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Shows & fairs, 1954

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Maher Cup in Opposition to Riverina Carnival Another Group IX Blow at Rugby League

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 5 July 1954 · page 5

Another one of those enlightening decisions has been made by Group Nine. The Maher Cup match will…

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The Queen Mother Visits British Industries Fair

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 6 July 1954 · page 2

On Her Majesty's right is Mr. Walter Roosen of the Sea Island Cotton Association of the West Indies, and on her left is Mr. Garnett Gordon, the newly appointed. West Indies Trade Commissioner in the United Kingdom. The…

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Schoolboys' 'Rules Carnival to Be at Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 July 1954 · page 6

The Riverina Australian Rules Schoolboys Council will [?]old its annual knockout carnival at Wagga on Bolton Park on Saturday July 24. The carnival will be divided…

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Maher. Cup v Schoolboys' Carnival

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 7 July 1954 · page 1

Another one of those enlightening decisions has been made by Group Nine. The Maher Cup match will not…

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Local Group to Appear in the Drama Festival Final Preparations Of One Act Show

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 7 July 1954 · page 4

The St. Luke's Amateur Musical and Dramatic Society will present a one-act drama at the Drama Festival…

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A.C.T.U. seeks ban on A and H bombs

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 July 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: The Australian Council of Trade Unions will ask the Commonwealth Government to seek an agreement between all major powers to ban future atom and hydrogen bomb…

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Spring Flower Show Date Set

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 July 1954 · page 5

The Wagga Horticultural Society's spring flower show will be held on Friday and Saturday, October 22 and 23. This was decided at a meeting of the society last night…

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Aust. Missile for air show

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 July 1954 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Wednesday: An Australian-made guided missile will be one of the chief exhibits at the International…

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Show Society Goes Into Debt to Honor Court Case Costs

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 8 July 1954 · page 1

Showing boundless confidence in the Show Society's ability to take a punch below the belt and come back fighting, seven members at the annual meeting on Saturday night guaranteed a bank overdraft of £700 so that the Society can pay costs incurred in a recent Supreme Court claim for damages…

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Gundagai Show President to Be Elected First Meeting of New Committee

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 8 July 1954 · page 1

The first meeting of the newly elected committee of the Gundagai Pastoral and Agricultural Society will be…

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Huge Rugby League Carnival for Boys

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 July 1954 · page 8

JUNEE, Thursday: Preliminary nominations indicate a record entry of over 130 teams taking port in the Riverine Schoolboys Rugby League Carnival to be held at Junee on Saturday, July 31. The carnival is recognised as the largest…

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Riverina Schoolboys Knock-out Carnival Bolton Park, Wagga July 24

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 9 July 1954 · page 2

The Knockout Carnival to he held at Bolton Park, Wagga on July 24, for boys under 16 years and boys under 13…

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Another art exhibition for Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 July 1954 · page 2

A travelling Art exhibition "Cezanne and After" will be shown in Wagga in October. The exhibition, which is…

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Albury's Big Sheep Show

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 July 1954 · page 4

As adverted in to-day's columns, the Albury Sheep Show is expected to be the largest yet staged. This is…

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Concern Over Show Cattle in Parade

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 July 1954 · page 2

Two of the largest exhibitors of beef breeds at the Wagga Show have expressed concern at the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association's insistence on exhibitors of beef cattle remaining for the second grand parade…

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Reds Must Show Goodwill Signs

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 12 July 1954 · page 1

GENEVA, Monday—The United States secretary for State, Mr. John Foster Dulles, said that he would not return…

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New Gundagai Show President Mr. George Armour Elected to Position

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 12 July 1954 · page 1

PROMINENT Coolac grazier, Mr. George Armour, was last week elected President of the Gundagai P. and A. Society. The retiring President, Mr. Geo ft Robertson, did not seek re-election…

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Won Court Case Mit Cannot Get £720 Legal Costs Show Society Members Come Back Fighting

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 12 July 1954 · page 2

Showing boundless confidence in the Show Society's ability to take a punch below the belt and come back fight…

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Winsor's Allegations Denied by Board Records Show 45 Railwaymen Were Reinstated After Offences

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 13 July 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday —Forty-five railwaymen dismissed for theft, drunkenness, bribery, and other charges were reinstated by the Railways Commissioner, Mr. Winsor, last year, official records reveal…

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Car Club Drivers Show Form

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 14 July 1954 · page 1

Last Sunday saw an enthusiastic gathering, of members of the Cootamundra Sporting Car Club, engaged in various sporting…

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