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

Shows & fairs, 1907

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Poetry. Fair Looks Are Oft Deceiving

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 23 March 1907 · page 6

Fair looks are oft deceiving, Bright hope still ends in rue ; My soul was all believing When I began to woo…

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Marcini's Buckjunpim Show

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 23 March 1907 · page 4

This popular show played again to a very good house on Wednesday night. The performance opened with ' Fun in a Stockyard,' and this, as…

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Cumnock Show

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 29 March 1907 · page 6

UNFAVORABLE weather greatly militated against the success of Gumnock Show, held last week. The opening ceremony was performed by Mr. B. B. O'Conor…

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Trotting At Dubbo Show

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 29 March 1907 · page 15

A SPECIAL meeting of the Dubbo P. A. and H. Association was held on Saturday evening to consider the trotting question. It was decided to…

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At the Royal Show

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 30 March 1907 · page 7

The exhibition made this year at the Royal Show by big business firms, apart from those connected with the farming industry, is an exceedingly interesting…

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Great Horse Show

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 20

THE exceptionally attractive programme for the Great International Horse Show at Olympia, London, in June next is being arranged in some…

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Treasures of the Poor. a Pathetic Exhibition

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 6 April 1907 · page 3

An exhibition which is not without pathos has been organised by the Rev. Neville Dundas, Vicar of Holy Trinity Church, Stepney, and was opened the…

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Fair Women's Lips

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 10 April 1907 · page 3

In the lips of fair women, say the sages of Persia, lies the secret of whether a woman will make the wife that all men are ever seeking…

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P. A. and H. Association

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 12 April 1907 · page 9

A COMMITTEE meeting of the P. A. and H. Association will be held on Saturday, 20th instant, for the purpose of receiving the prize schedule as drafted…

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Narromine Show

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 12 April 1907 · page 5

At Tomingley exception is taken to the committee of the Narromine P. A. and H. Association limiting the radius to 20 miles for school exhibits at its…

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Our Sydney Letter the Exhibition

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 13 April 1907 · page 2

Opposition to the projected Exhibition is not confined to interested manufacturers, who fear lest they should be outshone by their outside competitors…

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At the Royal Show

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 13 April 1907 · page 7

A big exhibitor at the Royal Agricultural Show this year was Mr. C. Koerstz, of Abbatoir's-road, Pyrmont, Sydney. His patent wool, hay, skin, wire and…

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Telescopes Show Airshakes

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 17 April 1907 · page 6

For the study of lunar astronomy there is one paramount requisite, and that is a steady atmosphere. With a good atmosphere, important results may be…

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The Chrysanthemum Show

Western Champion · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 12

Owing to the dry weather the Committee of the Chrysanthemum, show in connection with St Andrew's Presbyterian Church have found it…

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Susie at the Show

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 20 April 1907 · page 1

When Susie expressed the desire to go early to the Show in order to have "a good look " at what, with feminine vagueness, she called "the things," I regarded her with…

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Chrysanthemum Show

Western Champion · Friday 26 April 1907 · page 13

The eighth annual Chrysanthemum Show in connection with St Andrew's Presbyterian Church will be held at the Royal Hall on Wednesday and…

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Narromine Show

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 26 April 1907 · page 6

THE second annual exhibition of Narromine F. A. and H. Association will be held on Wednesday and Thursday, May 8 and 9, and entries…

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Australia Exhibition of Women's Work

Western Champion · Friday 26 April 1907 · page 7

The project for holding an Australian Exhibition of Women's Work, which has been mooted about the various cities of the Commonwealth…

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Peak Hill Show. The Sheep Section

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 26 April 1907 · page 2

THE local P.A. and H. Association have decided to divide the Sheep Section at the annual Show into three classes, viz, (1), for sheep not to be housed or…

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King and South Africa. Cape Products' Exhibition. a New Knight

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 27 April 1907 · page 3

With much pomp and ceremony the South African Products' Exhibition of the Horticultural Hall was opened on 12rd February by King, Edward…

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