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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1907

103 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 6

Agricultural Society

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the Committee was held yesterday in the Council Chambers." There was a good attendance of members, and to the absence of…

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Show Committee Meeting

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 2

YESTERDAY afternoon at the Council Chambers there was a good attendance of committeemen and schedule stewards to prepare the prize schedule…

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Correspondence. Show Judges. to the Editor

The Age · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 2

SIR,—I have read in your issue of the 11th instant the report of the show committee meeting hold on, Thursday last. Perhaps your report is not a…

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The Fair- Weather Prophet

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 1

I love the weather prophet who is phesying FAIR Though rain is pouring from the clouds, he finds a rainbow there!…

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Travelling Exhibition in Great Britain

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 19 January 1907 · page 5

sDespite previous announcements Victoria will not be representedat the Irish International Exhibition, to be held at Dublin. It is considered that the travelling exhibition of products and…

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Jewish Antiquities. Exhibition in Whitechapel

The Age · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 4

To the many exhibitions to which the Whitechapel Art Gallery has been responsible is now added another, which, if it does not surpass in…

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Mints About Show Dahlias

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 2

Readers who are growing a few dahlias inorder to have blooms hit for exhibition, should give the plants a little assistance occassionully in the shape of liquid masure…

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Gunning Show

The Age · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 2

THE dates of the annual Autumn Show of the Gunning Society, 28th February and 1st March, are coming near, and entries close on the 19th instant. Entries are starting to…

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An International Exhibition

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 5 February 1907 · page 2

"ADVANCE AUSTRALIA" is a motto which has a sound of business hustle in it that well befits a young vigorous nation…

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The Berry Show

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 6 February 1907 · page 6

Amid generally pleasing and favorable conditions, the annual show of the Perry Agricultural Society was opened on Thursday. The weather was delightful, and the…

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Passing Notes. the Labor Carnival

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 2

“Organised” Labor, which only represents a small fraction of the real work-a-day world, has had its carnival. The P.L.L. conferencc-and the meeting…

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Cartloads of Cats. Hoax at an Irish Fair

The Age · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 4

An extraordinary n[?]x has just been perpetrated at Bullymena, County Antrim. Some time ago (wrote the London…

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Proposed P. A. and H. Show for Bungendore. an Enthusiastic Meeting

The Age · Tuesday 12 February 1907 · page 2

IN the Temperance Hall at Bungendore on Saturday, a large number of gentlemen met for the purpose of discussing the advisability of holding a show…

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Art Exhibition

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 12 February 1907 · page 2

In a copy of the Young “Chronicle,” kindly lent us by Mr. E. Crook, we read description of an art exhibition held lately in Young. The exhibition partook…

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Queanbeyan Show

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 12 February 1907 · page 2

We have received-a copy of the annual prize schedule of the Queanbeyan P. and A. Association, consisting pages, printed at the “ Observer ”…

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Selected Verse. Fair Maid, Sit Thou Upon My Knee

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 12 February 1907 · page 4

With thee, sweet maid, and with a fragment weed, a drought of wine, beneath some cool, green vine…

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A Singular Exhibition

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 23 February 1907 · page 2

About 30,000 people visited Coogee on Saturday night last to witness what was described as an Oriental marriage celebrated, the bride and bridegroom, aged 17 and 22 respectively, attired in…

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Gunning Show Entries

The Age · Tuesday 26 February 1907 · page 3

THE show entries constitute a record this year, exceeding the last highest of two years ago by over two hundred. The following are the entries, received…

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Of Interest to intending Horse Exhibitors at the coming Queanbeyan Show

The Age · Friday 1 March 1907 · page 5

I have much pleasure in stating that after using one tin of Falconer's "Sun" Condition Powder my horse, which hitherto was miserably poor, became so fat in the course of two…

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Braidwood Show

The Age · Friday 8 March 1907 · page 2

THE annual show was opened on Wednesday in perfect weather. The entries were the, biggest ever made, and the attendance was larger than usual. The…

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