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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shows & fairs
131 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 7
The large attendance at the meeting of the P. and A. Society committee on Wednesday, 18th March indicated the keen interest taken tn the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Special attraction on the first night of the two-night carnival to be held in St. Gregory’s School grounds on Friday and Saturday, April 10 and 11, will…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New records seem likely at the fifty-eighth annual Queanbeyan Show, to be held on Friday and Saturday next week. Entries so far received in several sections are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Queanbeyan Pastoral, Agricultural and Horticultural Association, which will hold its Annual Show next week, is 63 years old. It was formed in 1890, and its first show was held…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The rent of a brick cottage at 74 Hayes Street, Queanbeyan, with five rooms and kitchen, was fixed 41/6 a week by Mr. C. N…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →As in previous years Queanbeyan cyclists travelled to Bombala to take part in the Easter Carnival and once again met with outstanding success. With prize money of £100 and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MANY RECORDS ARE LIKELY TO BE BROKEN AT THE 58th SHOW OF THE QUEANBEYAN P., A. & H. ASSOCIATION, WHICH BEGAN TODAY IN FINE AUTUMN WEATHER…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →THE LARGEST CROWD EVER TO ATTEND A QUEANBEYAN SHOW PAID A RECORD OF £1130/4/3 AT THE GATE TO SEE THE FIFTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION LAST FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. ON ON SATURDAY AN ESTIMATED 7,000 PACKED THE SHOWGROUND…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →An unusual record for Queanbeyan Show—and probably for most other Shows in Australia—was established by Mr. M. L. Armour, well-known Dalton merino breeder, and his wife, when they won a total of 70 champion, first and second awards at last week’s 58th Queanbeyan…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bitten by a tiger snake while he was lecturing on snakes to a crowd at Queanbeyan Show on Saturday afternoon, Albert Newcombe of Colac, Vic., was saved from death only after a 36-hours battle by a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →With a total of 132 entries from 13 owners, sheep numbers at last week’s Queanbeyan Show were down about 25 per cent, on last year’s figures. The judges, Mr P. G. Medway of Avondale,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Most spectacular of the ring events watched by the record crowd of 7,000 at the Show on Saturday afternoon was the high jump, in which no fewer than three horses broke the ground record of 6ft. 10in. All three horses, including the previous record holder, J. McGee’s…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MRS. M. L. ARMOUR of Dalton (left), most successful exhibitor of cooking and jams and preserves at Queanbeyan Show, explains some of her methods to Miss Jean Moore (jam section steward), Mrs. A. H. Scattergood (cooking- chief steward), Mrs. -E. Austin and Mis. J. J…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Poultry fanciers admiring Mr. J. F. O’Mailey’s grand champion birds of Queanbeyan Show, an Australorp cockerel. From left: Messrs. D. Thomas, Googong; ]W. G.. Elsom, secretary, Canberra Poultry Club; P. G. Kelly, Canberra, Australorp exhibitor; J. F. O'Malley, Queanbeyan…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A fight at the show on Saturday afternoon resulted in one of the men involved being fined 30/- by Mr. A. M. Hall, JP at Queanbeyan…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →IN HAPPY MOOD were these some senior officials of Queanbeyan P., A. and H. Association when caught by the camera at the Show on Saturday. They are, from left, Messrs. D. W. Cargill, a vice-president and a past president; J. W. Gibbs senior vice-president and a past president;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE HEART OF QUEANBEYAN as it looked from the air last Saturday afternoon. In the foreground are Hirst and Glebe Avenues with Cameron Road in the lower left corner. Beyond Glebe Avenue is the Showground at the peak of the record 58th Show. Beyond, left, is the Park, with its bowling greens, tennis courts and oval, bounded on the left by Campbell Street and on the right by Lowe Street. Separating the Showground from the Park, Farrer Place runs from the intersection of Cameron and Campbell Streets (middle left) to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nerriga's St. Patrick's Day Sports Carnival held recently was a most successful one, both financially and socially. After a week of most…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Photographs of Queanbeyan’s recent record 58th Show are on display at The Age office in Crawford Street, where copies may be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mrs. Spencer won the Special prize for most successful exhibitor at the successful Presbyterian flower show in Queanbeyan on Saturday. Mrs. Spencer won most…
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