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Shows & fairs, 1938

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Australian Rules Tasmanian Carnival Iaunceston

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 August 1938 · page 2

Matches in the amateur Australian Rules football carnival at Launceston to-day resulted: Victoria, 16 goals 15 behinds, defeated New South Wales,…

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Coolamon Show AUGUST 30th and 31st

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 19 August 1938 · page 1

Mr. W. A. Iverach, the President, presided over a good attendance at the monthly meeting or the Coolamon A. and P. Association on Tuesday last,…

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Hockey Carnival

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 20 August 1938 · page 8

A hockey carnival was held at Bolton Park on Sunday last, when teams from The Rock, Lockhart and Coolamon were the visiting teams…

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Wagga Show Races Splendid Nominations Two Days' Racing Will End Carnival Week

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 20 August 1938 · page 15

Wagga has a big round of fixtures for the coming week, but although the concluding one the Show Meeting of the Murrumbidgee Turf Club is…

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Albury Show

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 August 1938 · page 6

Entries for the Albury show, to be held on September 6, 7 and 8, will close to-day. Prize schedules are available from all district show societies…

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Show Secretary's Office

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 August 1938 · page 9

From Monday to Saturday next, the Wagga Show secretary's office in Gurwood-street will be closed and all business will be transacted at the…

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Rest Room at Show

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 August 1938 · page 9

The Wagga branch of the Country Women's Association will, as usual, conduce a rest room at the Wagga Show on Wednesday, Thursday and…

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Football Australian Rules Carnival Launceston

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 August 1938 · page 9

New South Wales 14-18 defeated Canberra 12-8 in to-day's match in the Australain Rules football carnival. The long kicking competition was won by…

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Wagga Show Carnival Week Bright Prospects for Big Week Splendid Entries Exceed Last Year's Night Entertainments Well Catered for

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 20 August 1938 · page 2

The bounteous rains of the past few weeks has been responsible for a feeling of rejoicing and restoration of that confidence in the seasonal prospects which has been missing somewhat in the last two or three years. The sheep and…

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Show Week at the Capitol

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 20 August 1938 · page 3

Five big programmes are announced for Show Week at the Capitol Theatre. On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Robert Taylor, Maureen…

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Stanley McKay's "Gaieties" Wonderland Show Week

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 20 August 1938 · page 3

An outstanding attraction during Wagga Show Week will be Stanley McKay's "New Gaieties" Vaudeville and Revue Co., which is to open its…

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Jimmy Sharman for Show Famous Troupe Returning

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 August 1938 · page 12

A welcome visitor to Wagga's great annual show next week will be the evergreen showman Jimmy Sharman and his big trouple of boxing and…

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Show Attractions Best Films Announced for Wagga Theatres

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 August 1938 · page 10

To study the films booked for presentation at the Capitol and Plaza Theatres next week for the show attractions, one would be pardoned for…

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Show Committee Stage Set for Brilliant Display Final Meeting Held

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 August 1938 · page 9

Arrangements for the Wagga Show, which will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of next week, are well in hand and the stage…

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Wagga Show 74th Annual Fixture To Be Opened on Tuesday Excellent Entries Received

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 August 1938 · page 11

Another Wagga show approaches, bringing with it all the glamor and brilliance of traditional carnivals and the finest collection of exhibits yet…

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Robot Man at Show

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 August 1938 · page 5

One of the star attractions at the Wagga Show will undoubtedly be the robot man end ether-harp, which amazed hundreds of thousands of…

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Cootamundra and District Athletic Club Carnival Arrangements

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 22 August 1938 · page 4

THE general committee of the Cootamundra and District Athletic Club met at Mr. G. B. Black's office on Friday night to discuss arrangements for the proposed annual athletic carnival in December next…

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Queen Competition Fete Royale in Wagga Show Week

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 August 1938 · page 6

The seal has surely been set on the nobility of the buildings that comprise Mount Erin by the magnificent Mount Erin High School, now…

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My Faithful Friend "Love Me—Love My Dog" Wagga Show

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 August 1938 · page 7

Exhibitors at the Wagga show this week are reminded that it is necessary for their dogs to be at the Showground on Wednesday morning (the…

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Week-end Football Results Rugby League Canberra Overwhelmed Wagga's Decisive Victory a Brilliant Exhibition

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 August 1938 · page 2

Wagga further consolidated the claim that football here is as good as in any other southern centre when they defeated Canberra yesterday by 28 points…

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