MODES of transport bridging 50 years of Queensland history lured 60,000 people-two-thirds of the day's attendance—to the ringside at the Exhibition Ground yesterday. Forgotten vehicles tracing the progress of transport since ...
Article : 314 wordsSPONSORSHIP by the Royal National Association of a best farm competition, with a tour abroad as the prize to the winning farmer, was advocated at the Show yesterday by the ...
Article : 232 wordsONE man who watched yesterday's cavalcade of transport with mixed feelings was Mr. P. E. ...
Article : 303 wordsVIC SUMMERS, world champion tree feller, watches the block fall in the second heat of the tree-felling event. He was defeated by one blow. He chopped from 88 seconds behind scratch, broke his axe, re-cut a ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 110 wordsQUEENSLAND would have barely enough butter to meet her own needs within a few years at the rate ...
Article : 258 wordsSection of the crowd jammed the roadway behind the main stand yesterday. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 28 words9 a.m.—Judging of clogs (dog pavilion). Stud dairy cattle sales (dairy cattle sale ring). Plough horses and lorry turnouts ...
Article : 214 wordsPUBLIC transport systems were strained to cope with the caprice or Brisbane's Show crowds yesterday. ...
Article : 362 wordsThe Show ringmaster (Mr. W. Kinghorn) had his horse gored by a bullock when he galloped to intercept a runaway steer which ...
Article : 98 wordsErection of direction signs to the cattle stalls at various points at the Show, was urged by the Shorthorn Cattle Society. ...
Article : 132 wordsAN urgent plea for increased food production to help other nations was made by the Governor (Sir John Lavarack) when officially opening the Royal National Show yesterday. ...
Article : 200 wordsGoats were coming into their own in Australin, the Australian Goat Society secretary (Mr. H. N. Sarina), told Queensland members ...
Article : 54 wordsROYAL Show's clown "Piccolo Pete" (John Scott Petersen) figured in the only bad spill in the ring yesterday. An old showman and ex-Army man, Petersen was ...
Article : 389 wordsPatients of Greenslopes Repatriation Hospital and Kenmore T.B. Chalet have demonstrated fruits of occupational therapy with ...
Article : 65 wordsWOMEN at the Show often asked him to tell their future by the stars, said the Queensland ...
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Advertising : 137 wordsA MOTHER new record was created at the Show yesterday—guests at the official luncheon stood and sang "For ...
Article : 77 wordsQueensland might never again get such a let-off as it had recently, and it would be wise to remain conscious of that, the ...
Article : 123 wordsSpills in the buckjump and bull-dogging contest kept the big crowd at the Show last night simmering with excitement. ...
Article : 244 wordsSurprise at the elegance and good order of sulkies and buggies at the Royal Show was expressed by the judge of the harness horses ...
Article : 173 wordsROYAL Navy men who visited the Show yesterday said they were amazed at the variety and quality of the ...
Article : 160 wordsA CROWD of about 8000 cheered Vic Summers when off a handicap of 88 sec., he lost the second heat of tree felling contest at the show yesterday by one stroke. ...
Article : 317 wordsBy six votes to five, a recommendation that the Queensland branch of the Guernsey Cattle Society of Australia should break ...
Article : 77 wordsBy a shade more than half a second, Mr. Sam. Aggett missed £250 yesterday. His horse, Prudent King, failed by that time to break ...
Article : 68 wordsMore than 78,000 people—or a quarter of those who have attended the Show—have seen The Courier-Mail atomic age exhibit since the ...
Article : 124 wordsIF there is any surplus prize ribbon when this week is over the Royal National Association should drape it all ...
Article : 529 wordsThousands of people watched chickens bein& hatched at the Show yesterday by electric incubators set in a kiosk near the ...
Article : 105 wordsThe Friesian Cattle Club of Australia decided at its meeting on the showground yesterday to revert to the prewar system of ...
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The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), Thu 14 Aug 1947, Page 5
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