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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1968

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Good fleece entries for sheep show

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 May 1968 · page 4

More than 170 entries representing some 200 fleeces have been received for the fleece section of the 1968 Sydney Sheep Show…

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Rural Hank Again at Sheep Show

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 May 1968 · page 3

Visitors to Sydney for this year’s sheep show will find the Rural Bank occupying its usual…

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Bungendore to hold two-day show

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 May 1968 · page 1

Bungendore Show Society will conduct a two-day show next year for the first time since the Society was revived eight years, ago…

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Annual poultry show Visitors from many centres

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 May 1968 · page 6

Visitors from all parts of Southern NSW and from as far north as Newcastle and Gosford attended the recent 24th annual show of the Canberra poultry Club…

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Show Date May Be Altered

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 June 1968 · page 1

Queanbeyan’s 1969 show date may yet be altered from February 14 and 15 as allocated at the, recent…

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Champions Give Exhibition

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 June 1968 · page 5

TWO of Queanbeyan’s champion boxers, Laurie Lawler (left) receives an uppercut from Eric Ebsworth during the boxing, wrestling and judo display at the Leagues’ Club on Friday night…

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National Junior League Carnival

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 June 1968 · page 8

The National School-boys’ Round Robin Rugby League carnival is to be held at Dickson and…

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Show schedule postage rates under review

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 June 1968 · page 1

Postage rates for show schedules are being investigat[?] by the Agricultural Societies Council…

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Exhibition of art next week

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 June 1968 · page 2

Queanbeyan Art Society is organising an exhibitions in the RSL board room next Wednesday…

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Show Jottings

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 June 1968 · page 3

Nominations for the 1968-69 committee of the Queanbeyan P.A. and H Association closed…

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Agronomist’s Report Cold temperatures show crop growth

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 July 1968 · page 5

Although oats, barley and rye sown in April or earlier for winter grazing have made good progress, crops later have made disappointing…

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Pony Club members show remarkable improvement

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 July 1968 · page 4

The equestrian prowess of junior members of Queanbeyan Pony Club has shown remarkable improvement in the past 2 months and the trend is expected to continue. This was stated in his…

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Show Dates Confirmed

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 July 1968 · page 1

Queanbeyan P. A. and H. Association will retain the dates originally allocated for its 1969 annual…

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Show Jottings

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 July 1968 · page 3

Tenders have been submitted for two buildings at Canberra and if either is successful, it is…

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Show Society’s good year

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 30 July 1968 · page 1

Queanbeyan Pastoral, Agricultural and Horticultural Association, recognised as one of the most progressive, in the country, has had another very successful…

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Sheep show to open earlier

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 August 1968 · page 8

The 1969 Sydney Sheep Show will commence on a Monday instead of Wednesday as in former years. The president of the…

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Unamimous Re-election Designer of show exhibit retained

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 August 1968 · page 7

The annual meeting of the committee of the Southern Districts Royal Agricultural Society Exhibit has re-elected unanimously its designer of past years, Mr. Ted Nowak. Mr. Nowak’s re-election…

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Show president for 16th term

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 August 1968 · page 1

Mr. P. H. Hardy was re-elected president of Queanbeyan P. A. and H. Association for his 16th successive term at the first meeting of the new…

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Request show

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 August 1968 · page 10

MARGARET WOOD (pictured with Pte. Pontin of the 1st Battalion, R.A.R.), comperes Radio Australia’s Forces Programme, which broadcasts messages and request records to Australian armed forces overeas…

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Polocrosse Carnival at Bungindore

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 August 1968 · page 8

Next Saturday will be a big day at Bungendore when probably the biggest junior polocrosse…

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