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Shows & fairs, 1958

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Records Broken in Weightlifting Exhibition

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 3 January 1958 · page 6

MELBOURNE: Trevor Cohen, brother of Maccabiah representative Daryl Cohen, broke the junior…

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Major N.s.w. Carnival Wins

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 3 January 1958 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday: Sydney contestants have given New South Wales a great start in its quest for the unofficial title of Champion State of the Silver Jubilee Sports Carnival. They recorded great wins in men’s aW ladies’ swimming; ladies’ athletics, men’s gymnastics; entered…

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International Gifts and Fancy Goods Fair

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 8 January 1958 · page 9

Over 1,100 exhibitors from several countries will be represented on the International Gifts and Fancy Goods Fair at Blackpool which opens on February 3, 1958. Countries include (apart…

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Records Go in Carnival Athletics

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 10 January 1958 · page 10

MELBOURNE: Eight records were established at the 25th Interstate Sports Carnival athletic meeting here last week…

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Holiday Road Fatuities Show Encouraging Decline

The Biz · Wednesday 15 January 1958 · page 18

Australia's Christmas-New Year holiday road deaths over the ten days, December 23. to January 1. had shown an encouraging decline…

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Over 60,000 Expected At '58 Jubilee Show

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 15 January 1958 · page 1

A crowd of over 60,000 is expected at this year's City of Parramatta jubilee show. The show, set down for early March, will run two days and nights…

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Luddenham Show

Nepean Times · Thursday 16 January 1958 · page 4

Luddenham A. and H. Society's 55th annual show will take place on Friday and Saturday, February 7 and 8. The…

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Good Entries Coming in for Penrith Show

Nepean Times · Thursday 16 January 1958 · page 1

Entries are coming in well for Nepean A. H. and I. Society's Show, which will be held on Friday and Saturday,…

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Junior Farmers Will Exhibit at Nepean Show

Nepean Times · Thursday 16 January 1958 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the Upper Castlereagh Junior Formers' Club was held in the Methodist Sunday School Hall last Thursday night. In the absence of the…

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Gifts Fair will be Biggest Ever

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 22 January 1958 · page 5

When the International Gifts Fancy Goods Fair opens next February, over 1,100 British and Continental manufacturers will exhibit the widest…

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Firemen Show How It's Done

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 22 January 1958 · page 13

A demonstration of the latest methods in fire-fighting was given at Merrylands station recently by members of Merrylands Volunteer Brigade…

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Road Deaths Show Encouraging Drop (Statement by (lie Minister for Shipping & Transport, Senator Shane Paltridge)

The Biz · Wednesday 22 January 1958 · page 29

There were indications that Australians may have reached' the turning point In the battle to reduce the number of road…

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Show Entries

Nepean Times · Thursday 23 January 1958 · page 4

Entries close with the secretary, at his residence, 148 High Street, Penrith. They will be received up until…

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Good Prospects Appear for this Year's Annual Show

Nepean Times · Thursday 23 January 1958 · page 4

An excellent meeting was held last Thursday night of Nepean District Show Society, and members felt they were well on the way to having a record show…

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Liverpool's 54th Annual Show

The Biz · Wednesday 29 January 1958 · page 16

The Liverpool A.H. & I. Society's 54th annual show will be held this Friday, 31st January, and Saturday, 1st February, from…

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2Uw Variety Show at Cabramatta

The Biz · Wednesday 29 January 1958 · page 5

The 2UW Touring Company will be at the Cabramatta Civic Hall, 12 midday to 2.30 p.m., Wednesday, February 5. As at…

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US trade fair for Moscow

Tribune · Wednesday 5 February 1958 · page 7

A US industrial and agricultural fair is to be organised in Moscow this coming August. In charge of…

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C'wealth Railways Make Fair Profit

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 5 February 1958 · page 9

The Commonwealth Railways continue to pay fairly well—in this respect differing from the N.S. Wales railways, which generally finish with a handsome deficit. There is a vast difference in the number of train-miles…

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LIVERPOOL'S 54th Snow Rain Mars Anneal Exhibition

The Biz · Wednesday 5 February 1958 · page 21

Months of planning and preparing for what premised to be one of the most successful shows ever held in the Liverpool district…

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Match Model 'Ineligible' for Show

The Biz · Wednesday 5 February 1958 · page 28

Mr. W. W. Williamson, of William Street, Marrickville, is an unhappy man. The Royal Agricultural Society…

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