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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1886

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Braidwood Show

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 April 1886 · page 4

THE Braidwood Pastoral, Agricultural, and Horticultural Society's show on Wednesday was a great success. Notwithstanding the continued dry weather. the number of exhibits was exceedingly…

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Marulan Show

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 April 1886 · page 6

PATRON, His Excellency Lord Carrington ; president, Mr. A. W. Holt; vice-presidents, Messrs. D. Morrice and T. Ferguson; hen. sec., Mr. H. Morrice ; hen treas., Mr. D. H. Dunlop…

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Marulan Show

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 April 1886 · page 4

IN our report of the above show the winner of the second prize for keg of stilt butter was given as F. Bugg. It should have been F. Bogg. Timothy Kelly was the winner of Messrs. Kelly and Moate's…

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Goulburn A., P., and H. Society

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 24 April 1886 · page 4

THE annual meeting will be held at the Mechanics' Institute on Wednesday evening next, to receive the report and balance-sheet, elect office-bearers, and transact any other business that may be brought…

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Goulburn A., P., and H. Society

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 April 1886 · page 2

THE annual meeting of the above society was held in the large committee-room of the Mechanics' Institute on Wednesday evening. There were about twenty gentlemen present…

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Goulburn and the Colonial Exhibition

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 1 May 1886 · page 4

WE are informed that Mr. T. Grunsell, of the Mulwaree Gardens, has sent samples of apples and pears to the Indian and Colonial Exhibition, which is to be opened this month in London. We trust…

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The Colonial and Indian Exhibition. London, May 3

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 May 1886 · page 2

THE Colonial and Indian Exhibition at South Kensington was opened to-day by her Majesty the Queen. THE INAUGURAL CEREMONY…

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Opening of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition. (Special message to the Daily Telegraph.)

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 6 May 1886 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday, May 4.—The Colonial and Indian Exhibition was opened to-day by Her Majesty the Queen with great ceremony and public display. The gathering of Royalty was one of the greatest…

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Colonial and Indian Exhibition

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 7 May 1886 · page 2

THE opening of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition, which took place on Monday, appears to have been a magnificent success. Her Majesty and most of the…

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The Colonial and Indian Exhibition

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 8 May 1886 · page 3

THE telegraphic correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says that the success of the opening ceremony of the exhibition is universally commented upon, and great satisfaction is expected at the tone of the…

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Opening of Indian and Colonial Exhibition

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 8 May 1886 · page 2

THE Colonial and Indian Exhibition in South Kensington was opened on Monday last by the Queen. Her Majesty left Windsor Castle in a special train that morning. The Queen was…

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The Colonies' Exhibition. London, May 4

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 8 May 1886 · page 7

PRIVATE visits have been made to-day by several Royal visitors to the courts of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition. Thirteen of her Majesty's children and grandchildren were present. The…

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Ode on the Opening of the Colo Nial and Indian Exhibition. by Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 11 May 1886 · page 4

Welcome, welcome! With one voice, In your welfare we rejoice; Sons and daughters that have sent, From isle and cape and continent,…

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Hawkesbury Agricultural Show

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 15 May 1886 · page 4

The seventh annual show of the Hawkesbury District Agricultural Association was opened on Thursday morning, under very favourable circumstances. In the blood…

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Annual Sheen Fair

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 2 July 1886 · page 2

In order to convenience farmers for visiting the annual Sheep fail which commences in Sydney on 13th instant, the Commissioner for Railways has arranged…

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The Annual Stud Sheep Fair

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 July 1886 · page 4

The twelfth annual sales of stud sheep commenced in Sydney on Monday morning, by the offering, at auction, at Mr. N. L. Barker's wool stores, Circular Quay, of a choice catalogue of rams and…

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Poetry Shine On, Fair Star!

The Burrowa News · Friday 23 July 1886 · page 4

Shine on fair star, and shed thy light From realms afar, upon the night! Shine o'er the tryst beneath the bill. Where, all alone, I linger still!…

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The New Show-ground

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 4 August 1886 · page 2

IT will be remembered that more than two years ago, at a sparsely- attended meeting of members of the Association, it was resolved to change the site of the Society’s show ground, it having been…

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Goulburn and the Centennial Exhibition

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 August 1886 · page 2

AT a meeting of the inaugurative committee of the proposed Australian Centennial Exhibition, held in Sydney on Tuesday afternoon, it was decided to accept Mir. James T. Wilshire's offer to visit…

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Proposed Exhibition of Local Industries

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 August 1886 · page 2

IT is often cast up as a reproach that the young men of our inland towns are slow to take advantage of aids to improvement. To tell the truth, however, we who live away from the capital are debarred from…

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