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

Shows & fairs, 1937

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Flower Show

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 March 1937 · page 7

The flower show to be held in St. Nicholas' Church Hall on Wednesday, March 31, is expected to attract a large crowd. The official opening…

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At Sydney Royal Show

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 25 March 1937 · page 2

At the Royal Show, Sydney, on Tuesday, Mr. J. Cullen secured first prize for pony in saddle, 12 hands and not exceeding 13 hands, with his…

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Berrima Show Meeting of Committee Satisfactory Financial Position

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 March 1937 · page 4

At the last meeting of the Berrima Show Society Committee, an outline of the financial return from the recent show was…

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Gunning Town and District News Show Society Accepts Council’s Offer to Erect New Industrial Hall

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 25 March 1937 · page 4

Following negotiations between the Show Society and the Shire Council it has now definitely been decided to eroct a new…

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Goulburn Winners at Royal Show

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 March 1937 · page 5

Goulburn successes at the Royal Show yesterday Included: The Hordern Bros.., Ltd., Unhoppled Trotting Handicap, in harness, about…

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Goulburn Bowls Carnival Knopp and Poidevin Win Pairs Match Championship Play

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 March 1937 · page 7

Knopo and Poidevin won the pairs championshio of the Goulburn Bowling Club's Easter Carnival…

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Royal Show's Big Day Record Total Woodchopping Is Popular

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 March 1937 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Royal Show was seen at its best yesterday A warm sun shone from a cloudless sky, and a huge crowd…

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We Go to the Show

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 31 March 1937 · page 6

Good Friday found us at the show and, having three children in tow, each with a prolific thirst for knowledge and ginger beer, believe us, we…

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At Royal Show

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 1 April 1937 · page 2

On Saturday Mr. J. Cullen’s Bayard was in the winning pair in the hunting contest for pairs at the Royal Show and the same owner’s Dandy…

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Royal Show District Awards

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 April 1937 · page 3

Mr. S. Coves Dainty Don, ridden by Miss Beryl Coves, won the ladies unhoppled trotting handicap at the Royal Show…

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Goulburn Pony at Royal Show

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 April 1937 · page 8

Kilmor, a bay pony owned by Mr. Walter peden, returned to Goulburn yesterday after competing with success at the…

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The Man Who Made The Jerrawa Show

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 1 April 1937 · page 4

The man who made the Jerrawa Show was Mr. R. A. Clarke, formerly stationmaster at Jerrawa, who has now been transferred from Tumut to…

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Flower Show St. Nicholas' Church Annual Effort

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 April 1937 · page 2

Despite the havoc created among Goulburn gardens by the recent high winds, some fine blooms were exhibited at the…

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Display by Junior Farmers. at Royal Show

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 1 April 1937 · page 4

"This year's Junior Farmer exhibit is a definite improvement on last years, and it is evident that the exhibits have been…

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Record Attendance at Jerrawa Show Picnic Outing Is Popular With Public On Easter Monday Farmers Stage Fine Sheep Exhibit; Show Opened by Federal Member

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 1 April 1937 · page 4

Despite a biting cold wind which did not abate till late in the morning, the fifth annual show conducted by the Jerrawa Show Society last Monday attracted a record attendance. It is estimated there were nearly 2000 people…

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COURSING Show Club's Decision

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 4

The committee of the Show Coursing Club decided last night to withdraw its affiliation with the N. S. W. Trotting Club and to…

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Good Business At London's Big Fair Five-year Record

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 1

LONDON: Exhibitors at the British Industries Fair went home after the opening week to spend one of the happiest week-ends of their lives…

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Diggers' Carnival

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 7 April 1937 · page 8

A meeting of Diggers' wives, mothers, sweethearts, members of Red Cross, and other interested will be held in the Masonic Hall on…

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A Junior Abroad Experiences and Impressions of a Junior Farmer at their Camp at the Royal Show

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 7 April 1937 · page 4

We arrived at Central Railway Station, where we were met and conveyed to camps on the showground. There were thirty juniors, including…

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GOULBURN A.P. AND H. SOCIETY Good Financial Result Dust to Receive Attention for Next Show

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 April 1937 · page 4

Before the business commenced at the meeting of the A.P. and H. Society meeting yesterday, the president, Mr. L. T. Watson, said that it was the first meeting following the annual show, and he said that the show had been very…

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