BERRY’S 59th Annual Show a Record Success in Entries and Gate Receipts State’s Best Dairy Cattle Paraded
FAVORED by ideal weather, the fifty-ninth annual show on Saturday last was a record success in many ways, and…
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Campbelltown Show
The Campbelltown Show is to be held on Saturday, April 12. This is the first exhibition since 1939 the society having…
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Owing to the incessant rain which fell during the night, the Pambula Showground resembled a lake more than a show arena this morning. It was obvious…
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The carnival committee of the newly-formed Bega District Amateur Swimming Club met last Thursday afternoon…
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The following letter from the Secretary of the Campbelltown Show Society is self explanatory: âI regret to advise…
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The Pambula Show Committee, after the rain had caused the postponement of its annual show last week, gallantly carried out the programme on Monday and Tuesday of this week. However, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Local & General Gerringong Junior Farmers’ Show
âCome to the Gerringong Junior Farmersâ Club 11th Annual Show,â is the invitation extended to all. This popular event…
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Following are the nominations for the Bega Show trots to be held on February 27 and 28 and March l :— unhappied 2-50 class— leo walla…
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Final preparations are nearing completion at the Junction for the big swimming carnival ran Sunday. Entries for the swimming events are…
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Mr. JAS APPLEBY, Secretary of the Bega A.P. & R. Society since 1934…
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The Bega Shopkeepers’ Association is observing the following shopping hours for Friday and Saturday, Show days: Closing 12 noon, Friday, and…
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In the beautiful setting of its Showground, the Candelo A.H, and D.F. Association held its 61st annual Show. The opening day was one of warm sunshine and light winds, and despite it being the…
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To-day, after prodigious preparations which included worrying ring reconstruction, the Far South Coast National Show gets under way…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Secretary of the Show Jim Appleby
Good humoured, good looking Jim Appleby, has been secretary of the Show since 1934, so he has had a fair amount of practice in a difficult…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Both Brands Drink Booth at Show
What Mr. Appleby, secretary of the Bega A. P. & H. Society considers a record is the offering of 900 gallons of beer of both the main breweries, Tooths and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →President of the Show, 1947 Herbert Parbery
After many years of hard, unremitting and unselfish work, Herbert Parbery was elected President of the Show. It is one of the highest…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bega at the Time of Its First Show
View of Bega from Chapel Hill in the early seventies, taken by Henry loose. The photo is taken from the site of the present Convent School, looking northwards. In the foreground is Upper Street, on left is Parker Street, with Union Street in the centre. There were no' “huts” in East Street at that time…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bega Agricultural & Pastoral Society First Show - Feb 23. 1872
[We print below the story of the first Bega Show as taken from the Bega Gazette of 1872. The contrast between the renovated and improved show-ground of to-day and Mr. Jonncey’s paddocks is very marked. Starting with the very small capital of £43, the Society went ahead with only…
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Hundreds of people gathered at the Junction last Sunday afternoon to witness the official opening- of the Junction swimming pool, the centre of activity of the recently-formed Bega District Amateur Swimming Club…
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