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

Shows & fairs, 1951

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Annual Show Saturday’s Crowd All Time Record 6,000 Present; Gate £478

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 2

RECORDS were broken at the Yass P. & A’s Annual Show last Friday and Saturday. The gate on both days was an all time record, and the largest crowd ever to attend a show passed through the gates…

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Show Holiday?

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 2

Goulburn Chamber of Commerce will ask local retailers to close their stores at noon on Friday, March…

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Swimming Carnival To Mark Jubilee

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 21 February 1951 · page 2

Pupils of the Crookwell District Rural and Convent Schools are preparing for the Commonwealth Jubilee…

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For A Better Show

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 21 February 1951 · page 6

Dear Goldilocks,—Eels are not the only "funny fishes." Show schedules are in the same category…

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Prospects Bright For Annual Show Next Week

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 21 February 1951 · page 2

Crookwell A.P. & H. Society secretary, Mr. Albert Glanville, told "The Gazette" to-day that present indications…

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New And Interesting Features For Taralga's 65th Show

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 21 February 1951 · page 10

The Taralga 195[?] Annual Show promises to be one of the most successful ever staged. The picturesque grounds have been…

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Gunning Show

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 22 February 1951 · page 3

Preparations for Gunning's 50th annual show had been finalised, the secretary, Mr. L. Davis, said…

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“Idiotic People Delaying Production” Mr. W. F. Sheahan, M.L.A. Opened Show

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 22 February 1951 · page 3

The show was officially opened on Saturday afternoon, by the member for Yass, Mr. W. F. Sheahan, M.L.A…

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Record Annual Show : List of Awards As Reported in our last issue the Yass P. & A. Annual Show held on Friday and Saturday last, broke all records. The attendance was estimated at 6000 people. The gate takings totalled £549/18/-. “Every Man Did His Job” President’s Thanks

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 22 February 1951 · page 3

There was no happier man on the showground on Saturday than the president of the P. & A. Association, Mr. Jack Hodgkinson…

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Show Awards

Boorowa News · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 1

Owing to daily blackouts and other electrical interference occurring during the week, production of…

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"Little Interest" In Show Woodchop

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 3

The woodchopping contest a feature of the 1949 Wollongong A.H. and I. Society Show was abandoned this year…

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Show Gate Takings Reach £151 Ring Programme Best For Years Exciting Trotting—high Quality Horses

Boorowa News · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 1

Despite dull weather conditions which was interspersed with light showers of rain during the morning of the main day. Boorowa P.A. and H. Association's Sixty second Annual Show last Tuesday and…

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Gunning Jubilee Show

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 26 February 1951 · page 2

The Gunning Jubilee Show held on Friday and Saturday last, was most successful. The gate takings were, first…

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Art Exhibition

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 28 February 1951 · page 6

Paintings by leading Australian artists and also by some of the gifted New Australians now painting in Sydney will be…

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Crookwell [?]bille Show

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 28 February 1951 · page 5

[?]ookwell A. P. and H. Society, is [?]brated its fiftieth anniversary In [?] by the most progressive steps society has ever taken…

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Goulburn Jubilee Show

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 28 February 1951 · page 3

A feature of the Goulburn Jubilee Show, which should attract the attention and interest .of ,parents will be the exhibition of work from all sencols, ranging from infants, primary, secandary, high school to Technical colleges, which…

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For A Better Show

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 28 February 1951 · page 6

Dear Goldilocks, I know you're up to your eyes getting your exhibits ready for next week's Grand Jubilee…

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Traffic Arrangements For Show Days

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 28 February 1951 · page 3

Sergeant E. I. Bailey advises that traffic arrangements for show days will be similar to those In force last year…

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Coles New Varieties Show Nights

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 28 February 1951 · page 4

Coles' new Variety Coy of 40 performers will open their Crookwell season, commencing to-morrow night (Thursday) and…

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No Traffic Business on Show' Days

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 28 February 1951 · page 3

Sergeant E. I .Bailey, officer-in-charge of the Crookwell Police Station, advises that the traffic office will be closed on Thursday,…

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