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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1960

118 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 6

Sporting Section Queanbeyan Bowlers Successful At Fifth Biennial Carnival

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 January 1960 · page 8

Queanbeyan bowler, Charlie Hawes, again showed that his bowling ability rates with the best when he won the singles of the recent Biennial Bowling Carnival and then played as third in Vic Southwell’s…

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Rural Bank Trophy For Annual Show

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 January 1960 · page 4

The Rural Bank will donate a trophy of the winner’s own choice to the of six guineas at the…

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Bungendore Show Revived After Lapse of 70 Years 1890 Show Was a Huge Success

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 January 1960 · page 1

On the Anniversary Day holiday, Monday, February 1, in exactly thirteen days time the 1960 Bungendore Show, organised by the recently formed local P.A. & H. Society, will get under way…

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Massey - Ferguson Stages Big Show

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 January 1960 · page 4

Massey-Ferguson (Australia, ) Limited is staging the biggest convention in its history in Melbourne…

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Entries For Bungendore Show

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 January 1960 · page 1

The 1960 Bungendore P.A. & H. Society’s Show scheduled to commence at 8.30 a.m. next Monday, has been receiving solid support from individuals and…

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Top Wool At Bungendore Show

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 February 1960 · page 4

Between them Messrs, L. W. and L. J. Reardon, two well-known and prominent sheep and wool men of the…

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Record Trophy Donations For 1960 Show

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 February 1960 · page 3

Mrs. E. Smith, assistant to the Queanbeyan P.A. & H. Secretary (Mr. A. W. Taylor), announced…

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“Rock ‘N Roll” Show For Queanbeyan

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 February 1960 · page 3

For the first time in Australia, an American big name show, flushed with success from a recent…

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Bungendore Show Ring Events Provide Thrills

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 February 1960 · page 4

The huge crowd that flocked to the 1960 Bungendore P.A. & H. Show yesterday, were thrilled by the exciting ring events which were conducted…

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Garden Produce Was Outstanding at the Show

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 February 1960 · page 4

The exceptional season experienced last year was reflected in the outstanding display of garden produce at the Bungendore Show yesterday…

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Bungendore Show Huge Success Capacity Crowd in Attendance

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 February 1960 · page 1

Despite threatening weather throughout the day, a near capacity crowd of some 2,000 people flocked to the 1960 Bungendore P.A. and H. Association Show held at the Bungendore Racecourse-Showground, cum…

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Cage Birds Admired at Show

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 February 1960 · page 5

The wide variety of top quality cage birds at the Bungendore Show proved to be one of the main…

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Brilliant Lighting Planned For Queanbeyan’s Night Show

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 February 1960 · page 1

Queanbeyan Pastoral, Agricultural and Horticultural Association expects to have one of the most brilliantly illuminated areans in New South Wales country…

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Pageant Of Youth For Night Show

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 February 1960 · page 1

A feature of the night display at the Queanbeyan Show next Friday, will be a “pageant of youth” and displays by schoolchildren and marching girls. An hour between eight…

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Preparations For Queanbeyan Show Nears Completion

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 February 1960 · page 1

Committeemen of the Queanbeyan P. A. and H. Association, together with other helpers, are busy this week making final preparations for the 65th Annual Show, which opens on Friday morning with the…

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Canberra Modern Home Exhibition

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 February 1960 · page 7

A Modern Homes Exhibition will be presented by the National Capital Development Commission for nine weeks, from April 29 to July 3…

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Snake Kills Show Jumper

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 February 1960 · page 6

An unidentified snake this week bit and resultantly caused the death of a horse scheduled to take part in…

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Cool Conditions Greet Queanbeyan’s 65th Annual Show Great Activity As Ring Events Start Big Programme For Night Exhibition

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 February 1960 · page 1

The 65th Annual Queanbeyan Show opened this morning on the local showground under leaden skies and in cool conditions caused by a south-east breeze, but with a forecast of fine and warmer conditions…

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“Age” Show Issue Record Size

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 February 1960 · page 1

The issue of the “Age” that you are now reading, which coincides with the opening day of the…

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Winner at Today’s Show

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 February 1960 · page 1

PETER KEIR proudly holds his pony stallion, which won first prize in the under 14 hands section at the Queanbeyan Show this morning. In the background, A. McMaster watches steward, E. Phillpot place the second prize ribbon around his entrant’s neck. The judge,…

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