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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1899

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Proposed Amalgamation of Show and Recreation Grounds

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 29 July 1899 · page 4

PETITION to the Trustees of the Grenfell Recreation Reserve, praying that, in accordance with the following facts, the amalgamation of the two grounds is advisable…

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Show Week

Western Champion · Friday 4 August 1899 · page 10

The Geisha Fair, in connection with the local Roman Catholic Church, which opens on the evening of the 8th inst., and will be continued…

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The Parkes Show

Western Champion · Friday 4 August 1899 · page 10

It is hardly necessary to remind our numerous readers that the 28th annual Show of the Parkes Pastoral, Agricultural and Horticultural…

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Man[?]dra Show

Western Champion · Friday 4 August 1899 · page 10

The Manildra annual Ploughing Matches and Exhibition will be held on Wednesday, 16th inst. Some £69 in prizes are to be awarded in the…

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The Forbes Show. Condobolin Visitors.--the Governor at Parkes.--his Reception at Forbes.--smoke Concert, Banquet, Show, Etc

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 4 August 1899 · page 8

QUITE a crowd--the best part of a hundred--boarded the Condobolin train on Tuesday morning on pleasure bent, Forbes, for the most part, being…

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The Show Ball

Forbes Times · Saturday 5 August 1899 · page 3

FULLY over a hundred couples assembled at the Town Hall on Wednesday evening, the occasion being the holding of the annual Show Ball. Needless less to say everything passed off splendidly. The…

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The Forbes Show. Opened by the Governor. a Brilliant-success

Forbes Times · Saturday 5 August 1899 · page 2

WITH such attractions as His Excellency Earl Beauchamp and Mr. J. A. Buckland’s equine marvel, Fritz, it is small wonder that the Forbes P. A. and H. Association’s annual exhibition, held…

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The Geisha Fair

Western Champion · Friday 11 August 1899 · page 9

The fancy fairs held every year in Parkes, in connection with the Roman Catholic Church at Show time, have become to be looked upon as being as…

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Forbes Show

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 11 August 1899 · page 4
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The second day's show was the largest attended on record, and but for a few light showers which fell in the afternoon the weather was all that…

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Show Ball

Western Champion · Friday 11 August 1899 · page 18

The Forbes Show Ball, owing to the presence of the Governor, was a pronounced success. The interior of the Town Hall was prettily decorated for…

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A Show Dispute

Western Champion · Friday 11 August 1899 · page 10

A hitch, which we are pleased to say has been satisfactorily adjusted, took place between the Committee of the Parkes P. A. and H. Association…

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Parkes Council. a Show Hitch

Western Champion · Friday 11 August 1899 · page 5

The unfortunate hitch that occurred between the committee of the Parkes P.A and H. Association and the machinery exhibitors formed the…

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The Parkes Show. First Notice

Western Champion · Friday 11 August 1899 · page 10

On Wednesday last the twenty-eighth exhibition of the Parkes Pastoral, Agricultural and Horticultural Society was opened. As is usual at…

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The Geisha Fair

Western Champion · Friday 18 August 1899 · page 10

This entertainment was concluded on Saturday, and the financial result is highly satisfactory. The takings for the various days during the…

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Show Dance

Western Champion · Friday 18 August 1899 · page 5

A correspondent kindly sends us the following:—A very enjoyable enening was spent on Thursday, 10th July, when some of the residents of Parkes…

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Parkes Jockey Club. Show Meeting

Western Champion · Friday 18 August 1899 · page 7

On Friday afternoon last the Parkes Jockey Club held a Show Race Meeting which was a pronounced success. The idea of holding a race-meeting on…

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The Parkes Show. Second Notice

Western Champion · Friday 18 August 1899 · page 12

Owing to the fact that we had to go to press a hour after the last awards were made at the above Show, our report was necessarily curtailed,…

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This Parkes Show. Winners of Interesting Specials

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 18 August 1899 · page 4

Hunters' prize of 15sovs. Winner 12sovs; 2nd 3sovs --W. Finn's Loch Marie I; Miss Fletcher's horses divided for second…

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Manildra Show

Western Champion · Friday 25 August 1899 · page 15

This event took place on the 16th inst., and passed off most successfully. The weather was perfect and the attandance large—fully 1200 being present,…

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