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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1906

126 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 4 of 7

The Coming Show

The Age · Tuesday 24 July 1906 · page 2

THE local, Pastoral and Agricultural Society at their last meeting got matters well in hand for the approaching show…

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The Show Committee and the Boycott

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 24 July 1906 · page 2

In addition to withholding the usual issue of schedules and other advertised information from members who belong to the democratic…

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Some Awards at the Royal Agricultural Show, Sydney

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 24 July 1906 · page 2

The main Agricultural pavilion was crowded with produce grown by, may we say, some of the largest growers in the farming districts of N.S. Wales…

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Queanbeyan Recreation Reserve & Show Ground

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 27 July 1906 · page 2

THE following notifications, with respect to the above, appeared in the Lands Department Gazette of Wednesday, 25th July:…

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Methodist Flower Show

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 7 August 1906 · page 2
Also in The Queanbeyan Leader

IN connection with the above to be held on 7th and 8th November next, the hon. secretary (Mr. G. Percival) has received replies from both the…

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The Show and the Boycott

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 7 August 1906 · page 2

Yesterday morning, a Queanbeyan member of the P. and A. Association received a Show schedule—seven months after the schedules…

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Homely Fair

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 10 August 1906 · page 5

Paked Fish —Required: One fish for each person, one tablespoonful of shopped pareley, one ones of butter, half a lemon, salt and pepper Wash and trim…

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Vanity Fair. French Fashions

The Queanbeyan Leader · Friday 10 August 1906 · page 4

It will continue the fashion this winter to have the sleeves very large and the hair combed down over the oats. Other details [?] or [?] important pain before these two…

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Odds and Ends a Fair Exchange

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 17 August 1906 · page 1

A MAN who had purchased some currant buns at a bakery was distressed, on starting to eat one to find that it contained a fly. Returning to the bakery, he made…

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Queanbeyan Annual Show

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 17 August 1906 · page 2

We would call special attention to the Queanbeyan P. and- A. Association’s advertisement in this issue notifying that the annual show -will be held on…

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The Reformers' Show

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 21 August 1906 · page 3

DESPERATE efforts are being made to cover up the disaster which bangs like a funeral pall over the Show which a section…

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Fair F[?]ae. [?]

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 24 August 1906 · page 5

I [?] time that year [?] in p[?] [?] you do not in [?]…

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Exhibition of Minerals

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 24 August 1906 · page 2

It will be recollected that some time ago the directors of the. Royal Exchange, Sydney, held an exhibition in which the cereal and pastoral products of the State,…

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Show Committee Meeting

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 24 August 1906 · page 2

AT the School of Arts yesterday there was an excellent attendance of the committee, Mr. H. E. Hudson being voted to the chair…

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Correspondence. the Coming Show. to the Editor

The Age · Friday 24 August 1906 · page 2

Who speaks of defeat for our P. & A. Show? A cause like this must widen and grow. No defeat can it know from a slandering pen; It's success is assured when run by right men…

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A Show Committeeman on the job

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 28 August 1906 · page 2

An afflicted member of the Show Committee, sighing himself "Northumberland," has broken loose in the columns of a local…

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Vanity Fair

The Queanbeyan Leader · Friday 31 August 1906 · page 4

One of the most economical and at the some time smart investments at all times is a black satin blouse. It lends itself amisbly tp so many forms of decoration, and its…

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Braidwood Agricultural Society, Another Development

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 4 September 1906 · page 2

On Tuesday last in the Assembly, Mr. ESTELI. asked the Colonial Treasurer— (1) Is it a fact that Mr. Treasury Inspector Pooley made an…

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The Spring Show

The Age · Tuesday 4 September 1906 · page 2

SINCE the inauguration of the Queanbeyan Pastoral and Agricultural Association, some fourteen years ago, opinions have been much divided…

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