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

Shows & fairs, 1947

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Boorowa Show Will Be Staged Earlier Next Year Annual Fixture Set Down For February

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 September 1947 · page 1

BOOROWA SHOW SOCIETY'S ANNUAL SHOW WILL BE HELD EARLIER NEXT YEAR, THE FIXTURE BEING SET DOWN FOR FEBRUARY The dates fixed by the Southern Highlands Skew Societies' Union…

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A.b.c. Fair and Baby Show for Yass

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 15 September 1947 · page 5

Yass C.W.A. will conduct the A,B.C. Fair and Baby Show this year, half the proceeds of which will go to the New Homes Appeal…

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Scottish Fair

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 15 September 1947 · page 2

All persons connected with the organisation of the Scotch Fair, which will be held in the Memorial Hall on September 24 and 26, are…

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£192 From Bushmen's Carnival

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 15 September 1947 · page 2

The nett result from the Buahmen's Carnival was £192/10/. This was disclosed in the balance sheet presented to a general…

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Scottish Fair Next Week

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 18 September 1947 · page 1

The official opening of the 1947 Scottish Fair will be at 3 p.m. next Wednesday in the Memorial Hall. The bag-pipes will be playing at…

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Show Prize Money Increased

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 18 September 1947 · page 5

It was recommended at last night's meeting of the Goulburn A.P. and H. Society that the prize money…

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Good Entries for Dog Show

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 18 September 1947 · page 4

The Goulburn and District Kennel Club and Trial Dog Association's show at the new Showground on Sunday, October…

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£850 in Prizes for 1948 Yass Show

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 18 September 1947 · page 6

Prizemoney for the 1948 Yass show will be in the vicinity of £850. This figure includes ribbons and trophies…

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Show Entry Fees Not Uniform "Whole Schedule Is Topsy Turvy" Declares Mr. Thompson

The Burrowa News · Friday 19 September 1947 · page 4

Speaking at last meeting of the Boorowa Show Society. Mr W Thompson strongly attacked the entry system in operation for…

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Fair Game

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 22 September 1947 · page 1

In Los Angeles, long-suffering Selah Forsythe charged John Forsythe with wife-beating, got her case thrown out of court…

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Fair Sailing

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 23 September 1947 · page 1

The same gale that blew away my fowlhouse dumped somebody's garage in my back yard. body's garage in my back yard. That wasn't a gale. It was a…

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Show Committee: Mr. T.W. Burge Again President

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 24 September 1947 · page 4

At the first meeting of the newly-elected committee of the Taralga A.P. and H. Association, held on Monday…

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Official Opening of Scotch Fair

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 25 September 1947 · page 2

A large crowd gathered at the Memorial Hall yesterday afternoon for the opening of the Presbyterian Scottish Fair…

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Revision of Boorowa Show Schedule

The Burrowa News · Friday 26 September 1947 · page 2

zThe revision of the Boorowa Show Schedule for the Show took place last Saturday. Owing to pressure on space we are…

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1947 Scottish Fair Was All Time Record: Over £400 RAISED The 1947 Scottish Fair at Yass was an all time record. Over £400 was raised

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 29 September 1947 · page 2

“Scottish Fairs have been held here for 25 years, but this one was our most successful,” said the Rev. H. Prenter, to-day…

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TARALGA A.P. AND H. ASSOCIATION Proposed Spring Show

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 30 September 1947 · page 1

At the first meeting of the newly-elected committee of the Taralga A.P. & H. Association, Mr. T. W. Burge…

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Lilac Fair

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 1 October 1947 · page 2

A Lilac Fair will be officially opened by Mrs. W. H. Williams at the Goldsmith Street Methodist Lecture Hall, on Wednesday,…

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Influx Of Dog Lovers For Kennel Show

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 1 October 1947 · page 5

Many visiting dog lovers will be in Goulburn, at the week-end for the Goulburn District Kennel and Trial Dog Association's…

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Record Attendance At First Meeting of New Show Committee

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 1 October 1947 · page 5

Including the election of office bearers and the several outstanding matters of business, reported in our last…

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74 Years Old Show Medallion

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 2 October 1947 · page 1

Mr. W. G. A. Tate of 72 Meehan street, is also the proud owner of one of the Yass P. and A. Association’s copper medallions…

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