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

Shows & fairs, 1939

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Stud Sheep Fair

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 9 June 1939 · page 3

Consignments of high class rams and ewes sill be offered on behalf of noted breeders at the Royal Agricultural Showground towards the…

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Chevrolet Truck Show

The Burrowa News · Friday 9 June 1939 · page 7

The 1939 Chevrolet truck show from General Motors-Holdcn's, which arrived at the garage of the local agent, Mr. O.G. Hancock, on…

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Local Competitors for Sheep Show

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 9 June 1939 · page 1

Entries for the annual Sydney Sheep Show, which will be held on June 21, 22, 23 and 24, total 1203, compared with 968 in…

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Cootamundra Sheep Show and Dog Trials

The Burrowa News · Friday 9 June 1939 · page 1

Cootamundra's famous Sheep Show and Dog Trials promises, this year, to eclipse any previous effort of the committee…

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Boorowa Show Society Monthly Committee Meeting

The Burrowa News · Friday 9 June 1939 · page 5

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Committee of the above was held at Tattersall's (Central Hotel) on Saturday last, when the following…

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Annual Meeting Gunning P., A. and I. Society Wool for Sydney Show

Yass Tribune-Courier · Saturday 10 June 1939 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Gunning P., A. and I. Society attracted a fair attendance of members and some of the general public…

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Fair Enough

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 14 June 1939 · page 10

The Department of Agriculture forwarded a request to the Carcoar P.P. Board asking that the amount of grasshopper levy--…

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Crookwell Show Revision Of Schedule

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 14 June 1939 · page 1

CROOKWELL: The inclusion of a new class in the merino sheep section, to be for owners who have not exhibited at the…

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Crookwell Bid for New Show Pavilion

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 14 June 1939 · page 3

CROOKWELL: With a view to securing a grant to build a new pavilion at the showground, the A.P., and H. Society has decided…

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Successful Carnival Goulburn Women's Hockey Association Win for Crookwell

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 14 June 1939 · page 8

Crookwell's Country Week team avenged the defeat suffered at the hands of the Goulburn representative team last month,…

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Schedule Revision for 1940 Exhibition Final Decisions for New Committee

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 14 June 1939 · page 7

Alterations and additions to the show schedule for 1940 were considered at a committee meeting of the Show Society, held in the…

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Magneto Disappears Stolen, Says Caretaker Show Society's Loss

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 14 June 1939 · page 8

The theft of the magneto from an engine at the showground was reported to the committee of the A., P. and H. Society on…

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New Show Pavilion Committee Seeks Grant Sub-committee to Finalise Application

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 14 June 1939 · page 3

After lengthy consideration at Friday night's meeting, the Show Committee decided to authorise the sub-committee appointed to…

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International Players In Exhibition Tennis

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 15 June 1939 · page 5

Some good tennis was played on the Binalong courts on Friday last, when the visiting international players took part in a series of matches…

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Cootamundra Sheep Show

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 15 June 1939 · page 1

Cootamundra's now famous Sheep Show and Dog Trials promises, this year, to eclipse any previous effort of the committee. Already many…

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Military Camp Show Committee Faced With Problem

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 June 1939 · page 4

The committee of the Goulburn, A., P. and H. Society found itself in a quandary at its meeting yesterday, when an…

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Show Society Last Committee Meeting

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 1

On Wednesday afternoon the committee of the Goulburn A., P. and H. Society held its last meeting prior to the annual meeting…

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WOODCHOPS Show Society's Decision Praised

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 2

"My committee considers that woodchopping is an essential in staging an agricultural show," wrote the secretary of the Royal…

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To Meet at Night Show Society Decision

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 1

Meetings of the Goulburn A., P. and H. Society committee will be held at night between October to March inclusive and…

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On the Rugby Union Field Goulburn Players' Performances at Recent Carnival Comment on Play

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 8

Goulburn Rugby Union officials were more than satisfied with the result of the King's Birthday carnival, which was favoured with…

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