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

Shows & fairs, 1950

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For A Better Show

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 26 July 1950 · page 3

Dear Goldilocks, It's a pity Jack Davey didn't come to Goulburn for a day or so before he set out for his…

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Big Show Coming to Crookwell

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 26 July 1950 · page 4

It will be good news to the residents of Crookwell and distric to know that the ever famous Tiv[?] Pantomine, "Old Mother Hubbard…

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Draught Horses At The Show

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 26 July 1950 · page 4

Sir.--Will you grant me space in your valued paper for the following. The election of committee for the…

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Bright Prospects for 1951 SHOW Bushmen’s Carnival

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 27 July 1950 · page 4

Yass P. & A’s 1951 Show to be held on Friday and Saturday, February 16 and 17, promises to-be the most…

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British Sheep Show Next January

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 27 July 1950 · page 8

At a meeting of the committee of the Goulburn Branch of the Australian Society of Breeders of British Sheep, it was decided…

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Yass Wool Fleeces For 1951 Sheep Show

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 27 July 1950 · page 4

The N.S.W. Sheepbreeders’ Association is staging a wool exhibit at the 1951 Sydney Sheep Show, and the president of Yass P. & A…

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Rain May Affect Hockey Carnival

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 2

Unless weather conditions improve in the next fortnight, Central Southern Hockey Association officials may be forced to abandon the annual Goulburn carnival-recognised as, the…

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Bright Show for Hospital

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 5

The Cathedral Young Anglicans' "Follies of '50" will visit Kenmore Mental Hospital next Wednesday night to present a…

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Delhi Talks On Kashmir Show Little Hope

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 31 July 1950 · page 5

A staff correspondent of the Associated Press of Pakistan writes from New Delhi on July 26: "The…

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Yass Wool for 1951 Sheep Show Exhibit of 20 Fleeces

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 31 July 1950 · page 1

In a letter to Mr. H. B. Robertson, secretary of the Yass P. & A. Association, the N.S.W. Sheepbreeders’ Association which will…

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Industrial Fair Next Month

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 2 August 1950 · page 1

An exhibition extending over a week will held in Goulburn in September to stress the important part…

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For A Better Show

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 2 August 1950 · page 2

Dear Goldilocks Don't you think that the Pottery Class has brightened up since Ada and Elsie have…

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Local Successes At Orange Poultry Show

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 2 August 1950 · page 1

Among the successful exhibitors at the Orange Poultry Show was Doug. Banfield, of Gullen. Doug. secured champion, first and…

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Nurses' Cabaret Ball Beautiful Frocks: Excellent Floor Show

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 2 August 1950 · page 3

Features which added greatly to the enjoyment of the Nurses' Cabaret Ball, held at the Recreation Hal on Friday night, were the beautiful frocks of the ladies and the excellent floor-show, presented by twelve young nurses from the Goulburn District Hospital staff…

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Taralga Prepares for Spring Show Tenacity Of Spirit And Faith

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 2 August 1950 · page 1

The Taralga Show Committee displayed a commendable spirit of hope and tenacity on Wednesday by meeting on a wet afternoon to consider preparations for a spring show…

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Bigga Defeats Magpies In Close Game Bright Exhibition Of Football Witnessed By Large Crowd

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 2 August 1950 · page 3

After trailing 6-nil at half-time, Bigga just had enough in reserve to down the improved Magpies by 1310 on Sunday. The match, which was witnessed by biggest crowd…

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Show Wool Brings £709

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 4 August 1950 · page 3

Wool used to make up the Western District agricultural exhibit has been sold in Sydney for the record sum of…

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Show Society Finishes Year With £25 Profit Secretary's Review of Year's Operations Submitted to Annual Meeting

The Burrowa News · Friday 4 August 1950 · page 1

Figures submitted by the Secretary (Mr. S: D. Bobbin) in his report to the annual meeting of the Boorowa Show Society revealed that a credit balance of £25/6/9 had resulted on the year's operations, compared…

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Yass Teams’ Success Schoolboys’ Football Carnival

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 7 August 1950 · page 3

Teams from Yass Inter High School which competed at the Riverina Schoolboys’ Football Carnival at Junee on Saturday, won…

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Hard Work for Stage Show

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 8 August 1950 · page 2

A fortnight's hard work by 50 Goulburn youngsters will have its climax on Friday night. The youngsters—from…

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