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Shows & fairs, 1946

641 stories in Riverina's papers · page 16 of 33

Mr. Graham to Judge at Brisbane Show

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 July 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The N.S.W. Minister for Agriculture (Mr. E. H. Graham) has accepted an invitation from the Queensland Royal…

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Wool Display Next Year International Show in Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 July 1946 · page 6

Steps have been taken by the Australian Wool Board to arrange a representative international wool exhibition to be held at the Sydney…

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General Bennett to Open Show at Narandera R.S.L. Plans Welcome

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 July 1946 · page 4

Plans are being made to welcome General Gordon Bennett to Narandera. The general is to open the annual show this year…

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Southern Districts School Boys' Carnival. At Junee on Saturday, August 3 £120 Grant

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 11 July 1946 · page 4

A novel scheme will be instituted at the southern districts school boys' carnival to be held in Junee on Saturday, August 3. The competitors…

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Football Ganmain Knock-out Carnival

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 2

Fourteen teams have been nominated for the knock-out competition on Saturday next week, 20th July. Two splendid playing arenas will be formed on the…

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Rugby League. 1000 Boys for Carnival at Junee

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 6

JUNEE, Thursday: About 1000 boys are to take part in the Southern Districts schoolboys' carnival at Junee this year, but the organisers…

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Only Tenth of Wheat Crops Show Promise

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 4

Only about one-tenth of the New South Wales wheat crop showed reasonable promise at present, the cereal specialist of the Department of…

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Mr. Graham to Judge at Brisbane Show

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 2

The New South Wales Minister for Agriculture (Mr. E. H. Graham) has accepted an invitation from the Queensland Royal National…

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"Only Tenth of Wheat Crops Show Promise"

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 1

Only about one-tenth of the New South Wales wheat crop showed reasonable promise at present, the cerea[?]specialist of the Department of…

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Show Luncheon Booth (“To the Editor, Coolamon-Ganmain Review”)

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 2

Sir.—In last week’s “Review” in the Show Committee report, it appears that i tried to tie the Churches down to a fixed price for the Luncheon. That was…

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Full Speed Ahead For September Show Committees Elected to Race Out Schedules

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 2

THE decision of the Leeton Agricultural Society to hold its Annual Show on September 17 and 18, means that the officers…

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Henty Prepares For Show in September

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 July 1946 · page 5

At a meeting of the Henty Past[?] and Agricultural Society, the members appointed judges for all sections of their schedule for the…

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Football Southern Districts School Boys’ Carnival At Junee on Saturday August 3

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 15 July 1946 · page 5

A novel scheme, will be instituted at the southern districts school boys’ carnival to be held at Junee on Saturday August 3. The competitors…

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A Fair Deal to Primary Producers And How to Get It

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 16 July 1946 · page 1

The above headings are the title of the address to be given by Brian Palmer, a farmer of Dubbo, at the annual meeting of the Farmers and…

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Show Conference at Temora

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 July 1946 · page 6

Representatives from Cootamundra, Murrumburrah, Temora, Cowra Canowindra, Quandialla, Bribbaree, Barellan, Ardjethan, West…

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Schoolboys' Football Carnival Will be Largest in the World

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 4

With 86 teams nominated for the Riverina Schoolboys' Rugby League football carnival in Junee in August, the numbers have mounted until it is…

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Ganmain Carnival To-morrow

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 July 1946 · page 6

Thirteen teams will play In the Australian Rules knock-out carnival at Ganmain to-morrow when prize money of £75 will be…

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Is the Wheat Scheme Fair?

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 July 1946 · page 2

While the Federal Government is entitled to full credit for the introduction of a scheme to stabilise wheat production for the next five Tears, there is sorely ample justification for the statements made in the House of Representatives this week as to its inadequacy…

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Dance for Show Funds

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 23 July 1946 · page 2

Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Alexander, "Caroona," Boree Creek, and their friends and neighbours, ran a successful dance on Friday evening. The…

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Narandera Band for Show

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 23 July 1946 · page 2

Lockhart district people will be interested to know that final arrangements have been made for the Narandera Band to attend the…

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