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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1926

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Hospital Carnival. Tramway Band

The Bombala Times · Friday 7 May 1926 · page 4

For the third time in succession the N.S.W. Tramway Band visited Bombala this week to lend their valuable aid in raising money for the Bombala…

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Hospital Carnival

The Bombala Times · Friday 14 May 1926 · page 1

The following details of the Carnival raffles have been handed to us by the Hon. Secretary :—Cathcart Stall.—Sheep (donated by…

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Pioneers' Letter Competition Delegate Show

Delegate Argus · Thursday 20 May 1926 · page 2

The following letter by Mr. B. H. Allen was placed third: The minister only came once a year to Delegate and on one…

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She Would Show Her

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 21 May 1926 · page 3

Mrs. Saft came in from a chat over the fence with her neighbour, and her face was hard and red. "Come here, Tommy!" she…

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Pioneers' Letter Competition Delegate Show Pioneering Adventures on the Border

Delegate Argus · Thursday 27 May 1926 · page 2

I found it rather difficult when starting, owing to only being allowed at that lime, under Sir John Robinson's Land Act, to select…

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Pioneers' Letter Competition Delegate Show Monaro Pioneering Adventures

Delegate Argus · Thursday 3 June 1926 · page 2

In my very young boy days when the so-called wild savage blacks were about in hundreds and were really most of them as…

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Pioneers' Letter Competition Delegate Show Monaro Pioneering Adventures

Delegate Argus · Thursday 10 June 1926 · page 3

On another occasion I was returning home from Cooma this short cut road. I never was stopped on such a journey by rivers…

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Pioneers' Letter Competition. Delegate Show Bumbling Recollections of an Over-landing Trip from Monaro to Melbourne in 1852

Delegate Argus · Thursday 17 June 1926 · page 2

On 17th March, 1852-just 74 years ago-my father and mother, with five children, undertook the journey from Archer's Flat to…

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Pioneers' Letter Competition Delegate Show a Bush Tragedy

Delegate Argus · Thursday 24 June 1926 · page 2

In 1875 Jack Straw, his wife and child were murdered by blacks on their way to the Palmer goldfields. Many accounts of the…

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Hospital Carnival

The Bombala Times · Friday 25 June 1926 · page 1

The Hospital Carnival Committee met On Wednesday afternoon, there being a good attendance. A letter was read from the…

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Dramatic Show

Delegate Argus · Thursday 12 August 1926 · page 2

There was a Rood attendance at the School of Arts on Tuesday night last to see the three-act comedy, "A Cheerful Liar,"…

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[?] Carnival

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 16 August 1926 · page 2

The [?] Polo Carnival which connected on Thursday came to a conclusion on Saturday, a thoroughly enjoyable time having…

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Hospital Carnival

The Bombala Times · Friday 27 August 1926 · page 1

A meeting to finalise matters in connection with the recent Hospital Carnival and Queen Competition was held on Tuesday night. The Hon…

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Bombala Exhibition Society

The Bombala Times · Friday 27 August 1926 · page 5

The annual meeting of members of the Bombala Exhibition Society was held on Thursday, 19th inst., Mr. G. Garnock (Pres.) presiding…

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The Carnival

Delegate Argus · Thursday 2 September 1926 · page 2

Early in the day it was apparent that there was going to be a large attendance at the opening. People came from all parts of the…

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Carnival of Falsehood (Published by Arrangement)

Delegate Argus · Thursday 16 September 1926 · page 3

"No truth is more fundamental," says the "Times" (New York)," and more widely corroborated by experience than that before a…

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Exhibition Cake

The Bombala Times · Friday 8 October 1926 · page 3

4 ozs. butter, 10 ozs. flour, 2 ozs. candied peel, 4 ozs. sugar, 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon Aunt Mary's Baking Powder, 1 teaspoon carraway seeds, 1/2 pint…

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Sheep Show

The Bombala Times · Friday 15 October 1926 · page 2

The annual Sheep Show of the Bombala Exhibition Society was held on Wednesday last in cool but fine weather. The attendance was…

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Show Ball

The Bombala Times · Friday 15 October 1926 · page 1

The annual Show Ball was held on Wednesday last in the Olympia Hall, when there was a very good attendance, the takings at the door amounting to…

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Methodist Church Christmas Fair

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 10 December 1926 · page 2

The annual Fair for sale of fancy work and a variety of articles in aid of the Methodist church, was held at the Capital theatre…

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