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Shows & fairs, 1955

582 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 30

Wants Change In Show Exhibition Arrangements

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 May 1955 · page 6

Changes in the exhibition of dairy cattle at Sydney Royal Easter Shows are being sought by the N.S.W. branch of the Australian Jersey Herd Society…

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Record Crowd Sees Bushmen's Carnival At Casino

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 May 1955 · page 43

CASINO.— A record 7500 crowd from all parts of the Richmond district paid to see the annual bushmen's carnival at Casino last week-end. Officials claimed the…

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Record Entry For Sydney Sheep Show

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 May 1955 · page 48

Record entries of Dorset Horns in the Sydney Sheep Show reflect the growth of popularity of this breed which now provides the premier fat lamb sire of Australia…

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Farmers Show Interest In New Welding Aid

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 May 1955 · page 36

Mounting and driving a welding generator has been made easy by an Orange firm which has simplified the fitting of a welder to a tractor…

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They'll Show You How to Make It

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 May 1955 · page 21

The Do-It-Yourself exhibition to be opened by American film star, Betty Hutton, at the Sydney Town Hall tomorrow, really does fell and show you how to do it…

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J.a.s.a. Decides on Carnival Policy to Vote Against Abolition of Ring Events

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 13 May 1955 · page 10

The meeting of the J.A.S.A. Executive and Sports Organisers for the 1955 Interstate Carnival, decided to vote against the abolition of boxing and wrestling events, at the Judean Sports…

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Dogs In The News Dog Section Was Big Attraction At Wellington Show

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 May 1955 · page 32

Wellington P.A. & H. Society staged their first Championship Show under R.A.S.K.C. rules last week-end in conjunction with their Annual Show. It was the biggest event of its kind ever staged in Wellington…

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Merrylands Pet Show

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 18 May 1955 · page 7
Also in The Broadcaster

Merrylands Public School annual pet show, held in the school ground, was a great success…

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Dubbo Show

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 20 May 1955 · page 13

OFFICIALS: Col. Sommerville (second from left) opened Dubbo Show last Thursday. Pictured here are (I. to r.): The Mayor of Dubbo, Aid. L. H. Ford; Col. Sommerville; Mr. E. A. Tink, Dubbo Show President; President of Wellington Show, Mr. G. A. Fuller, and Mr. Clarke, Past President, Dubbo Show…

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Show Societies Seek State Govt. Subsidies

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 20 May 1955 · page 3

LISMORE.— The North Coast Agricultural Societies' Association launched a move to seek subsidies from the State Government at its meeting in Casino last week…

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Gov.-Gen. To Open Sydney Sheep Show

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 20 May 1955 · page 9

The Governor General of Australia, Sir William Slim, will officially open the…

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Dubbo Puts On Good Show Despite Floods

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 20 May 1955 · page 11

Dubbo, making a grand recovery from the serious flooding that damaged parts of the town and much of the surrounding district last February, staged its 83rd annual Show last Thursday, Friday and Saturday…

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Record Prize Money For Brisbane Royal Show

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 20 May 1955 · page 5

Prize money for the Brisbane Exhibition this year has reached an all-time record of £18,500. This is £500 more than last year's amount…

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£1M. French Exhibits For Next Royal Show

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 20 May 1955 · page 3

France will try to reduce its present unfavorable trade balance of 8 to 1 in Australia's favor by staging a £1,000,000 French industrial and commercial exhibition at the Royal Easter Show in Sydney next year…

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Young Sires' Progeny Feature Of Uardry Show Team

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 20 May 1955 · page 12

Most interesting feature of this year's Sydney penning of Uardry stud sheep is that most of the top rams are by young sires, the progeny of which have never been offered before at Sydney…

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Quality High Despite Reduced Entries At Bonalbo Show

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 20 May 1955 · page 5

LISMORE.— Despite Back off entries in many sections, due to the unfavorable weather conditions on the Far North Coast and Tableland areas for the past month, the quality of cattle shown at Bonalbo's 30th annual…

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Beef Cattle Fat Stock, Carcase Show Judges Announced

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 20 May 1955 · page 14

Neat week's big beef cattle event is the Royal Agricultural Society's Fat Stock and Carcase Show, judges for which were announced this week by the Society's Director, Sir Frank Berryman…

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Dogs In The News Non-Sporting Dog Club's Record Breaking Show

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 20 May 1955 · page 32

The Non-Sporting Dog Club of N.S.W., who annually hold their championship show at the R.A.S. grounds and are regarded as the mother club for all breeds and specialist clubs in this group, staged a record-breaking…

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Sheep Worth £250,000 Will Be On Show And Sale At Sydney

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 20 May 1955 · page 3

Sheep from many of Australia's leading studs, worth at least £250,000 and representing the culmination of years of painstaking breeding effort, will he exhibited at the 56th Sydney Sheep Show and submitted for sale…

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