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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1970

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Members at show social

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 April 1970 · page 3

Over sizzling steaks salads and lots of home cooked cakes the Queanbeyan P.A. & H…

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Flowers on show

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 May 1970 · page 3

Competition for the various awards is expected to be keen at the Annual Chrysanthemum…

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Poultry winners at show

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 May 1970 · page 6

Queanbeyan Poultry fanciers have gamed further success at shows held over the weekend…

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Four trophies won at Goulburn show

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 May 1970 · page 6

Mrs. W. Berry, of Hayes Street, Queanbeyan, enjoyed outstanding success at the Goulburn and…

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Show admission charges up

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 May 1970 · page 1

Queanbeyan P.A. & Association will increase. admission charges for the 1971 annual show by 25 per cent. Increases were adopted by the committee on Tuesday night…

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Record 850 birds in poultry show

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 May 1970 · page 7

Canberra Poultry Club had 850 -entries for its annual show held at the Queanbeyan Showground on Saturday and Sunday with exhibitors from a wide area attending…

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Apathy to show jumping

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 May 1970 · page 2

The apathy of many show societies towards the registration of show jumping horses and…

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Poultry Men Were Prize-winners at Goulburn Show

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 June 1970 · page 5

Queanbeyan poultry breeders enjoyed considerable success at the Goulburn Poultry Farmers’ Society’s annual show held at the Goulburn showground last Sunday and…

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Queanbeyan Has Trades Fair Display Priority

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 June 1970 · page 1

Queanbeyan business. houses will have priority of display at the Trades Fair. being organised By -the Chamber of Commerce at Fairbairn Airport on Friday and Saturday,…

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Schoolboy Carnival

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 30 June 1970 · page 5

The Australian Rules Football schoolboy carnival is to be held on July 4 The draw is as follows…

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Schoolboy carnival the biggest ever

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 July 1970 · page 8

The Sixth National Schoolboys’ Round Rugby League Carnival to be conducted at Canberra on July I I and 12, promises to be the biggest schoolboy football carnival ever…

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Letters to the Editor Trade Fair clash “unfortunate”

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 July 1970 · page 4

Sir— I noted your comment in Tuesday’s issue of the “Age” regarding the holding in close proximity of the Trade Fairs being organised by my committee and the Chamber of…

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Letters to the Editor Chamber of Commerce Trades Fair

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 July 1970 · page 2

Sir, — It was with interest that I read the letter from a representative of the Floral Festival Committee in the “Age” on Friday, July 3, 1970, with reference to the Chamber of…

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Show organisation changes its name

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 July 1970 · page 1

By unanimous decision of the members at the annual meeting last night “Queanbeyan Pastoral, Agricultural and Horticultural Association” charged it name to “Queanbeyan Show Society” There were no disasters…

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Show pavilion windows broken

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 August 1970 · page 1

Caretaker of the Queanbeyan showground, Mr. Herbert Thompson, has reported to Queanbeyan…

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Phil Hardy steps down Noel Moore elected show president

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 August 1970 · page 1

Mr. Phil Hardy, MBE, has stepped down after 17 years as president of Queanbeyan Show Society and has been succeeded by his deputy of last year, Mr. Noel Moore. Mr. Hardy declined…

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Show jottings

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 August 1970 · page 6

The president, Mr. N. Moore and secretary, Mr. W. A. Baylor, have been appointed to represent…

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Show Jumping

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 August 1970 · page 20

Queanbeyan Show Society is one of those stacking rigidly to the scheme involving the registration…

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Show societies’ affiliation maximum $50

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 August 1970 · page 8

The Southern Districts Show Societies Council affiliation fee of one per cent. of gross gate…

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Paintings by Queanbeyan artists in exhibition

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 August 1970 · page 7

Paintings by Queanbeyan artists are to be included in an international exhibition to tour Australia and overseas. The local works of art will join top paintings…

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