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

Shows & fairs, 1939

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Show Prize-money That Went Begging

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 1

Cattle are conspicuous by their absence at this year's Goulburn Show, with the result that a good deal of the prize-money will go begging. Not a single entry was received…

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Men Behind the Gun at the Show

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 3

Although he has had very little experience in the chair, this being only his second show, Mr. Walter Reynolds, the…

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Radio Patrol Truck On Show At Crookwell

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 3

CROOKWELL: The police patrol truck that has been allotted to the southern division was present at the Crookwell…

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Still to the Fore Horses' Place In Show Ring

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 1

In this mechanical age, the striking array of horses now gathered at the Goulburn Showground is little…

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Graziers Could Help Show More Fine Display Of Sheep At Showground

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 1

With the pastoral industry the mainstay of this district, it is appropriate that sheep should constitute one of the salient…

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Dull Skies for Goulburn A., P. & H. SOCIETY Fifty-Fifth Show Launched In Unsettled Weather Judges View Exhibits Attractive Displays Staged In Arena And Pavilion Sheep and Horse Classes Impress Exhibition Again Worthily Upholds District's Reputation And Prestige

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 1

Greatest attraction of the year in Goulburn—the Agricultural Pastoral and Horticultural Society's annual Show—opened this morning at the Showground, where a display of primary and secondary wealth in keeping with the district's long-standing record as one of the foremost…

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Chrysanthemum Show

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 8

As advertised in this issue, schedules for the Horticultural Society's chrysanthemum show and needlework display to be held at the…

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Loss of Show Exhibits

The Burrowa News · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 6

MOSS VALE, Tuesday: The Moss Vale Show Society has received claims totalling £15, the value of pavilion exhibits, principally…

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Show Judges' Summing Up of Exhibits

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 1

After completing their tasks at the Goulburn Show yesterday, the judges had some interesting comment to offer with respect to the exhibits on which they were called to pass judgment…

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Trotting Events At Show Keep Patrons Thrilled

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 8

Visiting owners and well-known local trotting men were well represented in the trotting events at yesterday's show…

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A Classification of Wheats for the Guidance of Show Societies and Exhibitors

The Burrowa News · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 10

The following classification of wheats, designed by the Department of Agriculture for the…

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Sports Meeting and Show Ball

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 27 March 1939 · page 3

At its next meeting the P. and A. Committee. on the motion of Mr. J. A. Davis, will consider the question of holding sports at the showground…

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Third Day Ring Events at the Show

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 27 March 1939 · page 7

Despite light rain during the greater part of the afternoon, many excellent sporting attractions were witnessed at the…

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Goulburn Show Sheep Championships to Merryville and Eschol

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 27 March 1939 · page 3

Merinos at the Goulburn Show last week were judged by Mr. G. R. Lee, of Oakwood Stud, Gulargambone, Coonamble, who said that he found…

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“Scalers” at Annual Show Problem of Free Passes

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 27 March 1939 · page 3

“This year the ‘scaling’ at the show was out of all proportion and greater than ever before. At the gates we could see them…

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Fleece Wool at Show Greater Interest Is Urged

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 27 March 1939 · page 1

Although greater support should have been forthcoming from district graziers, the fleece wool section at the Goulburn…

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Official Opening of the Show High Tribute Paid By Chief Secretary, Mr. G. C. Gollan Australia's Primary Produce and World Market

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 27 March 1939 · page 4

Following the general parade at 2 p.m. on Friday, the Goulburn A., P. and H. Society's fifty-fifth annual show was officially opened by the Chief Secretary for N.S.W. Mr. G. C. Gollan, who paid a striking tribute to the work of the society and its members on the part…

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Curtain Rung Down On Goulburn Show Substantial Decline in Gate Revenue Rain Mars Third Day Keen Contests Mark Ring Programme Society Faced With Problem

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 27 March 1939 · page 1

SUBSTANTIAL DECLINE IN GATE REVENUE Rain Mars Third Day KEEN CONTESTS MARK…

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Canowindra Trotting Man Scores Double Mr. Ivan Rue's Horses Account For Royal Hotel Cup and Hoyts Ritz Cup at Goulburn's Fifty-Fifth Annual Show Spectators Thrilled by Exciting Finishes

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 27 March 1939 · page 8

Mr. Ivan Rue, well-known Canowindra sportsman, registered a popular double in the trotting section at the Goulburn Show on Friday and Saturday, his nominations winning the Royal Hotel Cup and also the coveted Hoyts…

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Big Profit on Show at Queanbeyan

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 29 March 1939 · page 4

In a statement to the committee of the Queanbeyan P. and A. Society, the treasurer, Mr. H. C. Deane, disclosed an estimated…

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