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

Shows & fairs, 1936

613 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 14 of 31

£16 PROFIT Show Trotting Meeting

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 May 1936 · page 1

A profit of £16/10/6 was shown by the Goulburn A., P. and H. Society on its trotting meeting held last Saturday, stated a report read at…

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A.P. AND H. Society and Night Trotting Big Sydney Meeting Society to Send Delegates

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 May 1936 · page 4

Three delegates representing the Goulburn A., P. and H. Society will attend a monster meeting to be held at the Sydney Town Hall on Monday, June 15, at which steps will be taken to urge upon the Government to introduce…

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RABBITSKINS Values for Better Grades Show Improvement

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 22 May 1936 · page 3

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co. reports on the 20th instant: supplies totalled 97 tons. Hatters' sorts were irregular and power,…

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Show Ground To Be Further Improved Sheep Shed to be Completed Sir Geoffrey Whiskard to be Invited To Open Show

The Young Chronicle · Friday 22 May 1936 · page 1

A decision to invite the British High Commissioner (Sir Geoffrey Whiskard) to open the Young Show, which is to be held on 8th, 9th and 10th September, was reached by the general committee of the Young P. and A. Association yesterday afternoon…

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Poultry Show

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 25 May 1936 · page 2

At the annual show of the Queanbeyan Poultry and Pigeon. Club, J. L. Pursehouse, of Gunning, was particularly successful, winning the…

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Davis Cup Australian Team Exhibition Matches

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 25 May 1936 · page 3

NEW YORK, Sunday: The Australian Davis Cup team journeyed to Moorestown (New Jersey) yesterday for a series of exhibition matches…

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RABBITSKINS Values For Better Grades Show Improvement

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 25 May 1936 · page 5

The Farmers & Graziers Co-operative Co. reports on the 20th instant: Supplies totalled 91 tons. Hatters sorts were irregular and lower but…

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Airways Exhibition

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 May 1936 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Opening the Empire Airways exhibition, the Prime Minister said that in 1935 subsidised air-mail contractors in Australia flew…

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Restriction Horse Importations Show Society's Action

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 1

Action designed to strengthen the hand of the Commonwealth in resisting the efforts of certain racing bodies throughout the principal sporting…

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Bannister News Junior Farmer Exhibits at Royal Show SOCIAL

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 3 June 1936 · page 3

A very enjoyable evening was spent at the school on Saturday, 23rd May, when a bonfire and social were held in aid of the funds of the P. and…

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Cootamundra Sheep Show

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 4 June 1936 · page 3

Cootamundra's Tenth Annual Sheep Show will be bigger and brighter than ever, the Schedule has been improved and three new trophies…

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Gunning Success N.s.w. Poultry Club Show

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 5 June 1936 · page 4

The Gunning poultry exhibitors could surely be pardoned if they crowed about their successes at the recent N.S.W. Poultry Club Show,…

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HOCKEY Young Retains The Rose Bowl Pioneer Girls' Opening Hockey Carnival. Six Teams Participate. Successfull Dance at Town Hall Follows

The Young Chronicle · Friday 5 June 1936 · page 3

Six teams, three from neighboring centres, participated in the official opening carnival of the reason at Young on Wednesday…

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Ferrier Beaten Exhibition Match

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 8 June 1936 · page 3

LONDON, Sunday: The South African, Locke defeated Ferrier in an exhibition round at the Royal Automobile Club course at Epsom by 73 to…

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Cootamundra Show

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 8 June 1936 · page 4

Cootamundra’s tenth annual Sheep Show will be bigger and brighter than ever, the schedule has been improved and three new trophies have been…

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"Rafferty Rules" Show Ring Events Need for Uniformity

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 8 June 1936 · page 2

That "Rafferty Rules" obtained in many instances in the conducting of flag and bending races and in regard to entries for hackneys…

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Southern Show Dates for 1937 Conference At Goulburn Easter Holidays Cause Difficulty

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 8 June 1936 · page 2

Easter's position in next year's calendar presented a difficulty for delegates attending a conference of the Central Southern Tablelands Show Societies Union held at Goulburn on Thursday, when the dates were fixed for the…

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"Bishop Misbehaves" Bright Show At Empire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 10 June 1936 · page 1

No more amusing nor more exciting story has been brought, to the screen than "The Bishop Misbehaves," starring Maureen O'Sullivan and…

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1936 Annual Sheep Show Approximately 1,000 Entried

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 10 June 1936 · page 4

The entries received for the 41st annual sheep show conducted by the New South Wales Sheepbreeders' Association, to take…

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Cootamunra Sheep Show

The Young Chronicle · Friday 12 June 1936 · page 3

Cootamundra's tenth annual sheep show will be bigger and brighter than ever. The schedule has been improved and three new trophies have been…

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