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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1931

58 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 3

The Show

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 2

Mr. H. B. Roberts, the secretary, assisted by Mr. R. V. Irwin, was busy receiving entries for the forthcoming Show yesterday. He also proposes…

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Canberra Housewives’ Association March Exhibition

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 1

A combined meeting of the Canberra Housewives’ Association and Exhibition Committee was held at Beauchamp House on Wednesday evening, when a…

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P. and A. Association Thirty-seventh Annual Show

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 1

All arrangements are now well in hand for the annual show, which commences on Thursday next, 5th March. A very attractive prize schedule has…

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The Show

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1931 · page 2

The entries for the Show on Wednesday and Thursday next closed on Saturday with a total of about 1800, which is the greatest number…

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Annual Show Record Entries at Queanbeyan

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 March 1931 · page 1

Although many have expressed the opinion that the P. & A. Association were unwise in deciding to hold the Annual Show this year, indications so…

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Queanbeyan Show

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 5 March 1931 · page 1

Queanbeyan Pastoral and Agricultural Association’s Annual. Show commenced to-day. The total of entries received constitutes a record, even…

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Queanbeyan Show

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 March 1931 · page 2

The annual Show of the Queanbeyan Pastoral and Agricultural Association was comenced yesterday and is being continued to-day and to-morrow…

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Prize-winner at Show

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 March 1931 · page 1

Mrs. Houlihan, of the Royal Hotel, who is an expert in the cooking art, sent away a collection of very tempting-looking cakes to compete in the…

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The Show Fine Display Under Adverse Conditions

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 6 March 1931 · page 2

The annual Show of the Braidwood P., A., and H. Association opened on Wednesday last. There were indications of rain on Tuesday night, but…

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The Show Smoke Concert

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 10 March 1931 · page 5

On Wednesday evening the Judges and visitors were entertained at a smoke concert in the Institute. There were only three or four judges…

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Annual Show Echoes and Asides

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 March 1931 · page 2

Exhibits in the horse section were numerically the strongest for years past. Considering the adverse seasonal…

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Show Smoke Social an Enjoyable Evening

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 March 1931 · page 3

This fixture, held on the first night of the Show, was well Attended and proved and enjoyable affair. The various toasts were interspersed with…

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Housewives’ Assn. Successful Exhibition

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 March 1931 · page 1

Hundreds of people attended the Albert Hall, Canberra, on Saturday last where the annual exhibition of the Canberra Housewives’ Association was…

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Easter Show

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1931 · page 7

Those local residents who intend visiting Sydney for the Show, are invited to inspect the exhibit by W. H. Paling & Co., Ltd., in the Hordern…

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"On with the Show"

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1931 · page 7

This is the title of an all-talkie picture which Mr. P. Nomchong intends presenting at both afternoon and evening sessions on Saturday next…

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The Country Note the Advertisers’ Exhibition Country Press Strikes It

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 26 March 1931 · page 2

One of the most impressive displays staged at the exhibition held at Farmers Blaxland Galleries, Sydney, in connection with the Sixth Annual Advertisers’…

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Neptune Oil Co. Ltd. Stand at Royal Show

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 26 March 1931 · page 3

Lubricating Oils and Motor Spirits are vital factors in the general industrial life of a country, and those interested have been afforded an excellent…

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Star Theatre “Fair Warning”

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 April 1931 · page 3

George O'Brien, who, in his recent pictures, has portrayed the role of an outlaw, by circumstance rather than by choice, enacts a new role in “Fair…

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Chrysanthemum Show to Help the Hospital

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 April 1931 · page 1

For the past five years, Warren’s Cooma Road Nursery has made available a large number of choice chrysanthemum blooms for sale on behalf of…

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Chrysanthemum Show Sale of Flowers

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 May 1931 · page 2

Instead of the method previously adopted, of making a window display of his chrysanthemum blooms, which were later sold by auction, in aid…

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