Flower Show and Industrial Exhibition Draws Sparse Crowds
The third annual Flower Show and Industrial Exhibition was held over Thursday to Saturday with 92 exhibits. Weather reduced attendance and entries from 187 prior year, but secretary Mr. F Yabsley drove success. Awards covered florals vegetables and crafts with judges including Mrs Carmichael and Miss Paton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Yabsley
Hewett
Gee
T, Jackson
Schmidt
Mead
Miss Weller
Jenner
Mrs. Barnett
Barnett
Hodda
Mesdames Mead and
Yabsley
G. Matthews
Ancy
Meedames T. Hand
Jackson, McLean and
A. Hand
V. Barnett
E. Hand
Melville
Peak Hill Public School
J. Whiting
Girlie Litchfield I
McAuliffe
Myalls- Peak Hill Band
J. F. Carmichael
R. J. Baker
Mies Josephine Paton
A. Yeo
E. K. Sanderson
Guessing and Driving Competitions at Local Fair
The event featured a peas in a bottle contest with a 2031 needlepoint guess and a 703 low guess, a pig drawing on a blackboard, and a nail driving contest won by Miss Amy Hand. Non competitive exhibits included mineral and butterfly collections, bird eggs, and wood carving, with many donors and helpers acknowledged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Stafford
Amy Hand
Misa
Jenner
Miss Hand
Turkey
Messia
J. Hennessy
J. Norris
Mr. Norris
A. Mead
Queensland
St. Joseph’s Convent School
Myrtle Doyle
Carrington
Walter Franks
Peak Hill Public School
Heather McLean
Messrs
J. D. MacKay
J.T. Reilly
W. Elliott
M. P. Hartas
E. Duno
H. Coomber
J. Bakes
R. J. Baker
Gibson Bros
C. Smith
E. D. Glasheen
C. Fletcher
J. Tuckwell
C. H. Stephens
Randwick Plate winner and varied news from Australia
Noreen won the Randwick Plate from Dividend and Tatter demalion. Irish envoys in Australia raised £9000 for Home Rule. In Queensland meat price protests and a Royal Commission call surfaced. A Warroo shearer was bitten by a wood adder but recovered after turpentine antidote. Yarranury cows set a milking record of 185 gallons in a day. Nomination day for Goobang Shire elections set for November 10 with filings due by November 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queensland
Noreen
Randwick
Australia
Legislative Assembly
O'Sullivan
Richard Turner
Warroo
Forbes
Ayrshire
Yarranury
Bega
Goobang
Tom Burrows
Buenos Ayres
Jinks
Blake
Dairying Pay Deal Advertised in Peak Hill District
Prices range from £11 10s with liberal terms for dairy sales in Peak Hill District. R. and Howard & Sons are sole agents for Parkes and Peak Hill, promoting advantages of dairy production without disturbances in the running.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peak Hill District
Howard & Sons
Parkes
Peak Hill
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. T. Hand
Miss Veitch
Nita Hand
Ida Barnett
Joseph Garnam
Phoebe Hand
Nellie Farquharson
Mary Gee
H.C. Neatest
Alma Barnett
Dolly Hogan
Claude Sharpe H.C
Miss McAuliffe
Misa Mary Carroll
Dossie le Beau
Bell
Geo
George O'Malley
Singleton
Sydney
Watson
Australian Star
Commonwealth
Haynes
John Norton
Norton
Ine
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