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

Shows & fairs, 1929

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Whippet Sales in First Three Months Show 33 Per Cent. Gain Over 1928

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 18 July 1929 · page 3

Although Whippet sales from month to month in 1928 set new high records for Willys-Overland, sale of these four and six cylinder products in the first…

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Assault Alleged at Yass. Whippet Sales in First 3 Months Show 33 Per Cent. Gain Over 1928. High Production Schedules Necessary to Meet Influx of Orders. Win Wide Public. Acceptance

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 18 July 1929 · page 4

Following a complaint by a 14-year old girl at Yass on Tuesday, that she had been assaulted by a man while on the way to school, the Yass police Although Whippet sales from month to month in 1928 set new high records for Willys-Overland, sale of these four and six cylinder…

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Special Sheep Show Sections

The Young Chronicle · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 2

Intending Sheep Show exhibitors are reminded that entries close on 23rd July. Their attention is specially directed to some of the new…

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Young Sheep Show New Departure

The Burrowa News · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 8

The Young P. and A. Association came to a very important decision when a separate Sheep Show for the and of the current month was decided…

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Irregularity Alleged Election of A.P. and H. Secretary

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 6

Because of an alleged irregularity in the election of the secretary of the Goulburn A.P. and H. Society a special meeting of the…

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New Show Secretary Major G. H. L. Harris's Career

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 6

Major G. H. L. Harris, of Tumut, who has been appointed secretary to the Goulburn A.P. and H. Society began life at King's College under…

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"Pebbles" Worth £2000 in America Champion of the Polo Show

The Burrowa News · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 10

Mr. T. F. Ross, one of the finest polo players in Australia, who is a member of the famous Harden team, secured a wonderful bargain when…

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Sheep Show Notes

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 23 July 1929 · page 2

The Breeders Gold Cup which is the gift of Mr. E. U. Watson and is valued at £5210- is for 3 merino rams of eighteen months or under…

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TENNIS Exhibition Matches

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 24 July 1929 · page 6

The Goulburn "Kookaburra" Tennis Club will officially open their courts on Saturday next at 2p.m., when a [?] programme of exhibition matches…

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Show Jumper Sold

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 July 1929 · page 6

Mr. R. Chittick has sold his well-known show jumper, Dungog, to a Queensland sportsman for £370, which is considered a record price for a…

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Polo Carnival Six Teams Enter for Canberra Events

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 25 July 1929 · page 2

Arrangements for the Polo Carnival be held by the Canberra Polo Club on July 31, August 1 and 2, on its ground on the Queanbeyan-Yass road,…

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Show Secretary Special Meeting Discusses Validity of Appointment Previous Decision Holds

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 July 1929 · page 2

A special meeting of the committee of the Goulburn A.P. and H. Society, held yesterday afternoon to discuss the irregularity in the appointment of secretary, decided after considerable discussion to take no action in the matter…

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Burrowa Springs Surprise Their Backs Give Great Exhibition Young's Forwards Win the Day

The Burrowa News · Friday 26 July 1929 · page 3

Probably no team of footballers in the South has improved so much this season as Burrowa. For many years Burrows has remained in comparative…

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Farmer Who Believes In Advertising. Tells Young Show Committee His Views. Trotting Exhibits at Sheep Show. Fifty Dogs for the Trials

The Young Chronicle · Friday 26 July 1929 · page 1

"A lot of people in this district are going to make a big mistake if they do hot advertise their goods. Money spent in…

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Sheep Show Sales by Messrs. McGREGOR AND McALISTER

The Young Chronicle · Friday 26 July 1929 · page 1

Messrs. McGregor and McAlister will conduct a sale of rams on the second day of the Sheep Show. One very special lot will be 25 rams on…

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Hockey Carnival Here Soon. Teams From Canberra and Sydney. the Biggest Event in the Country

The Young Chronicle · Friday 26 July 1929 · page 2

On Saturday and Sunday, 3rd and 4th August, the biggest representative hockey carnival held at a country centre will be…

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Sheep Show Next Week Will be a Success Committee Determined, Despite Unfavorable Weather. Appeal to Owners

The Young Chronicle · Friday 26 July 1929 · page 1

Although the dry weather spoils an unfavorable outlook, the committee of the Young Pastoral and Agricultural Association is determined to make the sheep show, to be opened by the Acting Premier (Mr. Buttenshaw) next week, a pronounced success…

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New Rubber Process Exhibition In London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 29 July 1929 · page 3

One of tile, greatest scientific romances of the rubber industry. has been announced. It is a discovery which will revolutionise many…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Assn. Annual Meeting of Show Members Committee and Trustees Elected for 1929-30

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 29 July 1929 · page 3

There was a fair attendance at the annual meeting of die P. and A. Association, which was presided over by Mr. W. T. Walker, and held in the Lecture Room of the Memorial Hall on Friday afternoon. Those present were Messrs. G. W. Merriman, H. McClung, P. Grace, A…

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Bribbaree Carnival

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 30 July 1929 · page 2

Further details to what were printed on Friday are now to hand of the successful hockey carnival at Bribbaree last week. After the matches…

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