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

Shows & fairs, 1908

103 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 2 of 6

A Rotton Show

Western Champion · Friday 17 April 1908 · page 7

At a circus in Western America a performer, with two handsome lady assistants, did a thrilling empalement act…

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By Telegraph Grenfell at the Sydney Show

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 2

GRENFELL exhibitors carried off the following prizes at Royal Easter Show— W. P. C. Greene—First and…

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The Easter Show

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 1

FOLLOWING the telegrams of last week, our representative at the above writes:— The great Easter Show of the…

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G.U O. Carnival

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 29 April 1908 · page 2

A meeting of the Comnittee in connection with the above took place at Turner's Royal Hotel dn Monday night last. A large…

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The Armchair. Egyptian Antiquities From Stand Saggara, and Oxyrhynkhos. University College Exhibition

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 29 April 1908 · page 3

The exhibition of Egyptian antiquities found in the course of the past season's work by the exploring parties in connection with the Egypt Exploration Fund and…

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The Royal Show

Western Champion · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 12

Accompanying this issue of the CHAMPION is a complete, though necessarily condensed, report of the annual show of the Royal Agricultural Society…

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R. A. SHOW, 1908. A Symbol of Progress

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 1

Speculative people often wonder what Captain Cook would say could he revisit that continent which he discovered for the Empire. We know of…

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Chrysanthemum. the Annual Show

Western Champion · Friday 8 May 1908 · page 13

The ninth annual chrysanthemum show in connection with St Andrew's Presbyterian Church was held at West's hall on Wednesday and…

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Feeding an Ocean Greyhound. Enough Eatables are Carried Aboard to Supply a Fair-sized Town for a Week

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 8

Very few, even of those persons Who have made trips across the Atlantic, have any conception of the vast quantity of provisions it is necessary to carry aboard an,…

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Honey for Show

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Wednesday 27 May 1908 · page 3

A successful exhibitor, referring to show honey, states that it must be of excellent quality and got up to obtain a premier position. Comb honey is…

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Honey for Show

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 30 May 1908 · page 7

A successful exhibitor, referring to show honey, states that it must be of excellent quality and got up to obtain a premier position. Comb honey is…

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Sheepbreeders show

Western Champion · Friday 3 July 1908 · page 12

The annual show of the N.S. Wales Sheepbreeders' Association was opened on Wednesday. The principal prizes in Merino were won by J Horsfall,…

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Irish Village. Feature of the Exhibition

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 11 July 1908 · page 8
Also in The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette

One of the most interesting features of the Franco-British Exhibition is a round tower of great solidity, which marks the site of Bally M'Clinton, the…

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A Vote of Confidence in The Show President

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 22 July 1908 · page 2

At the conclusion of the general basiness at the last Show meeting Mr Rankin rose and intimated his intention to resign from the Presidency. He…

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Peak Hill Show. (By Telephone) Thursday, Noon

Western Champion · Friday 31 July 1908 · page 13

The annual show opened yesterday. The attendance was marred by wet weather in the early part, of the day, but the afternoon was fine…

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Fashion Sensation. Daring Exhibition. Scene in Rotten Row. Mr Winston Churchill Nearly Unhorsed

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 1 August 1908 · page 6

A beautiful equestrienne (says "Lloyd's Weekly") attired in the costume of the days of the Directoire—a startling revival of which recently led…

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The Show

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 5 August 1908 · page 4

The Show this year is a pronounced success in point of ontries. All classes well filled and the Exhibits are excellent. Our next issue will…

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Show Committee Meeting Thursday, July 30Th 1908

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 5 August 1908 · page 2

Present: Messrs Rankih, (chair) Hutchison, Tubman, Rutherford, Mills, Rootes, Weir, Lange, Clarke, Elliott, Andrew, Dwyer, Souden,…

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Franco-british Exhibition the Gardens and Palaces

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 8 August 1908 · page 6

For some reason that cannot easily be appreciated, the entrance to the Franco-British Exhibition that passes as the "main" one is that which gives access…

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