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

Shows & fairs, 1929

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Record Entries For To-morrow's Sheep Show

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 30 July 1929 · page 2

To-morrow will see the biggest collection of sheep ever exhibited at Young. it will be not only Young's…

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Final Sheep Show Arrangements All Ready for To-morrow

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 30 July 1929 · page 1

The Railway Commissioners have made suitable arrangements for passenger accommodation to be added to trains leaving Cowra and…

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Crookwell Show Society Mr. S. A. Cullen Again President CROOKWELL

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 July 1929 · page 2

Reports presented at the annual meeting of the Crookwell Show Society revealed that the year just ended was most successful…

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All Ready For The Hockey Carnival. Teams From City and Council Try to Compete. the Programme for the Week-end

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 30 July 1929 · page 2

What is undoubtedly the biggest representative gathering of hockey players that has ever occurred in this State takes place on Saturday…

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Fifty-second Annual Meeting A., P. and H Society Record Attendance

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 31 July 1929 · page 2

When the door was thrown open at the conclusion of the committee meeting on Friday afternoon and members…

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The Poll-toppers Mr. Cullen Re-elected President, Show Society Cupitt-webster Head Voting for Country; Macauley for Town

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 31 July 1929 · page 1

In opening the meeting of the newly formed committee on Friday last the chairman congratulated the men who topped the poll, Messrs. W. R…

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Young Carnival

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 1 August 1929 · page 2

Next Saturday and Sunday, a hockey carnival is being held at Young. Murrumburrah is sending a team over to participate in Sunday's games…

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The Post! Tariff Committee Gives Show Away an Insane Policy To the Editor

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 August 1929 · page 4

Sir,—The cat is out of the bag Most of us had an idea that pussy was here but we lacked definite proof This is now forthcoming. A…

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Show Jumper Sold

The Burrowa News · Friday 2 August 1929 · page 1

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

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The Show Judges

The Young Chronicle · Friday 2 August 1929 · page 1

The Judges at the sheep show wore: Mr. J. W. Matthews. of Bundemar; Mr. H. M. Kavanagh and Mr. Jack Kavanagh, of Sebastopol…

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The Sheep Show Attendances

The Young Chronicle · Friday 2 August 1929 · page 2

As with the quality and number of the exhibits, Young Sheep Show provided a surprise for attendances, for during the two…

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Our Show Always Improving Opinions of H. M. Kavanagh, Noted Judge

The Young Chronicle · Friday 2 August 1929 · page 1

Mr. H. M. Kavanagh, of Sebastopol, judge of the fine wools and farmers' classes, said he did not think there was a country show to…

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Sheep Sale Prices Were Satisfactory. Despite Depressing Effect of Season. First Show Sale of Stud Sheep

The Young Chronicle · Friday 2 August 1929 · page 2

Notwithstanding the difficult situation created by the bad seasonal outlook and financial restriction generally, satisfactory…

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Was Once Post Office Messenger Boy at Young. To-day, As Acting Premier, Open's Districts First Sheep Show

The Young Chronicle · Friday 2 August 1929 · page 2

Today Acting Premier of the State, the Hon. E. A. Buttenshaw, in a few vivid phrases, told the people of Young on Wednesday how he had served them as a humble messenger bop in the days when Mr. William McNab was postmaster…

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"There is Springing Up a New School of Sheep Breeders." Young Show Brings Together Australia's Merino Aristocracy Famous Studs Enter Into Competition with Local Men Well Known Judges Praise Standard of Young Breeders; Show Compares with Any in Australia. Dry Spell Proves Remarkable Resources of the District

The Young Chronicle · Friday 2 August 1929 · page 1

Young's greatest sheep show l. After 12 months record low rainfall, the State's safest district was able to gather together a collection of over 1000 of Australia's fines sheep, which included Mr. W. T. Merriman's £3000 ram…

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Sheep Show A Great Experiment-And It Succeeded. Unfavourable Conditions Only Prove District's Unlimited Resources. Young Has Best Advertisement It Could Ever Have Had. Our Prosperity Founded on Wool, State Speakers at Official Luncheon

The Young Chronicle · Friday 2 August 1929 · page 5

"The separate Sheep Show was an experiment...We were willing to test it. And it has been tested in real earnest. The season is one of the worst ever experienced in this district, and there has never been so much talk about the decline in…

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POLO Canberra Carnival

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 5 August 1929 · page 2

The Canberra Polo Club’s annual carnival concluded on Friday and many, local followers of the game were in Canberra to urge the locals on…

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Sheep Show Great Success at Young Triumph of Merryville

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 5 August 1929 · page 2

The Sheep Show held at Young on Wednesday and Thursday last was a great success. So much so that it established a strong claim…

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Show Trade Exhibits. At the sheep show

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 6 August 1929 · page 4

Several interesting trade exhibits were staged at the Sheep Show last week. At the stand of Messrs. Laxen and…

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Hockey Carnival Excitement at Young Young

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 August 1929 · page 6

The hockey carnival was continued on Sunday on the. showground. About 800 people were present, and over 20 was taken at the gate…

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