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Shows & fairs, 1923

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Tumbarumba Show Successful Meeting the Prize List

The Daily Express · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 3

The yearly Show of the Tumbarumba P. and A. [?]oolety was held [?] Tuesday and Wednesday, in fine was thor, and despite unusually dry…

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Country Cricket. Carnival in Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 March 1923 · page 8

The New South Wales Cricket Association has asked the Wagga Association to arrange for the visit of a southern team which is to play…

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Swimming Leeton Carnival

The Daily Express · Monday 12 March 1923 · page 2

There was a big attendance at the Leeton Baths on Saturday for the swimming carnival, the competitors including 14 swimmers from Wagga,…

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Carnival for the Hospital

The Daily Express · Monday 12 March 1923 · page 2

A two nights’ carnival in aid of the funds of the District Hospital will be held at Dirieland on Tuesday aid Wednesday nights. The grounds…

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Leeton Swimming Carnival. Wagga, Success

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 March 1923 · page 4

The first championship swimming carnival under the management of the Leeton Amateur Swimming Club, was held at Leeton on Sunday last and…

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Tumut Show Additional Awards

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 2

Dairy Cow, any breed, producing the greatest quantity of commercial butter.— Owners lbs com. butter…

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Leeton Swimming Carnival. D. Weir Wins the Championship

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 2

The Leeton Amateur Swim[?] Club held its first championship Carnival in the Leeton baths on Saturday afternoon, and the fixture was a…

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The Royal Agricultural Show. Noyes Bros. Exhibit

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 2

One of the main features in the Royal Agricultural Society's Show, which opens on Sydney on the 22nd March, will be the machinery section…

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Empire Exhibition

The Daily Express · Wednesday 14 March 1923 · page 2

Although occasional paragraphs in the metropolitan papers indicate that certain committees are considering [?]atters in connection with the…

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Hospital Carnival. Dances at Dixieland

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 March 1923 · page 2

Last night Dixieland was aglow with light and agog with the chatter and laughter of the throng that made the first night of the carnival, in aid…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Society

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 16 March 1923 · page 2

The part that the Pastoral and agricultural Society plays in the town and district is an important one. The annual show by the emulation it…

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Championship Swimming Carnival

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 16 March 1923 · page 2

The Leeton Amateur Swimming Club held their inaugural carnival under N.S.W.A.S.A. rules at the Leeton Swimming Baths on Saturday last. The…

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Show Bazaar

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 16 March 1923 · page 2

The bazar in aid of the P. and A. Society's funds, held in the Shire Hall on 5th, 6th and 7th inst,, was well patronised, with the result that the…

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The Late Show

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 16 March 1923 · page 3

The following errors occurred in the published list of prise winners in the school section, owing to numbers being misplaced --Handwriting by buy or…

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Leeton Public Hospital Carnival, 1923

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 16 March 1923 · page 2

We are pleased to state that intense interest is being displayed in the initial arrangements for this great carnival and another meeting of the…

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Easter Show a Great Exhibition

The Daily Express · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 8

Notwithstanding the unsatisfactory season and the tact that the Sydney Royal Show this year succeeds the Condenary Exhibition of last year…

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Show Association. Adjourned Annual Meeting

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 19 March 1923 · page 3

There was a fair attendance on Friday afternoon for the adjourned annual meeting of the Cootamundra A. P. H. and I. Association, the…

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The Royal Show. Well Balanced Exhibition

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 20 March 1923 · page 2

Notwithstanding the unsatisfactory Season and the fact that the Royal Show this year succeeds the centenary celebration exhibition of last year,…

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Items of News. Early Show Trophies

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 March 1923 · page 2

The silver cups, representing trophies won at Wagga Show in 1873 by Messrs. Bowen and M'Alister, as referred to in "Swivelle'r's" early racing…

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A Rag Fair Bargain

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 23 March 1923 · page 5

One occasionally hears of wonderful finds in old chests and writing tables, but it is not often that such treasure-trove comes the way of a…

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