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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1959

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Bungendore Bulls Sold at Show

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 April 1959 · page 6

At the Shorthorn fat steer sales conducted at the Sydney Royal Easter Show Dalgety and Co. sold two Poll…

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Sporting Section Big Carnival Closes Track Cycling Season

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 April 1959 · page 8

Queanbeyan Cycling Club closed the season on Saturday last with a carnival on the local track, at which some brilliant riding was witnessed. The attendance was…

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Local Exhibitors Prominent Prize-winners at A.c.t. Show

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 April 1959 · page 3

Queanbeyan people were prominent among the crowd at the A.C.T. Show on Friday and Saturday and some Exhibited in various sections with success. Other locals were judges at the exhibition…

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Show Society’s Tribute to Local Press

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 April 1959 · page 1

Members of Queanbeyan P. A. and H. Association pa[?] a tribute to the local Press at…

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Road Accidents in Queanbeyan Last Year Show a Decrease on the Previous Year’s Figures

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 April 1959 · page 4

Figures released by the Department of Motor Transport for 1958 show that the number of read accidents in Queanbeyan and the Southern Tablelands region was down on the previous year’s figures. There were 88 accidents in Queanbeyan…

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Anzac Day Is ‘fair Dinkum’ Australian

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 April 1959 · page 4

On April 25 we commemorate more than a day when gallant men died more than decades ago with their…

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New Members on Show Committee

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 April 1959 · page 1

Three new members were appointed to fill vacancies on the Queanbeyan P. A. and H. Association…

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Show Society To Review Schedule

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 April 1959 · page 1

Queanbeyan Pastoral, Agricultural and Horticultural Society plans to make extensive alterations to its schedule for next year’s annual show. It was the unanimous opinion…

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Chrysanthemum Show in Council Chambers Next

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 April 1959 · page 5

The Queanbeyan Horticultural Society will hold a special April show featuring mainly exhibition…

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Byrne Shines For Tigers At Carnival

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 April 1959 · page 8

Rover Paul (Snakey) Byrnes starred for the Queanbeyan Intermediates who won the knockout…

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Poultry Success At Yass Show

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 April 1959 · page 2

Queanbeyan poultry fancier Mr. P. Harman had a number of successes at the recent Yass P. and H…

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Bowlers’ Good Show in Zone Match

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 April 1959 · page 6

Queanbeyan bowlers put up a great showing at the weekend when the pennatit team represented the F.D.B.A. in the Zone matches at Ulladulla,…

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Presbyterian Flower Show On

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 April 1959 · page 4

The Presbyterian Ladies’ Guild of Queanbeyan have organised a bazaar in the Church Hall next Saturday…

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Bungendore C.w.a. Annual Autumn Flower Show

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 April 1959 · page 1

The fourth annual flower show of the Bungendore Country Women’s Association was held in the Federal Hall on March 18. In spite of the lateness of the…

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Sporting Section Rugby League Knockout Carnival at Queanbeyan, Sunday Ten First Grade Teams Competition

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 May 1959 · page 8

At the Queanbeyan Showground this Sunday ten Group 8 Rugby League teams will light out a knockout competition, culminating in the Group selectors picking the team to play Groups 16 and 19…

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Sporting Section Rugby League Yass Wins Rugby League Knockout Carnival

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 May 1959 · page 8

At the Queanbeyan Showground last Sunday, the Yass Rugby League team scored a decisive victory over Canberra Workmen in-the final of the knockout competition, the score being 31 points to 3…

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Queanbeyan to for Early Show Dates

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 May 1959 · page 1

Queanbeyan delegates to the annual meeting of Southern Tablelands Show Societies in Goulburn later this month have been instructed to try and secure an…

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Bungendore Grazier Arranges Wool Exhibit At Famous Polish Fair

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 May 1959 · page 1

A Bungendore woolgrower, Mr. P. J. B. Osborne, of “Currandooley” will go to Poznan in Poland next month to arrange an exhibit on behalf of Wool Export “Goulburn” Limited of which he is chairman of directors…

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Diamond Jubilee Sheep Show “Wales” Branch

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 May 1959 · page 4

The 1959 Sheep Show and the Bam Sales will be held in Sydney from May 27 to June 3 inclusive…

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Queanbeyan Will Get A “Fair Go” For Hospital Subsidy Minister For Health In Local Interview

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 May 1959 · page 1

The N.S.W. Minister for Health (Hon. W. F. Sheahan), who visited the Queanbeyan District Hospital on Friday, assured directors of the Hospital Board that Queanbeyan Hospital would “get a very fair go” in…

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