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

Shows & fairs, 1909

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Woman's Letter. Show Week

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 17 April 1909 · page 6

Surely the world and his wife must have come to Sydney for the Easter Show. On all sides one heats of record attendances, and the city's hostelries for weeks past have been…

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Sydney Show

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 20 April 1909 · page 2

The Royal Show was closed on Wednesday. It was the most successful ever held in Sidney. The attendance and takings established a…

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Royal Sydney Show. a Record Event

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 20 April 1909 · page 2

The Royal Sydney Show has always been a popular event, not only in the City itself, but with the large number of country visitors who flock…

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Horses for Exhibition

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 21 April 1909 · page 3

So long as a show horse continues to feed well ho is not likely to feel the strain of constant exhibition. It is the shy feeder which is the despair of those…

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Royal Sydney Show. a Record Event

The Burrowa News · Friday 23 April 1909 · page 2

The Royal Sydney [?] has [?] been a popular event, not only in the City itself, but with the large number; of country [?]…

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Industrial Exhibition and Eisteddfod

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 24 April 1909 · page 4

The organising secretary of the Eisteddfod has during the week been very busy dispatching copies of the syllabus through the post. The schedule embraces a wide range of subjects,…

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Poultry Show

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 24 April 1909 · page 4

The annual show of the Goulburn Pigeon, Poultry, and Canary Club will be held on Friday and Saturday, May 14 and 15. The exhibits will include poultry, pigeons, caged birds, and…

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Flower Show

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 28 April 1909 · page 2

THE committee of St. John’s Church of England Flower Show are looking forward to a very successful exhibition and one from which the…

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Stamps Worth £500,000. Record Exhibition to Be Held in London

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 28 April 1909 · page 3

The most important and comprehensive collection of stamps ever brought together will be on view at the International Philatelic Exhibition, to be held…

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Industrial Exhibition

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 April 1909 · page 2

A meeting of the committee of the above was held on Wednesday evening at the Town Hall Mr. A. E. Sendall in the chair Several enthusiastic members of the committee were…

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Flower Show & Industrial Exhibition. in Aid of the Church of England

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 1 May 1909 · page 2

Wet weather ushered in the opening day--Wednesday--of the annual Flower Show and Industrial Exhibition in connection with the Church of England. The scene of operations…

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Children's Carnival Dance

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 1 May 1909 · page 4

A meeting of ladies and gentlemen was held in the Oddfellows Hall on Thursday afternoon for the purpose of arranging a date and other preliminaries on in connection with the holding of the 3rd…

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Industrial Exhibition and Eisteddfod

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 1 May 1909 · page 2

The organising secretary of the above (to be held in connection with the Goulburn and District Industrial Exhibition) reports a large inquiry as to the various competitions. The…

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Poultry Show

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 1 May 1909 · page 2

The Goulburn Poultry, Pigeon, and Canary Club holds its annual champion show on May 14 and 15. All owners are reminded that entries close to-night (Saturday) at 9.30. Entries…

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At Sydney Show. Local Exhibits

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 1 May 1909 · page 3

AT a meeting of the Fruit Growers’ Union on Tuesday night last, reported on our fourth page, Mr. Whiteman, hon, secretary of the P. and A…

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St. John’s Flower Show

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 1 May 1909 · page 2

ON Wednesday afternoon, the annual flower show in aid of St. John’s Church of England opened in the School Hall the official ceremony being performed by the Mayor,…

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Industrial Exhibition

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 8 May 1909 · page 4

Practically all the ground floor space at the Arcade building has now been let in connection with the above, and the galleries are being thrown open. The Hon. A…

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A., P., and H. Society

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 8 May 1909 · page 6

At a meeting of the committee on Wednesday last the dates for the next show were fixed, Thursday and Friday, March 17 and 18, 1910, being chosen. The sub-committee appointed…

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Missionary Exhibition

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 11 May 1909 · page 2

A missionary exhibition was held the Oddfellows’ hall on Wednesday last, the proceeds of which is to be divided amongst the Home and…

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Industrial Exhibition

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 13 May 1909 · page 2

Exhibitors are now preparing to take their exhibits into the Arcade building ready for the opening of the exhibition on Wednesday next, 19th instant. The building will be decorated…

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