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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1906

126 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 7

An ex-Queanbeyanite at Liverpool Show

The Queanbeyan Leader · Friday 30 March 1906 · page 2

MR. M. O'KEEFFE (recently of this district) figured prominently at the Liverpool Show. With a horse well known in…

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Cooma R. C. Show Meeting

The Age · Tuesday 10 April 1906 · page 3

THE Cooma Racing Club's Show Meeting was held on the Titree racecourse on Friday. Perfect weather prevailed, and there was a very good attendance. Everything passed…

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Foley‘s Wild Beast Show

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 10 April 1906 · page 2

This great combination, which includes one of the largest collection of wild animals travelling, will remain for a short season here on Easter Monday…

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Local News. Taggranong Winners at Cooma Show

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 10 April 1906 · page 2

AT the Cooma Show, Mr. J. FitzGerald, of Tuggranong, secured two first prizes for butter, first prize for bacon, and second for potatoes…

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Proposed International Exhibition

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 2

The Imperial Government will consider any general desire for a great International Exhibition in London in 1908…

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Cooma Show

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 2

IN the horse section at the above show, the second prize for galloways, double harness, over 14 hands and under 15, was won by Mr. E. E…

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Odds and Ends. 'A Fair Warning.'

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 2

AN Irishman was walking along a road alongside a links, when he was suddenly struck between the shoulders with a golf-bail. The force of the blow knocked…

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The Carnival Ball

The Age · Friday 20 April 1906 · page 2

Was a great success about 75 couples being present. Unfortunately the caterer was not up to expectations with the supper he provided and the committee are very sore…

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Sydney Show

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 20 April 1906 · page 2
Also in The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate

The Royal Agricultural Society's Easter show began last Wednesday week. The attendance of the public exceeded. that of the corresnonding…

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Show Fat Stock Sales

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 20 April 1906 · page 2

At the fat stock sales at the Show yesterday an enormous bullock, the perty petty of Mr. Porter, Quirindi, weighed 2770lb and reahzed £21, the highest…

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Vanity Fair. Bathing Dresses

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 24 April 1906 · page 4

We are constantly told by would be dress reformers, that women will soon be wearing short shirts in the street without feeling conspicuous. While I sincerely trust I shall…

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Sydney Show

The Age · Tuesday 24 April 1906 · page 4

THE Sydney show was attended on Friday by about 60,000 persons, and the attractions were seen under the most favourable conditions. About 85,000…

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Large Diamond Snake Captured at the Sydney Show Ground

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 25 April 1906 · page 4

Among the numerous attractions at the Royal Agricultural Society's Show at Moore Park, which concluded on Thursday, was a on kjumping exhibition controlled by Mr…

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Homely Fair

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 27 April 1906 · page 5

Ox-tail Soup.—Required: One ox-tall, one pound of lean beef, three. carrots, onions, bunch of savory herbs. Wash the ox-tall thoroughly, cut It in pieces,…

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Show Competitions

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1906 · page 3

A Western P.A. and H. Association is offering a Prize for “the worst coat on the ground” at its next show. Evidently the management of the above…

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Floral and Industrial Exhibition

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 4 May 1906 · page 2

THE annual floral and industrial exhibition in connection with St. Stephen's Presbyte[?]g Church, was held in the Protestant Hall on Wednesday…

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Presbyterian Floral and Industrial Exhibition

The Age · Friday 4 May 1906 · page 2

ON Wednesday last the Floral and Industrial Exhibition in aid of the funds of St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church was opened in the Protestant hall…

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The agricultural Society

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 8 May 1906 · page 2

ANYONE of a humorous-turn of mind, and who was behind the scenes, might well feel -amused on reading the inspired report, furnished, we presume, by the…

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Cycling Carnival

The Queanbeyan Leader · Friday 11 May 1906 · page 2

THE date of the Queanbeyan cycling carnival is drawing nearer, and local riders should begin to get a lively hustle on so far as training…

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