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Shows & fairs, 1954

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Carnival at Wagga draws 1000

Daily Advertiser · Monday 19 April 1954 · page 2

As estimated crowd of nearly 1000 attended the Old Age and Invalid Pensioners' Association annual…

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Blind cricketers Show their paces

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 April 1954 · page 1

Jack Cook, Bill Clarke, Frank Cheney and Harry Ellingsworth, all of Sydney, playing in the Blind y R.S.L. cricket match at Wagga on Sunday. [?] still a keen [?] He is Percy Warner who had just fielded a ball in the Blind v R.S.L. match at Bolton Park on Sunday…

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Lockhart Show Committee Abolishes Parking Fees

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 20 April 1954 · page 1

Mr. E. G. Alexander, president, presided at the last meeting of the Lockhart Show Committee, which was partly reported in our…

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Pensioners' £250 from carnival

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 April 1954 · page 5

The Old Age and invalid Pensioners' carnival in the Town Hall Gardens realised £250 profit…

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Famous Ballet Will Show Here Tonight Only

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 22 April 1954 · page 2

Cootamundra and district residents, will have an opportunity of seeing the famous production, John Antill's ballet,…

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Women's Bowls Carnival

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 2

Leeton and District Bowling Club are pleased to report us follows: The first annual Women's Carnival was held over…

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Leeton Annual Easter Bowls Carnival

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 2

The Annual Easter Carnival inaugurated three years ago was again played on the Soldiers' Club and Wade Club…

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Tumut District Cricket Easter Carnival Wagga Beaten by Tumut Match...details

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 6

The series of matches played la Tumut during the Easter weekend provided a brand of cricket that was generally bright and entertaining In all, five matches were played—two on Saturday and three on…

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Coolamon Show; Boxing Shows Banned to Allow National Dancing

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 1

The first meeting of the Coolamon Show Committee to be held at night took place on Tuesday of last week. The attendance was good, but .was not so large…

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"Vanity Fair" at Teachers' College

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 April 1954 · page 2

"Vanity Fair", a play by Constance Cox is based on Thackeray's famous novel of the same name…

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Boxing Ban at Coolamon Show

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 April 1954 · page 1

COOLAMON, Friday: The Coolamon Show Society has decided to ban professional boxing…

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Flower show at Lockhart

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 April 1954 · page 3

LOCKHART, Saturday: The Methodist Annual Flower Show today was opened by Mrs. Keeling, wife of the Rev…

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The Festival of the Falling Leaf Tumut's Carnival

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 26 April 1954 · page 2

Arrangements have been made for the running of a special train from Cootamundra to Tumut on Sunday, May 2, the…

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Valuable Hints on Show Cattle

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 2

Superb organisation of the Sydney Royal Show, the comprehensive nature of its displays and the grand quality of stock…

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Fat cattle success at Show

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 5

The success of Aberdeen-Angus in the fat cattle section at the Royal Easter Show Again demonstrated the…

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Tumut’s Big Carnival The Festival Of The Falling Leaf

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 7

Arrangements are being made for the naming of a special train from Cootamundra to Tumut on Sunday, 2nd May, the second day of the Festival of the Falling Leaf. The programme on -tills day enters for golfers, bowlers,…

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Show Off Your Miniatures

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 4

Why not moke yourself a shadow box? This wall ornament is ideal for showing off miniature vases, crockery and other knick-knacks. It costs pounds to buy, but…

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Show Business Being the Weekly Doings of the Revue Club

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 4

VARIETY ENCORE:--Yes folks, that's the name of our new show. Booking should be made now at Bill Gill's radio store in…

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Royal Show Instructive Week For Tumut Junior Former, Lesley Shiels

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 4

Miss Lesley Shiels. of Gocup, represented the Tumut Junior Farmers' Club at the recent Royal Show in Sydney, and she…

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Gymkhana Shapes Well in Junee. Show Association to Stage Big Event To-morrow

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 3

There are very good prospects that the Gymkhana to be staged on the Junee showground to-morrow (Saturday)…

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