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Shows & fairs, 1952

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Henty bowls carnival

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 January 1952 · page 4

A Wagga City team—G. Slocum, W. Blake, B. C. Nixon and W. P. Hudson—won the fours competition yesterday at…

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Xmas Eye Carnival

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 4 January 1952 · page 1

A large crowd thronged Wynyard Street, Tumul, on Xmas Eve when the Tumut Ambulance staged their annual carnvel…

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Highly Successful Swimming Carnival And Beauty Contest

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 4 January 1952 · page 2

A hot night made the conditions right for the Swimming Carnival conducted by the Leeton Swimming Club, on behalf of the…

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Swimming Big. Carnival at Lake Next

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 7 January 1952 · page 3

Last Sunday morning there was an excellent roll-up of swimmers at Lake Talbot to participate in the Club's usual handicap events…

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Sport and Recreation Boxing Poor Attendance Mars Boxing Exhibition "Insult to Champion" Says Referee

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 7 January 1952 · page 4

"It was an insult to a contender for a world title, and a disgrace to the sporting public of Coutamundra that so few…

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Well Over 2000 People Packed into Junee Swimming Pool for New Year's Eve Swimming Carnival

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 7 January 1952 · page 3

AN UNUSUALLY LARGE CROWD, ESTIMATED BETWEEN 2,200 AND 2,500 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE NEW YEAR'S EVE CARNIVAL AT THE OLYMPIC SWIMMING FOOL ORGANISED BY THE…

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Special show display for Princess

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday: Princess Elizabeth will watch a special equestrian display when she opens the Royal…

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Sydney Wool Sales Hardening Tendency Show

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday—The market showed a hardening tendency compared with values ruling at the close of the last…

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Equestrian Federation of Australia Inaugural Show

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 2

An Internationally-prominent horseman and horsewoman will be brought from England or the Continent to supervise final…

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News From the Theatres Current Roxy Show

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 2

Searching in its drama, outspoken in its romance and brisk in its comedy, "I can Get It For You Wholesale" more than lives…

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Bright Film at the Broadway Fast Moving Show To Be Screened

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 3

A swift-moving vivid picture "The Woman in Hiding", will be the main attraction at the Broadway Theatre…

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1952 Gundagai Annual Show

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 3

The 1952 annual Gundagai Show will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday March 11th and 12th…

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Seven Riverina Championships Big Swimming Carnival at Lake on

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 3

Swimmers front Deniliquin, Griffith, Leeton and Narrandera will compete in Seven Riverina title events and other races at the Narrandera…

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Swimming Annual Swimming Carnival on Saturday Night Club Confident of Successful Evening

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 4

Numerous entries have been received both locally and from surrounding clubs for the Cootamundra 6th Annual…

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Carnival to aid Wagga Rescue Club

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 2

A two-night carnival will be held by the Wagga Rescue Club on February 29 and March 1 to raise funds for new equipment which is urgently needed. This was decided at last…

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Riverina Swimming Carnival Narrandera Lake, Next

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 2

The first of the Riverina Championships Swimming Carnivals for this season will be held at Narrandera Lake on Sunday next, first event 1.30 p.m. The programme includes seven…

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Equestrian Federation of Australia Inaugural Show

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 1

An internationally prominent horseman and horsewoman will be brought from England or the Continent to…

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Jump in Illabo Shire Values Sales Show Increase But No Improvements

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 8

The capital sales pries of land within the Illabo Shire is more that double the figure previously recorded for…

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Will Revive Memories: “Show Boat” Steaming Into Gundagai Shortly

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 4

Jerome Kern and Oscay Hammerstein’s newest “Show Boat”—a Metro Goldwyn. Mayor technicolour craft—…

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CORRESPONDENCE (To the Editor) Swimming Carnival

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 15 January 1952 · page 2

Sir, I would like to publicly thank all those who made our sixth annual swimming carnival on Saturday night the success it…

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