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

Shows & fairs, 1898

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An Exhibition of Crime

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 27 October 1898 · page 1

ONE point of attraction at the Jubilee Exhibition here, says the Vienna correspondent of the Standard, is a pavilion which reveals secrets and mysteries of a kind…

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Rose Show

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 29 October 1898 · page 2

ATTENTION is directed to the schedule, in another column, of the rose show of the Horticultural Society to be held on Monday, 7th November. Intending exhibitors should preserve it, as it will not be…

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The Latest War Scare.—firmness of the British Government the Best Guarantee of Peace.—british Authority in Egypt and the Soudan an Accomplished Fact.—france Must Acquiesce.—internal Dissensions in France Not Favorable to War with a Great Power.—the Coming Great International Exhibition in Paris a Strong Inducement to Peace

Goulburn Herald · Monday 31 October 1898 · page 2

WHILE repeated alarms of war serve to keep alive military and naval enthusiasm, it does not appear that the latest scare is likely to lead to actual…

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Firemen's Carnival

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 2 November 1898 · page 2

THE Metropolitan Firemen's Association has organized a carnival on the Agricultural Society's ground, Sydney, on Prince of Wales' Birthday and the following day. The…

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Goulburn Cycling Carnival

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 November 1898 · page 4

MR. J. J. ROBERTS submitted the rights in connection with the Prince of Wales' Birthday carnival at the Royal Hotel yesterday, and satisfactory prices were obtained. Mr. E. Jobson, of the…

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Rose Show

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 November 1898 · page 2

THOSE who intend exhibiting at the rose show of the Horticultural Society, to be held in the Town Hall on Monday evening next, are reminded that entries close on Saturday evening next. The…

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Cycling Carnival

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 November 1898 · page 4

As the day draws nearer for the cycling carnival at the show-grounds on the 9th November the interest grows, and a successful meeting is anticipated. A fair number of Sydney riders have…

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Flower Show

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 5 November 1898 · page 2

IT was cold and wet weather for the opening of the Church of England Flower Show and Industrial Exhibition in Murrumburrah on Friday…

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Rose Show

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 November 1898 · page 4

LOVERS of flowers are reminded that the annual rose show of the ,Horticultural Society will take place in the Town Halt on Monday evening next. A good display of roses and other flowers and…

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The Cycling Carnival

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 November 1898 · page 2

THE cycling carnival at the show-grounds to-morrow promises to be very successful. The various handicaps appear very open, and good fields are expected. J. Elliott, A. Grear, and C. Miller…

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Spring Rose-show

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 9 November 1898 · page 2

A ROSE-SHOW promoted by the Goulburn and District Horticultural Society was held in the Town-hall on Monday evening and was fairly attended. All things considered the display…

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The Harden Show. a Great Success

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 12 November 1898 · page 2

The second annual Flower Show and Industrial Exhibition in aid of our local Mechanics' Institute 'eventuated in the ball at Harden on Friday and…

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The Lord Mayor's Show. London, Nov. 10

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 November 1898 · page 4

The Lord Mayor's show took place yesterday, and was of a more than usually interesting character. The feature of the procession was a car in the shape of a ship armed with guns, and bearing…

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The 9th November Cycling Carnival

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 November 1898 · page 2

IT will be remembered that at the cycling carnival in Goulburn on 9th November J. H. Hardy, who won his heat, was protested against by J. Remfrey on the ground of incomplete performances. Hardy…

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Our Institute. the Late Flower Show. Some New and Good Ideas

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 19 November 1898 · page 2

THE usual monthly meeting of our local Mechanics' Institute was held last Tuesday night, when there were present:-- Mr Arkins (in the chair),…

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League of Wheelmen's Carnival

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 November 1898 · page 4

SATURDAY saw the concluding day of the league's carnival on the Sydney Cricket Ground. The attendance numbered about 4000, and if tie excitement caused by the splendid finishes be taken as a…

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Bungendore. Flower and Industrial Show

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 26 November 1898 · page 6

Tao first show of this kind ever held in Bungendore took place on Wednesday last in the Temperance Hall in aid of the funds of the Bungendore School of Arts. The matter was first mooted only a few…

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West Australian Exhibition

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 29 November 1898 · page 2

GERMANY, France and Belgium are in abroad with regard to the arranging of reduced freights cheap railway rates for exhibits from those countries Intended for the Western…

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The Paris Exhibition. London, Nov. 25

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 November 1898 · page 4

The French Exhibition Commissioners have offered British and colonial exhibitors at the Paris Exhibition of 1900 the amount of space previously arranged in the Trocadero Grounds conditionally upon Great…

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The Turin Exhibition. London, Nov. 28

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 December 1898 · page 4

Mr. W. Finucane, travelling representative in Europe of the Queensland Government, has exhibited photographs of Queensland and its industries at the Turin Exhibition, and they have been awarded a…

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