Standard High in Show Cookery section
Entries in the cookery section of the 1962 Queanbeyan Show is of a high standard, with the junior section really outstanding…
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Shows & fairs, 1962
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Close Finish in First Show Trot
Ocokwell trained trotter Lord Chavalier, won first trotting event, the T. H. O’Connor’s Beginners…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Showground Hive of Activity As 1962 Show Opened Today
The voice of announcer Bob Sillis calling Class 1 in the horse section into the ring at 9.30 a.m. to day was the signal for the commencement of the 1962 Queanbeyan Show, which officials expect will be the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trotting a Highlight of Show
A highlight of the Queanbeyan 1962 show, held on Friday and Saturday last, was the trotting, which was held on the recently constructed raceway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lost children at the show
As is usual at country shows, there were many lost children at the Queanbeyan Show on Saturday and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lucky escapes in Show trot smash
Well-known trotting driver, Vince Pye, of Dalton, escaped with a severely lacerated eye in a trotting smash at the Queanbeyan Show on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Attendance Records Smashed at Queanbeyan’s 1962 Show
Record crowds again thronged to the Queanbeyan showground for the 1962 show on Friday and Saturday, the gate-takings climbing over the £2,000 mark for the first time…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Chainsaw champs at the show
D. HOPKINS, of Captain’s Flat, competing in his heat of the chain saw championship in the woodchopping arena at the Queanbeyan Show on Saturday. The chain saw event, a new innovation on the programme, proved most popular with competitors and spectators alike. The event was won by A. Myers, of Milton…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Primary swimmers demonstrate ability at Canberra carnival
The Queanbeyan Primary School strikingly demonstrated its grooving strength in swimming at the Canberra Olympic Pool last Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Captain’s Flat News School News Swimming Carnival
On Saturday the school held its swimming carnival at the Captain’s Flat pool. The Hume v. Hovell tussle…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Outstanding show riding by juniors
A feature of the 1962 Queanbeyan show was the horsemanship displayed throughout by the younger…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Show Crowds Were Not So Thirsty
Due to the cool weather throughout, crowds at the 1962 Queanbeyan show were not as thirsty as the previous…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Show result corrected
In the report of the horse and ring events at the Queanbeyan Show, published in Friday's “Age,” Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Exhibition on Sunday by squash champ
Heather Blundell, the British and virtual world women’s squash champion, will give an…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Large entry for swimming carnival
Big entries have been received for the Queanbeyan Amateur Swimming Club Carnival tomorrow. Two hundred and fifty…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Show Jottings
Queanbeyan P. A. and H. Association has made a recommendation to its incoming committee that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Top class swimming at championship carnival
The Queanbeyan Amateur Swimming Club conducted most successful Southern Districts Championship Carnival at the Olympic Pool on Saturday. In pleasant weather, a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bank at the Show
THIS YEAR again, the manager and staff of The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney’s Showground Office invite you to rest, relax and do your banking in comfort at their office on the corner of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rural Bank at the Show
The Rural Bank is again providing on-the-spot customer facilities for visitors and exhibitors at the Royal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heather Blundell to be guest at A.C.T. Show
Queanbeyan girl and world squash champion Heather Blundell will return from Sydney on Friday to visit…
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