Operating in 1959.
Gore and District Piping and Dancing Society
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Traction engine rally, Saturday, February 28, 1959. Mr N S Lawlor's property, Main Sout...
Date: 1959
From: [Ephemera and sales catalogues for agricultural machinery and farm equipment. 1950-1959].
By: Mataura ensign (Newspaper)
Reference: Eph-A-FARM-MACHINERY-1959-01
Description: Front cover shows an illustration of a traction engine. Inside pages contain the day's programme, including a parade through town, setting and balancing competitions, a grand parade, races, threshing, chaff-cutting and pressing demonstrations, and a steerers' competation. Other pages contain advertising for local Gore businesses. The event was sponsored by the combined committee of Gore Pipe Band and Gore & District Piping and Dancing Society. The 31 traction engines, their specifications, age and owners are listed. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 32 pages, each 215 x 140 mm. Provenance: One copy purchased from Otago Heritage Books in 2003.