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

Shows & fairs, 1929

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Coleman's Pantmomine Company Coming Again Show Nights

The Burrowa News · Friday 30 August 1929 · page 6

A big crowd was present at the Guild Hall on Monday night, when the popular Coleman's Company presented an entertainment that delighted…

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General Motors Exhibit. at the Young Show

The Young Chronicle · Friday 30 August 1929 · page 2

Messrs. Laxen and Rabbets advise that they have secured a very comprehensive line of the famous General Motors cars and trucks for…

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Young Annual Show Wednesday Is the Main Day

The Burrowa News · Friday 30 August 1929 · page 3

Just a little different to the usual practice, but next Wednesday is the main day of the Young Show, when visitors to the "Mecca of the Motor…

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Promises to be More Popular Than Ever Bigger Entries for Next Week's Show; Side-Shows a Record

The Young Chronicle · Friday 30 August 1929 · page 2

All indications are for the finest general show, from the point of view of the public particularly, ever held at Young. Entries are in excess of last year -- not counting the sheep sections -- and at the sporting entries do not close until to-morrow they…

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The Show and "This Blimed Old Springtime Craze." What of the Eternal Feminine? Spring the Time of New and Prettier Dresses. Drapers Heed the Womenfolk

The Young Chronicle · Friday 30 August 1929 · page 1

First herald of spring at Young is the brightening of the drapers' shops with new goods for the womenfolk -- and the Show!…

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Show Weather

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 3 September 1929 · page 2

Official weather forecast Chiefly fine, with mild day and night temperatures, with frosts. West to southerly winds. Some…

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The Show. Railway Arrangements

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 3 September 1929 · page 1

A Goods train paves Cootamundra at 8 a.m. on Wednesday and the Railway Commissioners have arranged for traffic to be carried by such train…

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Bobbed or Not Westminster Exhibition LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 September 1929 · page 3

The women apparently are almost equally divided on retaining the shingle or letting the hair grow. Continental experts are attending…

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Crookwell Show Meeting of Committee

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 September 1929 · page 3

The committee of the Crookwell A. P. and H. Society held a meeting at Crookwell. The president, Mr. S. A. Cullen, occupied the chair. There…

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Show Shows a Glass Dress. Miss Kingsley's Achievement

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 3 September 1929 · page 2

The Glass Dress made by Miss Mae Kingsley the girl glass blower at the Show, is a most amazing sight. This is a real dress which can be…

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Fine Weather All That's Needed For A Record Show. To-day's Preparations--Prospects Good from Every Point of View Wonderful District Exhibit-wheat and Farm Produce Strong-all Classes Above the Average

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 3 September 1929 · page 2

Prospects of brilliant weather the record number of entries, imposing array of competitors in the ring events, and the large army of side-showmen Indicate that Young Show, which open to-morrow, will be one of the finest ever held…

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Hockey Social Fair Attendance Presentation of Trophies

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 4 September 1929 · page 7

A social was held in the Literary Institute Hall on Saturday night last, (in aid of the Crookwell and District Hockey Association…

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Goulburn Carnival

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 5 September 1929 · page 4

The following players have been definitely selected to play in Goulburn on Sunday next, 8th September: --Neil (captain), Gentles, Walker,…

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Murrumburrah Show Committee Meeting

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 5 September 1929 · page 2

A Committee meeting of the Murrumburrah P., A., & I, Association was held "in the School of Arts, on Tuesday afternoon last. Present--…

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Our Show

The Burrowa News · Friday 6 September 1929 · page 2

ON the 26th and 27th of this month, the premier event of the year, the local show, will be held, and all going well in the…

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A Quiet Show

The Young Chronicle · Friday 6 September 1929 · page 2

The Young police report that the Show was a very quiet one. There were no disturbances and no arrests, save three drunks, who were dealt…

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Exhibits at the Show [?] AND

The Young Chronicle · Friday 6 September 1929 · page 7

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C. Collett May Retire From Show Riding

The Burrowa News · Friday 6 September 1929 · page 1

In the course of a conversation during a hunting contest at the Wagga Show, the well-known show ring rider, Charlie Collett, expressed the…

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Trotting at the Show Some Exciting Finishes

The Young Chronicle · Friday 6 September 1929 · page 2

In addition to the ring events, the trotting was another feature of Wednesday afternoon. Sutton McMillan, driving D. Edgerton's Mettle Queen,…

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Song of the Prisoners "Show Us the Way to Go Home"

The Burrowa News · Friday 6 September 1929 · page 6

Prisoners and prisons—few men in this country know more about them than Mr. D. R. Hall, some-time Minister for Justice…

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