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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1951

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

Bungendore War Memorial Queen Competition and Carnival

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 October 1951 · page 2

Friday and Saturday, September 28 and 29, marked the culmination of six months work for the Bungendore War Memorial Fund. The…

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Tharwa Notes Junior Farmers Show

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 October 1951 · page 4

Additions to the prize schedule are an Open Section for Flowers with the same classes as the Junior Farmers plus The Best Single…

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Bungendore Carnival Over 3.000 Is Expected

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 October 1951 · page 1

The recent Bungendore War Memo-rial Queen Competition and carnival marked the culmination of six months' work for the Bungendore War…

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Wool Sales Show Irregularity

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 19 October 1951 · page 2

Wool auctions were resumed in Sydney on Monday, 8th October, when the fourth series of sales for the current season in this centre was entered…

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Tharwa Notes Tharwa J.f.c. Show

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 October 1951 · page 2

At a well attended public meeting final arrangements were made for sideshows, merry-goround, free pony rides for children, food and full…

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Carnival and Gymkhana

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 October 1951 · page 2

Saturday’s Carnival and Gymkhana, held on the Queanbeyan Showground in aid of the local Ambulance and P., A. and H…

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Flower Show Successful Function

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 October 1951 · page 2

In the Parish Hall on Thursday afternoon the annual flower show in aid of the Church of England was held and attracted a very large…

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Show Sports Meeting

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 November 1951 · page 3

Prospects favour a highly successful sports meeting at Braidwood on Satur-day, next, when most of the crack horses of the district will compete for…

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Two Drinks Impair Driving —Tests Show

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 November 1951 · page 4

A series of road tests conducted with 37 skilled drivers, aged 20 to 45, proved that the amount of whisky in two highballs “caused a…

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Two Drinks Impair Driving —Tests Show

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 November 1951 · page 4

A series of road tests conducted with 37 skilled drivers, aged 20 to 45, proved that the amount of whisky in two highballs "caused a deterioration…

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How Britain’s Parliament Grew Westminster Exhibition Tells Its Life Story

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 November 1951 · page 4

Londoners and Festival visitors recently thronged to the British Houses of Parliament to see an exhibition featuring “Parliament Past and Present.” Constructed like a shell or box, the exhibition consisted of models, pictures, carvings and documents giving a…

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British Breed Sheep Show

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 December 1951 · page 2

More than 100 British breed stud and flock rams were exhibited on Wednesday at Goulburn Show Pavilion, when the fourth annual show of the…

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C.w.a. Conference to Follow 1952 Royal Show

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 December 1951 · page 4

State conference of the Country Women's Association of New South Wales will be held next year at the, Assembly Hall, Sydney, from April 15…

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