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Shows & fairs, 1927

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Where to Go. Show Days and Nights

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 14 March 1927 · page 2

Gundagai Show on Wednesday and Thursday next. Good entries. Here are the things and places to go during the days and nights:—…

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Adelong Show

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 15 March 1927 · page 2

The number of entries received for the Adelong Show to be held next week is most encouraging, nil the classes and sections filling up…

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Show Notes

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 15 March 1927 · page 2

The Show takes place on Wednesday and Thursday next. There is a big entry and the exhibition should be a good one. Get your…

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The Narandera Athletic Association Easter Carnival

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 15 March 1927 · page 2

Nominations for the athletic events to be contested at the Easter Monday carnival closed with the secretary (Mr. A. T. Pattinson) and Mr…

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The Show. Polling on the Final Touches

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 15 March 1927 · page 2

A committee meeting was held on Thursday night. Those present were:—Messrs. S. Glasscock (chair), A. Lindley. Corkbill. G. Elliott…

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Narrandera Sports Carnival

The Daily Express · Wednesday 16 March 1927 · page 2

The annual Easter Monday Sports Carnival at Narandera, is one of the biggest of its kind in the Riverina, and the prize money offered is on…

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Local and General Easter Monday Carnival

The Daily Express · Wednesday 16 March 1927 · page 2

The privileges in connection with the Hospital carnival on Easter Monday will be auctioned on Friday at 12 o’clock…

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Duke’s Visit Will Attend the Show Canberra Motor Parking Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 16 March 1927 · page 2

A[?]ments [?] have been completed for the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York to the Royal Agricultural Show in Sydney on April…

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Gundagai Annual Show

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1927 · page 2

No, the 1927 Show of Gundagai P. and A. Society, held on Wednesday and Thursday, was not a success. It was not an exhibition truly…

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Football Show Societies Want Season to End in August

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 17 March 1927 · page 4

The South Western Rugby Football League (Group 9) holds its annual meeting at Cootamundra on March 23rd, and notices have been sent to…

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Batlow Show a Fine Exhibition Reflex of District's Progress

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 18 March 1927 · page 5

"All roads and rail," on Wednesday, led to Batlow, hundreds of people taking advantage of the fine sunshiny weather to visit the sup-alpine…

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In Vanity Fair

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 18 March 1927 · page 2

The fashion still runs to shorter and shorter dresses in Sydney. In public conveyances, young and old flappers of the bit more modest sort,…

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Show Dates

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 18 March 1927 · page 5

Cootamundra stud sheep show, 10th and 11th August. Illabo show carnival, 17th August. Lake Cargellico, 30th August…

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Tumbarumba Show

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 18 March 1927 · page 2

The thirty-seventh annual Show of the Tumbaramba & Upper Murray P & A Society, held on 8th and 9th inst. was in several respect a record…

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Fair Exchange

The Daily Express · Saturday 19 March 1927 · page 4

Passing a farm orchard the motorist stopped the car climbed the wall and gathered a neck of apples. At they passed the farmhouse they…

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Hospital Easter Carnival

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 19 March 1927 · page 4

The privileges for the Wagga District Hospital Easter Carnival, to be held on the Showground on Easter Monday, were sold on behalf of the…

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Wagga Show Prize List Alterations. Agreed to at Committee Meeting. "Kyeamba Smith" Hall

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 19 March 1927 · page 8

Mr. T. H. Prunskill, president, presided at a meeting of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association Committee last night. There…

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Show Notes

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 21 March 1927 · page 2

Mr. T. R. Ross, the horse judge, earned encomiums for promptness in his decisions and' as an expert on the good and bad points of a horse. Not…

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Jimmies Boxers Stoush at the Show

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 21 March 1927 · page 3

When Jimmie Sharman put on fights at the Show last week, crowds scrambled to get in. The name of Sharman in Gundagai stands for…

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After the Show. a Few Notes on Happenings

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 21 March 1927 · page 2

There was plenty of money spent at the Show. Every sideshow attracted crowds, and it was wonderful how the…

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