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Shows & fairs, 1949

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Holbrobk Show Ring Events Receive High Praise

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 October 1949 · page 5

HOLBROOK, Friday: The ring events at the Holbrook P.A. and H. Society's Show today were outstanding. This was stated by the judge, Mr. G. E. Minter,…

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Latest British Aircraft Shown at the Society of British Aircraft Constructor’s Show

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 24 October 1949 · page 1

Above is a picture of the clearest and probably the fastest bomer aircraft in the world, the Eglish Electric Company’s “Canberra B.I” Britain’s first all-jet bomber. No details as to armament or performance are as yet released…

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£254 PROFIT From Lockhart Show

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 25 October 1949 · page 1

At a committee meeting of the Lockhart A. & P. Society, last Thursday, the balance sheet revealed that the 1949 Lockhart…

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Impressions of Britain's Motor Show No Radical Developments in New Cars; Brilliant Color Schemes

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 October 1949 · page 4

The London Motor Show, packed from morning to night for ten days by wistful car starved Britons, failed to reveal any startling new development, but almost the entire industry has gone to aerodynamic form and brilliant colors. A streamlined Rover, a smaller Triumph with knife-edged body and a…

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£650 Expenditure on Wagga Street Carnival

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 October 1949 · page 2

Wagga Community Advancement Fund will spend £650 on expenses for the carnival to be staged in Wagga from December…

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"Mardi Gras" Carnival at Lockhart

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 October 1949 · page 3

—Paul Durand photo The carnival of the "Mardi Gras" was the highlight of the annual juvenile ball for Lockhart Central School. The ball attracted hundreds of people to see the "Mardi Gras." The staging…

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Lockhart School Children in Carnival of the Mardi Gras

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 October 1949 · page 3

The stage of the Rio Theatre, Lockhart, was gaily decorated with balloons, streamers and sky blue curtains when the pupils of the Lockhart Central School presented the ceremony of the Mardi Gras, together…

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To-morrow’s Big Attraction the Flower Show Gossip

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 27 October 1949 · page 9

FROM all parts of the district people will come into Gundagai tomorrow—Friday—for the monster Spring Flower Show and its associate attractions. The big exhibition is being staged in the Gundagai Theatre, and is the most elaboate and enterprising show yet attempted by the Gundagai Church of England parishioners, who have sponsored the…

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Kindergarten Carnival

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 October 1949 · page 2

A carnival to raise funds for the Free Nursery Kindergaten Society will be held in the Coleman St. School grounds at…

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First Annual Fancy Fair Leeton High School Council

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 28 October 1949 · page 2

At a meeting of the Leeton High School Council, on Tuesday night last, it was decided to continue with the…

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Brungle News Presbyterian Flower Show

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 28 October 1949 · page 3

The two outstanding features of the Brungle Presbyterian Flower Show and Cooking Competition held in the Brungie Memorial Hall…

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Rose Show Splendid Display Enjoyable and Profitable Effort

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 28 October 1949 · page 3

Record entries in both numbers and quality were received for the annual Rose Show conducted by the S. Andrew’s Ladies’ Guild on…

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Successful Carnival for Kindergarten

Daily Advertiser · Monday 31 October 1949 · page 3

Crowds thronged the Wagga Free Nursery Kindergarten Society's carnival on Saturday afternoon and evening…

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Results of Show

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 31 October 1949 · page 3

The awards made in the various sections were:— TOWN AND COUNTRY GARDEN COMPETITION…

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C. of E. Girls' Club Annual Exhibition

Daily Advertiser · Monday 31 October 1949 · page 2

At St. Mary's Hall, North Wagga, on Friday, the girls of St. Mary's C. of E. Girls' Club held their annual exhibition and…

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Brungle News and Notes Presbyterian Flower Show

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 31 October 1949 · page 6

The two outstanding features of the Brungle Presbyterian Flower Show and cooking competition, which was held in the Brungle Memorial…

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Children Gave Flower Show Audience a Treat Pageant Was Effective Musical Interlude

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 31 October 1949 · page 3

Simplicity was the keynote of the children’s pageant, which was one of the major attractions of last Friday’s Flower show…

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Outstanding Success Of Spring Flower Show OVER 1,000 People Attend Magnificently Organised Function Wonderful Display of Blooms Associate Attractions Acclaimed by Crowd

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 31 October 1949 · page 3

THE SPRING FLOWER SHOW AND BAZAAR, HELD LAST FRIDAY WAS A PHENOMENAL SUCCESS. THE PRESENTATION WAS A TRIUMPH, AND CAN BE CLASSED AS THE BEST ANNUAL EXHIBITION YET TO BE STAGED. THE ELABORATE…

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Tumut C. Of E. Fair And Flower Show Proceeds Amount to Approximately £310

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 1 November 1949 · page 2

The annual Church of England Fair and Flower Show held in the Oddfellows' Hall, Tumut, on Friday last was very successful…

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Brisbane Wool Prices Show Rise

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 1 November 1949 · page 1

BRISBANE, Tuesday—Wool prices at the opening of the third series yesterday showed a rise compared with the October sales…

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