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Shows & fairs, 1926

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Tennis Bombshell No Victorian Team. For Exhibition Matches. Patterson Not Available. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 December 1926 · page 2

The news that Gerald Patterson, the Victorian tennis champion, will not be available for the exhibition matches to be played in Sydney this month, has…

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Tennis Bombshell No Victorian Team For Exhibition Matches Patterson not Available SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 2 December 1926 · page 1

THE NEWS that Gerald Patterson the Victorian tennis Champion, will not be available for the exhibition matches to be played…

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Radio Electrical Exhibition

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 7 December 1926 · page 1

A Radio and Electrical Exhibition is being planned to take place in the Sydney Town Hall from February 23 to March 5 next. So successful was…

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Leeton Show Tenders

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 7 December 1926 · page 2

We direct attention to the advertisement in this issue calling tenders for the right of luncheon and afternoon tea booth, also soft drinks and…

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Motor Cycling New Year Speed Carnival

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 December 1926 · page 4

Final arrangements were made last night for the Wagga Motor Cycle Club's speed programme on New Year's Day at the Showground. The prize list has…

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Exhibition of Coffins

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 9 December 1926 · page 8

In this pushful age, trade shows have become a common place of business life; but an exhibition of coffins is surely something new…

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Heralds of the King Fair

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 December 1926 · page 2

The Wagga Heralds of the King will hold their annual fair and sale of gifts in the Rectory grounds to-morrow. The Heralds are an organisation of…

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Victorians Complain Not a Fair Deal at Adelaide They State Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 December 1926 · page 2

The Victorians are not taking their defeat by South Australia very well. Attacks on the umpires were features of the comment by the players on their…

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Local and General Silk Sox and Broadway Ties. Gee whiz! A wonderful assortment, now on show at Arthur Taylor's, Adelong

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 10 December 1926 · page 5

A freak egg has been discovered at Yabtree. It has a grain of wheat in the shell at the small end, and the grain is shooting from the moisture…

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Wagga Grammar School Annual Exhibition of Work

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 16 December 1926 · page 6

The annual exhibition of work by the pupils was held at the Wagga Grammar School yesterday. There was a large attendance, of visitors. Owing to…

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Show Association Show Dates

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 17 December 1926 · page 2

The committee met yesterday afternoon. Present: Messrs. Walter Elliot (president), R. C. Speck, J. Croker, J. Armstrong, C. E. Fuller, R. Dillon,…

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Christmas Tree and Fair

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 17 December 1926 · page 3

The Christmas Tree and Fair held at Ganmain on Wednesday night last was highly successful. Owing to the disagreeable weather out of door it…

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Albury Cycling Carnival

Daily Advertiser · Friday 17 December 1926 · page 6

A cycling carnival will be held on the Albury Showground on New Year's night. The programme will include match race between Nat Moore, of…

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Wagga Show, 1927

Daily Advertiser · Friday 17 December 1926 · page 2

In connection with the 1927 Wagga Show, the advance sheet of the needlework class has been printed and copies can be obtained on application to…

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Wagga, Swimming Club New Year's Day Carnival

Daily Advertiser · Friday 17 December 1926 · page 6

Inhere was a good attendance of members of the Wagga Amateur Swimming at the annual meeting held in the School of Arts last night. The…

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Correspondence Show Association (To the Editor.)

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 17 December 1926 · page 4

Sir,—Kindly grant rife space to request those residents owing accounts in connection with the last show to be kind enough to remit same without…

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Swimming New Year's Day Carnival

Daily Advertiser · Monday 20 December 1926 · page 4

Arrangements for the swimming carnival to be hell on New Year's Day are proceeding satisfactorily. Yesterday morning members of the club…

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Leeton Show, 1927 Monthly Meeting of Committee

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 21 December 1926 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the Ynnco Agricultural Show Society was held on Thursday night last in, the Leeton School of Arts, but the attendance…

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Fancy Dress Carnival

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 23 December 1926 · page 7

For some weeks past many of the juvenile fraternity have been living in the expectation of attending the fancy dress juvenile dance which eventuated…

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