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Shows & fairs, 1949

865 stories in Riverina's papers · page 13 of 44

Lockhart Show Committee Aims at Improvements

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 5 April 1949 · page 1

Lockhart Show Committee, at its meeting on Friday, decided on several innovations to make this year's show more attractive…

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Sydney's Biggest Show Opens on

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 April 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: "The biggest and most valuable show that Sydney has ever staged will be the…

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M.I.A. Exhibit for Sydney Royal Show

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 5 April 1949 · page 2

THE hundreds of thousands of visitors to the Sydney Royal Show, which commences on April 9 and runs over Easter,…

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Death of Rider at Goulburn Show a Kingsdale Man

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 5 April 1949 · page 1

It was unfortunate that the resumption of the shows in Goulburn should be associated with tragedy…

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TUMUT A. & P. ASSOCIATION Annual Meeting Next Month Show Pavilion Question to Be Considered

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 5 April 1949 · page 2

At a committee mediate of the Tumut Agricultural and Pastoral Association held at the Royal Hotel on Saturday night last it…

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Sydney Sheep Show

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 6 April 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday — The annual sheep show will be held on Sydney, showground from May 26 to May 28, it was…

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Rose and Dahlia Show

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 6 April 1949 · page 2

Garden lovers, you are asked to go to the Rose and Dahlia Show to be held in Scots Hall, by the Scots Church Tennis Club,…

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Profit of £558 for Yass Show

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 6 April 1949 · page 2

The statement of expenditure and revenue from May 1, 1948, to March 31, 1949, presented to a meeting of the Yass P. and A…

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S.-w. Shows Showmen's Guild or R.s.l. Carnival?

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 6 April 1949 · page 1

Representatives or seven south-west show societies, at a meeting in Temora, met representatives from the Showmen's…

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March Past and a New Division Added to Riverina Schoolboys' Football Carnival in Junee

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 6 April 1949 · page 6

THE COMMITTEE Of THE RIVERINA SCHOOLBOYS' FOOTBALL CARNIVAL CANNOT BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRAINED RELATIONS BETWEEN GROUP NINE AND THE COUNTRY RUGBY LEAGUE. AND THE…

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Record Entries for Narrandera Easter Carnival

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 6

The Narrandera Athletic Association has received record entries for its 1949 athletic carnival to be held on Easter Monday at Narrandera. While, the nominations received from pedestrians…

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Wagga Gift Carnival Prize List Reduced

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 1

The prizemoney for the next Wagga Gift carnival will be £650—£116 less than this year, when it was £766. No alteration is planned for the main events—…

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Horseman Killed at Goulburn Show

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 6

A young man, Mr John Barry McDonald, of Kingsdale, who suffered multiple injuries to the head at the Goulburn Show when…

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YASS P. and A. Society’s Strong Financial Position Profit of £558 From Annual Show

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 6

The statement of expenditure and revenue from May 1 1948 to March 31, 1949 presented to a meeting of the Yass P and A…

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Athletic Association Easter Carnival Details Finalised

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 6

At the monthly meeting of the Narrandera Athletic Association on Tuesday night there were present Messrs. J. J. Howell (President), R…

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Royal Show Record Attendance Expected

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday — It is expected that the Royal show, which opens tomorrow, will break all previous records…

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R.S.L. "Happy Land" and Show Guild Allegations of Attempt to Destroy Property

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 3

An attempt had been made to burn the R.S.L. merry-go-round, i while sugar has been placed in some of the motor units, and on…

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M.I.A. Agricultural Extension Notes Pasture Trials Show The Way M.I.A. Can Step-ur Yields

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 1

TRIALS conducted at Department of Agriculture experiment farms on the M.I.A. with pasture varities have yielded results of Value, to the entire State of New South Wales as well as to the Area. These important tests have…

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Autumn Flower Show

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 April 1949 · page 2

The second day of the Wagga Horticultural Society's autumn flower exhibition again attracted large crowds of…

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Schoolboys Football Carnival for Gundagai

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 11 April 1949 · page 8

The Country Rugby League has arranged for a school boys football carnival to be played at Gundagai in August…

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