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Shows & fairs, 1955

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"Milky Way" Exhibition Penrith Visitor's Impressions

Nepean Times · Thursday 18 August 1955 · page 2

With headlines blazing of satellites circling the outer space, stars and constellation in no lesser degree concentrated in the…

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Brisbane's Royal Show

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 August 1955 · page 24

TIMOR CONVAIR, winning Hereford bull under 22 months class at-Brisbane Royal Show is decorated by the Governor of Queensland, Sir John Lavarack. Mr. I. White of White Bros., Timor, holds the bull. At left is the judge, Mr. R. A. Reynolds, of Hobartville, Richmond…

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Show Time in Brisbane

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 August 1955 · page 13

CHAMPION DECORATED: Mrs. G. Hart, of California, decorates the champion Shorthorn cow, Kyalla Pty. Ltd.'s Greenwich Averne Frances. WATCHING the Poll Hereford judging were Mrs…

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Big Crowd Attends Milky Way Exhibition Opening

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 August 1955 · page 7

A decline in bovine tuberculosis in dairy herds in the Metropolitan, Wollongong and Blue Mountains areas was reported in the past year, said the N.S.W. Premier, Mr. Cahill, when opening the Milky Way Exhibition…

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Milk Board Prizes For Easter Show

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 August 1955 · page 20

The N.S.W. Milk Board has donated new prizes amounting to £150 for milk…

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Sydney Motor Show Covers Wide Range Of Vehicles

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 August 1955 · page 37

Cars and commercial vehicles on display for the first time in New South Wales, motor cycles and motor scooters, racing cars and the latest in caravans were among the features of the motor show opened by the Governor of N.S.W., Sir John Northcott, at Sydney Showground last Friday…

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Brisbane Royal Show Fat Cattle Section Best Ever Staged

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 August 1955 · page 9

BRISBANE.—The rapidity with which cattlemen have turned to the class of fat stock most sought after by the meat trade was an impressive feature of the Brisbane Royal's magnificent fat cattle section…

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Brisbane Royal Show Major Honors To N.S.W. And Q'ld Studs

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 August 1955 · page 8

BRISBANE.—At Brisbane's Royal Show, which started on August 11, many of the leading studs of Eastern Australia provided one of the best all-round displays of beef aristocrats ever brought together in the…

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Carnival For. Legacy

The Biz · Wednesday 24 August 1955 · page 6

To raise funds for the local Legacy Group, a street carnival win be held in The Crescent, Fairfield, from August 29 to September…

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C.W.A. Handicraft Exhibition

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 24 August 1955 · page 14

The Nepean Group of the Country Women's Association will hold a handicrafts exhibition in the…

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Grand Show for Polio Society

The Biz · Wednesday 24 August 1955 · page 16
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A mannequin parade and variety show will be held at the Railway Hotel, Fairfield, on Thursday, August 25,…

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Granville City Hall Fashion Show

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 24 August 1955 · page 15

Leading Sydney manneuins will model the season's test styles in women's wear next Wednesday night…

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First Annual Show Fairfield Agricultural and Horticultural Society

The Biz · Wednesday 24 August 1955 · page 19
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The tremendous amount of organising of each section, and the volume of detailed work necessary to prepare for an annual…

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Springwood Flower Show

Nepean Times · Thursday 25 August 1955 · page 8

A very energetic band of ladies headed by Mrs. Paddison, president; Mrs. Pretyman, secretary, and Miss R. Dicker,…

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Scheme Plan on Exhibition Early in October

Nepean Times · Thursday 25 August 1955 · page 1

THE latest official information about the new Penrith scheme plan is that it will be on exhibition in…

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Red Cross Flower Show Bright Display, Despite Weather

Nepean Times · Thursday 25 August 1955 · page 2

A VERY creditable display of flowers and high-grade exhibits in other sections made the annual Flower Show and…

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Book Exhibition

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 26 August 1955 · page 5

A most interesting Book Exhibition is taking place in the Maccabean Hall, 28th August, from 10 a.m. to 10…

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Corgi Club Show Soon

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 26 August 1955 · page 33

The Welsh Corgi Club of New South Wales will hold a Championship Show…

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