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Shows & fairs, 1926

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The Show

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 July 1926 · page 4

Mr. F. H. Croaker, secretary of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association has received notice of the gazettal of August 25, the…

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Correspondence the Coming Show (To the Editor.)

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 21 July 1926 · page 3

Dear Sir,— Your article on the coming show, a fow issues ago, was quite good; and if the residents of Cootamundra and district would only…

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Polo Burrangong Carnival

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 22 July 1926 · page 4

Hundreds of people gathered at the Burrangong polo Carnival held at young, yesterday. The first match between Wagga and…

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Hillston Show

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 22 July 1926 · page 8

A meeting of the Hillston Show Committee was held on Saturday last, there being present Messrs R. W. Stewart, W. Cashmere, F…

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Australian Exhibition

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 23 July 1926 · page 4

An exhibition of Australian products is to be held next year in Sydney during the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York. This…

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Show Council Meeting in Cootamundra

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 23 July 1926 · page 3

DELEGATE representing the surrounding show associations met at Cootamundra last night, Mr. Simpson, of Grenfell, presiding…

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Junee Show

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 July 1926 · page 4

The dates of the Junee annual show are September 2 and 3 and already entries are being invited. August 11 is the closing date for the receipt of…

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Wagga Show Entries

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 July 1926 · page 4

The Wagga Show will be held on August 24, 25 and 26 preparations are well in hand at the Showground for the housing of a record number of…

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Rain Spoils Polo Young Carnival Declared Off Young

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 July 1926 · page 4

Owing to the heavy rain yesterday the third day of the Young polo carnival was abandoned, and the trophies will be competed for next year. Mr…

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Griffith Show

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 July 1926 · page 2

The Slate Governor will pay an official visit to the irrigation areas during the next Griffith Show and will open that exhibition…

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Wagga Show Entries Rolling In Letting of Tenders

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 July 1926 · page 5

The 1926 Wagga Show it now very close at hand and entries for all classes of exhibits are pouring in upon the secretary, Mr. F. H. Croaker…

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Wagga Show

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 July 1926 · page 2

Intending exhibitors in the Wagga Show, which takes place on August 24, 25, and 26, should now lose no time in lodging their entries with the…

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Show Dates

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 30 July 1926 · page 6

Wagga August 24, [?] [?] June[?] September [?] [?]…

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Cootamundra Show

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 30 July 1926 · page 2

Work in connection with our 1926 show is now well in hand, and entries have been coming in during the last few weeks, and the secretary…

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Chippenham Show Visited by Mr. W. R. Lyons Amidst Old English Scenes

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 July 1926 · page 5

Mr. W. H. Lyons, of "Sackville," Forest Hill, Wagga, who recently returned from a trip abroad, has provided the following account of his…

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Good Prospects for the Show

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 July 1926 · page 4

The annual show is the chief event of the year, not only for the town of Wagga, but for the district. Since the first show was held on the site of the…

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Wagga Show Arrangements Nearing Completion Information for Exhibitors

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 July 1926 · page 3

Three weeks to go and then comes Show Week, Wagga's great annual carnival when the town is flooded with visitors from north, south, cast and…

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Art Exhibition

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 August 1926 · page 2

Beginning on Tuesday next, Mr. Terence H. Green will hold an exhibition of his paintings at the Lyric Music House, Wagga. Mr. Green is…

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Balloon Disaster Three Killed and One Injured Crash at Flower Show Fete London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 August 1926 · page 2

A terrible disaster occurred at Kempston, Bedfordshire, when a balloon parted from the netting basket, which fell with its occupants…

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"Fighting Fair" Competitors for Contracts "Tactics Were Somewhat Similar" Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 August 1926 · page 1

Mr. W. L. Shedden, of the Gloucester Timber Co., pressed by Mr. Garside, representing the Railway Department at the tender inquiry to-day…

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