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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1899

64 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 4

The Yass Show

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 19 September 1899 · page 2

The Yass Show opens on Thursday and will be continued on Friday, and promises to be a great success. Over twelve hundred entries have been received. The…

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Yass Show

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 22 September 1899 · page 2

The opening of the Yass Show took place yesterday, and promises to be superior to any previous shows. The exhibits were numerous in all classes. Mr. Gofald Massey…

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The Prospects of the Show

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 26 September 1899 · page 2

DESPITE the many predictions that the forthcoming P. A. & H. Show on Thursday and Friday next would be a rank failure, we are glad to report very much to the…

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Local Prizetakers at the Yass Show

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 26 September 1899 · page 2

THE Yass show was continued on Friday and was a great success. The attendance was a record, and the takings at the gate exceeded those of any previous show. The…

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The Coming Show. Making for Great Success

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 27 September 1899 · page 2

The entries for the forthcoming show on Thursday and Friday next, 28th and 29th, closed on Thursday last. We are sure every one will be pleased to know that the…

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The Queanbeyan Age with Which Are Incorporated Queanbeyan Times, Bungendore Mirror & Captain's Flat Miner. Wednesday, September 27, 1899. Local and General. Show Ball

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 27 September 1899 · page 2

In order to provide some entertainment for the visitors to the show, a ball has been organised for the first night of the show, Thursday. The tickets are fixed at 7s 6d and…

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The Pastoral, Agricultural and Horticultural Association's Eighth Annual Show

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 29 September 1899 · page 3

WHICH this year is being held in the springtime -- the usual season for holding the show for 1899 (autumn) having proved altogether unpromising…

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The Show

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 30 September 1899 · page 2

All arrangements were completed for the holding of the 1899 show on Thursday and Friday. As the judging will not be completed before we go to press on Friday, we will hold…

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The Show Ball

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 30 September 1899 · page 2

The Show Ball was almost a failure, there being only a few couples present. This is a pity because had sufficient energy been put into the management of it, the ball ought to…

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Eight Annual Show. a Wet Opening

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 30 September 1899 · page 2

The first day of the Queanbeyan P. A. and H. Association 1899 Show was held on Thursday. On Wednesday the rain gladdened the hearts of the farmers, but as…

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The Eighth Annual Show

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 4 October 1899 · page 2

The eighth annual exhibition of the Queanbeyan P. A. & H. Association eventuated on Thursday and Friday last. The weather was somewhat against a complete…

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The Queanbeyan Age with Which Are Incorporated Queanbeyan Times, Bungendore Mirror & Captain's Flat Miner. Saturday, October 7, 1899. Local and General, Show Awards

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 7 October 1899 · page 2

In connection with the show awards we now learn that the two Government special prizes have been awarded as under :—To the exhibitor who obtains most prizes in the farm…

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Didn't Show Up Well

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 21 October 1899 · page 1

Mrs. Lake Front—I don't think any painting looks well in the horrid electric light. Hostess—Then perhaps you would…

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Flower Show

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 1 November 1899 · page 2

On Thursday and Friday, November 9th and 10th, the annual Flower Show and Industrial Exhibition will take place in the Protestant Hall The season is a favorable one…

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Local News. Prince of Wales' Birthday. Wesleyan Flower Show and Industrial Exhibition

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 10 November 1899 · page 2

OTHER than the cricket contest between Cooma and Queanbeyan teams, as reported elsewhere, there was only one attraction bidding for public patronage, and offering…

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Goulburn Cycling Carnival

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 10 November 1899 · page 3

THE cycling carnival held at Goulburn yesterday was a grand success. There was a large attendance present and everything passed off satisfactory. Among the…

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Wesleyan Flower Show

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 11 November 1899 · page 2

The second annual Flower Show and Industrial Exhibition in connection with the Wesleyan Church, took place on Thursday and Friday afternoons and evenings…

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Local News. Wesl[?]yah Flower Show and Industrial Exhibition [?]

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 14 November 1899 · page 2

Was continued on Friday afternoon and evening, the attendance, though not equal to that of the first day, being quite up to expectations. An encouraging amount of…

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The Flower Show

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 15 November 1899 · page 2

The second night of the Wesleyan Flower show, Friday, proved to be again a highly successful one. The attendance was again very large and all the stalls did good…

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The Agricultural Society

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 1 December 1899 · page 2

A meeting of the Committee was held yesterday in the Council Chambers, Mr. J. H. Byrne, presiding, The Secretary read the balance sheet,…

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