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

Shows & fairs, 1948

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Governor Asked to Open 1949 Show

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 24 May 1948 · page 3

The Governor of New South Wales (Lieut.-Gen. J. Northcott) will be asked to open the Yass P. and A. Association’s 1949…

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Show Society Has Credit of Over £500

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 24 May 1948 · page 2

The financial position of the Yass P. and A. Association is sound. The Association has liquidated its debt and its…

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P. & A. Committee to Consider Three-day Show

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 24 May 1948 · page 2

Yass P. and A. Association will consider the possibility of holding a three-day show next year…

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Variety Show at Marulan Proceeds Go To Police Fund

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 25 May 1948 · page 1

More than 100 people attended a non-stop variety show, produced by the Herbert Tilbury Studio Concert Party at…

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Exhibition of Art At Town Hall

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 26 May 1948 · page 5

The works of some of Australia's most accomplished landscape painters are on view at an art exhibition at the Town Hall…

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Suggested Dates for 1949 Show

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 27 May 1948 · page 2

February 26, 26 and March 4, 5, were the dates suggested at the Yass P. and A. Committee meeting on Saturday night for the…

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Chief Stewards and Committees Show Committee Meeting

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 27 May 1948 · page 2

The Finance and Works Committees, with the chief stewards, were appointed at the first meeting of the newly-elected…

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Show Secretary Made Life Member Members’ Tribute To Mr. Robertson

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 27 May 1948 · page 1

As a recognition of his Services, Mr. H. B. Robertson . Will be made a life member the Yass P. and A…

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Successful Run for "Saloon Bar" R.S.L. Dramatic Society's Fine Show

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 27 May 1948 · page 3

The Goulburn R.S.L. have certainly achieved 'success with "Saloon Bar" and they deserve all the congratulations being heaped upon them. They have been unlucky with the weather but in this regard special measures have been taken…

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Show Union Officials

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 28 May 1948 · page 1

At yesterday's annual meeting of the Southern Highlands Show Societies' Union, at the Goulburn Town Hall, the…

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Wagga Show Prizemoney Totals £1,300

The Burrowa News · Friday 28 May 1948 · page 4

The 1948 Wagga Show will be held on the 24th, 25th and 26th of August. Total prize money for the Show will exceed £1,300. The schedule which…

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Show Members Want Ban on Amplifiers

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 28 May 1948 · page 1

The Southern Highlands Show Societies' Union, at its annual meeting in Goulburn, yesterday decided to recommend a ban on mechanical amplifiers at shows conducted by its member…

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"Just a Family Group" Criticism Of Show Council Attitude

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 28 May 1948 · page 5

Refusal of the Agricultural Shows Association Council to admit representatives of the Southern Highlands Show Societies…

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Wagga Show 1948

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 31 May 1948 · page 1

The 1948 Wagga Show will be held on August 24, 25 and 26. Total prizemoney for the Show will exceed £1,300. The schedule…

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“Wools of the World” Display at the Sydney Sheep Show

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 31 May 1948 · page 4

At the Sydney Sheep Show, which opens on Wednesday, June 2, and continues until Saturday, June 5, the Rural…

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Crookwell's Show Fortnight Later

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 2 June 1948 · page 1

Next year's Crookwell Show will be a fortnight later than was the case this year. The Southern Highlands Show…

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Skirt Lengths Vary In London Fashion Show

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 2 June 1948 · page 3

Skirts varied in length from about nine inches from the ground for formal clothe to about 14 inches for Tailored suits, at the London Fashion Week (spring, 1948) which was staged last month by the Society of London Fashion Designers. The displays emphasised that this season has not brought any major fashion changes…

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Sheep Show Opened In Sydney To-day

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 2 June 1948 · page 5

SYDNEY: The quality of entries in the 49th Annual Sheep Show, which opened to-day, is equal to any in the history of the…

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From Everywhere Fair Game

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 3 June 1948 · page 4

Fair Game. In Tulsa, Betty Jean Lopp was arrested for driving into another automobile, though she…

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Schoolboys' Football Carnival To Be Held Here

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 3 June 1948 · page 8

Preliminary arrangements have been made for a schoolboys' football carnival in Goulburn in late July or early…

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