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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1960

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Show Society Forms Committee To Investigate the Aspects of Night Trotting Proposal

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 June 1960 · page 1

The committee of the Queanbeyan Pastoral Agricultural Horticultural Association, on Tuesday night, decided to form a sub-committee to investigate all the aspects of establishing a fully illuminated trotting track on the Queanbeyan…

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Queanbeyan Show Dates Allocated

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 June 1960 · page 1

The Queanbeyan P. A. H. show will be held on February 17 and 18 next year. This was decided at the…

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Show Society Jottings

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 June 1960 · page 4

The Queanbeyan P.A. & H. Association at its last meeting, granted the use of the showground and buildings…

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Canberra Pre-School Exhibition

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 June 1960 · page 4

Her Excellency, Viscountess Dunrossil, will officially open the Canberra Pre-School Society’s Exhibition…

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Nominations For Show Committee Invited

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 June 1960 · page 1

Members of the Queanbeyan Pastoral, Agricultural and Horticultural Association, are invited to…

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Rugby League Convent School 5.7 Team’s Battle to Win Carnival Division

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 June 1960 · page 6

The Captain’s Flat school 5 st. 7 lb. football team won the “B” division at the Goulburn carnival last Saturday. Their first match was…

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Peter Morton Farewelled At “Ranch Night” Show

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 July 1960 · page 3

Midst much laughter and gaiety at the Queanbeyan Rugby Union “Ranch Night,” on Saturday evening, a solemn note was occasioned by the official…

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Show Society Jottings

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 July 1960 · page 4

Queanbeyan Pastoral, Agricultural and Horticultural Association last Tuesday night received further donations…

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No Alteration in Show Sheep Section Awards

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 July 1960 · page 2

Queanbeyan Pastoral Agriculture Association decided last week that it would continue to make grand champion awards in the sheep section of its…

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No Insurance Cover for Show Society Members

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 July 1960 · page 9

A member of a Show Society cannot be insured against injury suffered at a show conducted by the society of which he is a member…

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First Annual Meeting of Bungendore Show Society

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 July 1960 · page 1

The first annual meeting of the newly formed Bungendore P.A. & H. Society, was held recently. The Society, which was…

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Schoolboy Aussie Rules Carnival

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 July 1960 · page 6

Five teams from Queanbeyan, Schools will participate tomorrow in the Annual Schoolboy Carnival, of…

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Show Society’s Greatest Year Says

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 July 1960 · page 1

“The past year must be regarded as the greatest in the life of the Society.” president Mr. P. H. Hardy said at the 65th annual meeting of the Queanbeyan P. A…

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Show Members Pay Tribute To R.A.S. President

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 July 1960 · page 4

Members of the Queanbeyan Pastoral, Agricultural and Horticultural Association on Tuesday night paid…

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Show Society Made Financial Progress

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 August 1960 · page 1

Queanbeyan P.A. and H. Association made good finacial progress last year, and after making allowances for depreciation, the surplus was £1,078 as compared to £581 the previous year…

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FOOTBALL St. Gregory’s Win At Rules Carnival

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 August 1960 · page 8

St. Gregory’s Primary School team won the sub-junior grade of the annual schoolboy Junior…

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Improvements Planned For Royal Show Southern Exhibit

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 August 1960 · page 1

The Royal Agricultural Society Southern District Exhibit Society is already making plans for extensive improvements to the exhibit for the 1961 Royal Show, in an effort to regain prestige lost in recent…

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Migrants Not Getting Fair Go ? Letter Girl Defends Soccer As A Sport Letter to the Editor

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 August 1960 · page 5

Sir, — I am the daughter of Migrant parents, but have been in Australia, since the age of seven and attended Australian schools. Now I am eighteen and feel myself…

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Bungendore Show Society Auxiliary

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 August 1960 · page 5

The first annual meeting of the Bungendore P. A. & H. Society Ladies Auxiliary was held in the C. W. A…

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Queanbeyan Show May Open for Two Night Next year

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 August 1960 · page 1

Queanbeyan Pastoral, Agricultural and Horticultural Association on Tuesday night decided to extend the night exhibition to two night at the 1961 Show, providing suitable programmes can be…

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