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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1940

107 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 5 of 6

Show Secretary Engagement of Additional Assistance

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 August 1940 · page 3

The following is a copy of a letter sent by Mr. R. L. Irwin to the President of the P. and A. Society, Mr R. T. Hassall:…

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Hitler's Heirs a Strange Contrast Goering, the Show-off; Hess, the Plodder

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 August 1940 · page 5

Morbidly surveying the future when the present war broke out, Adolf Hit­ler foresaw his own possible death in the conflict, and designated the line of succession as Re-chsleader of Nazi Germany. ?…

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Show Secretary's Honorarium and Additional Secretarial Expenses

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 August 1940 · page 3

In connection with the above matter, which was brought up at the annual meeting of the Braidwood P. & A. Society recently, further reference…

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Patriotic Fund Meeting of the Committee Carnival on October 5

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 August 1940 · page 1

A meeting of the Queanbeyan and Yarrowlumla Shire Patriotic and War Fund Committee was held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday night…

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Dunkirk in Paintings for World’s Fair Britain’s Novel Exports for New York

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 September 1940 · page 3

Woollens, light as silk, for evening wear are one of the novelties which have just been shipped from Great Britain to her pavilion at the New…

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Royal Show to Be Held in 1941

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 6 September 1940 · page 1

Following negotiations between representatives of the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales and the Federal Government, the Council…

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Daffodil Show Christ Church Effort

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 September 1940 · page 1

There was a large gathering in the Parish Hall yesterday afternoon when the official opening took place. Rev. W. M. Holliday (Rector of Christ…

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Show Society Rumpus Angry Recriminations Auditor on the Carpet

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 20 September 1940 · page 2

The attendance at Saturday's Show meeting was not as large as usual. There were present Messrs. R. T. Hassall (President), J. Roberts, W…

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Patriotic Sports Carnival Realises Almost £100

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 24 September 1940 · page 6

Several circumstances militated against the greater success of the carnival on the showground on Wednesday. First of all there was the long…

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Braidwood Show Issue of Complimentary Luncheon Tickets

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 24 September 1940 · page 5

At last meeting of the Braidwood Show Society, when the matter of the 25 per cent, cut on the School, Junior runners and one other section was…

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Show Boys of the Streets (Issued by the Road Safety Council of N.S.W.)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 September 1940 · page 4

[?]edal cyclists are known by names, most of them unfavourable, but experience has proved that they can and do respond to appeals to reason…

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Road Safety Show Boys of the Streets (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 24 September 1940 · page 5

Pedal cyclists are known by names, most of them unfavourable, but experience has proved that they can and do respond to appeals to reason…

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P. & A. Association Annual Show

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 October 1940 · page 1

Consideration and revision of the prize schedule for 1941 show occupied most of the time at a lengthy committee meeting of the Queanbeyan…

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Trousers Kicked Off in Show Ring

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 4 October 1940 · page 2

"Have you ever seen a man's pants kicked off by a horse?" asks the Young "Chronicle." If you were at the Young show and were watching…

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P & A. Association Preparing for the Show

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 8 October 1940 · page 3

The attendance at Saturday's meeting of the P. and A. Society was one of the smallest for a long time. Mr. R. T. Hassall (President)…

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Local and General Araluen Spring Show

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 11 October 1940 · page 2

Owing to the shuffling of the dates of the spring sales, the committee has found it necessary to alter the date of its spring show to Saturday, 2nd…

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Braidwood Bicycle Club Doubt Regarding Annual Carnival

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 18 October 1940 · page 2

A very gratifying position was disclosed at the annual meeting of the Bicycle Club on Tuesday night, the balance sheet showing that the funas…

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Araluen's Spring Show

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 29 October 1940 · page 2

Prospects for the big spring show at Araluen on Saturday next are exceedingly bright. Despite the dry spell and severe winds, the gardens in…

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Sutton Exhibition of Schoolwork

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 November 1940 · page 2

An exhibition of school work staged at Sutton Public School Saturday afternoon, November 2nd, when a representative gathering…

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Araluen's Spring Show Magnificent Display of Flowers the Valley's Fine Effort

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 November 1940 · page 3

The local branch of the Red Cross held its spring show on Saturday, 2nd November. Despite the fact that the season has been an unfavourable one…

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