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Shows & fairs, 1952

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World’s Greatest Musical Show Comes To Gundagai

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 29 May 1952 · page 4

The management of the Gundagai has secured for screening Gundagai at on June 6th and 7th (next Friday and…

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Night Trotting Talk at Young Show Association To Apply For License

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 29 May 1952 · page 8

Application is to be made immediately by the Young p. and A. Association for a license to conduct night…

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Leeton Poultry and Pigeon Show, 1952

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 30 May 1952 · page 6

Last year the members of the Leeton Poultry Club, together with the members of the local Pigeon Club, decided that the…

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Increased prize money for Leeton Agricultural Show

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 30 May 1952 · page 1

A meeting of Leeton Show Committee, held in the Shire Chambers on Monday night, adopted the report of the…

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Big Profit From Young Carnival Baths Improvements To Be Made

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 30 May 1952 · page 7

The annual meeting of the Spring Carnival organisation at Young received a financial statement showing a profit of…

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Potato Crop Will Provide Funds for Tumbarumba Show

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 May 1952 · page 3

The Tumbarumba Show Society committeemen will soon begin, literally, to harvest additional funds for the society. A potato crop was grown…

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Plea for Lifting of Merino Embargo Sheep Show Opening

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 May 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: American shep breeders would like the Australian Government to lift the [?] on the export of Merino sheep,…

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For the man on the land Show Down by Wheat Board on Stock Feed Wheat

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 May 1952 · page 4

The Australian Wheat Board has decided on a showdown in regard to the payment of freightage on stock feed wheat. This is perhaps the most vital discussion the Board has…

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Sheep Show Sales Prices Higher

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 May 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: Rates for British-breed sheep auctioned at the Sydney Sheep Show today were well above last…

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Culcairn Show officials

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 June 1952 · page 4

At a meeting of the Culcairn Show Society, the following office-bearers were appointed. President, Mr. J. A. Balfour (re-elected); vice-presidents,…

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Junee Exhibition of Child Art. Large Entry Interests General Public

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 2 June 1952 · page 4

Despite the fact that ghastly weather mitigated against it, the exhibition of Child Art in Junee on Friday and…

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Fair Rents Board

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 5 June 1952 · page 1

At a recent silting of the Fair Rents Board, before Mr. Keith Smith, S.M., John Warren applied for the assessment of the rent of several of…

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1953 Show Dates

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 5 June 1952 · page 1

Delegates of the Tumbarumba, Jingellic, Wodonga, Tallangatta, and Corryong Show Societies, members of the Autumn Show…

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Next Year's Sheep Show

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 5 June 1952 · page 6

Next year's Sydney Sheep Show will be limited to three days—May 27 to 29 inclusive—unless Coronation Day (June 2) is declared a public…

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Sydney Sheep Show the Merino Champions of the Sydney Sheep Show

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 5 June 1952 · page 6

(From the Left): Merryville (grand champion and champion medium wool); Merryville (reserve grand…

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Three Seconds Off Assessments Tighter Conditions For Show Trots

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 7

The New South Wales Trotting Club has changed the assessment system to operate at all Agricultural…

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The Merino Champions Of The Sydney Shep Show—

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 9 June 1952 · page 2

From the left—Merryville (Grand champion and champion medium wool) Merrywool (Reserve grand champion and champion fine wool) Fairbanks S.A. (Champion strong wool), Merryville (Champion super fine wool), Meryville (from pen of five), Merryville (extra strong wool), Somerset, Jerilderie,…

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Yerong Creek Knockout Football Carnival Better Than Ever

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 10 June 1952 · page 8

The organisers of the Yerong Creek Knockout Australian Rules Carnival registered another outstanding success on the…

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Culcairn C.w.a. to Help Show Society

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 June 1952 · page 4

At the C.W.A meeting, curried over from the birthday meeting, the president (Mrs. D. Cox) gave a very…

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Our Sheep Show

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 11 June 1952 · page 2

The Cootamundra APH and I Association's 22nd annual Sheep Show, dog trials and ram sales were concluded today after what…

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