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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1933

125 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 6 of 7

Show Dates Yass Stands Out Clash Occurs

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 September 1933 · page 1

Notice that Yass would adhere to the oringinal dates for its annual show and not those allocated, by the Central Southern Tablelands Show Societies’…

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Show Dates

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 26 September 1933 · page 2

Notice that Yass would adhere to the original dates for its annual Show and not those allocated by the Central Southern Tablelands Show…

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F.c.t. Show

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 September 1933 · page 1

In muggy, misty weather, the F.C.T. Slow started at Hall today. with the ground rather damp underfoot…

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A School Show? Suggestion for Horticultural Society Developing Incentive for Gardening

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 September 1933 · page 1

If a suggestion made by Mrs. Doust at the monthly meeting of the Parents and Citizen’s Association can be put into effect,…

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F.C.T. Show Breaks All Records Big Future Assured Good Weather for Second Day

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 October 1933 · page 3

With a half moon beginning to illuminate the ring, and the lights from a long string of cars, making homeward along the road, looking like a streaking meteor, the 1933 F.C.T. Show concluded on Saturday night after breaking all previous…

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Money in Bunny Melbourne Show Exhibit

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 6 October 1933 · page 2

An overseas visitor to the Melbourne Show, having heard of the rabbit as the plague of Australia, might be excused for expressing…

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Show Schedule for 1934 Alterations and Additions

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 October 1933 · page 1

The committee of the Queanbeyan P. and A. Association on Tuesday nght revised the schedule of prizes for the 1934 Show and made the…

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Buckjumping! Instead of Steer-riding at the Next Queanbeyan Show

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 October 1933 · page 1

After a short discussion at the A motion of sympathy for the relat-committee of the Queanbeyan Pastoral and Agricultural…

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Milking Competition to Be Included in Show Schedule Milk and Commecial Butter Production

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 October 1933 · page 1

To encourage dairying, and to improve the quality of cattle in the district, a milking competition will be included in the schedule for the next…

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Show Championships British Breeds and Merinos Kept Separate

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 October 1933 · page 2

The committee of the P. and A. Association on Tuesday night altered its previous decision concerning grand championships of the Show in the…

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F.C.T. SHOW Committee Meeting

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 October 1933 · page 2

At a very well attended meeting of the committee of the F.C.T. Pastoral and Agricultural Association on Thursday night, the results of the recent…

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Cycling Carnival Season Starts Off

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 October 1933 · page 3

The cycling carnival on Saturday evening, 4th November, in aid of the Queanbeyan District Cricket Club, promises to give the cycle racing season a…

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Methodist Flower Show To be Opened by Lady Groom

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 31 October 1933 · page 2

The Methodist Flower Show on November 8 and 9 will be opened on the first day, at 3 p.m., by Lady Groom, wife of Sir Littleton Groom,…

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Queen Carnival Presentation of Candidates

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 November 1933 · page 1

The 1933-34 Queen Carnival in aid of the Queanbeyan District Hospital will be launched on Monday night when candidates in last year’s…

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Methodist Flower Show And Queen Competition Great Financial Success

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 November 1933 · page 2

There war a splendid, showing of flower n at the Parish Hall on the occasion of the 35th Annual Flower Show in aid of the Queanbeyan Methodist…

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Is It a Fair Thing

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 November 1933 · page 1

to send your pr[?]nting work out of town? We pay taxes and employ labour, to the benefit of the community, while the outside printer…

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Acton Sports Riding Exhibition by Light Horse

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 November 1933 · page 3

Although continuous rain fell last Saturday afternoon, those who attended the Light Horse Sports at Acton were given plenty of thrills and an…

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Queen Carnival Presentation of Photographs Optimism for Another Success

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 November 1933 · page 1

In the Council Chambers on Monday night framed photographs of the cheque of the proceeds of last year’s Hospital Queen…

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Notes and News Fancy Fair

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 November 1933 · page 2

The final effort for this year in aid of the Presbytery Building Fund will be staged on next Wednesday and Thursday afternoon and evening…

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Cycling Carnival Additional Riders

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 December 1933 · page 2

In addition to those published on Tuesday, the following amateur riders will compete at the cycling carnival tomorrow night in the Queanbeyan Park:…

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