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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1910

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An Exhibition of Leather

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 March 1910 · page 3

Towards the end of last year a project was set on foot in Sydney by the "Australian Boot and Shoe Journal" for an annual exhibition of leather and…

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Spielers' Harvest. at the Sydney Show

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 30 March 1910 · page 2

Good Friday of 1910 will at least be remarkable for the absence of any very serious crime in the city or suburbs. At the Show, where in days gone by thieves, pickpockets…

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Easter Sports Carnival

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 April 1910 · page 2

THE Easter Sports Carnival, in aid of St. Gregory's R.C. Church, held in the showground on Easter Monday, were in every respect a decided…

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Sydney Show

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 April 1910 · page 6

THERE was a record attendance at the Sydney show last Friday for a Good Friday, 78,000 being present. Great interest was centred in the…

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R.C. Sports Carnival

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 1 April 1910 · page 2

GLORIOUS weather prevailed on Easter Monday, consequently there was an attendance of about 1200 people at the R.C. sports carnival…

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King at Cattle Show. Many Prizes for His Majesty's Cattle and Sheep

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 April 1910 · page 3

Once more his Majesty has been one of the most successful exhibitors at the annual Cattle Show of the Smithfield Club, held at the…

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Floral and Industrial Exhibition

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 April 1910 · page 2

ON Wednesday the Floral and Industrial Exhibition in aid of St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church was opened in the Protestant Hall. There was a fair…

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Presbyterian Flower Show

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 29 April 1910 · page 2
Also in Queanbeyan Age

The Committee of the above met in the Church on Thussday afternoon to submit the balance sheet, and wind up affairs in connection with the recent…

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Lord Mayor's Show

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 May 1910 · page 4

The first Lord Mayor's Show (writes the "Westminster Gazette") of 'which record exists took place in 1236, the pageants, for so many centuries a…

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A Yorkshire Visitor. at the Motor Show

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 May 1910 · page 3

"What I says, Merrill," said Mr Poskitt, after returning from the Motor Show at Olympia and seating himself in a front of the smoking-room fire in the…

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A Fair Firebrand

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 June 1910 · page 4

"Trespassers will be prosecuted." Doris read the indistinct legend on the dilapidated board with a contemptuous toss of her curly head,…

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A Fair Firebrand

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 4 June 1910 · page 4

"Trespassers will be prosecuted." Doris read the indistinct legend on the dilapidated hoard with a contemptuous toss of her curly head…

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Moving Pictures Show Things Grow

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 22 June 1910 · page 4

The means by which [?] of the orange tree or any other plants may be witnessed in moving pictures is accomplished by what…

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Picture Show

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 28 June 1910 · page 3

The Great Dreadnought Picture Co. announce their appearance in the Protestant Hall on Saturday night next. A fine programme of the…

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The Sheep Breeder's Show

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 1 July 1910 · page 2

The Annual Sheep Exhibition, opened in Sydney on Wednesday, though it occasions but little public interest, is…

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Horses in Show Condition

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 July 1910 · page 4

Horses are exhibited at shows in a fat condition because they look best. There is not one horse in 10,000 that looks well when thin. It is the same with the sale…

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Every Cow Should Show a Profit

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 July 1910 · page 4

While it is true that the output of dairy products would be increased to some extent by more intelligent management and feeding of the…

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Greatest Show on Earth

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 19 July 1910 · page 2

We are informed that Messrs. Wirth Bros, propose to include a visit to Queanbeyan about August 9th in their present tour. With over…

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Preparations for the Show Bench

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 August 1910 · page 4

Many varieties of fowls, under good ordinary conditions of cleanliness, need little or no special preparation before being shown with prospects…

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