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Shows & fairs, 1951

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Resentment at Gundagai’s Show Clashing with Tumbarumba “Adopted a Dictatorial Attitude”

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 24 September 1951 · page 7

Keen resentment was expressed at last week’s meeting of the Tumbarumba and Upper Murray P& H &Society that the Tumbarumba and Gundagai shows clash on March 12th and 13th next…

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Town & District's 63rd Show All Records Should Be Broken Ring Events will Delight Crowd

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 24 September 1951 · page 4

Tomorrow and on Wednesday, the Cootamundra A. P. H. and I. Association will confidently present this district's 63rd Annual Show. Judging by the splendid entries in all sections, there is every indication that this Show will surpass all previous efforts, and will truly reflect the results of the past good seasons this rich district has experienced…

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Fair Rents Court Shop Rentals Raised

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 25 September 1951 · page 3

Mr. F. C. Mountford made application in the Fair Rents Court on Friday last for the determination of the fair rentals of three shops and…

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Leeton Show Invisible Girl

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 25 September 1951 · page 2

Among attractions at the Leeton Show will be an interesting sideshow. "Making a Girl Invisible," in which the promoters have expressed…

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Show Week at the Roxy

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 25 September 1951 · page 2

Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon, who achieved a sensational triumph as a co-starring team in the Academy Award winning "Mrs. Miniver," one…

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Wagga Ram Show and Sales on October 10

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 September 1951 · page 1

Entries received for the forthcoming Ram Show and Sales are equally as good as those received for previous…

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Sorlie's Revue Company to Visit Leeton for Show

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 25 September 1951 · page 2

Entertainers, acrobats, singers and dancers are included in Mrs. Sorlie's new Revue Company. which will commence a season of two nights…

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Rainy Weather Mars First Day of Show Grand Parade Tomorrow New Closing Time Scheme Show to Be Continued on

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 25 September 1951 · page 2

Heavy rain on Sunday night, yesterday, and again this morning, has somewhat marred the prospects of Cootamundra's 63rd annual show. It is a great pity, as there was every indication that all…

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Saturday Next a Bank Holiday In Favour of Leeton Show

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 25 September 1951 · page 2

Mr. Austin Thompson, shire clerk, has been advised that a Bank Holiday has been proclaimed for the Shire of Leeton, for…

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Leeton Show opens on Friday Big Ring Attractions and Sideshows on Both Days

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 25 September 1951 · page 2

Indications point to a most successful two-day show at Leeton on Friday and Saturday next. The ring events will be…

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"P.p. Board Very Fair" Says Magistrate

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 26 September 1951 · page 1

Commenting on the action of the Gundagal P.P. Board in not pressing for heavy penalties against graziers who were…

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Local Items Spring Rose Show

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 September 1951 · page 2

Schedules for the St. Andrew's 25th annual spring rose show, to be held on Thursday and Friday…

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Winning Essay On Wagga's 1951 Jubilee Show

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 September 1951 · page 2

Below is published the winning essay in Royal Agricultural College's Students' [?] Competition. The subject was "The Jubilee P. and A.A. Show," and winner was Jam[?]…

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"Well Over" at the Royal Melb. Show

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 September 1951 · page 6

These [?] are [?] j[?]ps like champions at the Royal Melbourne Show. The horses are Miss Joyce Danby's Jorrocks, and Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Metherall's Oliver Twist…

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Torrential Rain Spoils The Show Over 3 Inches Recorded In 6 Days Show Will Go on Tomorrow

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 26 September 1951 · page 2

Torrential rain over the last few days has spoilt the Cootamundra Show Association's 63rd annual show, which has now been extended until tomorrow, when yesterday's ring events are due to be held…

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Record Entries in Some Sections Looks Like Being a Bumper 1951 Show

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 26 September 1951 · page 1

The Indications are that the animal Junee Show, to be held on Friday and Saturday will be a bumper success…

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Ambulance Busy at Show

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 27 September 1951 · page 2

Ambulance officers at the Coo[?]amundra show yesterday had a bust day. Eight children were treated for…

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Big Day at Gundagai Next Monday 6-Hour-Day Carnival On Anzac Park

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 27 September 1951 · page 10

A gala day is promised for Gundagai on Monday next (6-Hour-Day public holiday) when the Central School P & C Athletic Club conducts its big carnival in Anzac Park…

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Royal Easter Show Commences April 4 Entries Close in December and Early New Year

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 27 September 1951 · page 6

The Royal Agricultural Society of N.S.W. announces that the next Royal Easter Show will be held from 4th April to 18th April…

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Carnival Aids Ex-Servicemen

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 September 1951 · page 2

One of the most ambitious and humane projects ever undertaken by an ex-servicemen's organisation in this country is the Northcott Neurological centre in Sydney, in aid of which the…

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