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Newspaper
Guyra Argus
Location
Guyra, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 20, 1936
Page
2
Read like a bustling show card with numerous prize names for plums grapes melons and dahlias. It lists winners such as Faulkner Gordon and Everett across dozens of categories including rose specimens, decorative dahlias, peonies, and fruit preserves amid a crowded exhibitor roster.
A long list of home made jams jellies and preserved fruits by Mrs B McGovern and collaborators includes apricot peach pear plum quince gooseberry blackberry and tomato preserves with entries for J Hutton C Ditton J N Schaefer W Williams and others. The items feature jars of jam jelly marmalade and preserves credited to multiple women and a few contributors.
William Quinley has served at Narrabri for the past 24 years, marking a long tenure in the local community and signaling a significant career milestone amid retirement considerations and ongoing regional work.
A long list of bake items with names of contributors and judges appears, detailing entries from fruit tarts to sponge sandwiches and cakes. Notable participants include Mrs J Youman Miss D Starr and Miss W Williams with multiple recipes and judging notes across items like walnut cake and ginger cake.
Saddler and Harness Maker, late of Bondi Junction Sydney, has commenced business in premises nearly opposite Memorial Institute. Offers every class of work and repairing with lowest charges and satisfaction guaranteed.
A brief notice invites readers to consider Cecil Miller's Saddles before making purchases elsewhere, signaling a sales pitch with a courteous recommendation.
A long list of fancy work entries and contributors including Minal Mulligan Mina Mulligan Miss V M Mulligan Mrs C Burgess Mrs C J Dwyer and others. Items cover woollen bed jackets baby bonnets crochet jackets cushion tapestries trays and lacework with multiple entries per category.
Water colour painting copies show C F Caldwell leading with 1 and 2 placements for entries by Mice PB Wilkinson and others. Other categories list Miss M Newberry and Misa P Wilkin C among top placers with multiple recognitions.
A list of pupils and entries from Goyra Public School and Hillsdale Public School detailing age groups and winners in writing, drawing, pastels, brushwork, composition, geography scrapbooks, and arithmetic class books. Names include M Moore N Reeves J Mulligan and G Martin among others with graders A Mitchell and P Stevenson.
The page lists poultry and vegetable entries with bidders and lot numbers. Poultry items include cockerels and hens across varieties such as Tolity White Lighorns and Australorpa with handlers like Ward, Ted Ward, J. L. Welle, G. White, and P. Stevenson. Vegetables cover potatoes onions turnips beans and cabbage with entries assigned to Copeland, Stevenson, Dean, and others.
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