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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1929

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Royal Easter Show an Interesting Exhibit

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 22 March 1929 · page 1

How an artistic, durable and fire-retardant dwelling containing a large living-room, entrance porch, three large bedrooms, kitchen, bathroom,…

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Moruya Show

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 26 March 1929 · page 2

Mrs. S. Turnbull, of Major's Creek, took first prize for best sulky turnout at the Moruya Show, also for best pony 13 hands and under 14, and for…

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The Royal Show

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 March 1929 · page 1

The Royal Easter Show was opened to-day. The time was devoted to cattle judging only. The official opening has been…

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Queanbeyan Show

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 28 March 1929 · page 2

Arrangements are now well in hand for the Queanbeyan P. and A. Association’s 35th Annual Show to be held on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, April…

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Flower Specials for Show

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 March 1929 · page 2

In connection with the forthcoming Queanbeyan show prizes of 21/- first and 10/6 second have been donated by Mr. F. Warren for best decorated…

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P. and A. Annual Show

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 April 1929 · page 1

Queanbeyan P. & A. Association’s Annual show, which is to be held on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week, gives promise of being a great…

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Show Smoke Concert

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 April 1929 · page 2

Last night, in St. Gregory’s Hall supper room, the smoke concert in connection with the P. & A. Association’s Show was successfully carried out…

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Queanbeyan’s Annual Show

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 April 1929 · page 1

The P. and A. Association’s Show is being continued to-day under favorable weather conditions and will be concluded to-morrow (Saturday)…

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Show Smoke Concert

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 April 1929 · page 2

The above was held in St. Gregory’s Hall Supper Room on the first night of the Show. It was well attended and a most pleasant time was spent…

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Queanbeyan P. & A. Show

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 18 April 1929 · page 1

The gate takings at the Queanbeyan Show last week totalled £310 being on a par with that of last year. The dressed weight of the fat…

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Accident at Show

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 19 April 1929 · page 1

When taking the fourth jump in the pair of hunters event at the Qneanbeyan Show on Friday the horse that Mr. Leo Sherd was riding fell…

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The Radio Exhibition Wonders at Sydney Town Hall

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 April 1929 · page 2

That everything in the world has been electrified during the last few years, from sewing with a needle to letting down and hauling up an anchor,…

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Weight-Guessing at the Show

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 April 1929 · page 1

The weights of the fat and three fat sheep, which were taken after being killed and dressed, were given in our columns last week. D. Thompson of…

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Show Protest Considered

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 May 1929 · page 1

A lengthy discussion took place at the P. and A. Committee meeting last night concerning the wording of Class 36 in the Sheep Section relating to the…

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Australian Fair Proposal for 1938

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 9 May 1929 · page 4

Efforts are to be made by the Town Planning Association of New South Wales to hold an Australian fair in Sydney in 1938, to synchronise with…

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International Motor Show

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 9 May 1929 · page 3

The fifth International Motor Show which opened last Thursday at the Exhibition Building, Melbourne, is a credit to Australia, and is incomparably…

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Is It Fair?

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 1

THAT this is an extremely captious world that we live in is beyond dispute. The trouble is that captiousness is not always quite fair…

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Sports Carnival

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 May 1929 · page 2

The sports carnival being conducted by the Queanbeyan Tennis Club on King’s Birthday promises to be an outstanding success and all attendance…

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Poultry Show

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 May 1929 · page 1

The Poultry Show, conducted by the Queanbeyan Poultry Club, to be held to-morrow and on Thursday promises to be quite a big success. The Secretary…

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Poultry Show

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 16 May 1929 · page 1

The second annual show of Queanbeyan Poultry Club was opened yesterday afternoon with a record entry of 270, the whole of the birds…

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