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

Shows & fairs, 1937

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Upset About a Show Luncheon Ticket

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

At the meeting of the Goulburn A., P. and H. Society yesterday, the president of the society, Mr. L. T. Watson, replied to criticism levelled at…

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Bundanoon the Recent Show Division of Profits

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 6

A meeting of the Bundanoon A., H. and I. Society was held on Friday night last and presided over by the president, Mr. C. J. Ross…

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Wool Exhibit at Show (To the Editor)

The Burrowa News · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 2

Sir,—In such a well-known wool growing district as Boorowa it is an absolute shame to the graziers to see the lack of interest in the…

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Burrowa Show Society Monthly Meeting of Committee

The Burrowa News · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 5

The usual monthly meeting of the Committee of the above was held at Tattersalls (Tom Cahill's Central Hotel) on Saturday afternoon last…

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Show Sequel Protest in Ladies' Trotting Committee's Action

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 3

A complaint by the owner and rider of a horse, Derby Lodge, in a trotting event at the Goulburn Show on Saturday, March 13,…

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"By Crikey, We'll Show 'Em" Orange Takes Off Its Coat 1938 CELEBRATIONS

The Burrowa News · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 7

Orange provides an example of the civic pride in a provincial town which annihilates distance and circumstances end compels the…

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Sydney Sheep Show

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 12 April 1937 · page 2

The New South Wales Sheepbreeders’ Association has issued its schedule for the 42nd Annual Sheep Show, which will be held on the Sydney…

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School of Arts Street Fair Proceeds Allocated Institute Wants a Secretary

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 14 April 1937 · page 7

The School of Arts committee is still in search of someone with plenty of energy and enthusiasm to undertake the secretarial…

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

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 14 April 1937 · page 4

HEREUNDER, F. Hearley, a member of the Gullen Junior Farmers' Club, who was one of the Juniors encamped at…

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From Everywhere Diggers' Carnival

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 April 1937 · page 4

A cooking competition in connection with the Diggers' Carnival will be held in the Masonic Hall on Monday morning, April 26. All entries are…

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Good Profit Taralga's Annual Show Financial Side

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 April 1937 · page 2

TARALGA: Statements presented at a meeting of the A., P. and H. Association revealed that the 1937 show had resulted…

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Grand Carnival Three Nights of Revelry in Aid of the School of Arts

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 15 April 1937 · page 2

Special efforts are being made to reduce the heavy burden of debt, from the Murrumburrah School of Arts, and a Three Nights' Carnival,…

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Entertainments Diggers' Sport Carnival

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 10

Interest in the sports carnival to be held by the Goulburn Diggers on the Anzac Day holiday, Monday, April 26, is so great that one of the biggest…

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Burrowa Show Society Special Meeting of Committee

The Burrowa News · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 6

A special meeting of the members of the Committee of the Boorowa P.A. and H, Association was held at Tattersalls (Central Hotel)…

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Accident at Bathurst Show Shooting of "Fattest Boy"

The Burrowa News · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 5

A bullet intended for "the bulletproof woman" struck the world's fattest boy," known as Bonny Peter, in the neck, in a tent at Bathurst Show…

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Road Cycling in Goulburn Personal Faragraphs About Amateur Riders and Their Form Anzac Day Carnival

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 10

Cyclists turned out in force for the events held on the Braidwood Road last week by the Goulburn Amateur Bicycle Club, and…

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CROOKWELL Profit On Show Week Carnival ALLOCATION

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 19 April 1937 · page 2

Crookwell: At a meeting of the School of Arts a statement was presented showing that the Show Week Carnival had resulted in a…

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Greyhound Racing Double to La Chief In Goulburn and Show Society Stakes Saturday's Meeting

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 19 April 1937 · page 8

La Chief, a visitor from the Wagga district, won a double at the Show Coursing Club's greyhound race meeting on Saturday…

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Diggers' Carnival Day of Sport and Fun

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 21 April 1937 · page 1

With the approach of Anzac Day the thoughts of most people go back to the stirring days of 1914-18. They will remember their hopes and fears…

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Show Society Hon. Life Membership For Mr. C. E. Prell

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 21 April 1937 · page 3

After expressing appreciation of Mr. C. E. Prell's action in surrendering his debenture for £50, the President of the Crookwell…

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