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Riverina · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1951

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Hockey Carnival for Tumut

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 August 1951 · page 6

All teams in the Wagga Hockey Association Trill visit Tumut on Sunday for the annual men's and women's…

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Miss Australia Quest Three Radiomen to Visit Wagga for Carnival

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 August 1951 · page 4

Three widely-known radio personalities, Rex ("Wecka") Dawes, Frank Collison and Theo Walters, will help raise funds for the Wagga R.S.L. Sub-Branch's Miss Australian quest candidates…

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Country Producers Selling Company. Quality Fair, But Numbers Were Small

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 13 August 1951 · page 6

The Country Producers Selling Co. Ltd. reports the following sales at Homebush market on the 9th Inst…

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Show Pavilion Frame Work Ordered. Meeting Confirms the President's Action

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 13 August 1951 · page 6

A tentative order has been placed by the President of the Junee P.A.H. and I. Association (Mr. H. S. Belling) for the framework of…

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Junee Beaten in Aussie Rules Match Younger Players Show Out In Final 1951 Game

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 13 August 1951 · page 8

Coolamon defeated Junee yesterday at Coolamon in a S.W.D F.L. match, it being the last game of the season for the Junee Club…

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Lockhart Show

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 14 August 1951 · page 3

Intending exhibitors are reminded that entries for the Lockhart Show close on Saturday, 18th August. In view of the fact that…

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Dog Judge for Local Show Appointed

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 14 August 1951 · page 2

It has been the policy over the past few years for the Cootamundra Show Association to try and improve the dog section at…

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Hot to Win Prizes with Cakes Show Judge Discusses Sponges

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 14 August 1951 · page 1

Contrary to the belief of some, success in cake-making is not due to good luck or to a "knack" in baking—it is due to accurate measuring, a complete understanding of the method of mixing, using a technique that is best for the kinds and amounts of ingredients and…

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Lockharts August Show Opens Tuesday Week (28th) Open Letter from Committeeman

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 14 August 1951 · page 1

A Committeeman of the Lockhart Show Society writes: Lockhart Annual Agricultural Show has been in continuous service (as they say at the Post Office) since 1906. My youngest son tells me that is 45 years ago. For a few…

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Good Fields for Show Race Meeting

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 16 August 1951 · page 8

Many well known gallopers have been nominated for the Murrumbidgee Turf Club's Show meeting on Friday of next week, including Sydney and Melbourne performers…

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Department Will Have Fine Exhibit at Show

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 16 August 1951 · page 5

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham) said yesterday that he had arranged for his department to have a very…

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High Commissioner for Pakistan to Open Narrandera Show

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 16 August 1951 · page 1

The monthly meeting of the committee of the Narrandera P. and A. Association was held on Saturday morning last, there being present Mr…

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Six Days Off Arrangements in Hand for Jubilee Show

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 16 August 1951 · page 2

Arrangements are now well in hand for tins year's Jubilee Wagga Show. It will be officially opened on the second day of the show (August 22) by General Sir John Northcott…

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Ganmain Show Excellent Exhibition

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 17 August 1951 · page 2

As an exhibition the Ganmain Jubilee Show tomorrow should be a record success. Entries for the Trotting and Ring…

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Wagga's First Show Day ptf

Daily Advertiser · Friday 17 August 1951 · page 2

On a "bleak and gusty day" in September, 1865, the dock where the Wagga racecourse now lies bustled activity. Long-bearded squatters from the surounding dis-…

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"Show Fever" Begins to Grip Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Friday 17 August 1951 · page 2

With only four days until. the Jubilee Show opens, Wagga is caught up in a whirl of "show fever." "No accommodation" signs in hotels, special Show displays in shop windows, topical conversations…

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Pakistan Diplomat and Party to Visit Narrandera Show

Daily Advertiser · Friday 17 August 1951 · page 2

The High Commissioner for Pakistan, accompanied by the Begum and party, will be in Narrandera on Septemper 7 and 8 for the Narrandera Annual Show…

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Loss on 1951 Riverina Schoolboys Football Carnival But Committee Plans for Similar Function in '52

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 17 August 1951 · page 7

DESPITE A LOSS OF OVER £40 ON THE 1951 RIVERINA SCHOOLBOYS FOOTBALL CARNIVAL, WHICH WAS HELD IN JUNEE EARLY THIS MONTH, THE COMMITTEE ENTHUSIASTICALLY DISCUSSED PROSPECTS FOR 1952 AT…

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Show Cabaret Ball Proves Successful Profit of £200 From Function is Likely

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 17 August 1951 · page 5

When a Cabaret Ball was proposed for the Junee Show Society last year there were many who doubted the wisdom of such a…

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Leva[?]te Show

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 18 August 1951 · page 2

The Levante Variety Snow, now housed on the Duke of Kent oval, will cancel the matinee scheduled for this afternoon to…

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