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Shows & fairs, 1958

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Fairfield Show November 28 and 29

The Biz · Wednesday 3 September 1958 · page 6

With the holding of the federal elections on Saturday, November 22, Fairfield A and H Society had to consider holding its…

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Grim W.A. facts show need for wage lift

Tribune · Wednesday 3 September 1958 · page 10

PERTH: A Canberra report shows that for the year ended June 1956, West Australians earned less than was…

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Summer Fashions Show for Cabra-vale Red Cross by Winns

The Biz · Wednesday 3 September 1958 · page 7

Notwithstanding the chilly evening last Wednesday, over 250 people were in attendance at the Civic Hall, Cabramatta, for…

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Be Sure You Visit the Fairfield Show Cabramatta Infants Mothers Club

The Biz · Wednesday 3 September 1958 · page 27

The above club held 1ts monthly meeting on August [?] 18 members being present. All were very pleased to welcome…

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Call for Carnival Entries

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 5 September 1958 · page 10

Jewish sportsmen and women wanting to participate in the 1958 N.S.W. Interstate…

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Kadimah's first show

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 5 September 1958 · page 9

In its first attempt Kadimah-Progress Sports Club presented Jenning’s comedy “Five Birds in a…

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Getting Up Steam for Fair

Tribune · Wednesday 10 September 1958 · page 11

WORK for Tribune's Sydney Fair, to be held on December 6, seems to be really getting up steam…

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Show Society Appoints Committee

Nepean Times · Thursday 11 September 1958 · page 8

A special meeting of Nepean A.H. and I. Society was held on Thursday night. There was a fair attendance, with a few…

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ROWING Nepean Crews Show Good Promise

Nepean Times · Thursday 11 September 1958 · page 10

Despite the inability of some of Nepean's senior oarsmen to race in the first half of the season the club's prospects of…

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Lovely Carnival Girls

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 12 September 1958 · page 13

Pictured here are the N.S.W. ladies’ gymnastic team which took part in the Silver Jubilee Carnival in Melbourne during December-January. Although the team did not win its event, it showed marked improvement on previous…

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London Letter "My Fair Lady" Comes Home

The Biz · Wednesday 17 September 1958 · page 22

It took a long time for the American musical version of Shaw's "Pygmalion" to reach "home"--home being the…

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News thick and fast on work for Fair

Tribune · Wednesday 17 September 1958 · page 11

NEWS is coming thick and fast now on Sydney's Tribune Fair, to be held in the Sydney Town Hall basement on…

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Cabramatta District News Fairfield Annual Show Friday and Saturday November 28 and 29 Big Rodeo to Be Staged

The Biz · Wednesday 17 September 1958 · page 11

There is every possibility that for the first time in these parts that a pig rodeo will be staged on the Saturday night of…

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Rail Travel for Sydney Carnival Team

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 19 September 1958 · page 9

New South Wales’ team for the 26th Interstate Sports Carnival in Brisbane will travel by rail, it was announced this week…

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Rodeo for Fairfield Show

The Biz · Wednesday 24 September 1958 · page 1

After an inspection of the showground with the floodlight on last Thursday night the committee members of Fairfield…

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'Too Many Service Stations' Fair Field Aldermen Outspoken

The Biz · Wednesday 24 September 1958 · page 2

"It is high time Fairfield Council formulated a policy regarding the erection of service stations in the municipality," declared Ald…

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Exhibition of Orchids

Nepean Times · Thursday 25 September 1958 · page 4

Blue Mountains Orchid. Society will hold the third annual orchid exhibition at Citizens' Hall, Warrimoo, on…

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Carnival Tonight Will Meet Pool Princesses

Nepean Times · Thursday 25 September 1958 · page 6

It is expected that a large crowd will be present at the Swimming Pool Carnival tonight to meet the four…

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Lovely Flowers were Displayed at Red Cross Show

Nepean Times · Thursday 25 September 1958 · page 5

There was a dual purpose at the Red Cross function held by the Penrith branch last Thursday afternoon at the Railway Institute. A splendid flower show had been arranged and the…

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250 Jewish Athletes Expected for Brisbance Carnival

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 26 September 1958 · page 9

More than 250 Jewesh athletes are expected to "invade" Brisbane for the 26th Interstate Sports Carnival in December…

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