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Shows & fairs, 1945

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Bernborough in Strong Demand Expected to Show Form "First Up"

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 December 1945 · page 6

SYDNEY, Thursday: There was money to-day for Bernborough in both the Villiers Stakes, run December 22, and the Flying…

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President of Wagga Red Cross Resigns Financial Success of Carnival

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 December 1945 · page 7

Mrs. H. E. Gissing president of the Wagga branch of the Red Cross Society, resigned her position at the conclusion of the monthly meeting…

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Mt. Erin High School Display and Exhibition To Mark End of a Most Successful Year

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 December 1945 · page 7

The Mt. Erin High School held a successful physical culture display and exhibition of work on Thursday night as the close to the school year of 1945 which has been a highly successful one for Mount Erin. It…

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Lewisham Hospital Carnival

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 December 1945 · page 2

There was a very large crowd present on Saturday night when the annual carnival was held in the grounds of Lewisham…

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£1600 From Carnival and Race Meeting at Cootamundra

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 December 1945 · page 6

The gala day for returned, P.O.W. of the Eighth Division at Cootamundra on Wednesday last was an outstanding success…

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Lewisham Hospital Carnival Expected to Raise More Than £500

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 December 1945 · page 3

Although the lighting restrictions gave the organisers considerable worry the carnival in aid of LewiSham Hospital Wagga was held on Saturday…

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Wagga Grammar School Concert and Exhibition Excellent Work By Pupils

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 December 1945 · page 2

Pupils of the Wagga Grammar School staged a delightful musical programme at St. John's Hall on Wednesday afternoon, the occasion being…

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Big Carnival Planned for Wagga Beach

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 December 1945 · page 2

A big swimming carnival has been arranged for New Year's Day at the Wagga bathing beach in aid of the base hospital. The…

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Melbourne Show to Be Held Next Year

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 December 1945 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday: The Royal Melbourne Show will be held in 1946—the first since 1939…

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Crime at Minimum in Melbourne Police Figures Show Good Year

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 December 1945 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Wed.: Although crime waves were prevalent oversea and in other Australian States, Melbourne was experiencing one of the quietest…

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Application to Stand Down Apprentices Employers Show Haste, Says Judge

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 December 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.: Judgment was reserved in the Arbitration Court to-day on an application to stand down about 4000 apprentices during…

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Patriotic Carnival Equipment to Be Sold by Auction

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 21 December 1945 · page 2

THE whole of the carnival equipment, furniture, Patriotic Hut and other movable assets belonging to the Patriotic…

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Athletics Wangaratta Carnival

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 December 1945 · page 6

Prize money totalling £1000 is to be won at the Wangaratta Athletic Carnival, to be held on Saturday and Monday, January 26 and 28…

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Swimming Carnival at Wagga Off: Poor Entries

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 December 1945 · page 4

The board of directors of the Wages Base Hospital regret that it has been found necessary to cancel the swimming and beach…

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Tivoli Show Opens Without Rehearsal

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 December 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: Without a full dress rehearsal the pantomime. "Dick Whittington," opened this morning at the Tivoli Theatre…

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