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Shows & fairs, 1928

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Polo Wagga Carnival Good Games Anticipated

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 June 1928 · page 6

Owing to the higher standard of entries in the Wagga Polo Carnival this year, it is expected that the games will be the most interesting witnessed in Wagga…

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Juvenile Carnival

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 13 June 1928 · page 2

"The Juvenile carnival advertised for Wednesday, July 4, promises all sorts of thrills for children of all ages. In the afternoon the tiny tots will…

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Polo Wagga Carnival Starts To-day

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 June 1928 · page 3

A number of the players who will take part in the Wagga polo carnival, which starts to-day exercised their ponies at the racecourse yesterday. All the teams have…

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Polo Carnival Copland Cup Wagga Eliminated Harden Beaches Final Fine Play by Bohemians

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 14 June 1928 · page 8

Though in each of the polio matches played on the Wagga racecourse yesterday the winning teams had easy victories, the play was interesting…

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Skating Carnival

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 15 June 1928 · page 2

The list of prizes to be given at the Monster Plain and Fancy Dross Skating Carnival, on June 27 and 23 at Leeton, has been printed and…

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Wagga Polo Carnival Wagga

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 15 June 1928 · page 1

The Wagga polo carnival was commenced yesterday in sunny weather. In the competition match Harden beat Narandera by 16 goals to 1…

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Empire Exhibition Project Abandoned Canberra

Daily Advertiser · Friday 15 June 1928 · page 2

The proposal to hold an Empire Exhibition in Sydney iu 1932 had definitely been abandoned by the Commonwealth Government. The Prime…

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Presbyterian Church Flower Show

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 15 June 1928 · page 2

When the winter months are over and spring comes with all its beauty and freshness, our minds will naturally turn to the Great Flower…

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Polo Wagga Carnival Gundagai's Game Fight Bohemians Meet Harden in Final

Daily Advertiser · Friday 15 June 1928 · page 6

Some brilliant polo was seen at the Wagga racecourse yesterday, where the Wagga Polo Club is holding its annual Copland Gold Cup…

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Henty Show to Revert Io Three Days Schedule Revisions

Daily Advertiser · Friday 15 June 1928 · page 6

A fully attended and enthusiastic meeting of the committee of the Henty Pastoral and Agricultural Society was held on Tuesday in the Henty School…

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A.P.H. & I.A. Coming Sheep and Dog Show Getting Ready for It Sheep-Judging and Wool-Classing Prizes Added

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 15 June 1928 · page 3

The committee of the Cootamundra Agricultural, Pastoral, Horticultural, and Industrial Association met yesterday afternoon…

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Polo Wagga Carnival Harden Again Wins Copland Cup Deltroit Cup to Narandera

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 16 June 1928 · page 6

The Wagga Polo Club's annual carnival was concluded on the Wagga racecourse yesterday and resulted in Harden again carrying off the…

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M.p. and A.a. Preparing for August Proposed National, Show Is Country

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 16 June 1928 · page 7

Mr. T. H. Brunskill, president of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral ans Agricultural Association, presided at the monthly meeting held yesterday…

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Four Killed at Fair Mishap to Flying Boat London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 June 1928 · page 2

Four persons were killed and several seriously injured in a flying boat accident at Margate fair. The front stay of the boat, which was named the…

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Great Carnival Wagga V Henty at All Sports

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 June 1928 · page 6

From Henty has emanated an excellent proposal. A meeting of associated sporting bodies was recently held at which it was decided, tente[?]y to charter a…

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Stabbed in Back Girl at Picture Show "Accident," Boy Says FORBES

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 21 June 1928 · page 1

According to a statement of a girl, who wan at the Strand Theatre last night, a boy was sitting behind her. When she returned to her seat after…

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Skating Carnival

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 22 June 1928 · page 2

The Leeton School of Arts will be the scene of great enjoyment on Wednesday and Thursday next, when a monster plain and fancy…

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Coolamen Show. Well Attended Committee Meeting

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 22 June 1928 · page 2

There was [?] a large [?] at the meeting of the [?] the Coolamon A[?] on Tuesday antennae last that the…

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Henty Invasion Multi-mission to Wagga Sports Carnival, Good Roads and Water Supply

Daily Advertiser · Friday 22 June 1928 · page 2

On Wednesday a considerable proportion of the population of Henty will come by special train to Wagga. Henty is challenging Wagga to put…

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Polo Goulburn Carnival

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 23 June 1928 · page 8

Eight teams are competing in the Goulburn Polo tournament which opened on "The Pines" polo ground on Wednesday. The teams are:…

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