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

Shows & fairs, 1942

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Mr. W. J. Armstrong Is Again Show Society Patron

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 19 August 1942 · page 7

MR. W. J. ARMSTRONG was last week again the unanimous choice of the Show Committee to fill the position of Patron of the…

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Show Society Winds Up Successful Year SlXTY-FIFTH Annual Meeting £300 To War Organisations

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 19 August 1942 · page 3

The Crookwell A., P. and H. Society netted a profit of £300 on the year's operations. This was revealed in the financial statement presented at the sikty-fifth annual meeting of the Society last Friday afternoon…

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DALTON Methodist Spring Fair

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 24 August 1942 · page 4

A social in aid of funds for the Dalton Methodist Spring Fair was held on Saturday afternoon week in the School Hall. A good display of…

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Greatest Show on Earth

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 24 August 1942 · page 1

With Bros.' Circus comes to Goulburn next Thursday for one night only with a programme surpasses anything that has been seen before,…

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St. Clement’s Flower Show

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 24 August 1942 · page 2

A very well attended meeting of the ladies of St. Clement’s Church on August 11 decided unanimously to hold the annual Flower Show as…

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Gill Home Fair

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 28 August 1942 · page 1

At 3 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, the Mayor, Ald E. J. Darcy, will open a Garden Fete at THE Gill Memorial Home. Lt-Colonel McLean, Men's Social…

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Supremacy in Pacific Show-Down At Hand, Says U.S. Observer

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 28 August 1942 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Thursday: "A show-down seems at hand which may alter the finely drawn balance of power in the Pacific, thus affecting the entire course of the war in the Pacific area," declares the New York Times military…

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Art Works Goulburn Exhibition

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 4 September 1942 · page 1

Since the oil paintings made available by the National Art Gallery, Sydney, were unveiled at the Goulburn Technical…

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Just to Show Them But He Was Arrested

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 9 September 1942 · page 4

NEWARK, New Jersey, Tuesday: The discovery of a time bomb in the Western General Electric Company's vast Kearney plant has been disclosed…

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Galong Flower Show

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 10 September 1942 · page 4

Galong are again to the fore with a patriotic appeal, when the Flower and Industrial Wool Exhibition is being held in the Memorial Hall…

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Show Committee Rebates Part of Golf Course Rental

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 16 September 1942 · page 4

The Show Committee at its meeting on Friday night last unanimously resolved to make rebate of £11 of the current…

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Tallaganda Shire Fair Offer Accepted

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 21 September 1942 · page 2

Cr. W. U. Alley presided over a full attendance of councillors at the monthly meeting held yesterday. Mr. J. A. Brown, contractor for Durran…

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Galong Flower Show

The Burrowa News · Friday 25 September 1942 · page 1

Galong is again to the fore with a patriotic appeal to be held on October 24th, at Galong, when the patriotic flower and industrial wool…

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Scottish Fair [?] Record For Ten Years

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 28 September 1942 · page 3

[?] 1942 Scottish fair, held [?]day and Saturday, prov[?] outstanding success. The [?] £280/5/1, were a…

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Firewood Supplies: Question of Fair Distribution

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 30 September 1942 · page 4

Crookwell's firewood supplies Occupied the attention of the Crookwell Chamber of Commerce at its monthly…

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Scottish Fair Splendid Success Takings Record for Ten Years

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 1 October 1942 · page 1

The 1942 Scottish Fair proved an outstanding success, the sum of £280 being the gross takings, against £233 at last…

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Tip Tap Toe Revue Bright and Breezy Show Staged by the Ewen School of Dancing

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 1 October 1942 · page 1

A fairly packed house greeted the Ewen School of Dancing pupils in their Tip Tap Toe Revue in the Mechanics'…

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Galong Flower Show

The Burrowa News · Friday 2 October 1942 · page 1

Galong is again to the fore with a patriotic appeal to be held on 24th October, at Galong, when the Patriotic Flower and Industrial Wool…

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Concert And Fair in the Army Hall

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 7 October 1942 · page 1

HELD in aid of the Self-denial appeal, the Austerity Fair, which was staged in the Salvation Army Hall on last…

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Galong Flower Show

The Burrowa News · Friday 9 October 1942 · page 6

Galong is again to the fore with a patriotic appeal to be held on 24th October, at Galong, when the Patriotic Flower and Industrial Wool…

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