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

Shows & fairs, 1909

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Turnips for Exhibition

The Burrowa News · Friday 1 January 1909 · page 4

The selection of turnips for exhibition is a very important matter. There are many breadths of these vegetables grown each year which contain much…

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Arranging an Exhibition. Whistler at Work. in Busy Liverpool

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 2

You know, the Academy baby by the dozen had been sent in, and I got them all in my gallery --and in the centre at one end, I placed the birth of the baby…

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A., P. and H, Society

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 2

The committee of the above met at the School of Arts on Thursday night, Mr. J. Keith, J.P. (vice-president), in the chair. The special prize list was…

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Punch's Little Loss. Exhibition Statistics

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 2

An aggregate of 54,750 working days has boon wasted in waiting, for admission to sea, the Scenic Railway, the Flip flap, and other duties…

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Show Schedule

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 2

Tho order for printing the schedule of prizes for Crookwell Show, 1909, has again been secured by this office, and the work is now proceeding space. Certain…

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Publican's Booth at a Show

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 4

At last meeting of the Central Cumberland A. and H. Association, it was decided to have a publican's booth this year at the annual show. The people of Castle Hill, in whose district the…

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Goulburn District Clay. a Franco-british Exhibition Award

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 6

Mr. W. A. Oakley, who some years since discovered the extensive deposits of china and porcelain clays at Shaw's Creel, has been awarded a diploma and gold medal by the…

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A Japanese Prison "All in a Garden Fair."

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 27 January 1909 · page 3

Imagine a park or garden in the Japanese style, with dwarf trees, surrounded by a hedge, instead of a wall. In this park one sees a group of Japanese…

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New York Horse Show. Golden Shoe-heels

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 29 January 1909 · page 6

The wealthiest people of New York, conventionally styled the "Four Hundred." are revelling in publicity this week, cabled the New York…

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New York Horse Show. Golden Shoe-heels

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 6

The wealthiest people of New York, conventionally styed the "Four Hundred." are revelling In publicity this week, cabled the New York…

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Proposed Exhibition in Goulburn. Project Outlined

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 February 1909 · page 2

This (Thursday) morning Mr. T. J. Weatherald, representing the Manufacturers' Journal in Sydney waited at the Town Hall upon the Mayor, in company with Messrs…

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Cosmopolitan Fair. Methodist Building Fund

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 2

ON Wednesday and Thursday last, the Methodist Church made an appeal to the public for financial assistance towards the food for erecting a new church, the appeal being in the nature for…

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The Royal Show

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 2

The Royal Show opens eight days earlier this year, the dates being April 6 to April 14, so that exhibitors should pay particular attention to the closing of entries. The first…

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Cosmopolitan Fair. in Aid of New Methodist Church

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 7

To-day there is in course of erection in Young a new Methodist Church, for which the adherents of the local Methodist body consider there is ample justification for its…

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Swimming Carnival

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 February 1909 · page 2

As a fitting wind-up to a successful swimming season the Gordon Club held a carnival in the baths on Thursday evening. The building was packed to the doors with swimmers and…

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The Royal Show

The Yass Courier · Friday 19 February 1909 · page 2

The Royal Show opens eight days earlier this year, the dales being April 6 to April 14, so that exhibitors should pay particular attention to the closing…

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Specials for the Show

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 23 February 1909 · page 2

At Weatherby’s Boot Palace can be seen one of the finest lot of Boots and Shoes ever landed in Yass. The latest fashion Patent Leather, Tan, Black and…

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Exhibition of Manufactures

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 February 1909 · page 2

A public meeting convened on requisition, by the Mayor was held in the Town Hall on Wednesday to consider the advisability of holding an exhibition of manufactures in…

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The Royal Agricultural Society

The Yass Courier · Friday 26 February 1909 · page 3

The busy note of preparation is very insistent on the Sydney Showground and the place is rapidly assuming its Easter holiday appearance. A large…

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Taraiga Show

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 26 February 1909 · page 4

We desire to remind our readers, and especially intending exhibitors thereat, that entries for the annual show of the Taralga A., P. and H…

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