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Shows & fairs, 1933

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University Carnival SYDNEY

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 August 1933 · page 16

The Interstate Universities Rugby Union carnival continued to-day. Melbourne beat Adelaide 28 to 6. Sydney beat Queensland 19 to 17…

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Wagga Show 69th Annual Carnival Should Attract Large Crowds Record Entries & Spectacular Ring Events

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 19 August 1933 · page 6

The 69th annual Wagga Show will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday next, and will be followed by a two days' race meeting by the Murrumbidgee Turf Club…

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Show Week Amusements

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 August 1933 · page 3

"Pleasure Bound," the snappy, sparkling revue with which Stanley McKay's Gaieties of 1933 open their Show week season on Tuesday in…

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Wagga Show Meeting

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 19 August 1933 · page 4

The final meeting before the show of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association was held at the M.P. and A. A. rooms last night…

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Mannequin Parade Edmondson's Display Latest Models Attractive Exhibition

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 19 August 1933 · page 8

Messrs. T. Edmondson and Co., of Wagga, on Thursday held a spectacular display of the latest spring fashions in the form of a mannequin parade, in…

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Traffic Arrangements to and From the Show

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 August 1933 · page 3

The traffic arrangements are similar to those which prevailed in previous-years. All vehicles must go to the Showground through the Urana…

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Wagga Show Carnival Week Making New Records Entries Are 25 Per Cent. Above Those of 1931 AND 727 Above Last Year's Record Entry Stirring Redeo Contests On Second And Third Day Programmes

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 August 1933 · page 3

THE remarkable increase in entries in practically all sections is an assurance of a big exhibition on the Wagga Showgrounds during the…

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Items of News Wagga Show

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 August 1933 · page 2

The 69th Wagga Show will begin tomorrow, and with record entries and the promise of fine weather, all that mow remains for the success of the…

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For Urgent Attention. Rechka at the Show

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 August 1933 · page 2

Again this year Rechka's genuine and reliable remedies will be exhibited at the annual Wagga Show in Hammond Hall. Mr. J. A. Rechka will be…

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Hockey. Carnival and Dance

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 22 August 1933 · page 5

The people of Tumut are to have an opportunity of witnessing the biggest hockey carnival ever to be staged in Tumut next Wednesday…

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Wagga Carnival Week 69th Annual Show Opens To-day Record Entires and High Standard Yesterday's Awards

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 August 1933 · page 3

The 69th annual show of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association will begin at the Wagga Showground this morning, and judging by the record number of entries received, promises to be very successful. All…

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At the Show Trade Displays

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 August 1933 · page 2

As usual trade displays are a feature of the Wagga show, and are a source of attraction to all visitors, whether young or old. Among the…

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Junee Council Fortnightly Meeting Proposed Show Ground

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 August 1933 · page 4

The Mayor (Alderman F. A. Commins) presided over the Junee Municipal Council meeting on Tuesday night. Others present were Aldermen W. J…

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Jimmy Sharman Arrives Famous Atheletes for Show Riverina Champions Challenged

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 August 1933 · page 6

Jimmy Sharman, the evergreen and always welcome Showman, arrived from his Queensland tour by yesterday morning's express. He brought with him…

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Show Races

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 August 1933 · page 5

The secretary of the Murrumbidgee Turf Club reports that all arrangements for the show race meeting are well in hand, and the prospects point to one…

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The Teacher and the Show

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 August 1933 · page 5

Practical experience is a wonderful teacher. Our own and the experience of others should be the guide of all our conduct. All can learn from the experience of others. The 69th annual Wagga Show, which so many thousands of people will be visiting to-day, epitomises the practical…

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Brilliant Exhibition. Christian Brothers' High School Art Display Champion Schools' Exhibit

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 August 1933 · page 3

The Christian Brothers' High School art display occupies the whole eastern wall of the Hammond Hall. It is an outstanding show attraction and is…

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For Urgent Attention High Class Merino Sheep at Wagga Show

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 August 1933 · page 5

The entry of merino sheep at th. Wagga show, this year is of a much higher standard than for some years. Messrs. Vickery Bros., Willand a…

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Boxing at Show O'brien to Meet Grime sMITH, Urana Giant, Tackles Tealey

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 August 1933 · page 9

Whenever Jimmy Shaman arrives for the show, fistic followers and wrestling enthusiasts always expect something good in the fight and…

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Sixty Ninth Annual Wagga Wagga Show Splendid Weather for First Day Entries a Record in Number and Quality High Standard of Excellence in All Classes Judges and Public Unite in Commending Efforts of Riverina Primary Producers

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 August 1933 · page 1

Wagga is this week holding its sixty-ninth annual show and is thus demonstrating that it has made and is still making history, for the development and expansion of Wagga and of the surrounding district owe much to the annual display of the products of the people who have inhabited this fertile inland region for nearly a century. The show this year has attracted a higher number of entries than ever before, and as the growing period of 1932 and the succeeding…

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