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Shows & fairs, 1933

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Show Grandstand Practically Completed

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 6 October 1933 · page 8

Members of the Show Society and others will be delighted with the large grandstand now nearing completion on the Leeton Showground…

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Ganmain Show Prize Essay

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 6 October 1933 · page 6

The following essay, “Australia for the White Man,” written by Joyce Kelly, My, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. Kelly, was awarded first prize at the…

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Cootamundra Leaps Into Prominence Shopping Carnival

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 6 October 1933 · page 4

With one swift bound Cootamundra jumps to the fore as the leading shopping centre of the south. By the combined effort…

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Tennis. Final & Exhibition Day at the Town Courts

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 6 October 1933 · page 4

[?] Town Club [?] on Sunday when some good [?] should to [?]…

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Presbyterian Flower Show Many Attractive Exhibits

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 6 October 1933 · page 2

There was a large attendance at the Presbyterian Flower Show which was opened yesterday afternoon. There was a line display of Spring…

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Show Official Opening at 2 O'clock on

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 6 October 1933 · page 7

As Mr. G. Walker, senior vice-president of the Royal Agricultural Society, will be in Leeton on Tuesday next, the show committee will…

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St. Andrew's Rose Show

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 October 1933 · page 2

The schedule for the annual rose and flower show to be held on Thursday. October 26 under the auspices of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, are…

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Cootamundra Shopping Carnival

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 9 October 1933 · page 2

The rise in wool, the announcement of the State and Federal taxation reductions, together with the fact that bank interest charges are likely to be…

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Show Meeting

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 9 October 1933 · page 4

The committee of the Show Association met at the show office on Saturday afternoon. The president (Mr. J. A. Gibb) occupied the chair. Others…

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Local and General Sale of Show Rights

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 9 October 1933 · page 2

The sale of the Cootamundra show rights was held at the show office on Saturday afternoon. Mr. D. Crowley, of the Queensland Hotel, Temora, paid…

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Methodist Spring Fair

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 10 October 1933 · page 2

Just on £50 was realised by the Methodist Ladies' Guild, at their annual fair on Saturday. The result was a little better than the…

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Narandera Show High Jump Record

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 10 October 1933 · page 1

The Narandera Show was held on Tuesday and Wednesday of last week, the attendance and entries being affected to some extent by the…

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Postal Arrangements for To-morrow (Show Day)

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 10 October 1933 · page 1

The Leeton Post Office will be open from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. only tomorrow (Wed.). All classes of business will be transacted except money…

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Junior Farmers Fine Show at Junee Reefs Visitors to Leeton

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 October 1933 · page 3

On Saturday there was staged at Junee Reefs a show consisting of produce grown by members of the Junee Reefs Junior Farmers' Club. The club…

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C. of E. Flower Show Beautiful Display of Exquisite Blooms

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 10 October 1933 · page 1

The Flower Show and Sale of Work in aid of the C. of E. funds, held in the Oddfellows' Hall, Tumut, on Friday and Saturday last…

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Country Women's Association Annual Group Conference Held at Gundagai Handicrafts Exhibition Won by Gundagai

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 10 October 1933 · page 3

About 200 ladies attended the annual conference of the Hume Group of the C.W.A., held in St. Patrick's Hall, Gundagai, last Wednesday. A…

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Showground Looks a Picture All Set For the Big Exhibition TO-DAY and TO-MORROW

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 10 October 1933 · page 2

The Leeton Show Society has excelled itself this year in the way of appointments, lay-out of ground and general all-round appearance and…

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Our Show the Premier to Open

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 11 October 1933 · page 5

The district's greatest show and most popular event, the Cootamundra agricultural show, will be field on October 24 and…

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Big Sports Carnival. Great Preparations on Fis[?]er Park

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 11 October 1933 · page 2

The working bee of the Cootamundra Athletic Association has been doing good work on Fisher Park in the preparation of the…

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Narandera Show

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 12 October 1933 · page 8

At the Narandera Show, last week a new record for the ground was established in the high jump. As all the horses in the event competed at…

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