Judging of wool and sheep will start at 9.30am and junior wool and sheep judging will start at 10am.

Judging of showgirl, cooking and craft will follow at 11am and shearing and wool handling competitions will run from 11am.

Bathurst businessman and Stihl chainsaw expert Clive Brabham will officially open the show at 2pm. A pin-up of Clive is included in the excellent show brochure.

Local shearer Garry Stapleton, who featured in rural media last week, will be available for autographs or photos if show patrons need this service.

Bathurst Merino Association members who entered teams in last week's Super 6 at Bathurst Showground should consider taking orange green tag ewes to the Hi5 event at the Burraga Show.

This event is sponsored by BMA and Agriwest Bathurst and needs more teams to give it support.

NB: A junior sheep judging competition has been added to this year's program. Contact Neil on 6337 0316 or Ross on 6337 0333 for details.

LAST Saturday's BMA Super 6 Ewe Competition at the showground gave the following results:

Many thanks to sheep judge Chris Stapleton, Capree Stud, Newbridge.

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IN a week where wool auctions experienced worrying falls, sharemarkets reminded us of a GFC repeat and the US-China trade war kept frothing, we heard willy words like plunging exchange rates and stalled trading conditions.

We rely on world leaders such as Boris Johnson, Angela Merkel, Donald Trump and Scott Morrison for rational, calming statements and we hope that each leader refrains from using Twitter for making statements that could ruin a lot of lives.

What a great time to show leadership and try to reassure our rank and file that panic is not justified and that the sun will rise again tomorrow.

Many financial fortunes have been made at times just like this.

WE were fortunate to attend a daylight concert in Oberon, titled Baby, It's Cold Outside, presented by Brian Beesley, Ian Gordon, Jan Lanser, Anne Russell, Alexandra and Rod Tuson.

This was a quality local presentation with plenty of laughs as well as showing us how important it is to stay positive and in touch with friends as many problems are on the horizon.

In a similar vein, John Trollor and associates entertained a hall full of show-goers at Perthville a few months ago.

Talented local people are capable of lifting the morale of a community if they are asked.

A LOT of Victorian districts received rainfall of 25 to 50 millimetres once again last week.

"I've never seen the grass so good in early August and the cattle at home look great," a local buyer at the regular Pakenham store cattle sale said.

An agent said "people who didn't want to carry cattle through nasty conditions were scared off".

"In three weeks time, after the surface water soaks in and the sun is shining, the market will get dearer again," the agent said.

Anyone over 50 can remember our district being too boggy to ride a stock horse in some places and all of us know that floods and bogs will return.

It's just a matter of doing our best, ignoring the pessimists and praying like nobody's watching.

MY current read is Ted Egan's Outback Songman, which is quite a tale of Egan's life from a suburban backyard and a Christian schooling to school teaching and administration at remote Northern Territory outposts, a career as an authentic Aussie singer and songwriter all the way to being a senior government administrator.

Many of his songs and albums are runaway sales successes and every real Australian knows some of them.

I notice Books Plus in Bathurst still has a few copies at $33. This book is a really good read. There is a bit of coarse language, although fairly inoffensive.

THE wool market again suffered significant losses this week in all micron categories.

The superfine lost around 120c/kg, the fine wools lost around 140c/kg, the medium and broader types lost around 200c/kg and the crossbreds lost around 165c/kg.

The Northern Market Indicator lost 166c/kg and has now fallen 242c/kg in two weeks.

The downturn is mainly due to the lack of confidence in the market due to the ongoing trade war between China and the US and until we see this situation stabilise, the market will continue to be soft.

We can expect to see 43,603 bales on offer nationwide next week.

FRED said that he went to an immoral school: it had no principal and no class.

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HE noticed a pretty girl on her own at the party.

"Can I take you home?" he asked.

"Yes, of course," she said, "where's your home?"

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IF a Born Again doorknocker and a bikie were crossed, the result could be a person who knocks politely on your door and tells you to buzz off.