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Shows & fairs, 1930

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Wagga Show Ready for Tuesday The Opening day Record Entries

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 23 August 1930 · page 3

The 66th, Wagga Show will make its bow to the public of Wagga and Riverina on Tuesday. The committee of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and…

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Wagga Show

Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 August 1930 · page 4

The 66th annual Wagga Show will open to-morrow with every prospect of being a record breaker in every dirction. The entries approaching 5000,…

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Hospital Show Attractions

Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 August 1930 · page 4

The Wagga District Hospital committee will be very busily employed during the week of carnival. A number of attractions have been arranged…

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Wagga Hospital Show Attractions

The Daily Express · Monday 25 August 1930 · page 2

The committee of the Wagga District Hospital, which is urgently in need of funds, will make big. drive during Show Week, when several…

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Tattooed Woman at the Show

Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 August 1930 · page 7

Zelda La Rose, a Frenchwoman, who is described as "a magnificent tattooed Venus" will be on exhibition at the Wagga Showground during show days…

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Ganmain Show

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 August 1930 · page 2

The annual Ganmain Show will be held on September 16 and 17. An attractive programme of ring events, including hunting, jumping, and…

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Wagga Show

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 26 August 1930 · page 4

If the day is fine it is likely that a large crowd will patronise the special train to the Wagga Show. The train leaves Lockhart at 8.16 a.m…

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Lockhart Show Notes

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 26 August 1930 · page 4

An advertisement concerning entries for the Lockhart Show appears in this issue. The Lockhart C.W.A. is running…

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Ambulance Show Attractions

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 August 1930 · page 6

Besides attending the show in case of accident the ambulance will have its usual show attractions for the purpose of helping the funds of that…

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Ambulance Show Attraction

The Daily Express · Tuesday 26 August 1930 · page 8

As usual, besides attending the Show in case of accident, etc., the Ambulance will have its Show attractions for the purpose of helping the…

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Wagga Show Races

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 August 1930 · 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 Friday and…

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Springtime Smiles on the Show

The Daily Express · Tuesday 26 August 1930 · page 2

The Wagga Show Season--the early springtime--coincides with the month wherein the people of the district are anxious upon, seasonable…

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Great Show Begins To-day

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 August 1930 · page 2

It is an axiom with the committee and executive officers of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association that when one Wagga show…

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Coleman's Laughter Show Drawing Crowds Nightly

The Daily Express · Tuesday 26 August 1930 · page 8

Another crowded house greeted Coleman's big fun show in their bag canvas theatre around Money savers Corner, Tompson Street, last night…

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M.t.c. Show Race Meeting

The Daily Express · Tuesday 26 August 1930 · page 2

The Carnival Week will be fittingly concluded on Friday and Saturday when the M.T.C. will hold its Show Race Meeting on the picturesque…

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The Opening Day of the Wagga Show the Show and What It Stands for

The Daily Express · Tuesday 26 August 1930 · page 3

Somebody has said that humanity began with the missing link; it will end with the robot. No doubt this is an age of ingenuity; the whole world seems to be "wound up" like a clockwork toy…

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Traffic Arrangements to and From the Show

The Daily Express · Tuesday 26 August 1930 · 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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Show Amusements "The Gaieties of 1930" Wonderful Reception Last Night

The Daily Express · Tuesday 26 August 1930 · page 8

"The Gaieties of 1930," under the direction of Mr. Paul Warton were presented to a Wagga audience for the first time last night by Mr…

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Wagga's 66Th Show Ready For To-day's Opening North and South Exhibits Again Magnificent List Award Made Yesterday

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 August 1930 · page 3

The 66th Wagga Show will open to-day and it is anticipated that, provided the weather is fine for the three days, a new record will be set up by the great Riverina exhibition. A splendid start has been made by the number of exhibits…

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Show Survey

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 August 1930 · page 2

The attendance for the first day was certainty smaller than it has been on the corresponding day of several preceding years. This was no doubt due…

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