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Shows & fairs, 1897

20 stories in Mid North Coast's papers

Honey for Exhibition

Macleay Argus · Saturday 9 January 1897 · page 15

In view of Dairy Shows and the numerous exhibitions generally held, at which prizes are offered for the beat specimens of both comb and raw honey, a few hints anent…

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The Coming Show

Macleay Argus · Saturday 16 January 1897 · page 8

THE annual exhibition of the Macleay A. H. and I. Association is near at hand. In four weeks from next Wednesday, the show will be opened, and…

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The Royal Agricultural Show

Macleay Argus · Saturday 23 January 1897 · page 9

In connection with the Easter show, the Board of Exports have arranged a number of special prizes for competition, with the object of…

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Licensing Vehicles at Show Time. To the Editor

Macleay Argus · Saturday 23 January 1897 · page 7

SIR, -- I see by the report of the Council meeting in Saturday's issue of your paper that Ald. O'Halloran must have lost his usual good common sense when he suggested…

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The Coming Show

Macleay Argus · Saturday 13 February 1897 · page 6

THE 16th annual exhibition of the Macleay A. H. and I. Association will be declared open on Wednesday next. Should the weather prove propitious,…

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The Macleay Show

Macleay Argus · Saturday 20 February 1897 · page 9

THE 16th annual exhibition of the Macleay A. H. and I. Association, held on Wednesday, Thursday, and yesterday, was not a pronounced…

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Show Exhibits

Macleay Argus · Saturday 27 February 1897 · page 8

In this week's issue of our contemporary appears a letter above the signature of " Fair Play," calling attention to an omission on our part…

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Port Macquarie Show

Macleay Argus · Saturday 13 March 1897 · page 5

THE annual show of the Port Macquarie and Hastings District Agricultural Society was held on Wednesday and Thursday last. The number of entries totalled…

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The Agricultural Show. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Saturday 17 April 1897 · page 12

The Governor opened the annual exhibition of the Royal Agricultural Society to-day. The weather is splendid, the number of entries very large,…

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Fatality at a Show. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Saturday 15 May 1897 · page 9

At the Wellington Agricultural Show yesterday, a man named W. Henson dropped dead while entering the ring…

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Kinchela Carnival

Macleay Argus · Saturday 26 June 1897 · page 10

THE Carnival at Kinchela on Monday came to a very successful issue. This great day has been talked of for some time, and owing to the very wet…

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The Sheep Show. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Saturday 3 July 1897 · page 12

Mr. McCaughey's Vermont ram Aristocrat has been awarded the grand championship prize at the Sheep Show…

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The Next Show

Macleay Argus · Saturday 24 July 1897 · page 8

At the last meeting of the committee of the Macleay A. H. and I. Association, the dates of next show were fixed, and the schedule of prizes…

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Short Story a Fair Nihilist

Macleay Argus · Saturday 28 August 1897 · page 14

A FEW years ago the Countess Peterhof Doshkoroff was the most beautiful woman and the acknowledged belle of St. Petersburg. If you happened to be in the Russian…

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World's Fair Novelty Co

Macleay Argus · Saturday 4 September 1897 · page 9

The travelling representative of this company is now in Kempsey, and has on view a complete lot of scientific, useful and amusing novelties, which…

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Presbyterian Sale of Gifts and Industrial Exhibition

Macleay Argus · Saturday 11 September 1897 · page 12

THIS annual function took place at the Good Templars' Hall on Wednesday and Thursday last. The whole affair was a most emphatic success,…

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Flower Show

Macleay Argus · Saturday 9 October 1897 · page 9

The annual Flower Show, in aid of the Wesleyan Church, will be held at the Good Templars' Hall, Kempsey, on Wednesday and Thursday next…

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Flower Show

Macleay Argus · Saturday 16 October 1897 · page 9

THE annual flower show, in aid of the funds of the Wesleyan Church, came off on Wednesday and Thursday last at the Good Templars' Hall. In spite…

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Short Story a Fair Impostor

Macleay Argus · Saturday 30 October 1897 · page 14

TAKEN as a type of an exceedingly numerous class of London residents, it would be difficult to find a better example than that afforded by Mr. and Mrs. Smith, a…

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Short Story a Fair Impostor (Continued from last week.)

Macleay Argus · Saturday 6 November 1897 · page 14

'She is completely unstrung, as though she had had some frightful shock, or had undergone some terrible experience,' said the man of medicine. But when Mrs. Smith…

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