Show Woodchops Vic. Summers Wins Treble
Owing to clashing with Wollongong and Moruya, only very small entries were received for the woodchops at Braidwood show. The rain, too, was…
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Shows & fairs, 1949
126 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 7
The Show Ball Large Attendance at Colorful Function
One of Braidwood's social events of the year, the Show Ball, always a popular function, attracted between 450 and 500 present. Both formal and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Eucalyptus Exhibit Prepared by Local Boy for Sydney Show
The most outstanding non-competitive exhibit in the Junior Farmers' Section at the Braidwood Show was a perfect set-up of a eucalyptus still…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Notes and News Show Society to Stage Big Day's Sports
At a special meeting of the P. & A. committee on Wednesday night it was decided to hold a big day's sports at Braidwood on Saturday, 30th April…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Braidwood Show (Continued from Front' Page) Junior Farmers. Judne: Mr. B. H. Moffitt
Stewards: Mesdames I. Roberts and H. J. Bensley, Messrs. G. Blacklock and J. Chapman. VEGETABLES…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest in Radio Components London Exhibition
A comprehensive range of radio components, incorporating all the latest advances in design and devolpment has been shown in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Day's Sports [?]Ggested by Show Society
[?] meeting of the committee of the [?]idwood P.& A. Society was called [?] week at short notice for the pur[? of considering a proposal to run…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Cow's Joke problem at the recent Wilton show
Awkward situations can arise in the conduct of these annual shows, but it is strange how the fat beasts selected for weight guessing contests can upset…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →CARNIVAL Huge Function Pending
As a result of a public meeting held in the Muriicipal Council Chambers on Wednesday night, a big…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Notes and News Goulburn Show
Opening on Thursday and continuing on Friday and Saturday this year's Goulburn show promises to eclipse all previous exhibitions for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A.C.T. SHOW Queanbeyan Prize Winners
At the A.C.T. Show at Hall last. Saturday, exhibitors from Queanbeyan won prizes as follows:— C. Morrison first for draught mare,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Petrol Stealing "Car Milker" Caught at the Show Ball
Two lads, who hail from Captain's Flat, were before the Braidwood Court on Tuesday charged with stealing petrol from Mr. E. Bunn's car at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Fall in Show Race
Barry McDonald, a 30-years-old grazier, of Kingsdale, died on Saturday morning from head injuries received when he fell from his horse…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ex-Servicemen's Grafts at Easter Show
Fifty disabled" ex - servicemen in Sydney are perfecting work which will be on display at the Royal Easter Show — hand-woven tweeds,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Profit of £558 From Yass Annual Show
The statement of expenditure and revenue from May 1, 1948, to March 31, 1949, presented to a meeting of the Yass P. and A. Society, disclosed an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Royal Sydney Show
For the first time there will be an Art Exhibition at, the Sydney Royal Agricultural Show of 1949, and among the exhibitions will be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Inventions at British Industries Fair a New Drug
A famous firm of British chemists will be showing at the London Section of the B.I.F. a drug with a threefold purpose. It is known as…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Royal Easter Show Minister for Agriculture Suggests Technicolor Film
The minister for Agriculture (Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A.), this week suggested that the Royal Agricultural Society might consider a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →C.t.q.a. Carnival
The Commercial Travellers and Queanbeyan Ambulance Carnival Committee met on 12th instant. Tnere was a good attendance and the outline…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Devon Cattle Breeders’ Society’s 102nd SHOW
Entries totalled 117 for the above Society’s show and sale held recently at Taunton in Somerset. Highest price was 415 guineas, paid by British Livestock Exports Ltd. (London) for First Prize and Reserve Champion Bull, Buthay Field Master (shown above), calved in February, 1948…
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