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Shows & fairs, 1936

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Gregadoo Sports Carnival Outstanding Success Large Crowd Attracted Interesting Ring Events

Daily Advertiser · Friday 27 March 1936 · page 3

Residents of the Gregadoo district are becoming well known for their public spiritedness. They invariably co-operate in a very pleasing manner…

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Coolamon Agricultural and Pastoral Association Mr. W. A. Iverach Re-elected President Profit of £40 on Last Show

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 27 March 1936 · page 1

Business at the annual meeting of the Coolamon A. and P. Association, held on Yesterday afternoon [?] at the School of Arts, was no expo[?] that…

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Leeton Ambulance Carnival

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 March 1936 · page 4

All arrangements are well advanced for the carnival to be held at Leeton in aid of the ambulance. The new ambulance car is to be delivered on…

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The Rock Sports Carnival

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 March 1936 · page 8

On Easter Monday a cycle sports carnival will be held at The Rock. Entries for the 1½ mile handicap close on April 8. A dance will be held at…

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Royal Easter Show Rain Insurance, £10,500

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 28 March 1936 · page 7

The Council of the Royal Agricultural Society has taken out a record Pluvius Insurance policy in Australia for the forthcoming Royal Easter…

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South African Railways Show Substantial Surplus Capetown

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 March 1936 · page 1

The Railway Budget presented in Parliament to-day disclosed a surplus of £3,000,000. Consequently all the depression cuts entailed in 1982 will…

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Arnott Attraction at Royal Show

Daily Advertiser · Monday 30 March 1936 · page 4

Probably few attractions at the Royal Easter Show will claim the visitor's attention so decisively and happily as the new exhibit of William…

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Junee Ambulance Carnival

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 31 March 1936 · page 4

A carnival wag held in Broadway, Junee, on Saturday afternoon, and continued in the evening, for the purpose of railing funds for the new…

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Show Society Up to Cash Credit of £87. £15 Voted to Campers' Shed

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 31 March 1936 · page 1

The annual meeting of the Lockhart A. and P. Society was held on Saturday afternoon. Present: Messrs. J. M. Gollasch (president), J. J…

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Down for the Show

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 2 April 1936 · page 3

The influx of country people who yearly attend the Royal Show in Sydney, has already begun, and they are already taking the pick of the…

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Ambulance Carnival

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 2

The Ambulance committee is hold­ing a carnival on the block of ground opposite Williams Garage in Pine Avenue. We direct attention to the…

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Show Wheat

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 2

With the wheat of the past season of better quality than ever before is the history of the district, farmers should make every effort to stage a…

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Hardier Fibrolite Fine Exhibition at the Royal Show Country Visitors Invited to Inspect Stand

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 5

One of the outstanding attractions at this year's Royal Easter show will by the large and comprehensive exhibit of Fibrolite asbestos-cement…

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Easter Show Week

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 6

Many country members of the Royal Automobile Club of Australia will be visiting Sydney during the Easter vacation and for show week, and will…

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Batlow Presbyterian Flower Show

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 6

The Presbyterian Flower Show and Sale of Work for [?] was an attraction that was only moderately patronised on 28th March, The Show…

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This Year's Royal Show

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 8

Visitors to the Royal Agricultural show should not miss the particularly attractive exhibit made by the Tea Market Expansion Bureau in the Hall…

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Marabou Amiss May Not Race at A.J.C. Carnival Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 8

MR. C. B. Kellow, owner of Marabou, stated to-day that he had received a telephone message from J. Holt that the last Melbourne Cup winner had…

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Aglow with Light and Colour Arnott's Stand at Royal Show

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 4

FEW attractions at the Royal Easter Show will claim the visitors' attention so decisively and happily as the new exhibit…

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Hardie's Fibrolite Fine Exhibit at Sydney Royal Show Country Visitors Invited to Inspect Stand

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 5

One of the outstanding attractions at this year's Royal Easter Show will be the large and comprehensive exhibit of Fibrolite Asbestos-Cement…

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Aglow with Light and Colour 1936 Attractions From Chicago, Brussels and Paris at the Royal Easter Show

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 4

Few attractions at the Royal Easter Show will claim the visitors' attention so decisively and happily as the new exhibit of William Anion Ltd…

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