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

Shows & fairs, 1955

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Show Holiday

Yass Tribune-Courier · Tuesday 11 January 1955 · page 6

Yass Municipal Council will apply for a public holiday within the Municipality on Saturday. February 19, the second day of…

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Public Holiday for Show

Yass Tribune-Courier · Tuesday 1 February 1955 · page 3

The Chief Secretary’s Department has advised the Municipal Council that a public holiday has been gazetted for the…

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Show Notes

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 7 February 1955 · page 2

YASS SHOWTIME is almost with us again—week-end after next—February 18 and 19. A GATE manufacturer at…

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Show Holiday on

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 14 February 1955 · page 2

Mr. J. Snell, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, points out that the holiday position for the Yass Show on Friday…

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Autumn Flower Show Methodist Function Next Month

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 14 February 1955 · page 1

With the possibility of more rain, prospects for the Methodist Festival of Flowers and Cooking Competition in the…

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Show Friday & Saturday P. & A. Association Makes Ground Improvements

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 14 February 1955 · page 2

Through good organisation and solid work the P.& A. Association has been able to make big improvements on Yass Showground ready for the Annual Show next Friday and Saturday…

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Show Holiday To-morrow

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 17 February 1955 · page 3

Mr. J. Snell, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, points out that the holiday position for the Yass Show…

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Yass Show Record Number Of Industrial Exhibits Newcomers W Cattle Section

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 17 February 1955 · page 2

“With the excellent rain this week, the Yass showground is looking a picture, for to-morrow and Saturday’s exhibition,” the Show secretary, Mr. Clive Taylor, said this morning…

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Carnival Queen Going To Queensland

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 21 February 1955 · page 2

Sister Kathleen McKenna, who won the title of Queen of Yass and District at the C.T.A. Carnival last November, and has been on…

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Not Fair Sample of Town Water “From Dead End Of Main”

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 21 February 1955 · page 4

A bottle of dirty water stood on the Council table during last meeting of the Municipal Council, when…

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80th Annual Show Ideal Weather Made Gala Days £815 Gate, £11 Less Than Last Year’s Record

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 21 February 1955 · page 2

Yass District turned out practically to a man to see or take part in the P. & A. Association’s 80th Annual Show on Friday and Saturday, when ideal weather brought out even those who might otherwise have…

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Show Photos

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 24 February 1955 · page 1

THE YASS SHOW photos published in this issue were taken by Mr. S. Hardy. Copies of these and many…

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Show Sidelights

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 24 February 1955 · page 5

THERE is one little publicised activity in connection with the Show, and that is the provision of logs for the wood chop. This is…

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Jerrawa Show Society

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 24 February 1955 · page 7

THE SECRETARY wishes to notify all patrons who have promised a donation to the SHEEP PAVILION Building Fund that…

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Two Champions at Yass Show

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 24 February 1955 · page 3

JILL EDMONDS of Bungendore, who won the General Cariappa Shield for the champion boy or girl rider, under 15 years. The General who is High Commissioner for India, and who opened the 1954 Show, presented…

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“Show Credit To People Of District” Development n Pasture Improvement

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 24 February 1955 · page 6

“It is a pleasure to come to a district which produces some of the greatest wool in the world,” Mr. E. H. Graham, Minister for Agriculture and Food Production, said on Saturday afternoon when officially opening…

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Thousand Watched Grand Parade at Yass Show Aristocratic Cattle And Horses On Display

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 24 February 1955 · page 3

A thousand people packed around the rails and filled the grandstand at Yass Showground last Saturday afternoon to watch the Grand Parade of magnificent cattle and sleek horses being put through their paces by their proud owners. It was an impressive…

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Bumper Jerrawa Show Anticipated

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 7 March 1955 · page 1

The bounteous winter now facing Yass, following the recent splendid rain, is expected to be reflected in the biggest little show on earth at Jerrawa on Easter Monday, April 11…

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Gunning Show Successful Exhibition

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 10 March 1955 · page 8

The 1955 annual show held at Gunning last Friday and Saturday, was one of the most successful ever held…

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Stalls at M. H. Street Carnival

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 10 March 1955 · page 8

A number of stalls are being organised for the Soldiers’ Memorial Hall street carnival to be held next…

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