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|Type of event=Celebration
|Street suffix=Adelaide Road
|Town or locality=Mallala
|Date occurred or began=1970/01/01
|Date ended=1970/01/01
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The sixth annual show was held on September 28 in a paddock adjoining Shirmer's Family Hotel. The day was fine but cold. The show as regards the exhibits and the visitors surpassed previous events. Cheap Jack, Merry-Go-Round, Aunt Sally and other games were all doing.a fair trade &nbsp;The horse exhibits were judged as exceptional for a country show and Mr. Worden's colt Nimrod gained a special mention for a country show . 

and Mr. Worden's colt Nimrod gained a special mention for a country show . Sheep were well represented, there being 20 entries in all classes. The prizes were divided among Messrs.R. Marshman, Moody, Temby and Churches.

There were 8 entries in the cows in milk section,Mr. J. Forbes taking first prize and Mr. Farrelly second. The exhibitions in the booth were all good , consisting of dairy produce, wheat, vegetables, poultry and three splendid collections of harness,Mr. T. <br>H.Lawrence taking first prize. Mr. Taplin's wheat weighing 62 1/2 lbs.won first prize in that section.&nbsp; More than twenty prizes were in the large amount of entries for horses.

Other entries included Swine , Horned Cattle, Poultry, Dairy Produce and Implements.&nbsp; Mrs. S. Chivell best six pounds of butter was outstanding as was Mrs. Gameau"s pair of hams and Mrs. T. Jury"s dozen eggs.<br>A Banquet was held at Schirmer's Family Hotel in the evening in a shed especially 

erected for the occasion and served up in great style by Mrs. Schirmer.&nbsp; Toasts wereproposed to the "Queen and the Governor", T <br><br>

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