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Riverina · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1947

789 stories in Riverina's papers · page 25 of 40

U.S. Writers Probe Aust. Davis Cup Strategy; First Workouts Show Form

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 August 1947 · page 8

NEW YORK, Wednesday: Australia's Davis Cup strategy will be to concentrate on winning two singles from Ted Schroeder. Reporting this the New York "Journal American" quotes the Australian manager, Roy Cowling, as saying: "I am not conceding by any means that Kramer is going to beat us. But we are taking into…

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Boys’ Football Carnival

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 29 August 1947 · page 2

The Ganmain [?] club showed a [?] of about [?] on the [?] Knockout carnival due to lack of public support But that loss has [?]…

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Coolamon Show

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 29 August 1947 · page 1

The Coolamon 32nd Annual Show is to be held on Friday and Saturday, September 5 and C. Prize money of £300 is offered for a big programme,…

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Home-Design Exhibition Opened in Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 August 1947 · page 2

Visitors to Wagga for the Show will be able to inspect the "Sydney Morning Herald" home-design exhibition, which was opened at Hardys Pty. Ltd., in Baylis Street, yesterday afternoon, and will be on show until September…

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Young Show Next Week

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 29 August 1947 · page 2

Young annual show, which is usually visited by a large number, of residents of this district, will take place next week. Wednesday is the main…

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Show Profit £93,000

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 29 August 1947 · page 3

The Royal Agricultural Society of N.S.W. made a profit of £95,472 on [?]years' Easter show. The society [?] to prepare a "master plan" to…

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Culcairn Show Committee Meeting

Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 August 1947 · page 4

The President (Mr. J. D. Ritchie) presided at a meeting of the show committee. Other members present were Messrs. A. G. Adam…

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Coolamon Show Next Friday and

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 29 August 1947 · page 2

The Column show it a district [?] and as such, district support should be loyally forth[?] Although held in the town, it is not of…

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Coolamon Show Entries Close on

Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 August 1947 · page 4

Coolamon's 32nd. annual show Is to be held on Friday and Saturday, September 5 and 6. Prizemoney of £300 is offered for a big…

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Narandera Show Excellent Prospects of Record Entries

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 29 August 1947 · page 3

The favourable change in the sea[?] is reflected in the excellent en[?] being received from widespread [?] in Riverina for various sections…

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Minister for Agriculture to Visit Coolamon Show

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 29 August 1947 · page 2

Mr. R. Lynch, secretary of the Coolamon Show has received the following letter from the Hon. E. H. Graham Minister for Agriculture:…

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Leeton Show Entries Close in Two Weeks

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 29 August 1947 · page 2

SEPTEMBER 23 and 24, the dates of the Leeton Agricultural Society's 32nd Annual Show, draw very near and remind us…

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Australian Rules Football Fifteen Teams Competing at Leeton K.O. Carnival

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 29 August 1947 · page 3

An Australian Rules knock-out carnival will be held on the Leeton show ground on Sunday next, in which 15 football teams will take part. This…

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Coolamon Show Final Committee Meeting Crop Competition to Be Held

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 29 August 1947 · page 3

The last meeting of the Coolamon show committee prior to the show was. held last Tuesday, when it was ported that except tor minor repair…

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Chemists' Closing Hours for Show

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 August 1947 · page 2

At a meeting yesterday, members of the Wagga Pharmacists' Association decided to close their shops at 1 p.m. next Wednesday and…

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Items of News Accommodation for Show Week

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 August 1947 · page 2

The Wagga Tourist Bureau officer (Mr J. Hamill) again appealed yesterday to residents to offer accommodation for Wagga Show visitors…

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Wagga Show Around the Sideshows Chinese Midget Man on Exhibition

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 September 1947 · page 2

Weighing only 281bs, Chang, Chines midget man on exhibition at the show this reek is 28 years of age. He was found In Inner China…

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Wagga's Week of Carnival

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 September 1947 · page 2

Today ushers in Wagga's week of carnival. Tomorrow the first show for eight years will begin, and the week will include a two-day race meeting and the revival of greyhound racing after a lapse of almost two years…

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Increased Charges at Cowra Show Side Show Men To Pay More

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 1 September 1947 · page 8

The committee of the Cowra Show Society considers that they would be justified in asking for an increase of 2/ per foot in the…

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Melbourne Horses For Wagga Show Races

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 September 1947 · page 8

The Melbourne horse. Lord Cavill. I Is booked to arrive In Wagga to-day, and be accomparied by Mandon. which ran unplaced at…

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