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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1939

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The Show Final Arrangements for Next Week's Big Event

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 28 February 1939 · page 6

At a meeting of the committee on Saturday afternoon arrangements were perfected for the annual Show of the Braidwood P. and A. Society…

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The Show

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 2

Entries for Braidwood's big 1939 Show on Tuesday and Wednesday next were flowing in freely yesterday as we went to press, the…

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The Show

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 2

Entries for the 1939 Braidwood Show, despite the dry period through which the district has passed, are remarkably good, well over 2000…

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The Gates Show Finances

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 1

The nett financial result of the Queanbeyan P. & A. Show will not be ascertainable for some days, but the gate takings indicate that,…

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Trade Exhibits Interesting Stands at the Show

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 4

In these modern days the grazier and the farmer are fully alive to the importance of mechanical and scientific aid to production, so that the modern…

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Triumph in Adversity Queanbeyan’s 45th an All-round Success Bright Exhibition Large Crowds Attend

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 1

The 45th annual show of the Queanbeyan Pastoral and Agricultural Society will be remembered always as the show that triumphed over adverse conditions. Despite a summer of devastating heat and of…

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Goulburn, Too Show Luncheon Tickets

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 3

The old and vexed problem of luncheon tickets at the show was again discussed at the last meeting of the A., P. and H. Society, and a…

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And G[?] Braidwood Show Splendid Success Despite Adverse Season Ring Events Best in History of Society

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 2

ANY district should be capable of producing high-class exhibits in bountiful times, but it is in adverse seasons, caused by drought, plagues…

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Scotch Fair

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 2

The Presbyterian annual Scotch Fair will be held next Saturday week, March 25th. The Fair will be officially opened at 3 p.m. by Mrs. S…

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Show Ball an Outstanding Success

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 2

The ball in the Showground pavilion on Wednesday night last was a huge success—the most successful, in fact, in the long history of the…

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Local and General Mishap to Show Rider

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 6

The Coles family is having more than its share of misfortune. A fortnight ago Mr. A, Coles dislocated his shoulder by a fall in the stock yard…

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Show Trots Sport Popular with the Public Exciting Racing

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 8

The keen interest evidenced at the previous Show when trotting events were added to the ring programme was maintained on Tuesday and…

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The Show Our District's Great Display Under Adverse Conditions Best Ring Events in the History of the Society

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 3

THE committee of the Braidwood P. and A. Society has every reason to be proud of its 1939 exhibition. Staged under seasonable…

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Humour Not Safe to Show It

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 3

There is a story which everyone in Europe has heard at least once. It recounts an occasion when Hitler entered a motion picture theatre incognito. In…

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Annual Scotch Fair

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 2

The annual Scotch Fair will be held in the Institute next Saturday. March 25th, and will be officially opened at 3 p.m. by Mrs. S…

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The Show £180 Profit Anticipated Committee Gratified

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 2

In a statement presented to the committee of the P. and A. Association on Tuesday night, the secretary, Mr. H. C. Deane,…

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Show Dates Allotted by Southern Highlands Show Societies' Union

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Thursday 30 March 1939 · page 4

At a conference of the above held in Goulburn the following Societies were represented by delegates:—Hall, A.C.T., Gunning, Yass, Taralga…

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Presbyterian Scotch Fair Successful Function

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 31 March 1939 · page 2

Despite unfavourable weather conditions, the above function, held in the Institute last Saturday, proved an outstanding success, both…

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Braidwood Competitors at Goulburn Show

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 31 March 1939 · page 2

Local competitors at Goulburn met with considerable success on the concluding day. Miss Jean Coles put up a fine performance with her team…

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Cups for Fleeces Local Growers’ Success at Goulburn Show

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 March 1939 · page 1

At the Goulburn show last week district woolgrowers were prominent in the fleece wool classes gaining the following awards:…

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