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Shows & fairs, 1932

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Cobargo Show

The Bega District News · Thursday 3 March 1932 · page 2

Cobargo’s 41st annual show opened yesterday. Despite the bad season the pavilion display and the collection of Jersey cattle are right up to the best…

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Bodalla Show

The Bega District News · Thursday 3 March 1932 · page 2

Mr Steve Piper, who visited Bodalla Show last Saturday and acted as judge of Jerseys, says that the exhibition attracted a good attendance, and, in the…

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Current Topics. The Show

The Bega District News · Thursday 3 March 1932 · page 2

Very satisfactory indeed was the annual show of the Bega Agricultural Society, held last week, and the exhibits raised under adverse conditions were…

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The Agricultural Society

The Nowra Leader · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 3

A meeting of the Shoalhaven A. & H. Association was held on Tuesday. Present: Messrs. Boyd (President), Calcraft, Lamond, Borrowdale,…

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Bega Show

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 3

Exhibits at Bega show last week totalled 2500. The adaptability of Bermagui district for fruitgrowing was again…

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Cobargo Show. Horses

The Bega District News · Monday 7 March 1932 · page 2

Judge, Mr C. A. Otton; stewards. Messrs N. C. Tarlinton, C. Allen, P. Gannon, and W. D. Tarinton. Draught: Mare 3yrs and over, J. H…

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Cobargo Show Awards. Agricultural Products

The Bega District News · Monday 7 March 1932 · page 4

Judge, Mr T. J. Kelly; stewards, Messrs A. Cullen and L. Pankhurst. Shelled maize, yellow, large, J. Pruss 1, A. E. Jessop 2; 4 entries. Shelled…

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Eden Show

The Bega District News · Thursday 10 March 1932 · page 3

Eden show was held on Thursday and Friday last. The attendance on the first day was poor, but on the second there was a good crowd present. For…

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The Recent Show

The Bega District News · Thursday 10 March 1932 · page 2

Bega Agricultural Society met on Tuesday, Mr J. B. D’Arcy presiding. Statement of accounts for the year, submitted by Mr Davies, the…

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Open Column. Champion Bulls at Cobargo Show. (To the Editor.)

The Bega District News · Thursday 10 March 1932 · page 4

Sir,—I notice in the awards of the Jersey classes at the Cobargo show you have Mr G. R. Salway credited with winning the champion Jersey bull class…

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The Presbyterian Fair

The Bega District News · Monday 14 March 1932 · page 2

This popular annual function was held in the picturesque grounds of the Manse on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings last, and attracted, good…

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Bombala Show

The Bega District News · Monday 14 March 1932 · page 2

Bega visitors to Bombala show, held last Wednesday and Thursday, are enthusiastic over the fine exhibition seen in the tableland town. The attendance…

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Band Carnival

The Bega District News · Thursday 17 March 1932 · page 2

The carnival in aid of Bega Town Band, held on the sports ground last Saturday afternoon and night, can be written down as the most successful…

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The Surf Carnival

The Bega District News · Thursday 17 March 1932 · page 1

The annual championship surf carnival took place on Tathra beach on Sunday last in the presence of a good crowd. Unfortunately, in recent years…

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Bermagui Show

The Bega District News · Thursday 17 March 1932 · page 3

The third annual show of the Bermagui Horticultural Society was held in the School of Arts hall last Friday and Saturday, and was a highly…

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Bermagui Show

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 18 March 1932 · page 2

The third annual show of the Horticultural Society was held on Friday evening and Saturday last week. The judges were…

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Show a Leg

The Bega District News · Thursday 24 March 1932 · page 6

We have to thank the short skirt era for many benefits, and not the least of these is the appreciation of a pretty leg. Even now, although longer skirts…

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The Sydney Show Again

The Bega District News · Thursday 24 March 1932 · page 3

Already the city is agog with excitement, what with the big bridge opening, which is estimated to bring the largest gathering of visitors ever…

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Lion in a Scullery. Escape from a Fair Ground

The Bega District News · Thursday 24 March 1932 · page 6

A lion which escaped from its cage on the fair ground at Bloxwich, a suburb of Walsall, Stafford, climbed a wall into the garden of a house, and…

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The Sydney Show Again

The Nowra Leader · Friday 25 March 1932 · page 8

Already the city is [?]go[?] with excitement, what with the big Bridge-Op[?]ing which is estimated to bring the largest gathering of visitors [?]ver…

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