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Shows & fairs, 1958

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The Fun of the Fair

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 5 March 1958 · page 2

Parramatta Show will feature "all the fun of the fair" this year…

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Bread show abandoned

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 5 March 1958 · page 13

Rain, although a constant show organisers, has provided good benefit to primary producers and cattle breeders…

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Little Change In Show Executive

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 5 March 1958 · page 15

There has been little change in executive control of Parramatta Agricultural Society in its 25 years' existence. There has been…

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All Set for the Show

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 5 March 1958 · page 1

[?]elve months' careful planning and preparation will culminate on March 7 [?] 8, when Parramatta Agricultural Society stages its Jubilee Show. The 35-acre showground at Westmead will be transformed into a splash of colour and pageantry for the largest country show in the…

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Conditions Right for Show Trots

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 5 March 1958 · page 11

Conditions for trotting events at this year's Parramatta Show will be the best ever. Since last year's show, the…

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Royal Easter Show Poultry Entries

The Biz · Wednesday 5 March 1958 · page 26

A total of 4850 entries has been received in the poultry, pigeons, canaries and cage birds section of [?]year's Royal Easter Show…

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Dog Entries Exceed Show Record

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 5 March 1958 · page 2

Entries in the dog section of this year's Parramatta Show…

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Baby Show at St. Luke's, Liverpool

The Biz · Wednesday 5 March 1958 · page 1

A baby show will be held in the Parish Hall. St. Luke's Church of England, Liverpool, on Saturday, April 19, commencing at 2…

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Where to Eat at the Show

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 5 March 1958 · page 18

Patrons at this year's Parramatta Show will hove plenty of places at which to…

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Show Will Run For 3 Days, Nights

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 5 March 1958 · page 4

Parramattta Show would probably run for three days and three nights in 1959, Mr. Fred…

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£200,000 Car Display '58 Show Feature

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 5 March 1958 · page 16

More than £200,000 worth of new cars and trucks will be displayed at Parramatta Show. Vehicles will be the latest 1958 models, and will include popular makes from British, Continental and…

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International Women's Day Actress to Open Exhibition of Arts and Crafts

Tribune · Wednesday 5 March 1958 · page 11

SYDNEY: An arts and crafts exhibition at Anthony Horderns and a film night will be features of International Women's Day (March 8) activities. MISS Lucy Woodcock, President of…

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Australia's first show "Folly Reigned and Reason Dethroned"

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 5 March 1958 · page 14

"Reason was dethroned on that day and folly reigned in its stead." So reported a chronicler of the…

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Behind The Show Is a Year's Hard Work

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 5 March 1958 · page 3

Few people walking though the clicking turnstiles at Parramatta Show this year will realise the amount of self-sacrifice made by a band of men and women to present this annual exhibition. Fewer would be able to understand it…

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Emu Plains Show

Nepean Times · Thursday 6 March 1958 · page 5

The annual flower show of the Emu Plains Auxiliary to Nepean District Hospital, will be held on Saturday, March 15…

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Hunter's Hill Art Exhibition

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 7 March 1958 · page 6

Hunter's Hill Council will hold its fourth annual art exhibition in the Hunter's Hill Torn Hall From March 16 to 23…

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Australian Encyclopaedia to be launched at Book Fair

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 7 March 1958 · page 6

A major ' publishing event for Australia. The Australian Encyclopaedia will be published simultaneously with the opening of the annual Australian…

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Interstate Swimmers For N.S.W. Carnival Championships

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 7 March 1958 · page 10

Three interstate swimmers will compete in the New.South Wales Jewish Amateur Swimming Championships at Coogee Aquarium on Sunday night…

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Tribune Unfair to Fair Lady

Tribune · Wednesday 12 March 1958 · page 2

VISITING American piano player Liberace is a queer fellow who gives a new slant to an old saw…

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30,000 at Jubilee Show Show results inside pages

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 12 March 1958 · page 1

Parramatta was the birthplace of the Commonwealth's great primary industries, State Governor, Sir Eric Woodword, said here last Saturday. "There is no other place in Australia more fitting…

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