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Shows & fairs, 1950

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LOCKHART'S 1950 SHOW Treasurer Reveals Profit of £340

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 24 October 1950 · page 4

The Lockhart A. & P. Society Committee, at its meeting on Thursday, were delighted to hear that a profit of £340 hd resulted from the 1950 show. Owing to the state of the roads…

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Notes for Women Health Week . . . Scholarship... Kindergarten Carnival . . . Red Cross . . . Country Club Visitors ... Our Bird Family . . . Flood ... Health Week

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 October 1950 · page 5

IT is a good thing to have a periodical check over our health and the things which lead to good health. Health…

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Ardlethan R.S.L. to Hold Big Carnival

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 October 1950 · page 6

In aid of the Ardlethan Hospital and War Memorial Swimming Pool Association, the Ardlethan R.S.L. will stage on…

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Health Week Film Show To-night

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 26 October 1950 · page 1

Special health week films will be screened at the South Gundagai School tonight (Thursday) at 8 p.m…

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Spring Flower Show Programme for To-morrow

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 26 October 1950 · page 1

The Spring Flower Show which will be held to-morrow at the Gundagai Theatre will open at 8 a.m. and continue until 11…

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Flowers and China Show

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 27 October 1950 · page 2

On Friday next, November 3, Christ Church Women's Guild will be holding their annual flower and china show in the…

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Country Producers Selling Co Fair Offering at Sydney Sale

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 27 October 1950 · page 8

The Country Producers Selling Co, Ltd. reports the following sales at Homebush market on October 23rd:…

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Tumut Gymkhana and Carnival Sportsground In Good Order

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 27 October 1950 · page 2

The Tumut Boy's Club gymkhana and carnival will be held on Saturday on the Tumut Sportsground. The heavy rain on Tuesday night did…

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L.H.S. Fancy Fair December 1 Folk Dancing and Physical Training Displays

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 27 October 1950 · page 1

The secretary of the Leeton High School Council, Mr. S. P. Dart, advised the monthly meeting, last Tuesday night, in the…

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Puppet Show at Kindergarten Carnival

Daily Advertiser · Monday 30 October 1950 · page 2

A puppet show staged by pupils of Wagga Demonstration School was a popular attraction at the carnival conducted by…

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Miserable Weather for Exhibition

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 30 October 1950 · page 7

Friday dawned cold and bleak and it looked as though rain would mar the show. Although very light rain did fall…

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Table Tennis Exhibition Brilliant

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 30 October 1950 · page 8

The exhibition of table tennis at the Flower Show on Friday night, could only be described as brililant…

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All the Fun of the Fair

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 30 October 1950 · page 7

The show had all the attractions of the vilage fair, there was the chocolate wheel, the stalls, the…

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Table Tennis Exhibition Crowd Spoilt Display For Onlookers

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 30 October 1950 · page 7

Not a third of the people present saw the table tennis display staged as the big attraction at the Show. People…

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The People Behind the Show Organisers and Stall Holders

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 30 October 1950 · page 7

The pivot on which the show so successfully turned was the capable organisation and administration of Mrs A. C…

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Yass Bushmen’s Carnival Washed Out To Be Held Saturday November 4

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 30 October 1950 · page 6

Owing to heavy rain the Yass P and A Bushmen’s Carnival which was to have been held on the…

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Outstanding Success of Gundagai’s 1950 Flower Show “Quality Of Blooms Equal To The City’s Best” Judge’s High Praise for Local Exhibitions Annual Carnival A Brilliant Affair

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 30 October 1950 · page 7

PATRONS OF LAST FRIDAY’S ANNUAL SPRING FLOWER SHOW WERE AMAZED AND BEWILDERED TO FIND THAT, DESPITE ADVERSE AND UNSEASONABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS, THE FLOWERS ON DISPLAY COMPRISED ONE OF THE MOST OUTSTANDING EXHIBITIONS EVER TO BE PRESENTED LOCALLY…

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Awards Made at the Show Grand Champion Prize To Mrs Cleve Petty

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 30 October 1950 · page 7

The prize for the grand champion bloom of the show was awarded to Mrs Cleve Petty for a striking exhibit…

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£220 Prize Money For Gundagai Athletic Carnival Intending Competitors And Trainers Should Contact Secretary Immediately Nominations Close on Saturday 25th NOVEMBER

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 30 October 1950 · page 8

A very attractive programme, details of which are published elsewhere in this issue has been drawn up by the Gundagai P and C Athletic Club, for its first big gift meeting to be held on New Years Day. Prize money totals…

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Church Of England Springtime Fair and Flower Show Finest In Years

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 31 October 1950 · page 2

The annual Church of England Springtime Fair, held on Thursday and Friday of last week, 26th and 37th October, was an outstanding…

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