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Shows & fairs, 1947

3,848 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 193

Has Fine Show Ring Record

The Land · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 9

MISS EMILY ROACH, with "Majesty," the hack she rode when she toon first prize for best lady rider at last Saturday's Kiama Show…

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Women's News Paintings of Native Life on Exhibition Today

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 10

An Australian artist, Miss supervised final preparations f[?]ings which she recently comp to the Northern Territory…

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Dairy Cattle Sales at Royal Show

The Land · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 19

Messrs. J. N. King and Sons Pty. Ltd., of Wollongong, announce in this issue that they will be again conducting sales of stud dairy cattle at the forthcoming…

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Amateurish Art Show By Miss Durack

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 6

All too often do we find our local art preoccupied with a world of external action which disclaims the forces hidden by the shell…

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Dates for Sheep Show And Ram. Sales

The Land · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 2

The council of the N.S.W. Sheep-breeders' Association has decided that the annual Sydney Sheep Show will be held this year on June 5 and 6,…

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Good Show Of Aberdeen-Angus At Mortlake

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 20

MR. LINDSAY NICHOLAS, Terinallum Pastoral Company, Pura Pura (Vic), now on a short trip to…

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British Empire On View At Royal Show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 2

THE British Empire Exhibition, now being organised by the Royal Agricultural Society, will be the most outstanding innovation of the Royal…

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U.S. Butter Output Will Show Big Increase

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 20

BUTTER manufactured for consumption in the United States in 1947 will reach an estimated total of 1,350,000,000-lb., an increase of 2,00,000,000-lb, over the 1946 production…

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Firm Will Conduct Sales At Sydney Royal Show

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 7

AN announcement is made in this issue by Messrs J.N. King and Sons Pty. Ltd. that they will be again conducting sales of stud dairy cattle…

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The Burrcutter and His Mate Preparations for a Buckjumping Show

The Land · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 10

"WHY all the sticking plaster?" inquired the storekeeper, as he removed, from the counter the case of dates which the Burrcutter…

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Quality At Kiama May Provide Some Royal Show Champions High Standards Please Judges

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 7

THAT breeds other than A.I.S. have reached a very high level in the Illawarra district was proved by the excellent Guernseys, Ayrshires, Jerseys and Friesians exhibited at the Kiama show last Saturday. Judges of those breeds were high in their praise of the entries…

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No Closed Door To Anti-Labor Unity Shearing Contest At Sydney Royal Show

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 2

FOR the first time at a Sydney Royal Show a championship sheep shearing competition is to be conducted by the Royal…

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A.I.S. at Kiama Show Upheld Best Traditions of Great Breed Good Season In Illawarra Reflected In Numbers And Quality Of Exhibits Young Stock Credit to Owners

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 6

PRIDE of place at the Kiama Agricultural and Horticultural Association 99th exhibition last Saturday was occupied by the Australian Illawarra Shorthorns, which provided strong classes of high-class cattle. Four other breeds, although entries were smaller, were of very high quality and the cattle…

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Chaperone Makes Fair Progress

The Sun · Saturday 1 February 1947 · page 6

Chaperone continues to progress fairly, but has lost a good deal of condition. Her recovery from her…

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Fair Breeze for Skiffs

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 February 1947 · page 11

With a light southerly filling, their sails, the 12 starters in the Sydney Flying Squadron's Wally Douglas Memorial Trophy got away…

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Fair Breeze for Skiffs

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 February 1947 · page 11

With a light southerly filling their sails, the 12 starters in the Sydney Flying Squadron's Wally . Douglas Memorial Trophy got away…

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Fair Breeze for Skiffs

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 February 1947 · page 11

With a light southerly filling their sails, the 12 starters in the Sydney Flying Squadron's Wally Douglas Memorial Trophy got away…

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Royal Show Tickets

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 1 February 1947 · page 4

First Royal Show since the war will be held in Sydney at Easter, but unless some concessions are made many…

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Best Show Against New Ball

The Sun · Saturday 1 February 1947 · page 7

ADELAIDE, Saturday.--Today's has been the best batting against the new ball that we have…

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Savings Exceed £650 Million: Show Slight Drop

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1947 · page 3

CANBERRA, Friday.—Savings bank deposits in Australia at the end of last year totalled £653,809,000…

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