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Shows & fairs, 1929

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Wagga Show Races

Daily Advertiser · Monday 19 August 1929 · page 2

The sport loving public of Wagga and surrounding towns will be catered for by the Murrumbidgee Turf Club at the Wagga racecourse on…

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Scouts at the Show

Daily Advertiser · Monday 19 August 1929 · page 2

The Wagga Boy Scouts will erect a tent at the Showground, and will build camp kitchen and give a camp craft display. To many the work of the boy…

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Side-shows at the Show

Daily Advertiser · Monday 19 August 1929 · page 4

Among the attraction at the Show ground this week will be the "Tagalog Fire Walkers" who present a weird performance. An attraction will be a…

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Items of News. Wagga Show

Daily Advertiser · Monday 19 August 1929 · page 2

The Wagga Show will open to-morrow and Will continue on Wednesday and Thursday. Record entries have been received, and, given fine weather…

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Wagga Show

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 20 August 1929 · page 3
Also in The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser

Wagga's three-day show commences to-day. A special train will leave Leeton at 7.5 a.m. to-morrow. (Wednesday) arriving Wagga at…

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The Wagga Show

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 August 1929 · page 4

In medieval times in England fairs were established as a means of bringing traders and customers together at stated periods, and formed the chief…

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Coleman's Fun Show

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 August 1929 · page 8

Another 'crowded' house greeted "Mugsy" and his company of comedians in Coleman's canvas theatre in Tompson Street last night'. The…

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Show Exhibitors, Please Note

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 20 August 1929 · page 2

Quite a number of exhibitors at outside shows are residents in this locality, and they may be said to be generally abreast of the times, so far…

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News Items. Lockhart Show Rights

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 20 August 1929 · page 4

On Saturday week, Mr. W. K. Day, auctioneer, will offer for sale the rights of the publican's booth, fruit, soft drinks and sweets stand…

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Poster King at Wagga Show

The Daily Express · Tuesday 20 August 1929 · page 3

Arriving in Wagga yesterday Fred Jobson, well-known advertising artist better known as The Poster King, is preparing to exhibit his works in…

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M.t.c. (Wagga) Show Races

The Daily Express · Tuesday 20 August 1929 · page 2

The Show Race Meeting of the Murrumbidgee Turf Club on Friday and Saturday will provide a fitting termination of the big Carnival Week…

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[?]Raffic Arrangements to and From the Show

The Daily Express · Tuesday 20 August 1929 · page 3

The traffic arrangements for Show days are similar to those which prevailed in previous years. All vehicles must go to…

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Whippet Sales in First Three Months. Show 33 Per Cent. Gain over 1928

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 20 August 1929 · page 3

Although Whippet sales from month to month in 1928 set now high records for Willys-Overland, sales of these four and six cylinder products…

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Wagga's 65th Show Ready For Opening To-day Magnificent North and South Exhibits Some of the Awards Made Yesterday

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 August 1929 · page 3

To-day the Wagga Show opens, and, provided that the weather is fine, it is anticipated that, the great exhibition will again set up a new record. The entries are more than ever before. Many of them had arrived yesterday…

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Lockhart Show

The Daily Express · Wednesday 21 August 1929 · page 2

The Lockhart Show will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, September 24 and 25, and prize money totalling £350 will be distributed over…

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Wagga Show

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 21 August 1929 · page 2

Mr. S. Glasscock, judging the Merino section at Wagga, described it as one of the best shows for Merino quality that he had seen in the…

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Albury Show Races

The Daily Express · Wednesday 21 August 1929 · page 2

The Show Race Meeting of the Albury Racing Club will be held on September 13 and 14, and the programme is advertised in this issue…

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Wagga Show Races

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 August 1929 · page 7

The sport loving public of Wagga and surrounding towns will be entered for by the Murrumbidgee Turf Club at the Wagga racecourse on Friday and…

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Jimmy Sharman at Show

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 August 1929 · page 6

After, a strenuous week at the Brisbane Exhibition and a 46 hour train journey, Jimmy Sharman's team of athletes, although tired and weary…

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