242,000 at Show Sunny Easter in City
SYDNEY, Sunday: A crowd of 242,151 people attended Sydney Show yesterday and last night. This is 47,998 more than last year, but 17,678 less than the record created two years ago…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shows & fairs, 1949
865 stories in Riverina's papers · page 15 of 44
New Inventions at Industries Fair
A famous firm of British chemists will be showing at the London Section of the B.L.F. a drug with a threefold…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cycling Cootamundra Easter Carnival
A big crowd witnessed a great night's racing at Fisher Park on Saturday night when the local cycle club staged its big Easter…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flower Show and Miniature Garden Display
Only a few more days till this function! All entries should be at the Parish Hall not later than noon on Friday. The members…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Children's Day at Show
SYDNEY, Tuesday: Thousands of children poured into the Showground today for Children's Day, the final day of the Royal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rain Holds Up Wagga Bowls Carnival
Rain caused play to be abandoned early yesterday afternoon in the pairs section of the Wagga Easter bowling carnival. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Show Societies Discuss Policy Re Sideshows
After a discussion whether the R.S.L. Carnival Committee or the Showman's Guild would conduct sideshows at district shows, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →June Coach Gives Grand Exhibition Local Players Graded for Future Matches
Playing superior football in every department, June on Sunday downed both visiting Wagga teams, by 23-2 and 15-0…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →190,000 Beer Glasses Go at Sydney Show
Despite the high cost of samples, thousands of visitors to the Royal Easter Show have got that little "something for nothing." On Easter…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Narrandera Sports Carnival Record Attendance K. Browning Wins Rich Wheel Race
The Narrandera Easter Monday Sportsâ Carnival was a great success, excellent footrunning and cycling, with large fields, being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flower Show Add Fete Leeton Public School Friday next
The Leeton Parents and Citizens Association will hold their Flower Show and Fete at the School on Friday next, April 29. Official opening…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Record Crowd Attends Narrandera Easter Carnival Coolamon Youth Wins Rich Wheel Race Narrandera Gift and Sprint Won by A. G. Steedman
When the big public meeting was held in the old Public Hall about 1921 for the purpose of forming a body to provide sporting fixtures for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Selff Wins Easter Bowls Carnival
E. P. Self[?] defeated E. Jarick 31-22, in the final of the Wagga Easter bowling carnival singles played at Wagga City green…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Christ Church Flower Show "Wonderfully High Standard," Says Judge
The Christ Church Flower Show, which was held in the Parish Hall, cootamundra, last Friday afternoon and night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Record Gate for Narrandera Carnival
The gate takings at the Narrandera Easter Carnival were a record; they were £475 for day takings and £320 for evening session…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cycling Grenfell Carnival Hodges Wins Double
Keith Hodges, Cootamundra and Australian junior champion, won the mile wheelrace and the aces' scratch race at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Church of England Flower Show
Sally Burrell gained second place to Shirley Corby in the children's miniature garden competition at the Church of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE A. & P. SOCIETY Revise Schedule for 1949 Show
In opening the last meeting of the Lockhart A. and P. Society's committee, the president, Mr. E. E. Heckendorf, extended a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Exhibits Will Be Features of Wagga Show
"The organizer of the Southern District exhibit for this year's Wagga Show assures me that it vill be equal to, if not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Inventions at British Industries Fair a New Drug
A famous firm of British chemists will be showing at the London section of the British Industries Fair a drug with threefold…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →