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Shows & fairs, 1947

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N.s.w. Team for Hobart Carnival

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 8 July 1947 · page 5

A. Smyth (captain): 6ft. 13st. 10lb., captain's Newtown, is the most brilliant back playing in Sydney. Equally at home as centre half or full…

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700 Horses Expected at Wagga Show

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 July 1947 · page 1

Nearly 700 entries were expected in the horse sections of the Wagga show, to be held on September 2, 3, and 4, the secretary of the…

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Riverina Women Enter Wagga Show Horse Events

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 July 1947 · page 3

Miss Emile Roach, one of the best-known equestriennes in Australia, who has had many successes in the horse events at Wagaa shows…

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Rugby League Semi-final Football Crowd Thrilled By Fine Exhibition Wamoon Defeats Yenda

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 8 July 1947 · page 2

THE first semi-final of the Group 17 Rugby League Football Competition at the Cricket Ground on Sunday afternoon was a hard and rugged game from beginning to end, and despite the fact that the ground was heavy and slippery, and the ball greasy, as a result of…

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The Rock Show Plans

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 July 1947 · page 3

Very beneficial rains have greatly benefited crops and pastures. The general fall averaged about 50 points, which on top of last…

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No Victorian Motor Show This Year

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 July 1947 · page 4

The Victorian Chamber of Automotive Industries has abandoned the plan to restore the Annual International Motor Show this year, and…

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Recommendations For Incoming Show Committee

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 10 July 1947 · page 4

At the annual meeting of the P.A. and H. Society on Saturday night three recommendation of the sub comittee of the organisation were…

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Half Holidays Sought For Wagga Show

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 July 1947 · page 1

The Wagga Chamber of Commerce will ask all Wagga business houses to close at 1 pm. on the afternoons of the second and third…

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700 Entries in Wagga Poultry Show Tomorrow

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 July 1947 · page 2

More than 700 entries have tees received for the Wagga Poultry Club's Show, which will be held in the Poultry Pavilion at the Wagga…

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Britain Again Planning Great Radio Exhibition

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 11 July 1947 · page 2

Britain's 15th National Radio Exhibition, widely known as "Radiolympia," to be held at Olympia, London from October 1 to 11, will be the first…

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700 Horses Expected at Wagga Show

The Gundagai Independent · Friday 11 July 1947 · page 1

Nearly 700 entries were expected in the horse sections of the Wagga show to be held on September 2, 3 and 4, the secretary of the…

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Eddie Luhrs Chosen to Represent State in Hobart Carnival

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 11 July 1947 · page 2

Eddie Luhrs, brilliant centre half forward in the Leeton Australian Rules Club, has been selected in the State team which plays in the…

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High Praise for Fowls at Wagga Poultry Show

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 July 1947 · page 2

Old English Game fowls exhibited at the 13th annual Wagga Poultry Club Show, which opened at the Wagga Showground yesterday, were superior in quality to those exhibited this year at the Royal Agricultural…

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Minister Praises Exhibits at Wagga Poultry Club's First Post-war Show

Daily Advertiser · Monday 14 July 1947 · page 2

Opening the Wagga Poultry Club's thirteenth annual show on Saturday afternoon, the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. E. H. Graham) said the bronzewing turkey exhibits were equal to any he had seen overseas…

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Judges Selected for Wagga Show

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 15 July 1947 · page 2

Judges for the Wagga Show, which will be held on September 2, 3 and 4, have been selected and will come from…

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Fine Collection of Art Treasures at Legacy Exhibition

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 15 July 1947 · page 2

A collection of some of the finest art treasures ever to be seen in the city were displayed at the opening of the Wagga Legacy Club exhibition yesterday at the S.T.C. store, opposite the post office…

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Poultry Club Show "Very Successful"

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 July 1947 · page 2

The president of the Wagga poultry Club (Mr. C. W. Pendrick) said last night that the poultry show held in Wagga last…

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Bids For Wagga Show Booths Too Low

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 July 1947 · page 2

The M.P. and A. Association will arrange for liquor booths at the Wagga Show on September 2. 3 and 4 by private…

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Good Display of Horses Expected at Wagga Show

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 July 1947 · page 2

Horse entries for the 1947 Wagga show, particularly in the [?]ack classes. Indicated that interest in horses was booming,…

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Closing Date for Melb. Show Applications

Daily Advertiser · Friday 18 July 1947 · page 3

Applications for prize schedules for all sections of the Royal Melbourne Show to be held from September 18 to 27 should be made…

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