The first Griffith show was the work of the whole district. Everyone who could do something helped to get the displays ready. All small population, all known to each other, provided the goods displayed in a varied and interesting way.
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With the children, families made the day a picnic and brought their own lunches. Boiling water was provided by a copper.
A lot of work done was to prepare for a show, such as hitching rails and yards for the horses.
Many of the soldier settlers were light-horse men and gave excellent demonstrations during the show. School pony events were well patronised as few children owned bicycles.
Articles made from produce of newly acquired farms made a display, especially water melons and pumpkins. Dried fruits, jams and jellies made from the fruit of the young trees and were used as an example, by trial and error, of the quality of each variety.
Cakes, biscuits and scones were displayed, cooked in a fuel stove or even a camp oven. Handwork included home made soap, articles made from a sugar bag or kero tin, sewing, knitting and crocheted items.
A liquor licence for the day provided the thirsty with refreshment. The publican from Whitton or Narrandera set up a booth and sell alcoholic drinks on the day. The booth was made in a rough shed, of round-backs, hessian and boughs for roofing.
The heat and dust encouraged sales. Fights broke out, police were busy restraining inebriated drinkers by handcuffing them to trees.
Several were crammed into a horse-drawn van to be taken to the local lock-up. However their mates cut the traces, the horses moved forward and the men escaped into the crowd.