…

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Olympic Style Jumps 1954 C’bran Show

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 28 January 1954 · page 7

Radical revision has taken place in the hunting section of the horse events for the coming Coonabarabran…

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Council's Charge for Permit for Shed at Show

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 28 January 1954 · page 2

A suggestion that Dubbo Council refund £10 charged against the PA and H Association for the building permit…

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Cloth Must Show Wool Content

The Western Herald · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 4

Legislation which orders that textile products should be labelled to show the percentage of wool they contain, has been…

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Show Gates Are 80 Years Old

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 1

The commemoration gates, which have been erected at the new entrance to the Dubbo Showground, are about 80…

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Buddy Williams Variety Show

The Wellington Times · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 7

The Buddy Williams variety show will be staged in the Mayfair Theatre, Wellington, on Tuesday, February 9, and…

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Battlefield "Air" at Diggers' Bowling Carnival

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1954 · page 1

For the second year in succession the Coonamble team won the Diggers' Day Mills Bomb trophy yesterday at the Dubbo Bowling greens. There was a record entry of 216 players…

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Du[?]bo Show "Staged by Special Request" Newspaper Says

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1954 · page 1

The Dubbo Show was staged at the request of the State Royal Tour organisers., and was not an affort to "cash in" on the…

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Americans To See Dubbo Show

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 3 February 1954 · page 4

Two American junior farmers will visit Dubbo next week to sec the show and watch the Queen's progress through the…

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Entries For Show Likely To Top All Records

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 3 February 1954 · page 1

Record entries for most sections of the Royal Visit Show are "swamping" the office of the Dubbo PA and H Association, the Secretary (Mr. G. W. Stanley) said today…

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Queen to Visit Dubbo Show

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 4 February 1954 · page 9

Highlight of the 1954 Dubbo Show will be the visit of Her Majesty the Queen and H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh during…

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Blood Horses to Parade at R.A.S. Show Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 4 February 1954 · page 2

A centre-ring parade of thoroughbzreds at the forthcoming Sydney Royal Snow will provide the greatest…

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35th Annual Nanima Cup carnival was enjoyable success Speedy Dubbo swimmers annexed all the principal events

The Wellington Times · Thursday 4 February 1954 · page 6

Dubbo swimmers annexed all the principal events at the Wellington Amateur Swimming Club's 35th Annual Nanima Cup Carnival at the Wellington Baths on Monday. Despite cooler weather, the carnival, which was a great success, attracted a…

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Amplifiers Barred From Show Showgrounds

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 3

Some of the southern shows have barred the use of amplifiers. making sideshowmen revert to the use of their brassy…

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Picturesque Exhibit By Jnr.Farmers At Show

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 1

Western Junior Fanners will present a pictures Exhibit at next week's Dubbo Show. Highlight features of the…

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Wheat Entries at Royal Show Reach 236 Mark

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 2

Entries in the 24-class wheat section of the 1954 Sydney Royal Show, which begins on April 9, are 70 more than last year's total. Registrar of the Royal Agricultural Society…

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