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Shows & fairs, 1954

899 stories in Riverina's papers · page 22 of 45

Wagga Show Ring Programme to Be Best Ever—secty

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 July 1954 · page 3

The ring programme at the Wagga Show on August 24, 25 and 26 will be the biggest and most attractive ever presented at Wagga, Murrumbidgee…

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Art Exhibition From Country

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 26 July 1954 · page 3

The Executive of the Arts Council of Australia has been endeavoring for some time to carry out the suggest on of its…

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Wagga Won Both Divisions 500 boys in 'Rules carnival

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 July 1954 · page 6

Wagga Junior Australian Rules Football League had a great day in the Schoolboys Carnival at Bolton Park on Saturday when they carried off the…

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128 Teams in Saturday's School Boy's Carnival Number of Referees Is Worry to Officials

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 26 July 1954 · page 8

The possible shortage of badge referees for next Saturday's mammoth Riverina Schoolboys' carnival in Junee…

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Rugby League Schools Carnival Junee, next

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 27 July 1954 · page 2

130 teams will take part in the Rugby League Schools Carnival to be held at Junee on Saturday next…

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Interstate Schools' Football Carnival August 23 to September 9

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 27 July 1954 · page 2

New South Wales is committed to organise the Interstate Schools' Australian National Football Carnival this year and the N.S.W…

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128 Teams to Play at Junee R.l. Carnival Stage Set for World's Biggest Exhibition of Its Kind

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 28 July 1954 · page 1

The culmination of a season's coaching will be realised on nine adjoining grounds of Willow Park next Saturday, when 128 teams, drawn from a vast area, will take part in the Riverine Schoolboys'…

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Two Thousand Lads to FlGHT for School Honors in Mammoth Carnival in Junee on

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 28 July 1954 · page 5

THE CULMINATION OF A SEASON'S COACHING WILL BE REALISED ON NINE ADJOINING GROUNDS OF WILLOW BARK NEXT SATURDAY, WHEN 128 TEAMS, DRAW N FROM A VAST AREA…

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Polocrosse Carnival at Lockhart

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 July 1954 · page 8

Next Sunday the Lockhart Polocrosse club will stage the most ambitious and spectacular polocrosse carnival yet attempted in the Riverina…

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Huge Carnival of Football for Schools at Junee Next

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 29 July 1954 · page 12

The culmination of a season’s coaching will be realised on nine adjoining grounds of Willow Park…

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2000 Schoolboys to Play in Saturday's Junee R.l. Carnival

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 July 1954 · page 8

JUNEE, Wednesday: More than 2000 schoolboys will be taking part in next Saturday's Riverina Rugby League Schoolboys' Carnival at Junee, the largest carnival of its kind in the world…

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Sporting Comment Fisher Park Improvement. Mayor Stratton Will Call Meeting If Sportsmen Show Interest

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 29 July 1954 · page 1

Following the opening article in Tuesday's "Sporting Comment" regarding the improvements required at Fisher Park and how these achievements could be made with the co-operation or Council, all sporting bodies, and public spirited citizens, the…

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HOCKEY Tumut In Crookwell Carnival

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 30 July 1954 · page 2

Crookwell staged a very successful hockey carnival last Sunday, in which thirty teams participated. Crookwell Club won…

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Arrangements for Henty Show

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 July 1954 · page 3

The July meeting of the Henty P. and A. Society's committee was well attended, when plans for the Jubilee…

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14 Hockey Teams in Cup Carnival

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 July 1954 · page 6

Next Sunday at the Duke of Kent Park. Wagga, 14 men's hockey teams will compete for the Leo Packham Cup. The teams have been…

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Schools Carnival at Junee To-morrow

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 30 July 1954 · page 2

The four teams from Leeton High School and three from the Primary Department will have their expenses paid by the…

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Schoolboys' Carnival At Junee To-morrow

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 30 July 1954 · page 1

The culmination of a season's coaching will be realised on nine grounds of Willow Park, Junee, to-morrow, when 128…

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District Success at Albury Sheep Show

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 30 July 1954 · page 9

At the recent Albury Sheep Show, the second largest sheep show in Australia. Messrs. Parmenter…

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First Schoolboys Will Arrive in Junee to Day Preparations Ready For Football Carnival

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 30 July 1954 · page 1

Schoolbool footballers will start to arrive in Junee this afternoon in preparation for to-morrow's Riverina…

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Intertown men's carnival New Team for Big Hockey Tomorrow

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 July 1954 · page 10

One of the features of tomorrow's big men's hockey annual carnival at Duke of Kent Pork, Wagga, will be the appearance of a team from the Snowy River. This is a newly formed…

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