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Shows & fairs, 1948

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Bright Prospects for Royal Show

The Land · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 1

THERE was every prospect that the coming Royal Show in Sydney would be the best and most successful ever held, said…

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Show Honors For Polled Hereford

The Land · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 40

Wantabadgery East Pastoral Co.'s Polled Hereford bull, "Wantabadgery Burlesque," which won championship honors at fast week's Gundagai Show…

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Beef Cattle at Gundagai Show

The Land · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 21

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Young Riders In Show Ring

The Land · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 13

Juvenile prizewinners in riding events taking part In the grand parade…

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Fat Cattle At Bega Show

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 8

ALTHOUGH Bega is principally a dairying district, excellent fat cattle were exhibited at the recent Bega show. These were…

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Thirty Junior Farmers For Show Camp

The Land · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 10

Thirty junior farmers, ranging in age from 10 to 21 years, have been chosen to attend the camp at the Royal Show, and are described by…

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Wool Bd's. Display at Royal Show

The Land · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 14

A NOVEL display, entitled "Wool In This Wonderful World," will be featured in the Manufacturers' Hall at the…

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Big Show Exhibit of Construction Equipment

The Land · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 11

CONSTRUCTION equipment valued at over £100,000 will be displayed by Tutt-Bryant (N.S.W.) Pty. Ltd. at the Royal Show…

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Red Cross News Royal Agricultural Show

The Land · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 30

The Royal Agricultural Society has made available the site of the Burma Pavilion to Red Cross this year to enable them to raise funds by…

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Tumut Show Mirrors Farm Wealth of DISTRICT

The Land · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 5

The variety and quality of district farm produce were strikingly illustrated in pavilion displays at last week's Tumut Show. Picture shows a section of the display arranged by district Junior Farmer Clubs…

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"The Farmer And Settler" At The Royal Show

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 2

AT the Sydney Royal Show this year "The Farmer and Settler" will be occupying now offices, The location is No. under the Members…

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Coonong Shorthorn Team For SHow; Top Quality Cattle

The Land · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 18

AS usual, the Coonong Beef Shorthorn Stud of Mr. D. R. McCaughey, "Borambola Park," Wagga, will be represented by a…

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100 Gn. Cup For Best Merino at Warren Show

The Land · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 17

A 100 GUINEAS gold cup will be awarded to the champion Merino ram at Warren Show, to be hold on May 11 and 12…

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New Rust Resistant Wheats Show Out Well In Tests

The Land · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 19

IN Wheat varietal tesis carried out at Bedgerabong, Bogan Gate. Grawlin Plains and Alectown, under the direction of Mr. H. A. Woodward, Parkes district agronomist, the newer rust-resisting varieties stood out markedly both as regards quality and acre yield…

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Quality Stock and Produce in Grand Display at Tumut Show by Our Special Representive

The Land · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 12

TUMUT'S 73rd annual show, successfully held last week-end, was potable for the quality and variety of the stock and produce on exhibition. There was a fine display of sheep, wool, beef and dairy cattle, pigs, and poultry, while the pavilion exhibits reached a high standard. Color was lent the ring programme by a ser[?] of…

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Big Entries For Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 March 1948 · page 16

Coogee Surf Club officials yesterday appealed to "no-hopers" to withdraw from events in today's surf carnival on Coogee…

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Contemporary Art Exhibition by Our Art Critic

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 March 1948 · page 10

It is a curious commentary on the much-vaunted "artistic struggle," that the best draughtsmen in the…

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Sydney Show In The Making

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 March 1948 · page 5

DIFFICULTIES like those of the Marx Brothers in their famous crowded cabin scene are faced each year by the organisers…

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Dead Heat at Carnival

Truth · Sunday 7 March 1948 · page 20

Brighton and South Brighton dead-heated in the March Past Championship at the Royal Life Saving Society's Carnival…

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The Passing Show

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 7 March 1948 · page 15

"The next composition was" originally written for two harps, but Miss Navitaste--"…

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