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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Apr 13, 1948
Page
3
Judges preside over draught horses cattle and pigs classes including Sule Mares and Geldogs with Breese, Atkins, Ridgeway and Easton named among champions. Sections cover reef cattle fat cattle and various pig breeds with winners listed by animal type and exhibitor across sections.
A scanned poultry section lists exhibitors and birds across Wyandotte Ancona Leghorn Minorca Langshan Rhode Island Red and Indian Game classes. Entries from J D Pennicuick Srowards S L dotte and others include cockerels hens pullets and champions with judges noted. A champion male Wyandotte and multiple winning birds across breeds are recorded along with exhibitor initials and lot numbers.
An OCR fragment lists various tobacco products and pipe tobaccos for sale with mixed prices and terms such as high grade blended cigarette tobacco, ready rubbed pipe tobacco, export plug, and named brands like Rhodesian, Brindlebit, John Cottons, Yachtman, and African Assegai. It notes delivery availability and assorted price points.
The record lists numerous classes from game fowl to bantams and Australorps with winners and judges named. It notes sections on Farm and Garden Produce with stewards and exhibitors including Forbes, Relf, Green, Shaw, Stanford, Maytom, and others, reflecting a detailed local exhibition ledger.
Readable listings detail prize entries across vegetables fruits and flowers with numerous exhibitors such as K A McIntosh A McRae J M Monk C G Ritter and Mrs W Maslen among others. Awards cover pumpkins tomatoes beans dahlias roses geraniums and cut flowers with judges including D Hancock and stewards J Hicks Belcher and Higgins.
The Winter Competition opens Saturday with play at 1:30 pm on the Park courses. A Grade fixtures include Barrington versus Park Red and Park Purple versus Barrington with Park White facing Park Blue. B Grade Divisions list Ward's River Blue, Co of E1, Rovers 1, Stratford 1 and 2, WLR Red, Park Red, plus byes. Infant's croup advisory notes urge immediate care and Woods' Peppermint Cure is suggested.
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