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Shows & fairs, 1955

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Victorian Handicrafts Exhibition To Open On

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 26 August 1955 · page 21

One of the most ambitious handicrafts displays ever staged in Australia will be opened in the Melbourne Town Hall on Monday. Organised by the…

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At Sydney Galleries Annual Watercolour Show

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 26 August 1955 · page 5

A considerable calm descends upon the viewer at the Annual Exhibition of the Australian Watercolour Institute of David Jones’…

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Record Cattle Entries For Melbourne Show

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 26 August 1955 · page 14

A total of 2547 entries received for the cattle section of the 1955 Royal Melbourne Show represents a new record for the section. The number is 194 in…

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Judging Took Full Week At The Great Palermo Cattle show

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 26 August 1955 · page 16

Judging took a week at Palermo Show, the greatest livestock exhibition in Argentina, which has just concluded. The aristocrats of…

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Art Show Review

The Biz · Wednesday 31 August 1955 · page 10
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The prolific painters of Parramatta have emerged trimphant and exultant from an apparently reluctant sleep. Not since the…

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London Show in October

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 31 August 1955 · page 12

Fabulous Earl's Court, London, motor show begins late in October…

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Carnival Games Huge Success Southern Districts Australian Rules Junior & School "Assoc."

The Biz · Wednesday 31 August 1955 · page 4

Rosedale Oval on Saturday was bes[?]ged with a crowd of 600 people to witness the junior carnival games, with Maitland and…

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Flower Show at Springwood

Nepean Times · Thursday 1 September 1955 · page 1

Prizes winners at the Chrisr Church, Springwood, Flower Show, held on August 20, were: Collection of hyacinths, Mrs…

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Kuring-gai Wins Final in Polocrosse Carnival

Nepean Times · Thursday 1 September 1955 · page 1

The Frank Miller Cup played for on Sunday afternoon in the polocrosse carnival was an exhibition of perfect horsemanship…

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Penrith High School Athletic Carnival Many Records Broken

Nepean Times · Thursday 1 September 1955 · page 2

The fifth Annual Athletic Carnival of Penrith High School was successfully held on the High School Oval on August 17 and 24. The oval, though dry, was in…

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Show Society President Re-elected Applications for Secretaryship Reduction of Overdraft

Nepean Times · Thursday 1 September 1955 · page 1

Mr. A. E. Flint was re-elected president at the annual meeting of Nepean A.H. and I. Society held on Thursday evening in the C.W.A. rooms, Penrith, and was congratulated on his work in the position…

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Wagga Show

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 September 1955 · page 13

ABOVE: Champion Ayrshire bull at Wagga Show last week was Woodside Park On Wood exhibited by Robinson Bros. He is held here by Vic Wilson, Wagga. LEFT: Messrs. H. A. Daly, Wagga, and…

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Learning Show Jumping

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 September 1955 · page 20

SHOW jumping in Australia gains more and more adherents and the first book in…

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District News Combined Show

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 September 1955 · page 16

The Southern Highlands District Council is contemplating organising its own Junior Farmer Show…

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London Motor Show Plans

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 September 1955 · page 37

Earl Mountbatten will open the 40th London Motor Show at Earl's Court this year on…

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Tharwa J.F. Show

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 September 1955 · page 16

The fifth annual Tharwa Junior Farmers' show will be held at Queanbeyan…

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People and Paragraphs Careers Show

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 September 1955 · page 2

YOUNGSTERS attending the Careers Exhibition at Sydney Trocadero this week could hardly have…

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Stock Show Preference For Sweet Sudan Grass

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 September 1955 · page 10

Sweet Sudan grass is becoming more popular in the North-West than common Sudan grass because stock have shown a preference for it…

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Dogs In The News Valuable Trophies At Successful Gundog Show

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 September 1955 · page 14

The Gundog Society of Australia staged another highly successful Show on Saturday. The trophies exhibited for competition must surely have been the most valuable offered this year at any specialist Club…

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