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Shows & fairs, 1948

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Show Off for 10 Days

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 February 1948 · page 3

Presentation of "Under the Counter" at, the Theatre Royal in Sydney has been cancelled for the…

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Show Off for 10 Days

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 February 1948 · page 2

Presentation of "Under the Counter" at the Theatre Royal in Sydney has been cancelled for the…

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Record Show Expected. 22,000 Entries

Construction · Wednesday 18 February 1948 · page 6

Sydney's Royal Easter Show this year is expected to be the largest ever held; the entries— 22,000, are a record: The Atomic Age Exhibition, which has been…

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Courtneidge Show Off For 10 Days

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 February 1948 · page 5

Presentation of "Under the Counter" at the Theatre Royal in Sydney has been cancelled for the next 10 days. STAR of the play, English…

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Warning on Price Charges at Show

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 February 1948 · page 2

CATERERS and sideshow proprietors at the Easter Show were warned by the Acting Deputy Prices Commissioner…

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Courtneidge Show Off For 10 Days

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 February 1948 · page 5

Presentation of "Under the Counter" at the Theatre Royal in Sydney has been cancelled for the next 10 days. STAR of the play, English…

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If The Lion Still Has Claws How's The Time To Show Them

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 February 1948 · page 8

THE British Minister for State (Mr. Hector McNeil) has told the House of Commons that…

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Liverpool Show

The Biz · Thursday 19 February 1948 · page 6

The secretary of Liverpool A.H. and I. Society (Mr. B. C. Fitzbatrick) has informed us that the total takings at the annual show, held on February 6 and 7,…

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Shannon's Jockey Called "Only Fair"

Daily Mirror · Thursday 19 February 1948 · page 16

ARCADIA (California), Thursday.--Shannon's American jockey, Noel "Spec" Richardson, is generally regarded by veteran horsemen as "only fair" and a rider who has seen better days…

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Shannon's Jockey Called "Only Fair"

Daily Mirror · Thursday 19 February 1948 · page 16

ARCADIA (California), Thursday.--Shannon's American jockey, Noel "Spec" Richardson, is generally regarded by veteran horsemen as "only fair" and a rider who has seen better days…

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Hospital Ball and Carnival

Nepean Times · Thursday 19 February 1948 · page 3

A suggestion that the Board revive the Hospital Ball in Penrith was made by the secretary, Mr. L. K. Longhurst, at the meeting of Nepean District…

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First Horse at Show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 February 1948 · page 3

The first entry to make its appearance at the Showground was Mr. Ted Nye's Springmead Sequita, which is shown here with its master after an exercise on the cinders. The Royal Show will be open from March 20 until March 31…

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Preparing for Penrith's Night Show

Nepean Times · Thursday 19 February 1948 · page 4

Penrith Council's electrical engineer, Mr. A. G. Taylor, and staff, Mr. J. Blaikie (President.) and Mr. A. Tornaros (secretary) were busy on Penrith…

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Show Prices To Be Policed

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 February 1948 · page 9

The Prices Branch will set up an office at the Showground to police sideshow and refreshment prices at the 1948…

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G.p.s. Bats Show Form

Daily Mirror · Thursday 19 February 1948 · page 15

G.P.S. batsmen dropped straight into form in the first day's play of the opening round, and on Saturday's…

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Show Successes with Poultry and Pigeons

Nepean Times · Thursday 19 February 1948 · page 7

Mr. Reg. Galvin, of Penrith, has been successful with exhibits of poultry and pigeons in Liverpool and Lithgow Shows, as follows:…

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No Bank Holiday for Nepean Show

Nepean Times · Thursday 19 February 1948 · page 6

The secretary of Nepean A.H. and I. Society, Ald. Tornaros, in a letter read at the meeting of Penrith Council on Friday evening, asked Council to make…

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Nepean Show Buckjumping in Night Programme

Nepean Times · Thursday 19 February 1948 · page 3

An added special feature for the Friday night programme at Penrith Show, to be held on March 5 and 6, is a buckjumping contest, for which prize…

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G.p.s. Bats Show Form

Daily Mirror · Thursday 19 February 1948 · page 15

G.P.S. batsmen dropped straight into form in the first day's play of the opening round and on Saturday's…

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Luddenham Holds Fine Show, Despite Rain Good Ring Programme, Splendid Cattle

Nepean Times · Thursday 19 February 1948 · page 1

LUDDENHAM A. and H. SOCIETY'S second show since the war45th in all-last Saturday had many of the best features of the Society's pie-war shows, and generally was quite a meritorious exhibition…

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