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Shows & fairs, 1954

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Flower Show Next Week

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 23 October 1954 · page 2

"The Church of England Flower Show to be held next Thursday and Friday (Oct. 28 and 29) will be opened by…

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Big Polocrosse Carnival at Tintaldra

Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 October 1954 · page 2

Holbrook on Saturday retained the Mitchell Shield it a polocrosse carnival at the Welaregang Reserve at…

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Santa's Preview of His 1954 Xmas Stockings, Art Union and Carnival

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 25 October 1954 · page 8

First of all I want to apologise to those people who wanted to buy tickets in my big Junee Community Advancement Fund Art Union and couldn't locate the sellers, particularly on Saturday morning last…

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Preparation of Your Entries for the Spring Flower Show

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 25 October 1954 · page 4

Iris— Watch the weather, and if one of those hot dry winds comes along, cut them and get…

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Records Could Be Smashed at Flower Show This Week’s Big Function Will Attract Large Crowd

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 25 October 1954 · page 1

Records — both in patronage and the number of entries received — could well be smashed ait this week’s annual Spring Flower Show to be held in the Gundagai Theatre on Friday next, October 29th…

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Variety Show This

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 26 October 1954 · page 1

Once again we are about to present a Variety Show. There have been the usual last minute setbacks, but everyone is working…

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Pleasant Hills Flower Show

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 26 October 1954 · page 3

The annual Spring Flower Show conducted by the Pleasant Hills United Churches Ladies' Guild, held on Saturday last, was very…

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The Sporting Outlook. Bad Exhibition in Ampol

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 26 October 1954 · page 1

Before Mr. Thomas Bolt, golfer, arrived from America to play in the Ampol tournament, publicity blurbs assured us that he was a very temperamental fellow, given to breaking his clubs, and stalking…

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Santa's Preview Of His 1954 Christmas Stockings, Art Union and Carnival

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 27 October 1954 · page 4

Some people have decided that they will form syndicates or groups to take regular tickets in the monster…

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Methodist Spring Fair Successful

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 28 October 1954 · page 2

The Cootamundra Town Hall was a busy, happy scene on Friday, when the Methodist spring fair was in progress. MR. Stratton, the Mayoress…

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Flower Show Entries

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 28 October 1954 · page 1

Intending exhibitions at the Spring Flower Show to be [?]eld to-morrow (Friday) are eminded that the Theatre…

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New Show Pavilion for Gundagai

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 28 October 1954 · page 1

The proposed new Show pavilion for Gundagai, will, when completed, be an ultra modern building, as the local…

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Surprising Show of Unity on U.n. Disarmament

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 28 October 1954 · page 1

NEW YORK, Thursday—A joint East-West resolution calling for a resumption of closeddoor negotiations between the…

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The Stage Is Set for To-morrow’s Big Exhirition— Spring Flower Show Creates Great Interest Among Town and District Residents

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 28 October 1954 · page 8

The fact that Gundagai and district has been saved from a drought, through the drenching rains which fell this week, is one of the reasons which accounts for an unusual interest in the annual Spring Flower Show, which…

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School Flower Show at Griffith

Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 October 1954 · page 2

More than 600 entries have been received for the Griffith Infants' School's Flower Show, garden party and art…

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Tumut Junior Farmers Second Annual Show

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 29 October 1954 · page 3

The Tumut Junior Farmers' Club held its second annual show on the Tumut Showground on Saturday last and proved an outstanding success from all points of view…

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St. Andrew’s Annual Fair Federal F.c. Premiership Ball and Mannequin Parade

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 29 October 1954 · page 4

At St. Andrew’s Fair held in the Cazna Theatre on Thursday, October 21, the Mannequin Parade supplied first class entertainment for all who attended and great…

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Santa's Preview Of His 1954 Christmas Stockings, Art Union and Carnival

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 29 October 1954 · page 5

Well, we've made our first drawing for an "intermediate prize and the lucky winner Was Mr Keith Lawton…

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Official Opening of Flower Show

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 October 1954 · page 4

THE HIGH COMMISSIONER for Ceylon (Mr. 3. A. Martensz) officially opening the Church of England Flower Show on Wednesday. With him are the Mayor of Wagga (Ald. W. F. Dunne), Rev. MacKenzle Baird, Mrs. Paton and Padre Paton…

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Move for Four Day Wagga Show Unsuccessful

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 October 1954 · page 2

The Wagga Show committee has decided against a move to extend the show a further day and next year's exhibition will be held on Tuesday…

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