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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Sep 29, 1938
Page
3
A vivid portrait of the sideshows at the Claremont Showground highlighting traveling showmen from Australia and abroad. The narrative describes temptations inside painted tents, exotic curiosities, and the holiday crowd’s buoyant, carefree mood during People’s Day.
Prospective buyers are invited to inspect the Haseley Merino Stud sheep at Twodray on October 21 and at the Toodyay Show on October 15. The sale features 300 ewes and a selection of Sit std rams and ewes in strong wool classes. Rams and ewes from the Haseley Stud will be shown in all strong wool classes.
The Royal Show will showcase a broader range of machinery including stripper harvesters with new features like instantaneous gear shifts and drum speed control. Exhibits reveal advances such as comb Seamer, chaff catching devices, and spiral conveyors. Gas traction tractors trace the evolution from early two cylinder engines to modern internal combustion designs, with fuel costs said to be significantly reduced in recent years.
The Royal Show will showcase road making implements and powerful harvesting machines aimed at lowering costs and widening use. Exhibits include electrical displays, modern workshop gear, refrigeration developments, fruit graders, milking appliances, steam equipment, and tractors with speed records. A highlight is a two-harvester attachment behind a single tractor and a 67 mph tractor road speed, signaling progress in power farming and transport.
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The display features a tractor connected direct to a harvester with a special power takeoff and adaptable hitch for multiple tractor models. Demonstrations include extended steering and cautious controls to enable two operators, emphasizing advances in power farming and the role of new attachments at the fair.
The Westralian Farmers Limited display on the Royal Show grounds highlights services for wool and wheat producers and features signs for tractors, machinery, and brands such as Allis-Chalmers. It showcases crawler and air-tyre tractors, Horwood Bagshaw harvesters, diesel engines, and equipment for orchards and stock needs.
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