Schoolboys’ Knockout Football Carnival at Ganmain Won by Ariah Park
Teams from ten Riverina centres competed at the Schoolboysâ Knockout Carnival (Australian Rules) at Ganmain on Saturday. Some splendid football…
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"Fashions on Parade" Mannequin Show in Cabaret Hall
Something that is already creating wide interest and will make popular appeal to the fashion-conscious public of Leeton, is the Mannequin Show…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Appeal for Accommodation Over Show Week
The Wagga Tourist Bureau has issued an appeal to hotel and guest house proprietors and to private residents for co-operation in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Narrandera Show to Include Sheep Dog Trials
The committee of the Narrandera P. and A. Association has decided to include sheep dog trials in the 65th annual snow to be held on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Goods Manufactured in Wagga Will Provide Interesting Show Exhibit
One of the most interesting exhibits at the 1947 Wagga Show, to be held on September 2, 3 and 4, will be the manufacturers' section in the Kyeamba Smith Hall. IT will be the first tune that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Girl Star Steals Show in Women's Rugby Match at Wagga
Yesterday more than 1500 saw one of the rarest and most humorous Rugby League games ever played at Wagga, when 26 women took the field at the Wagga showground to muddle their way through a game which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rain Causes Abandonment of Gymkhana Street Carnival Brings in £300 Committee Collects Rainfall Insurance
The steady, soaking rain which fell practically all day last Saturday, caused the abandonment of the District War Memorial gymkhana and sports. The committee however, decided to invade. the street, and a carnival was held, wh'ch brought in approximately £300…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dongs in the World of Sport Huge Crowd Sees Cootamundra Triumph in Zone Final Tumut Beaten By 13 Points to 9 in Glorious Exhibition of Rugby League Big Competition Game Drew 'Gate' Worth £165/16/-
A glorious exhibition of Rugby League was given by both the Cootamundra and Tumut teams at Gundagai yesterday. The final of 2 of the Group 9 competition produced football of the highest standard. Fortunes fluctuated with a frequency that sent the huge…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Holiday Arrangements for Wagga Show
Wednesday, September 3, the second day of the Wagga Show, has been announced as a public holiday within the City of Wagga. The Wagga and District…
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Nominations for the Murrumbidgee Turf Club's show meeting at Wagga, on September 5 and 6, closed last night…
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The following letter has been received by the secretary of the Leeton Show, from the Stock Inspector:— "The Department, of Agriculture…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australian Rules Football Next Sunday's Football Carnival Fifteen Teams Competing
AN Australian Rules Knockout Carnival will be held on the Leeton Showground on Sunday next, in which fifteen football…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Show Week Recipes
Show week will strain the resources of the housewife, and a few suggestions are offered to ease the task of feeding hungry families…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motoring Notes Large Motor Vehicle Display Expected at Next Week's Wagga Show
By no means the least interesting feature of next week's Wagga Show will be the brave display—put on under difficulties—of the city's motor trade. New vehicles are short and hard to get, but present indications are that the motoring exhibits will be comprehensive and complete…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Huge Royal Show Profit
This year's Royal show—the first since 1940—made a record profit of £95,000, it was announced yesterday. The Royal Agricultural Society plans…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: This year's Royal Show—the first since 1940 made a record profit of £95,000, It was announced today…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wagga Rose Show in October
The Wagga Spring Rose Show meeting was held this week, when the following office-bearers were elected: Patron, Rev. Emlyn James;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Warning to Wagga Show Visitors
Wagga police last night issued a special warning to all visitors to the Wagga Show and races next week, to exercise the greatest care with valuables, because they expected a large number of pickpockts and undesirables…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Crime Relics at Wagga Show Police Museum
The original "human glove", made from the skin of the hand of a man murdered at Wagga, and which was used to make a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →30,000 Expected to See First Show in Eight Years
Wagga show officials expect an attendance of 30,000 at the first post-war Wagga show to be held next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. It will be the first show held at Wagga for eight years. The last was in August,…
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