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Shows & fairs, 1950

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Aust. Professional Champion Golfer to Play Exhibition in Junee

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 26 May 1950 · page 5

The Junee Golf Club has completed arrangements for Australian Professional Golf Champion Ken Nagle, to play an exhibition…

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Coolamon Show No Increase in Subscription Rate

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 26 May 1950 · page 3

A meeting of the committee of the Coolamon A. and P. Association on Tuesday of last week decided against a move to increase…

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Nagle May Attempt Course Record Rain Will-Benefit Course For Golf Exhibition

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 26 May 1950 · page 8

In View of the rain which fell today. the secretary of the Golf Club, Mr. K, Webb, will ask Australian professional champion. Kel…

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Narrandera Show Committee Seeks Two Trophies

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 May 1950 · page 7

At a recent meeting of the Narrandera Pastoral ind Agricultural Association it was resolved to make application to the Commonwealth Clydesdale Society d have the "Land" and Widgiewa challenge trophies…

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Hay Stud Wins Blue Ribbon of Sheep Show —The Stonehaven Cup

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 May 1950 · page 6

SYDNEY, Friday: The blue ribbon of the Sydney Sheep Show—the Stonehaven Cup—was won today by Mr. Anthony Hordern, of Mungadai Stud, Hay. It was Mr. Hordern's first success in the event, and broke the chances of the Merryville Stud, Yass, gamine a hat trick by winning the event three years…

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2000 Boys May Play in Junee Carnival

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 8

With competition football cancelled within Group Nine for the Riverino Schoolboys’ Carnival in Junee on August 5th and the anticipation…

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Champion Merino Ram at Sydney Show

Daily Advertiser · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 1

CHAMPION SUPERFINE MERINO wool ram, bred and exhibited by F. McClung, of Winbri, Gunnedah, at the…

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Australian Pro. Champion in Junee Beautiful Exhibition of Long and Short Irons

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 3

Australian professional champion, Kel Nagle, toured the Junee golf course on Saturday in a par round of 71 despite the fact that…

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Gundagai’s 1951 Show Will Be Held in February

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 1

The Gundagai P & A Society 1951 annual Show will be held next February. A tentative date selected by the…

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Hit by Golf Ball During Exhibition Mrs. F. Fulker Has a Narrow Escape

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 1

While she was watching a golf exhibition at the Junee golf club on Saturday Mrs. F. Fulker, of Gundagai road, was struck on the…

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Rumpus Over Gundagai Show Bar Profits Heated Discussion at Annual Meeting

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 2

THE GUNDAGAI P. and A. Society has for the past two annual run the publican’s booth on their own account. A sub committee undertook this responsibility in an endeavour to swell the coffers of the Assn. There was much heated and animated discussion in relation…

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Mr. J. C. Sattler Re-appointed Secretary of Gundagai Show Society

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 1

Two applications were received for the position of secretary to the Gundagai Pastoral and Agricultural Society at the annual meeting held on…

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Show Society to Run Cabaret Ball Committee Prepares for This Year's Fixture

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 5

Despite the bad weather that prevailed, there was an excellent attendance of committeemen at, a meeting of the Junee Show…

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Show Building Price Comes As Shock. Officers Decide to Call Revised 'Estimates

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 6

The vital need for a new building to be erected on the Junee Show ground has been paramount in the minds of the committeemen…

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£105 Profit on Gundagai’s 1950 SHOW Annual Meeting Of P. and A. Society

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 6

FOR the first occasion in many years a substantial profit has been shown by an annual Gundagai Show. It was revealed at last week’s annual meeting of the local Pastoral and Agricultural Society that the 1950 exhibition gave the Association a profit of £105…

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Tumut Golf Club Kevin Nagle Gives Exhibition

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 5

Whilst the attendance at Kevin exhibition on Sunday at the Tumut golf links was most disappointing and the time at his disposal…

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3000 Boys May Play in Junee Carnival

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 5

With competition football cancelled within Group Nine for the Riverina Schoolboys' Carnival in Junee on August 5th., and the anticipation…

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Wagga Successes at Goulburn Poultry Show

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 2

At the Goulburn Poultry Club Show Mr. C. W. Pendrick, of Wagga, secured a first with a duckwing hen and a second with…

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The Rock P. & A. Show to be Held in September

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 4

The Rock P. and A. Society will hold its annual show on Saturday, September 16, and with the attractive and…

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Speedboat Carnival for Spastics

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 31 May 1950 · page 1

It was one of the happiest days In the life of six-year-old Tim Hogan, of Cremorne, one of the little sufferers attending the Mosman Spastic Centre. He was taken for a ride by Mr. John Belshaw of the St. George Motor Boat Club in his high-speed boat Mak' Siccar, the first time he had ever been in a speedboat. His mother Mrs. Joan Hogan is with him in the boat. The carnival…

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