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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1900

254 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 10 of 13

Ladles’ Benevolent Society, Tea Tent at the Show

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 5 September 1900 · page 2

IT is now pretty well known throughout the district that at the disposal of rights the privilege of holding a tea tent on the show ground during the days of the annual exhibition fell to the bid…

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The Yass Show

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 6 September 1900 · page 2

THE annual Show nest week promises to be quite the best on record, the only thing necessary being fine weather. The entries received are highly…

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Local & General News. Yass Show. Over 1300 Entries. the Best Entry in Stock for Years. the Ground in Good Order

The Yass Courier · Friday 7 September 1900 · page 2

The Yass P. & A. Association will hold their annual show next Thursday and Friday, and it promises, given good weather, to excel all previous shows…

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Coota Show

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 8 September 1900 · page 2

SEVERAL persons from our town and district competed at the Cootamundra Show last week, and it is satisfactory to note that many of them carried off…

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Young Show

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 8 September 1900 · page 2

THIS enjoyable annual reunion will be held on Wednesday and Thursday next, and everything points to a great success. The entries promise to be…

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The Yass Show

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 10 September 1900 · page 2

SHOW week has at last arrived, and from present appearances should be quite as successful as has all along, been anticipated, fine weather being the only…

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The Ugliest Baste in the Show

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 10 September 1900 · page 4

AN amusing Incident was witnessed in a menagerie the other day. Here and there between the cages a number of the well known trick mirrors were placed…

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Paris Exhibition. London, Sept. 8

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 September 1900 · page 4

When the delegates of the Congress of the Chambers of Commerce of the British Empire visited the Paris Exhibition, M. A Picard, the president of the council of the exhibition, arranged…

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The Yass Show Record Entry of Exhibits. 1500 Entries

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 11 September 1900 · page 2

The Yass Show opens on Thursday next and Friday. The committee are pleased at the support they have received : over 1500 entries have come in…

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A. P. and H. Society

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 12 September 1900 · page 2

A MEETING of the committee was held this afternoon when the consideration of the schedule was continued. The request of the Goulburn League of Wheelmen for the…

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Junee Show and Races

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 12 September 1900 · page 2

Attention is directed to an advertisement by the Railway Department, announcing the issue of Holiday Excursion Tickets to Junee Junction in cou[?]tion with the Show and Races…

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A., P., and H. Society

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 13 September 1900 · page 2

At the weekly meeting of the committee on Wednesday afternoon the schedule was further considered. "It was decided to decline the request of the League of Wheelmen to repair the track, but…

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The Yass Show

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 13 September 1900 · page 2

THE committee of the Yass P. & A. Association are not to be congratulated on their luck for after working most assidiously in the effort to make the Show of…

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Yass Show

Goulburn Herald · Friday 14 September 1900 · page 2

OPENZD on Wednesday, Heavy rain fell during the morning, but it cleared during the afternoon. The quality of the sheep exceeded all previous shows. The cattle, horses…

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The Yass Show

The Yass Courier · Friday 14 September 1900 · page 2

The above show opened yesterday under very unfavourable circumstances, heavy showers fell all the morning, with every appearance of more rain. The…

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Yass Show

Goulburn Herald · Monday 17 September 1900 · page 2

THE shop was continued on Friday, and was a great success. The weather was splendid until alter four o'clock, when showers fell. For blood horses Massey and Campbell took…

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The Show Ball

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 17 September 1900 · page 2

THE Show Ball, held in the Oddfellows’ Hall on Thursday night, was, like the show itself, a most successful affair from every point of view. The attendance…

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The Yass Show. a Splendid Success

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 17 September 1900 · page 2

THE Yass Show of 1900 is now a thing of the past, and we are all settling down anew to the usual hum-drum of everyday existence, perhaps a little better,…

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Temora Show

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 September 1900 · page 4

ATTENTION is directed to the advertisement by the Railway Department announcing the issue of holiday excursion tickets to Temora for the show…

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Prizes at the Yass Show

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 September 1900 · page 2

Mr. John Pollard, of Goulburn, carried off three first prizes in the draught horse section at the Yass Show, as follows:—Colt, not exceeding 3 years; mare, 4 years or over, with foal at foot or…

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