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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1912

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Exhibits at the Show. Massey-harris Co., Ltd

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 3

There is nothing succeeds like success. This old truism has certainly been well exemplined in the case [?]. Massey-Harris Co., Ltd, and we may…

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Duntroon Sports Carnival

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 May 1912 · page 2

IN connection with the above we have been requested to state that on the programmes issued the 2nd, 4th, 6th and 14th events should have been…

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The Sydney Show. a Countryman's Chat

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 May 1912 · page 3

"Been to the Shown [?] Ra[?] I do my three days at the Sydney show every year. Wouldn't miss it for a Cor[?]tion Not [?] Don't I get…

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Short Story. a Fair N[?]list

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 31 May 1912 · page 6

A few years ago the Countess Peter[?]of Doshkoro[?] was the most beautiful woman and the acknowledge belle of St. Petersburg. If you happened to be in the Russian…

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Form at the Show

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 June 1912 · page 4

Show-yard form is a source of unexampled perplexity to the expert as well at to the tyro. The vagaries of showyard jud[?]ing are not all explicable by…

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Queanbeyan Age, with Which Are Incorporated Queanbeyan Times, Bungendore Mirror and Captain's Flat Miner Tuesday, June 4, 1912. Duntroon Sports Carnival. Estimated Attendance 1500

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 June 1912 · page 2

THE initial sports carnival, held under the auspices of the Duntroon Amusement Club, was held in the Woolshed Paddock at Duntroon yesterday under…

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Yass Reverts to Spring Show

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 June 1912 · page 4

A SPECIAL meeting of the Committee of the society held recently decided to revert to the spring instead of autumn shows. The jubilee show of the…

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The Entente Exhibition. Australian Pavilion

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 July 1912 · page 3

A company of visitors were (writes the ''Dally Chronicle" of 25th May) on Saturday privately conducted over the Australian Pavilion at the…

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Secrets of a Marionette Show

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 3 August 1912 · page 3

Although one of the oldest forms of entertainment, very little of its actual workings is known to the public. The general idea is that the figures…

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Present Day Pluck. Records Which Show We Are Just As Heroic As Ever We Were). I

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 3 August 1912 · page 4

Nothing, according to some pessimists, Is as good as it used to be, and a very favourite score of complaints is that the present is an,…

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"Rear It Kindly." a Baby in Basket. Fair Motorist's Queer Act. Berlin, Sunday Evening

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 7 August 1912 · page 5

A romantic, incident is reported from the Thuringian States. A young, beautiful, and richlyattired lady, who was motoring…

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Ladies' Column. Fashion and Things Feminine [Copyright.] a Whipcord Costume Show. the New Single Rever

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 9 August 1912 · page 5

The panel, that is a feature of some of the new skirt-fashions, offers a solution to the problem that faces not a few women--namely, how to…

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In Cold Blood. Bulgarians Butchered. a Carnival of Death. Turkey Promises an Inquiry. Rome, Sunday Evening

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 14 August 1912 · page 2

Particulars of the massacre of Bulgarians at Kochana state that it was market day, and the town was full of people doing business in a quiet and peaceful manner…

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Queanbeyan Age, with Which Are Incorporated Queanbeyan Times, Bungendore Mirror and Captain's Flat Miner Friday, August 16, 1912. the Horse Fair

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 August 1912 · page 2

THE number of exhibits at the Royal Agricultural Society's annual Horse Show (about 800) was considered satisfactory,…

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Gininderra Show

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 27 August 1912 · page 2

The fourth annual show promoted by the Gininderra Farmers' Union is set down for Saturday, 5th October. The committee have worked hard to prepare…

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Concert and Waxworks Show

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 31 August 1912 · page 2

A GRAND Concert and Waxworks Show will take place at the Institute Hall on Thursday September 19 in aid of the oil engine for St. Andrew's organ. At the concert several…

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Gininderra Farmers' Show

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 13 September 1912 · page 2

No trouble or expense is being spared to make the above function a success, and everything possible is being done for the comfort and convenience of the…

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A Far-west Fair

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 14 September 1912 · page 4

Every little town of the Far West of America has its annual fair, and the sport provided for its patrons appears somewhat unique to Eastern…

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A Famous Show Fencer. MELBOURNE

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 14 September 1912 · page 6

While traveling in a horse-box attached to the train from Melbourne this morning the well-known horse Starlight, owned by A. Judd, became suddenly ill, and died…

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Gininderra Show

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 October 1912 · page 2

THE Annual Show of the above Society will be held on Saturday next and everything points to another successful exhibition. Mr. C. W. Thompson…

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