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Newspaper
Burrowa News
Location
Burrowa, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 16, 1946
Page
3
The Boorowa Show Society finished the year ended June 30 1946 with £47 less income than 1945 and a net surplus of £149 15 1. Secretary S D Bobbin cited higher expenditure and lower showball gross income, noting £202 15 1 raised for repairs with £75 spent.
At Boorowa Show Society annual meeting debate over wheel games and gambling in highlights. Mr W Thompson warns against gambling as immoral while others defend wheel education value. no formal action was taken.
Football notes say Boorowa travels to Binalong next Sunday to contest the Dilkey Shield after a 30 to 5 defeat at Cowra last Sunday in which Viv Smith scored Boorowa’s points.
Harden Murrumburrah edged Young by one point after Lanham broke a 12 11 deadlock with a field goal. Young protested alleging Harden player Les Jennings played for Monteagle against Quandialla two weeks earlier.
West Wyalong clinched the zone title while zone 2 ended with Tumut Junee and Gundagai in a premiership play off. Reserve premiers were Cowra Gundagai and West Wyalong. A large crowd saw Harden and Tumut draw 2 all last weekend. Gibsonvale faces Tumut for the trophy tomorrow.
At the annual meeting of the Society Mr Jack Fahey proposed increasing cattle stewards for the Boorowa Show and appointing an additional cattle judge. He noted autumn scheduling brings more cattle entries and the motion to place the recommendation before the association's committee was carried.
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