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Riverina · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1946

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Big Carnival at Leeton on

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 30 August 1946 · page 3

Sunday next will be a gala day for Australian Rules footballers in Leeton when the Leeton Club holds its silver jubilee knock-out competition…

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Coolamon Victory Show Next Friday and

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 30 August 1946 · page 2

There are many Indications that next week’s Victory Show will excel from the point of view of interest and attendance the majority of its predecessors…

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Australian Rules Football Sunday's Knock-out Carnival Record Attendance Anticipated

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 30 August 1946 · page 2

TELEPHONE wires have been running hot this week with requests for special trains to convey supporters and football…

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Narandera Show Friday, and Saturday 13th and 14th September

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 30 August 1946 · page 2

Indications to date point towards the first post-war annual show to be held by the Narandera Pastoral and Agricultural Association drawing…

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At the Roxy Super Bargain Night Show To-night and

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 30 August 1946 · page 2

The adventurous western drama, "Renegades", which is filmed entirely in glorious technicolor, is the highlight of the current programme, at…

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Wagga Show Next Year

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 August 1946 · page 1

As it is now assured that there will be a resumption in 1947 of the Wagga Show by the M.P. and A. Association, residents of…

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Scotch Fair and Flower Show at Griffith

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 September 1946 · page 4

A very successful fair and flower show was held in the Griffith Soldiers' Memorial Hall, in aid of the Presbyterian Church building fund…

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King Lends Paintings for Exhibition in U.S.

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 September 1946 · page 1

NEW YORK, Sunday: A collection of paintings by Hogarth, Turner and Constable, valued at 5,000,000 dollars, many of which have never…

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Coolamon Victory Show

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 3 September 1946 · page 3

The Coolamon Victory Show on Friday and Saturday next, September 6 and 7 promises to be the best exhibition yet held in that town…

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Henty Show Next Week

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 September 1946 · page 2

The Henty annual show is to be held on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. The ring events will include trotting, for which £40 prize…

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"Wild Australia" Show Back

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 September 1946 · page 2

After a lapse of almost five years, Thorpe MeConville's "Wild Australia" rodeo and circus returned to Wagga again last night…

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GANMAIN ViCTORY SHOW

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 September 1946 · page 2

The Ganmain Victory Show will be held on Wednesday. September 11. Trotting, pony racing and junior and senior footraces will be…

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Lockhart's Big Day Saturday Next's Show

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 3 September 1946 · page 2

Saturday next will be Lockhart District's grand holiday. The district people by now are definitely show-minded and from dawn on…

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Leeton Show Entries Close on Saturday Next

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 3 September 1946 · page 2

WITH Leeton's Annual Show only two weeks off, everybody should be speeding into top gear, to make sure that this…

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Day of Thrilling Football Leeton Australian Rules Knock-out Carnival

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 3 September 1946 · page 2

FAVOURED by perfect weather the Leeton Australian Rules Football Club's Silver Jubilee Knock-Out Competition, held on the Leeton Showground on Sunday last, broke all records for the code in the South-West…

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Amazing Leap by Horse Record High Jump at Queensland Show

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 3 September 1946 · page 1

Clearing the bar at 8ft. 6in. during a silence that was almost painful, "Gold Meade" a "dark horse" in the high jump championship at the recent…

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At The Adelonia Theatre Musical Hits in New Disney Show

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 3 September 1946 · page 6

Responsible for the gay parade of hit tunes which pace Walt Disney's lavish Technicolor feature, "The Three Caballeros," coming to the Adelonia Theatre…

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Red X Ambulance Carnival

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 5 September 1946 · page 2

When it is written that the Races, Ball and Popular Mother Competition" inaugurated by the Hillston Branch of the Red…

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Barellan Show Successful

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 5 September 1946 · page 2

Barellan staged a most successful victory show last Saturday. Gate receipts totalled £70, in addition to the 225 members. Minister for Agriculture,…

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Duke Unable to Attend Holbrook Show

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 September 1946 · page 5

At a meeting of the Holbrook P.A and H. Society it was stated that the Duke of Gloucester was unable to accept the invitation to…

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