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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1899

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Cooma Show

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 15 April 1899 · page 2

Wednesday was the first day of the Cooma Pastoral and Agricultural Association's show. Blood horses were well represented. also miscellaneous classes. In cattle, E. H…

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Lime-light Lantern Exhibition

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 23 June 1899 · page 2

AN entertainment, unique and exquisitely beautiful in its details, was given on Wednesday night to an appreciative audience in the Protestant Hall, by the Rev. S. H…

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Marvels of the 1900 Paris Exhibition

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 24 June 1899 · page 4

If only a quarter af the marvellous sights and shows which we are told will be on view at the exhibition to be held next year in Paris ever come off the exhibition will still…

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Local News. Pastoral and Agricultural Society's Meeting

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 27 June 1899 · page 2

THE adjourned annual meeting of members of the local P. A. & H. Association, called together for Saturday last at the Oddfellows' Hall, stands further adjourned…

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The Sketcher. Tragedy at the Fair. A Sketch of Manners and Morals

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 8 July 1899 · page 2

"Fat Bees" sat majestically on a six-legged oaken throne raised upon a dais, and contemplated her clients with an air of calm contempt. She had her arms…

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Local News. P. A. & H. ASSOCIATION. Adjourned Annual Meeting. Show in September

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 18 July 1899 · page 2

THERE was a fairly representative attendance at Saturday afternoon's adjourned annual meeting of the Queanbeyan P. A. and H. Association…

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The Skating Carnival

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 21 July 1899 · page 2

This [?] awaited event came [?] most [?] on Wednesday night During the afternoon a brass band [?] by characters in fancy dress was…

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The Coming Show

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 21 July 1899 · page 2

Now that it has boon finally decided that a spring show in connection with our Pastoral, Agricultural and Horticultural Society is to take place at the end of September,…

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The Coming Show

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 1 August 1899 · page 2

AT the committee meeting, on Saturday, of the P. & A. Association, the schedule of prizes was completed, and is now in the printer's hands. The list will, in all its…

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Flower Show

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 4 August 1899 · page 2

A MEETING was held in the Wesleyan Church on Wednesday afternoon last of a number of ladies and gentlemen to make arrangements for the holding of a Flower…

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The Show Schedule

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 4 August 1899 · page 2

THE schedule of prizes the approaching show are now available and appear as an inset in this issue of the OBSERVER. Intending competitors should preserve them…

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Exhibition By-laws

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 5 August 1899 · page 5

1. The show will be open to the public at 1 p.m. on the first day, and at 9 a.m. on the second day. 2. Subscribers of 10s 6d will be admitted…

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The Queanbeyan Age with Which Are Incorporated Queanbeyan Times, Bungendore Mirror & Captain's Fla Miner. Saturday, August 5, 1899. Local and General. Flower Show and Industrial Exhibition

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 5 August 1899 · page 2

The first Committee meeting, in connection with the forthcoming Flower Show, etc., was held in the Wesleyan Church on Wednesday afternoon. The spirit in which…

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Correspondence. [We do not necessarily identify ourselves with the opinions expressed by our correspondents.] the Hunters' Jumps in the Show Ground. (To the Editor of the Queanbeyan Observer.)

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 11 August 1899 · page 2

SIR,--Re letter in OBSERVER suggesting improvements on show grounds signed "Hunter." Being particularly interested in the…

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Cootamundra Show

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 22 August 1899 · page 2

THE Railway Department advertise that holiday excursion tickets will be issued from Queanbeyan to Cootamundra for the show. For particulars see advertisement…

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A Use for the Melbourne Exhibition

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 29 August 1899 · page 3

Sir George Turner thinks that a part of the Melbourne exhibition building might be fitted up for a sittings of the Federal…

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Show Fixtures

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 1 September 1899 · page 2

Junee, September 6, 7. Albury, September 13, 14, 15. Cowra, September 20, 21. Yass, September 21 and 22…

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Local and General. the Coming Show

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 13 September 1899 · page 2

The time for the holding of the Queanbeyan P. A and H. Association show is gradually drawing nearer, and demands the attention of all those who wish it to he a…

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Show Privileges

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 15 September 1899 · page 2

YESTERDAY MR. A. W. Moriarty submitted to public auction the privileges in connection with the approaching show. The publican's booth realised £7 15s and was…

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The Yass Show

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 15 September 1899 · page 2

THE above show which will be held on Thursday and Friday next promises to bo a great success. Over 1,200 entries have been received, which is supposed to be a…

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