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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1911

635 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 12 of 32

Bathurst Show

National Advocate · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 2

The annual carnival in connection with the Bathurst A.H. and P. Association commences on the Showground to-day. The entries are considerably…

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The Dubbo Show

Leader · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 2

Entries close on Tuesday, May 2nd. for the Dubbo show, which eventuates on May 10 and 11. The schedule embraces an attractive offering of…

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The Bathurst Show

Leader · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 2

A special train will leave Orange tomorrow and Friday mornings, at 730, for the Bathurst Show, which commenced to-day, and will be officially…

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The Show Bathurst A. H. and P. Association. 49Th Annual Exhibition

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 27 April 1911 · page 3

The 49th Annual-Exhibition in connection with the Bathurst A. H. and P. Association commenced yesterday. For the past few days Bathurst has been…

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Show Concert

National Advocate · Thursday 27 April 1911 · page 2

A splendid programme of moving pictures was submitted by Messrs Jerdan and Co., of Sydney, on the lawn at the Show Ground last night. There…

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Bathurst Show

National Advocate · Thursday 27 April 1911 · page 2

A full list of awards appears on pages 1 and 4. Ring events will be found on the extra sheet…

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Show Takings

National Advocate · Thursday 27 April 1911 · page 2

The takings at the show yesterday amounted to [?]89 5s 6d, which is a slight decrease on the amount taken on the first day of last year…

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Show Sheep Astray

Leader · Thursday 27 April 1911 · page 2

On Friday last, Mr. R. W. White, of Harbendale, in the North, consigned a number of sheep to Bathurst for competition at the show. The last he saw…

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The Bathurst Show

Leader · Thursday 27 April 1911 · page 2

The Bathurst show was opened yesterday in fine and cool weather. The entries in the aggregate represented and increase on last-year. Mr. H…

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To-day's Show Programme

National Advocate · Thursday 27 April 1911 · page 2

The ring events at the show to-day promise to be the most interesting ever witnessed on the Bathurst Show Ground. The long list of events to…

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To Open the Show

National Advocate · Thursday 27 April 1911 · page 2

Mr. G. S. Beeby (Minister for Education and Labor) arrived by mail train from Sydney this morning, and will officially open the show at noon…

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At the Show Photographs and Portraits

National Advocate · Thursday 27 April 1911 · page 2

The firm of Messrs Beavis Bros, of Bathurst and Chatswood, has a much admired non-competitive exhibit of photographs and portraits. In the…

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Bathurst Show Judging Day Some Magnificent Exhibits

National Advocate · Thursday 27 April 1911 · page 1

The Bathurst show was opened yesterday in fine and cool weather. The greater part of the day was devoted to judging, and to the ticketing of…

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The Show. Amongst the Horses. in the Ring

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 27 April 1911 · page 2

The two thoroughbred sires Sir Aymer and Collarit, who were placed first and second at the last Royal Society's Show in Sydney, were the centre of attraction…

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Show Takings

National Advocate · Friday 28 April 1911 · page 2

The takings at the Showground yesterday amounted to £418 18s 6d (£355 Its entrance gates and £63 7s 6d grandstand). The exact figures are…

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Orange Show

Leader · Friday 28 April 1911 · page 3

The Orange show, to take place on the did, 4th, and 5th or May, promise. to prove a signal success. So far as can at present [?]ged a record…

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The Show Concert

National Advocate · Friday 28 April 1911 · page 2

The large crowd present on the Show Ground last night were entertained by an excellent programme of scenic, dramatic and comic studies,…

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Visitors to Bathurst Show

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 28 April 1911 · page 4

At Eskbank station lot second-class return tickets, and eight first-class, representing an amount of £39 4s, and at Lithgow 89 second-class returns and eight…

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Fugitive Notes at the Show

The Bathurst Times · Friday 28 April 1911 · page 2

The necessity for a judge's box at the show was shown yesterday when a dead Heal resulted in what was possibly the most closely contested trotting event…

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Bathurst Show. Fritz’s Trotting Record , Broken

Leader · Friday 28 April 1911 · page 4

After we went to press yesterday, the attempt to lower Fritz’s trotting record for the ground of 2.13 4-5ths for the mile, made in 1902/ was…

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