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Shows & fairs, 1939

1,004 stories in Riverina's papers · page 29 of 51

Show Tea Tent

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 August 1939 · page 4

Enthusiastic workers on behalf of St. John's Church of England, Wagga, will again be conducting a tea tent at the Wagga showground next week…

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Leeton Club Annual Carnival Leeton

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 August 1939 · page 2

The annual carnival of the Leeton Golf Club, which was postponed owing to floods, will now be held on Friday, September 1, and the following…

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New Buick Wagga Show Display

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 August 1939 · page 2

Bulck will be on display at the Wagga Show with models styled in an entirely new and striking beauty. Engineering improvements of an…

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Hockey Yenda Carnival Shamrocks Win South-west Championship

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 August 1939 · page 3

On Sunday the Yenda ladies' hockey knock-out competition for the championship of the south-west was held, and attracted seven teams. The cup,…

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Leeton Show Only Seven Weeks Off

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 22 August 1939 · page 1

PREPARATONS for Leeton's Agricultural Show will be at full pressure from now until October 10 and 11, the dates…

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Wagga Show Prospects Are Bright Cossack Troupe to Appear Side Show Space in Demand

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 August 1939 · page 2

Only fine weather is needed to make Wagga's 75th show next week an outstanding success. Officials and the committee are hoping fervently that…

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Vote of Condolence Show Committee's Tribute To Late Mr. Dunn

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 22 August 1939 · page 4

On opening the meeting of the general committee last Thursday night, the president paid a tribute to the memory of the late Mr. Jack Dunn…

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Lockhart Show Sheep to be Judged Earlier Collectors and Secretary Commended

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 22 August 1939 · page 1

Lockhart Agricultural and Pastoral Society's Committee held a meeting on Thursday afternoon. Mr. J. M. Gollasch (president) occupied…

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Show Visitors

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 August 1939 · page 4

If you are having visitors for the Wagga Show, which is now less than a week off, is your dinner set adequate, or has one piece after another been…

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The Baby Show

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 23 August 1939 · page 2

Keen competition is expected at the baby show, to be held at Cootamundra Town Hall on Saturday, September 2. The babies will be judged by…

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Wagga Show Meetings

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 August 1939 · page 8

The Wagga Greyhound Racing Club will conduct three meetings during show week and has arranged most attractive programmes which should…

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Brisbane Show Record

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 August 1939 · page 4

Gate takings at the Brisbane Royal Show, which ended last Saturday, were £25,364, constituting a record. The aggregate attendance was 403.271,…

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Interesting Pontiac Display at Wagga Show

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 August 1939 · page 3

One thing that will be favorably noticed among motor cars at the Wagga Show will be the greatly increased visibility of Pontiac brought…

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Wagga Races Splendid Nominations for Show Meeting

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 August 1939 · page 8

Although & complete list of nominations for the Murrumbidgee Turf Club's Wagga Show meeting on Friday and Saturday, September 1 and 2, was…

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Items of News Banking Arrangements for Show

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 August 1939 · page 4

A facility which should be thoroughly appreciated by the public will be the establishment of an agency on the showground during the Wagga Show…

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New York Fair

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 August 1939 · page 3

Following many reports and rumors that the World's Fair would prove a dismal financial failure, the magazine "Time" publishes an analysis which…

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Coolamon Show

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 August 1939 · page 4

The Coolamon annual show will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, September 5 and 6. General entries close on September 2 and trotting entries on…

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Albury Show Entries

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 August 1939 · page 2

Entries for the Albury annual show, to be held on September 12, 13 and 14, close next Saturday. Price schedules may be obtained on application to any…

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Items of News Tea Tent at Wagga Show

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 August 1939 · page 4

Strolling around the Show Ground, visiting the many attractions, is a dry and fatiguing job, so that to know where to go for a refreshing cup of…

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Wagga Show Special Trains to Run From Leeton, Urana and Albury

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 August 1939 · page 4

Although reports of swollen creeks, waterlogged countryside, and unsettled conditions abroad have, been disturbing, officials of the M.P. and A.A. are…

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