Queanbeyan’s 64th Show To Be Opened By Governor-General
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 January 1959 · page 1
The Governor-General Field Marshal Sir William Slim will officially open the 64th Annual Show conducted by the Queanbeyan Pastoral, Agricultural and Horticultural Association to he held at the Queanbeyan…
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Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 January 1959 · page 6
Queanbeyan Cycling Club will not hold its usual weekly meeting on Sunday next, as the riders will be participating in the Apex Club’s sports meeting on Monday, January 26. The club is taking the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Queanbeyan’s Australia Day Ceremonies Affected By Rain Apex Carnival Postponed
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 January 1959 · page 1
Steady rain yesterday caused a very disappointing attendance at Queanbeyan’s Australia Day ceremonies and the postponement of the Apex Cycling and Athletic Carnival at the Park…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Showground Drain Is an “Absolute Menace” Says Show Secretary
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 January 1959 · page 1
The Queanbeyan Pastoral, Agricultural and Horticultural Association considers that the open drain recently constructed through the Showground by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Athletes Continue to Show Improvement
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 February 1959 · page 6
Queanbeyan athletes performed with distinction in last Saturday's inter-club meeting at Jerrabomberra Oval, Canberra. The athletes all combined…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sporting Section Cycling Exciting Finishes at Postponed Carnival
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 February 1959 · page 6
The postponed Apex Cycling and Athletic Carnival was held at the Park Oval on Sunday and a number of exciting cycling events were witnessed, despite the intense heat. Between cycling races, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Record Entry For Show Poultry Section
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 February 1959 · page 1
Entries in the poultry section of the 1959 Queanbeyan an Show to be held on Friday and Saturday week, are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →EDITORIAL This Is Show Week
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 February 1959 · page 1
All that is now required to make Queanbeyan 1959 Show an Outstanding success is for the regular of this town and district to show their apparition of the efforts of the exhibitors by attending this week’s…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Vegetable Novelties at the Show
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 February 1959 · page 1
Quite a few [?] be seen in the vegetable are been of this year’s Queanbeyan Show to open on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Presentation to Popular Show Official
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 February 1959 · page 3
Queanbeyan P., A. & H. Association made a donation of £10 towards a presentation made to Mr. Horace Watt at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Governor- General to Open Show
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 February 1959 · page 1
The Governor General, Field Marshall Sir William Slim, will officially open the Queanbeyan P. A. and H…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Prospects for Show Enhanced by Steady Weekend Ram
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 February 1959 · page 1
Steady rain during the weekend has elated Queanbeyan Show officials and the prospects for the annual exhibition are even brighter than they were a week ago. The rain was just what was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Housing Commission Figures Show 232 Dwellings Erected In Monaro Electorate
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 February 1959 · page 4
Up to the present time, 232 dwelling have been erected throughout Monaro by the N.S.W. Housing Commission according to Mr. A. Landa, the Minister the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Brilliant Sunshine Greets Queanbeyan’s 64th Annual Show Showground A Hive Of Activity As Ring Events Get Under Way: Big Programme For Night Exhibition
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 February 1959 · page 1
Queanbeyan’ 64th Annual Show opened this morning in brilliant sunshine, which has followed steady, beneficial rains. The gaily decorated Showground was a hive of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →E. J. Beaver Dominates Fruit Section at Show
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 February 1959 · page 1
Mr. E. J. Beaver dominated the fruit section of the Queanbeyan Show, judging of which was completed this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Show Luncheon Was Excellent
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 February 1959 · page 4
This year the committee of the Show Society certainly picked a winner when the ladies of the Catholic…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Trotter Destroyed at Show
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 February 1959 · page 1
A young trotter, Queen Slipper, had to be destroyed at the Showground on Saturday morning. A five…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Show Officials Were a Very Good Team
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 February 1959 · page 1
The Queanbeyan Show Society had those good workers, president P.H. Hardy; secretary, W. A. Taylor, and treasurer, Ron Taylor, at the head of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trotting Was A Highlight Of The Queanbeyan Show
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 February 1959 · page 1
Keen racing was a feature of the trotting programme staged at the Queanbeyan Show on Friday and Saturday. Exciting finishes gave the crowd many thrills and trotting generally was of a good stand ard. Horses came from districts…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ring Events At Show Were Best Ever Seen
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 February 1959 · page 2
Horse and ring events at the Queanbeyan Show on Friday, Friday night and Saturday surpassed anything that has ever been staged at a show in the Southern Districts…
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