Rich Spending Show
Never before has Wagga experienced as in this Carnival the evidence of district prosperity. It was a wonderful spending crowd…
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Commercial Wagga Show Sales
Younghusband Ltd., Wagga, report having held their show sales at the Wagga show on Thursday and Friday. Exhibited sheep were offered…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Albury Show Races Big Programme
The Albury Racing Club has arranged a big programme for its Show Race Meeting on Friday and Saturday, September 10 and 11, and for…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Wagga's First Show Formed in 1865
Wagga's first Show was held in May of 1865, the Pastoral Association being formed in that year. The Show took place on the racecourse…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Motor Show Big Evidence of Confidence
The Motor exhibition was another big feature of the several show ground display. Covering probably two acres of ground, a dozen…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wagga Wagga Show Comments on the Awards the Clydesdales
The Clydesdale showing was one of the fi[?]finest yet staged here, and was an outstanding snow from the viewpoint of evenness of quality of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Civic Reception Lord Mayor and Royal Show Officials Welcome to Wagga
The Lord Mayor of Sydney (Alder man Howie, M.L.C.) the Secrets of the Royal Agricultural Society (Colonel Somervi[?]ne, C.M.G., D.S…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Racing at Wagga Barron Thorne Wins Flying Handicap Moongulla Annexes Show Handicap Good Fields and Interesting Racing
The Murrumbidgee Turf Club opened its new racing season under most encouraging conditions on the Wagga racecourse yesterday. The show race fixture always has been most popular with racegoers, it being regarded as a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wagga's 73rd Show Next to Peak Year, 1928 Takings for Four Days, £1745 Excellent Weather For Concluding Day
Revenue figures issued by the secretary (Mr. F. H. Croaker) last night showed that the receipts from turnstiles this year aggregated £1745, compared with £1776 for the record year, 1928, a three-day show. Last year the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wagga Show Attendances Exceed 50,000 Gate Takings Over £2,000 Wagga Show Sets New Standards in All Departments 22,000 People Present on the Main Day Magnificent Parades Of Quality Horses And Cattle Remarkable Number Of Motor Cars Parked Evidence Of District's Prosperity
Nature beamed at its brightest for this year's staging of the Wagga Show and Race Carnival, contributing to the breaking of new records, and establishing higher standards in all departments of the show…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coolamon Show Opens To-day
The Coolamon show, which opens to-day and will be continued to-morrow, promises to be the most successful in recent years. Entries, which were still…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rotary Helps Children to See the Show
Few know of the work the Wagga Rotary Club, In its unostentatious way, does for the poorer children of Wagga. Last week 200 tickets to the Wagga…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Inter-state Aussie Rules Queensland and Leeton Stage a Spectacular Exhibition
A GAME that was the highlight of the Aussie Rules season was provided by the Queensland State side and the Leeton District team on the Showground on Sunday last. The result of the [?] was in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fair Warning
A young man applied for a job and was granted an interview. After the usual preliminaries, the manager said: "Have you any ambition?"…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hillston Show
Intending exhibitors in Needle and Fancy Work and School Work at the forthcoming Annual Show are reminded that entries…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Griffith Agricultural Show
Tenders for the booth privileges at the Griffith Show this year brought the high price of £150 for the publican's booth and £30 for the luncheon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australian Rules Knockout Carnival at Narandera
The Leeton and District Football Association will conduct a knockout carnival at Narandera on Sunday. The first match will be played at 12…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Items of News Turkeys at Wagga Show
We have had an inquiry from a correspondent as to the number of turkeys entered this year at the Wagga show in each section. There were 10…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →State Taxation Budget to Show Reductions Sydney
The Premier (Mr. Stevens) said to-day that "pretty substantial" reductions would be made in the wage tax and the special income tax when the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Murrumburrah Show
Entries for the Murrumburrah show close to-morrow, Saturday, September 4. Resident of Cootamundra and district and reminded that intending…
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