Swimming Saturday Night's Carnival Proceeds Go to District Hospital
It was decided at a committee meeting last night that the entire proceeds of Saturday night's swimming carnival will be donated to…
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Heavy Entry Of' Horses at Royal Show
Entries in the light-horse section and the riding and jumping events at the coming Easter show are much heavier than before the war. In all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Departure of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Chaffey Farewell Social Arranged by Show Society
GLOWING tributes to the wonderful work put in by Mr. Fred Chaffey during his 32 years' residence on the irrigation area were expressed at the farewell social tendered him and Mrs. Chaffey in the Masonic Hall on Wednesday night last. The function was arranged…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gundagai Show
Mr. G. Sherd, of Albury, said the wool at Gundagai show was of the highest quality—the best he had encountered at a country show Mr. Sherd…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Vehicle Registrations Show Increase
Australia had 100,133 more automobiles registered at the end of 1946 than were in service at December 31, 1945. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wagga Show Society Approves Flower Schedule
The flower schedule compiled for the Wagga Show this year by the Wagga and District Horticultural Society has been approved by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool at Gundagai Show of Highest Quality
GUNDAGAI, Tuesday: Mr. G. Sherd, of Albury, said to-day that the wool at the Gundagai Show was of the highest quality…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →U.S. Agents Show Waiting Lists. To General Public
The shortage of new cars in Australia is creating a difficult problem for the motor industry to solve and is building up…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Night Sessions for Young Show If Lighting Costs Will Allow
Popular wherever they are conducted, night sessions may become a feature or Young shows, if the cost o[?] installing the necessary lighting is not…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Saw the First Gundagai Show Mr W. H. Carr Praises the 1947 Exhibition
The only member of the original P. and A. committee still living, and the present patron of the Gundagai Show, Mr W. H. Carr,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gundagai Show Results
The number of entries was a record, and the fleeces exhibited, were of the highest possible quality. It was the best exhibition the judge (Mr. George…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Spectacular Display At 1947 Gundagai Show Cattle And Horse Exhibits A Revelation Large Crowd Applauded Outstanding Exhibition
The Gundagai Show of 1947 was a triumph for the P. and A. Society. In some respects it even excelled the magnificient display of the previous year. The cattle exhibition was amazing. Nomerically stronger than ever, the animals were all quality. Entries in the ring events reached record proportions, and the magnificient display…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tumbarumba Show Record Entries Anticipated
With less than a fortnight to go Tumbarumba's fifty-fifth Annual Show is drawing very close. Recent light showers will do wonderful…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →15 Cattle Studs Exhibit at Gundagai Show
GUNDAGAI, Wednesday: Fifteen well-known cattle studs were represented at the Gundagai Show to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Car Capsizes on Way Home From Gundagai Show Driver's Lucky Escape
Returning to his home at Tarcutta, after the first day of the Gundagai Show, Mr. Owen Lloyd Jones has a remarkable escape…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Exhibition at Stony Point
Captain P. A. V. Edmonds, who is to lecture and give a model exhibition of ships and landscapes in the Arctic and Antarctic from the early…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Splendid Swimming at Griffith Carnival
GRIFFITH, Thursday: The Griffith High School swimming carnival yesterday was won by Kendall House, with 96 points, from Lawson 69, Paterson 62½, and Wentworth 45½. MURRAY Macklin and Beth…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Record Entries for Tumut Show
Entries for Tumut's annual Show to be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, next are approaching record proportions…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Local Riders Selected To Compete At Royal Easter Show
The Tumut Rodeo Club has received advice from Colonel Sommerville, secretary of the Royal Agricultural…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Swimming Swim Carnival Anti-t.b. Fund Exciting and Humorous Incidents Will Be Witnessed
Tomorrow night's swim carnival at Cootamundra Olympic pool has one big object—to raise funds for an X-ray plant at Cootamundra district…
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