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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1950

111 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 6

Show Awards Horse Section

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 1

Stewards: Chief ring steward, H. E. Roberts; E. S. Byrne, Chas. Dunshea, H. Hush, Tim Kennedy, D. Chapman, G. H. Chapman, E. B. Roberts and J…

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Weight Guessing at the Show

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 3

Mrs. J. A. Simpson, of Goulburn, why the sheep guessing at the Braidwood show. She estimated the live weight of the fat sheep at 171 [?]lbs, the…

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The Show Braidwood's Jubilee Function a Record Success

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 2

FAVOURED by glorious weather, the 75th annual show of the Braidwood P.. A. and H. Association on Thursday, Friday and Saturday last…

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Notes on the Show

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 March 1950 · page 4

Two reporters from the Goulburn Evening Post" were at the show to cover it on Thursday. There was a "Country Life" man in attendance on…

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Reidsdale Produce for the Sydney Show

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 March 1950 · page 2

Mr. J. B. Mills, who is the head of the South Coast and Tablelands exhibit at the Sydney Show, has asked Mr. Ernie and Miss Enie Kennedy, of…

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The Show Some Notes and Comments Flowers

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 March 1950 · page 2

This section tit the recent Braidwood show also was an improvement on last year, the entry of a number of new competitors in to the field creating…

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A Hectic Day Horsebreaker and Police Put on Show in the Main Street. "If I Could Get You Down the Bone Would Trample You to Death!"

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 March 1950 · page 1

A WILD STORY was related to Mr. Stipendiary Magistrate Paton at the Court of Petty Sessions at Braidwood on Thursday, which took one's…

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Braidwood Show

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 1

On pleasure bent and to free myself of the monotony at my everyday surroundings, I crossed the divide and found myself at the gates of…

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Show Smoko

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 2

Over 150 members and guests attended the P., A. and H. Association Somoke Social on the first night of the show. After the loval toast had…

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Industrial Exhibits at the Braidwood Show

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 1

The industrial exhibit was a feature of the Jubilee Show, and created considerable interest. The Goulburn firm of Heats Motors had an outstanding…

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The Show Ball Record Door Takings, £226

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 2

The ball held in the pavilion on the third night of the Jubilee Show was the best-attended function ever to be held in that spacious building…

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Braid Wood Show

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 4

Local prize winners at Braidwood Show included entries by Mr. N. Robertson for Champion Pony in harness; Mr, J. Cavanagh, of…

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The Show Goes On

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 2

The “Tribune-Courier reports that despite heavy rain and uncomfortable conditions. underfoot, a crowd of 2,700 attended the. second…

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A.C.T.P. & A. Annual Show

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 3

There have been many promises of non- competitive exhibits for display and it is to be hoped many more will take the opportunity of…

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The Show Society (To the Editor, "Review")

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 1

Sir,—I notice in your report of last Tallaganda Shire meeting that when an application was made by the Ambulance to hold a carnival prior to the…

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Big Show Coming

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 March 1950 · page 2

It will be good news for the residents of Braidwood and district to know that the ever-famous pantomime, "Puss In Boots," is coming here, and will play…

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Supreme Champion at Cruft’s Dog Show

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 March 1950 · page 3

Cruft’s D o g Show, which was held recently at Olympia, London, attracted a record number of entries. These entries totalled 12,319, from a total of 5,760 exhibits. The selection of the champions and the 50 breeds of gun dogs and mon-sporting dogs took place and…

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Show Incident Well-known Horse Judge the Victim

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1950 · page 3

Mr. S. A. Cullen, of Laggan, who officiated as ring Judge at the Boorowa Show last week, was the victim of an incident which may have repercussions…

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Items of Interest Braidwood Axemen at the Sydney Show

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1950 · page 2

There were some anxious men in town on Friday morning last—the axemen who were going to Sydney for the woodchopping events at Sydney Show…

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A.C.T. P. & A. SHOW To Be Held 21st and 22nd April

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 2

With the prospect of a continuance of good weather, the committee of the A.C.T. P. & A. Association looks forward to the staging of the…

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