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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1937

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Braidwood Show Prospects Bright for Record Exhibition

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 23 February 1937 · page 6

This week will probably see the Society's big new pavilion completed, and most of the arrangements in connection with the 1937 exhibition…

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Fair Deal Huge Capital Sunk in Farms Primary Industry Appeal

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 23 February 1937 · page 5

The question has never been raised that the farmers have not give the public a fair deal. There has never been any suggestion that the…

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Items of Interest Car Parking at the Show

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 23 February 1937 · page 3

Braidwood Show Society is under a debt of gratitude to Mr. A. N. Boughton, of the Federal Garage. Not only did he prepare the plans…

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The Show Only Two Days Off Queanbeyan’s Big Event

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 February 1937 · page 2

The P. and A. Show—Queanbeyan’s big event—is only three days off. It will be held on Friday and Saturday next, February 26th, and…

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Braidwood Show

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 26 February 1937 · page 2

The stage is practically set for, Braidwood's 1937 exhibition, which should be one of the biggest and best in the long history of the…

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Show Trots the Handicaps

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 26 February 1937 · page 2

Excellent nominations have been, received for the trotting events at the forthcoming Braidwood Show. These events, which will have to be…

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The Show Opens To-day

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 February 1937 · page 1

The stage is all set for the holding of the 43rd Annual Show of the Queanbeyan P. & A. Assocation, which opens to-day. Prepartions have been finalised…

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Tree Felling Display at the Show

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 February 1937 · page 1

A feature which has rightly gained great popularity at Queanbeyan Shows is the wood-chopping section. In and around this district are a number of…

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The Show

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1937 · page 3

Today (Tuesday) sees the culmination of, months of hard work and tireless organisation, when the Braidwood annual Show opens. Should…

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TREE-FELLING Exhibitions at Show

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 March 1937 · page 4

The tree-felling exhibitions in the Queanbeyan show ring on Friday and Saturday afternoon caused intense interest, and there was loud applause for…

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Record Crowds See Queanbeyan Show Splendid Exhibits in All Sections Competition Keen

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 March 1937 · page 1

It was estimated that upwards of 5000 people thronged the Queanbeyan Showground on Saturday last—the second day of the 1937 P. and A. Show—and they were rewarded by witnessing one of the finest exhibitions staged during the…

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Call of the Show Time of Happy Reunions The Family’s Annual Outing

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 March 1937 · page 4

“Yes, we all went to the Show. Doesn’t everybody go? Dad said he hadn’t been off the farm since he went to the top of the hill in Old Ned’s…

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Braidwood Show Record Exhibition Eclipses Any Held During the Previous 62 Years. Magnificent Pavilion Display. Unsurpassed Exhibits in Cattle Sections

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 March 1937 · page 2

As predicted in our last issue, records toppled in all directions at Braidwood's 63rd annual show on Tuesday and Wednesday. Exhibits…

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Hospital Benefits From Show Exhibits

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 March 1937 · page 1

A number of exhibitors in the paviion sections at the recent P. and A. Show donated their exhibits to the Queanbeyan District Hospital, with the…

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The Show Best Exhibition in the History of the Society Record Entries

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 9 March 1937 · page 4

The 1937 exhibition must be written down as a record achievement, and the members of the committee who worked bo hard are to be…

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Show-ball

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 9 March 1937 · page 2

In spite of other attractions there was a big attendance at the ball in in the Institute on the second night, the hall being corwded. The music this…

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Braidwood Show the Official Opening Mr. Hedges' Bouquet

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 9 March 1937 · page 5

The sixty-third annual exhibition of the Braidwood P. and A. Society was officially opened on Wednesday by Mr. W. W. Hedges, M.L.A., in the…

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Items of Interest Woodchopping Events at the Show

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 9 March 1937 · page 3

Though it was announced that, insufficient entries having been received, there would be no woodchops at the Show, it was later decided to go…

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Show Smoke Concert Enthusiastic Function Donations Amounting to Over £60 Promised

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 March 1937 · page 2

The President, Mr. R. T. Hassall, was in the chair at the smoke concert held on the first night of Braidwood Show. He apologised for the…

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Goulburn Show

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 March 1937 · page 2

Braidwood competitors did not meet with as much success as anticipated at Goulburn Show, though a fair number of prizes came their way…

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