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Shows & fairs, 1924

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Wagga Show

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 April 1924 · page 4

Mr. W. R. Lyons, organiser, asks farmers by advertisement to have samples of wheat, oats and barley for the North v. South exhibits at the…

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A Political Rumor. Ministers Show Resentment. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 14 April 1924 · page 2

The Minister for Justice, Mr. T. J. Ley, last night declared that he strongly resented the suggestion made in a section of the press that he had an…

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Sydney Show Opened To-day in Glorious Weather. Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 14 April 1924 · page 1

The Royal Sydney Show opened this morning in glorious weather. In every class—agricultural, pastoral, and manufacturing—more entries…

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Sydney Show Opened

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 15 April 1924 · page 2

The Royal Sydney Show opened yesterday in fine weather. The day was given to judging in the Cattle Section…

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Venetian Carnival. a Magnificent Spectacle

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 15 April 1924 · page 5

Have you ever attended a Venetian Carnival on the foreshores of Sydney Harbor? If not, you have missed a grand sight; but that staged on…

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Empire Exhibition. Rushing on the Work at Wembley. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 15 April 1924 · page 2

Ninety-five per cent of the exhibits at Wembley are now on the spot, and many are on their stands At least 1000 men are working…

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Royal Sydney Show. Record Entries Received. Judging Results. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 15 April 1924 · page 6

The Royal Show opened this morning in glorious weather. In every class, agricultural, pastoral, and manufacturing, more entries have been…

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Show Association. Show Dates Altered to 2nd AND 3rd SEPT

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 16 April 1924 · page 4

A meeting of the Committee was held at the Show Office on the 11th. inst., Mr W. McClintock (vice-president) occupied the chair in the…

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Industrial Matters. the Exhibition. Foreign Labor Question. LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 April 1924 · page 4

A joint committee of the Trade Union Congress and the Labor Party is considering the conditions of employment at the Empire Exhibition…

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Royal Show. Horses Judged. Thoroughbreds Disappoint. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 April 1924 · page 2

At the Royal Show to-day the horses were judged. There was a larger number of entries than last year, but the quality of the exhibits in the…

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Flower Show

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 17 April 1924 · page 6

The Presbyerian Flower Show and Bazaar will be held on [?] and 3rd May. The hen, secretaries, Mrs. T. B. Clousten and mrs. H. L. Yee…

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Presbyterian Flower Show and Bazaar

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Thursday 17 April 1924 · page 3

The Presbyterian annual Flower Show and Bazaar is to be held In O'Brien's Hall, Tumut, on May 2 and 3. An elaborate prize schedule has…

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Sydney Show. Record Attendance. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 April 1924 · page 2

There was a large crowd at the official opening of the Sydney Royal Show to-day by the Governor, Sir Dudley de Chair. Admiral Field and other…

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Gundagai Scores. Number of Show Prizes

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 17 April 1924 · page 2

Darbalara played a strong hand with its team of stud Milking Shorthorns at Royal Show, gaining the following prizes:—…

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"No Free Traders in Australia" Prime Minister's Declaration. Fighting Speech at Show Luncheon Problems That Must Be Solved. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 April 1924 · page 2

"I say, without hesitation, that there are no free traders in this country, and that there could not be in the face of our national…

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Yanco Show Society

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 18 April 1924 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Society will be held in the School of Arts, Leeton, on Wednesday, April 30, at 8 p.m. Business: Election of…

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Venetian Carnival. A Magnificent Spectacle

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 18 April 1924 · page 3

HAVE you ever atttended a Venetian Carnival on the foreshores of Sydney Harbor? If not, you have missed a grand sight; but that staged on…

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Royal Sydney Show. Record Entries Received

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 18 April 1924 · page 3

The Royal Show opened on Monday in [?] weather in very class agricultural, pastoral [?] [?] have been [?]…

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Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area. Exhibit at the Royal Show

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 18 April 1924 · page 5

Though collected and staged by but one representative body—the Yanco Agricultural Society—the exhibit of the Murrumbidgee…

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Districts Exhibits at Sydney Show. Murrumbdgee Area Secures Fourth Place

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 18 April 1924 · page 2

One of the biggest events of the show—the district exhibit was decided on Tuesday. There were five competitors: South Coast and Tablelands…

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