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Riverina · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1949

865 stories in Riverina's papers · page 29 of 44

Wagga's Night of Carnival

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 August 1949 · page 2

THE spirit of carnival which characterised the happy crowds at the show yesterday was kept alive last night, when…

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£35 Loss on Junee Football Carnival

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 August 1949 · page 6
Also in Cootamundra Herald

A £35 loss was shown on the Riverina Schoolboys' Rugby League Carnival, held at Junee on August 6. This was revealed…

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Tumbarumba Exhibit at Wagga Show

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 25 August 1949 · page 1

THE TUMBARUMBA DISTRICT EXHIBIT, WHICH IS SPONSORED BY THE TUMBARUMBA P. A. H. SOCIETY, AND ORGANISED BY MISS K. SINCLAIR AND MR. L. G. ROTH, AFTER SIX MONTHS OF PLANNING AND WORK, WAS…

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Tumbarumba Exhibit at Wagga Show

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 25 August 1949 · page 1

THE TUMBARUMBA DISTRICT EXHIBIT, WHICH IS SPONSORED BY THE TUMBARUMBA P.A.H. SOCIETY, AND ORGANISED BY MISS K. SINCLAIR AND MR. L. G. ROTH, AFTER SIX MONTHS OF PLANNING AND WORK, WAS…

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Record Prize-money for Coolamon Show

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 August 1949 · page 4

The £375 prizemoney to be offered at this year's Coolamon Show, to be held on September 2 and 3, is the biggest awarded…

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District Challenge Bouts at Show Today

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 August 1949 · page 6

"It is a long time since I have seen so many aspiring champions looking for a fight," said Jimmy Sharma[?] after…

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Wagga Should Hold "Riverina National Show"

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 August 1949 · page 1

"The Wagga Show should be the National Show of Riverina," said the member for Wagga and Minister for Agriculture (Mr. E. H. Graham) yesterday. Other smaller centres held very fine shows, he…

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Trade Displays at Show Best for Years

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 August 1949 · page 3

Exhibits in the commerce section at the Wagga Show are more representative than for many years. Exhibits in Kyeamba Smith Hall are more varied and of a higher standard; while pavilions' representing well-known Wagga firms are exhibiting a greater…

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OVER 20,000 People Saw Show Yesterday Another Record Crowd Expected Today

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 August 1949 · page 1

From early yesterday until darkness forced an exodus through the gates, a crowd of more than 20,000 people thronged the Wagga Showgrounds for People's Day. They set out to enjoy themselves—and they did…

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Gundagai Cattle Outstanding at Wagga Show Red Hill Lives Up to Its Name As the Home of the Herefords

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 25 August 1949 · page 1

Cattle bred in the Gundagai district recorded outstanding successes at this week’s Wagga Show and in the Hereford Section Red Hill bred entries recorded several firsts. It can be claimed that Red Hill lived up to its name of “the Home of the Herefords.”…

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Spring Fair and EXHIBITION Wamoon Methodist Church Annual Fete

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 6

On Friday, 9th September, a Fair, Exhibition and Concert will be held in the Wamoon Methodist Church. The schedule of competitions and…

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Show Sidelights

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 2

WAGGA District Ambulance was kept busy during the last two days of the show attending to people who suffered…

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Knockout Carnival at Tehora

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 2

The Leeton and Wamoon Rugby League teams will be travelling to Temora next Sunday, to compete in a Knockout Carnival. Teams from all…

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Coming Young Show

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 2

Young Show entries are coming in very briskly this week, and if intending exhibitors wish to lodge entries they will be…

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Another Show Passes

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 2

Wagga's 1949 show is over. It was the 78th conducted by the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association and the third since the war. It was a record breaker In many ways, particularly in regard…

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Narrandera Show Excellent Prospects

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 1

The secretary of the Narrandera P. and A. Association informs us that he has received about 20 entries for the Murrumbidgee sheep dog trial…

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Lockhart Show Next Week

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 4

From a survey of the entries and other features, the president (Mr. E. E. Heckendorf) anticipates aa excellent show at…

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Coolamon Show Record Prizemoney

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 2

The £375 prizemoney to be offered at this year’s Coolamon Show, to be held next Friday and Saturday 2nd and 3rd September, is the…

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Batlow Athletic Carnival Increase In Prize Money

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 6

Athletes will compete for the richest prize money ever offered in Batlow on October 15. The sports committee of the…

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