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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1907

103 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 6

Gunning Show

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 8 March 1907 · page 2

THE Gunning show was concluded last week and was the most successful yet held. At a smoke social £135 were promised for next year as…

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Poetry. Fair Looks Are Oft Deceiving

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 8 March 1907 · page 2

Fair looks are oft deceiving, Bright hope still ends in rue; My soul was all believing When I began to woo…

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P.a. & H. Association’s Annual Show

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

The annual Show, winch commenced on Wednesday and was continued and ended yesterday, was admitted on all sides to be the most successful not only…

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Braidwood Show

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 12 March 1907 · page 2

Amongst the prize-winners at the Braidwood Show are the following:—Horse Section: Mr. E. Rolfe 1st blood stallion 3 years and over;…

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Waste Fair Plat

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 15 March 1907 · page 5

An attache of the American Embassy at London tells a story of a butler in the employ of a flue old English family, whose long service had inculcated in him…

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Show Committee Meeting

The Age · Friday 15 March 1907 · page 2

THE committee of the Queanbeyan P. and A. Association met in the Council Chambers yesterday morning to arrange matters in connection with the…

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Local & General. Goulburn Show

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1907 · page 2

At the Goulburn Show last week Mr. John Jeffrey’s Young Lion was awarded second prize in the heavy draught section. For trotting horses, stallion any…

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Marriage as a Public Show

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 20 March 1907 · page 2

The Rev. G. A. Judkins, preaching at Quarry Hill, Methodist Church, Bendigo, on Sunday last alluded to the proposal of a fair committee to publicly celebrate a marriage…

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Wanted Fair Play

The Age · Friday 22 March 1907 · page 4

An attache of the American Embassy at London tells a story of a butler in the employ of a fine old English family, whose long service had inculcated In him…

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Queanbeyan Age, with Which Are Incorporated, Queanbeyan Times, Bungendore Mirror and Captain's Flat Miner Tuesday, March 26, 1907. the Coming Show

The Age · Tuesday 26 March 1907 · page 2

THERE is every indication that the Fifteenth Annual Show of the Queanbeyan Pastoral and Agricultural Association will break the record. In saying…

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Women’s Exhibition

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

The Princess of Wales has promised Mrs. Cogblan, wife of the Agent-General for New South Wales in London, to send a screen made by herself to the…

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The Sydney Show. Accidents in the Hunting Contest

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 3 April 1907 · page 2

The hunting contest at the Sydney Show on Saturday was won by A. Judd's Snowstorm, V.J. Tarlington's Swiveller second, Eroni Bros.' Sunshine third. There were 10…

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Inverell Show

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 2

At the Inverell Show held recently we notice that Mrs. Alex. Mclnnes (formerly of Braidwood and now of Tingha) took the following prizes: —…

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Captain's Flat. Cycling Carnival

The Age · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 5

EASTER MONDAY passed off in gala style here. From early morn till early noon on Tuesday the town was alive and strange faces were noticeable among the district residents…

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The R.a. Show

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 2

The Royal Agricultural Show was brought to a successful conclusion yesterday. The total gate receipts amounted to £8650…

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St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church, QUEANBEYAN. Floral and Industrial Exhibition in the Protestant Hall, Wednesday and Thursday, May 1st & 2nd, 1906. OVER £11 in Prizes. Schedule of Prizes. Section I.—cut Flowers. Class

The Age · Tuesday 9 April 1907 · page 3

Collection of Chrysanthemums (12 varieties); first 5s presented by Mr. A. Garraway, second 2s 6d. 2 Collection of Chrysanthemums (6…

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Yass Show

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 12 April 1907 · page 2

THE annual Yass Show was held on Tuesday and Wednesday last and was very successful. In the sheep dog trials Mr. F. Warwick's Chips…

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Show Committee Meeting

The Age · Friday 12 April 1907 · page 2

A FINAL meeting of the committee of the Queanbeyan P. and A. Show was held at the Council Chambers yesterday morning, the President, Mr. E. E…

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The Yass Show

The Age · Friday 12 April 1907 · page 2

THE thirty-sixth annual exhibition of the Yass P. & A. Society has followed its thirty-five predecessors into history. Largely, it was in the nature of an…

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The Show

The Age · Tuesday 16 April 1907 · page 2

THE fifteenth Annual Show of the Queanbeyan P. and A. Association takes place on Thursday and Friday, and success is beyond doubt, for, given fine weather there…

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