Picture Show
ON Tuesday night last the moving pictures of the Johnson Jeffries boxing contest were exhibited at Literary Institute and drew a crowded house. These pictures are described as a great triumph in…
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Shows & fairs, 1911
94 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 5
The Late P. and A. Show
MR. Leslie Chapman, the active Secretary of the P. and A. Society had a busy day on Thursday paying the prizes and accounts in connection with the late Show. They…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gundaroo Show. a Magnificent Success. OFFICIALS—Patron, J. J. Cusack, Esq., M.L.A; President, J. B. N. Osborne, Esq.; Vice-Presidents, Messrs. Thos. Coleman, J. W. Dowling, Thomas Booth, John Blewitt and F. Morgan; Town Committee — Messrs. W. R. Clemenger, T. A. Lake, Chas. Yates, W. McEnroe, T. Case, S. Fowler, G. A. Lees, and J. F. Heazlett; Country Committee, Messrs. Thomas Coleman, Richard Coleman, A. G. Marshall, George Noyes, Frank Morgan, Jacob Gruber, John Leary, John Blewitt, L. R. Dyce; Wm. Poulton and Thomas Booth; Ringmaster, Mr. Chas. Yates; Hon. Treasurer, Mr. J. F. Heazlett; Hon. Secretary, Mr. John Affleck
It is said of Parliaments that they are what the people make them. This is equally true when it is made to apply to communities. The go-ahead[?]ism of the smallest hamlet, as well as that of towns and cities, depends on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local News. The Royal Show
ALL the entries for the Royal Show have now closed. The lists in all the sections show market increases on the total received for the 1910 Show. In fact, the coming exhibition in April will stand…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bazaar and Fancy Fair
THE management of St. Gregory's Church Bazzar and Fancy Fair, which is to be held in the Temperance Hall during show week, have spared neither…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Juvenile Show Judges
AT the Yass show last week a class was made for juvenile judging, and a dozen boys under eighteen years entered for the test. Several boys appeared to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local Winners at Yass Show
At the Yass Show last week, Wm. Lenane's Oakbark and Omlee were first and second respectively in the Handicap Trot of two miles, in saddle; first prize…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queanbeyan Age, Friday, April 7, 1911. The Show Carnival
BEFORE Tuesday's issue of the AGE reaches our country subscribers the eighteenth annual show of the Queanbeyan P. &…
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The P. & A. Association's animal show is to be held on Wednesday and Thursday next, and indications are for a successful exhibition. The entries…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An All Nations' Fair. Appeal for Country Assistance
The movement which is, being carried out in Sydney for the raising of a sum of £5000 to bring about an extension of the Nurses' Home of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident on the Show Ground
IN the showground yesterday morning Harry Wark, in the employ of Captain Davies of the Commercial Hotel, while engaged with a horse and cart in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gundaroo. Ancient History Brought Up-to-date. [Written by a boy under 16 years of age as specimen of hand writing exhibited at the recent Gundaroo show.]
"GUNDAROO: " This is my subject. Where was Gundaroo 55 years agoâI mean the village ? It was only on paper, for the whole of the land was…
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OPENED yesterday and was well attended for a first day. Owing to our publishing to-day we are only giving the awards as far as procurable. A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queanbeyan's Carnival Week. P. & A. Association's Eighteenth Annual Exhibition
WEDNESDAY of last week saw the culmination of the efforts of the Queanbeyan Pastoral and Agricultural Association's Committee to give to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floral and Industrial Exhibition
The annual floral and industrial exhibition, in connection with St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church, was held in the Protestant Hall on Wednesday and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Short Story a Fair Impostor
TAKEN as a type of an exceedingly numerous class of London residents, it would be difficult to find a better example than that afforded by Mr. and Mrs. Smith, a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Presbyterian Flower Show
THE annual flower show and industrial exhibition in aid of St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church was opened in the Protestant Hall on Wednesday and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Show Ground Fatality
An inquest was held at the Queanbeyan Hospital on Friday last, by Mr. Coroner Gale, concerning the death of Christopher Donnelly, an old man, who died the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Accident on the Show-Ground
ON Thursday, the 13th instant, the second day of the P. & A. Association's annual show, a sad fatal accident occurred, and to a large extent marred…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Correspondence. Queanbeyan Show. (To the Editor.)
Sir,--As an old judge at your shows, may I offer a few suggestions. With the success of the recent show, the management may have funds to carry…
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