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

Shows & fairs, 1917

194 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 3 of 10

Visitors to Sydney Show

Young Witness · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 1

Visitors from Young to the Sydney Show next week should not miss seeing the fine collection of apples, comprising about 70 cases, which is being…

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Advertising Young. the Easter Show. Destrict Exhibit of Apples

Young Witness · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 1

The fruitgrowers of Young are to be commended for their enterprising spirit in launching cut with a district exhibit of apples at the approaching…

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Dickens Fair

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 31 March 1917 · page 7

A Dickens Fair in aid of the funds of the Baptist Church was opened at the Town Hall on Thursday night in the presence of a large gathering of people. Mrs. Burnett, the hon…

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Baptist Fair

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 31 March 1917 · page 2

The Dickens Fair in aid of the funds of the Baptist Church was concluded on Friday night. There was again a very fair attendance of the public. The Misses Goodhew, Marsh, and…

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The Sydney Show. District Exhibits. Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 April 1917 · page 2

The Royal Show was unofficially opened this morning in showery weather. Later the sun emerged, and there is every prospect of fine weather. Judging is proceeding. The exhibits…

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Sydney Show. the Opening Day. Sydney

Young Witness · Tuesday 3 April 1917 · page 2

The Royal Agricultural show opened this morning in rain. As a show it was lever better. Every nook and corner or the vast show ground is…

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Royal Show

Young Witness · Thursday 5 April 1917 · page 3

Never before at any Easter show has there been such a collection on the Agricultural Society's Grounds at Moore Park of the fruits of the great…

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The Sydney Show

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 April 1917 · page 2

The attendance on Wednesday totalled 20,000 people, and the takings £760, as compared with 16,800 people, and £578, on the same day last year…

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Greenethorpe Wheat at Sydney Show

Young Witness · Thursday 5 April 1917 · page 1

Mr. J. R. Lowry, of Greenethorpe, has sent some choice, well grown samples of wheat and oats in the sheaf to the Sydney Show. The Marquis…

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Local Exhibitors at Sydney Show

Young Witness · Thursday 5 April 1917 · page 2

Miss Pearl Fryer was successful in the following: First for table centre; first for princess lace and second for Limerick lace…

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Young Apples. District Trophy at Sydney Show. a Wonderful Display

Young Witness · Thursday 5 April 1917 · page 2

The Young district received a great advertisement this week at the Royal Show in Sydney, from its fine collection of apples shown in trophy form,…

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Royal Easter Show

The Burrowa News · Friday 6 April 1917 · page 4

Dalgety's motor exhibit at the Sydney Agricultural Show promises to be something exceptional, and in this connection we learn that they are…

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Sydney Show

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 April 1917 · page 4

The attendance at the Royal Show during the day time on Saturday was 63,000, as compared with 67,000 on the same day last year. These figures are exclusive of the night returns…

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Sydney Show

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 April 1917 · page 2

Wednesday practically saw the close of the Royal Show, and it is not surprising that comparatively few people braved the elements to attend it. A strong driving rain and a raw,…

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Fruit at Sydney Show

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 April 1917 · page 4

Besides the prizes already mentioned, Mr. Bert Mills carried off the following at the Sydney Show:—Two dozen McIntosh Red apples and two dozen Cleopatra apples. Mr. Mills…

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The Royal Show. 400,000 Mark Passed. The Ring Events. Wonderful Jump by Pony

The Yass Courier · Thursday 12 April 1917 · page 2

The Show Ground gates had not been opened an hour on Tuesday morning when the 400,000 attendance mark was passed, thus easily…

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Jumble Fair

Young Witness · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 2

As will be noticed by advertisement elsewhere the committee of the St. Patrick's Day Sports hare arranged to wind up their programme with a…

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Young District Apples at R.a. Show

Young Witness · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 2

The above reproduction, representing the Young District Fruitgrowers' Exhibit at the Sydney Royal 'Agricultural Show, was only Ave points behind the winning exhibit. The display, organised by Mr. F. R. Finn. was the first effort on the part of district fruitgrowers, and it won golden opinions…

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Show Revenue

Young Witness · Tuesday 17 April 1917 · page 4

The council of the society has to keep in mind that it must spend a considerable sum of money on sections which, as revenue producers, do not pay. For…

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The Flower Show

Young Witness · Tuesday 17 April 1917 · page 2

Although the cold weather is operating to some extent against the chrysanthemum blooms it is anticipated that there will be a good display at the…

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