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Shows & fairs, 1950

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Junee Schoolboys at Footer Carnival Boys Have Successful Day At Wagga

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 21 August 1950 · page 7

Junee teams performed well in the Far South Schoolboys' Rugby League carnival at Wagga on last Saturday…

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Show Opens Tomorrow; Stage Set Hammond Hall Exhibits Will be judged Today

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 August 1950 · page 1

A large number of exhibitors and sideshowmen worked all day at the Showground yesterday, preparing their exhibits and sideshows for the 1950 Wagga Show, which opens tomorrow…

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Lockhart Show Looms Near Great Carnival Depends on the Weather

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 22 August 1950 · page 7

If the weather is fine and fair, it can be confidently expected that the Lockhart A. & P. Society's Annual Show, next Tuesday and Wednesday, will rank amongst the best…

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Show Holiday

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 22 August 1950 · page 4

Wednesday next, second day of the Lockhart Show, has been proclaimed a public holiday in Lockhart, and shops will be closed all…

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Midnight Show at Capital

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 August 1950 · page 8

The midnight show at the Capitol tomorrow night promises to be one of the most entertaining programmes of all…

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Merino Judging Contest at Show

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 August 1950 · page 6

A feature of the Wagga Show this year is the A. V. Gallasch merino Judging competition for technical college students…

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1950 Show Opens Today: Some Sections Already Judged Wacca Mayor and M.P.A.A. President Confident of Successful Carnival

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 August 1950 · page 1

The 1950 Wagga Show opens today. The event towards which members of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association, exhibitors and competitors have been working for the past 12 months now becomes an accomplished fact…

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Sorlie's Show Opens with Many Laughts

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 August 1950 · page 2

Bright vaudeville entertainment describes the Sorlie Show, "Make it a Party", which opened in Wagga last night…

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Wagga Police Issue Special Show Warning

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 August 1950 · page 1

Special arrangements have been made to have extra police in Wagga during the Show period, including detectives from the Consorting Squad, C.I.B., Syd-ney, and Victoria. Extra detectives will also be in…

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Handicraft Exhibition And International Day Sturt Group C.W.A.

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 22 August 1950 · page 1

Not for many years has the public been given the opportunity of seeing current handicraft work of such high standard as that which…

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Refreshment Booths at Show

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 August 1950 · page 1

The showground is well provided with publican's booths, and refreshment rooms. The two large liquor bars are…

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Wagga Police Issue Special Show Warning

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 August 1950 · page 4

Special arrangements have been made to have extra police in Wagga during the Show period, including detectives from the Consorting Squad, C.I.B., Sydney, and Victoria. Extra detectives will also be in…

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Midnight Show at Capitol Theatre Tonight

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 August 1950 · page 2

The midnight show at the Capitol tonight promises to be one of the most entertaining programmes of all…

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Harry Hayes to Fight at Show Today

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 August 1950 · page 10

The wealth of Riverina material in the boxing and wresting sphere will be seen in action at the Wagga Show today…

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Motor Exhibits Form Tempting Display at Wagga Show

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 August 1950 · page 2

Easily the best array of motor vehicles since the war is one of the highlights of this year's Wagga Show. There are few entirely new designs to be seen, but the quality and variety are there and the buyer is faced with all the popular models on the Australian…

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Record Opening-day Crowd of Sightseers at Wagga Show High-quality Exhibits Impress Judges

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 August 1950 · page 1

Yesterday's attendance at the Wagga Show was a record for an opening day. The attendance was 4500, compared with 4000 last year. The gate-takings of £175/9/ exceeded last year's by £71/4/, but this year the admission prices…

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Show Traffic Constable Knocked Down

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 August 1950 · page 2

A police constable was accidentally knocked down by a car at the intersection of Best and Edward Streets while on traffic…

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Hereford Section at Wagga Show

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 24 August 1950 · page 1

PROVING the outstanding quality of the beef cattle bred in the Gundagai district, ownerrs of stud, in this Shire dominated the Hereford section at this week’s Wagga Show Gundagai has become one of the…

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Wagga Police Issue Special Show Warning

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 August 1950 · page 3

Special arrangements have been made to have extra police in Wagga during the Show period, including detectives from the Consorting Squad, C.I.B., Sydney, and Victoria. Extra detectives will also be in…

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Wagga Show Worker for 50 Years

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 August 1950 · page 2

Seventy-year-old Charlie Boswell has been working at Wagga Shows for more than 50 years. He travelled from his home in…

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