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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1919

80 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 4

Foxlow Repatriation Sports Carnival

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 3

The sports and social held at Foxlow on Boxing Day were beyond all doubt a great financial success. Mr. Osborne and the…

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The Show. to Be Abandoned

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 2

An unusually large meeting of the committee was held at the Council Chambers yesterday afternoon to consider the question of…

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Albury Show's Secretary. Claims of Returned Men

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 4

The action of the Albury show committee in appointing a show secretary from outside the range of returned soldiers, several of whom applied, is still an…

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P. & A. Association. Question of Holding Show Deferred

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 14 January 1919 · page 2

The committee of the Queanbeyan P. & A. Association met at the Municipal Council Chambers on Saturday afternoon. The president,…

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Forbes' Mail Train Robbery. Picture Show Notion. Highwayman in Cowboy Outfit. Train Speeding 40 Miles an Hour

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 14 January 1919 · page 4

At the Bathurst court on Friday, Wolfren Larsen was charged with attempted robbery under arms…

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THE Queanbeyan Age. Friday, January 17, 1919. Our Show

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 2

The committee of our local P. & A. Association, owing to the drought, are faced with the problem of whether it is wise…

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Police and Firemen's Hospital Carnival

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 4

Again this year the police and firemen are combining to help the Public Hospitals of the State of New South Wales by holding their Eighth Annual Hospital…

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The Most Patient People Must Show Annoyance at Times

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 6

Everybody has their hour of trouble. But people having any irritation of the skin…

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P. & A. Association. Question of Holding Show Further Deferred

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 4 February 1919 · page 2

There was a large attendance at the show committee meeting on Saturday afternoon, to consider the advisability of holding a show in the face of the drought…

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Gunning Show.—Question of Abandonment

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 3

A special meeting of members of the Gunning A.P. & I. Society will be held on Friday afternoon to consider the advisability of abandoning the show in view of…

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Royal Jubilee Show. Schedule of Prizes and Events

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 18 February 1919 · page 2

The schedule for the Jubilee Show, which will open in Sydney on the 14th April next, has been issued. It contains the usual long list of classes for all the…

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Royal Jubilee Show. Schedule of Prizes and Events

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 7

The schedule for the Jubilee Show, which will open in Sydney on the 14th April next, has been issued. It contains the usual long…

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Solicitor to Show Cause

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 25 February 1919 · page 2

The Full Court has granted a rule nisi returnable in a fortnight, calling upon "a gent one" to show cause why he should not answer affidavits containing allegations…

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THE Queanbeyan Age. Tuesday, March 4, 1919. Queanbeyan Holds Its Show

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 4 March 1919 · page 2

It was a wise decision the P. & A. Association arrived at on Saturday in determining, after all, not to abandon the 1919 annual meeting…

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P. and A. Association. Committee Decides on Holding Show. Dates Fixed, May 6 & 7

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 4 March 1919 · page 2

A meeting of the committee of the P. and A. Association was held on Saturday afternoon. Present: Messrs. A. J. McDonald (President, in the chair), J. Keeffe,…

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Show Specials

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 2

Persons who generously promised special prizes for the coming show would considerably lighten the work of the secretary, and assist the committee greatly, if they would…

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Royal Jubilee Show. Entries Closing

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1919 · page 7

The early entries for the Sydney Royal Show, which will begin on April 14th, are reported to be coming in very well. Numbers of…

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The Most Patient People. Must Show Annoyance at Times

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 14 March 1919 · page 6

Everybody has their hour of trouble. But, people having any irritation of the skin Have many hours of trouble…

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Queanbeyan P. & A. Association. Preparing for the Show Carnival. Governor to Be Asked to Perform the Official Opening Ceremony

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 18 March 1919 · page 2

A meeting of the committee of the Pastoral and Agricultural Association was held on Saturday night to make arrangements in connection with the holding of…

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The Fair Sex to Dust Silk

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 21 March 1919 · page 3

Use a piece of velvet or velveteen for brushing silk. It wipes away, perfectly, traces of dust which have gathered in frills and ruffles of silk…

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