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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1901

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Cooma P & a Association. the Forthcoming Show

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 1 February 1901 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the Committee of the Cooma P and A Association was held at Dodds Hotel yesterday. There were present Me[?]…

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Victorian Gold Jubilee Exhibition

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 9 February 1901 · page 2

ONE of the first Exhibitions of the now century, and probably one of the moot attractive shows of the new Commonwealth, will be that which it is proposed…

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Kipling & the Fair Sex

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 18 February 1901 · page 4

It has frequently been com­plained that Rudyard Kipling does not appreciate women. But it is certain that even as a…

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The Annual Show

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 8 March 1901 · page 2

ON Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, the 19th, 20th, and 21st of March, the Bombala Exhibition Society purposes holding its annual show. In…

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Bombala Exhibition Society. 24Th Annual Show

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 22 March 1901 · page 2

The above Society held its 24th Annual Show on the local Show Ground on Tuesday and Wednesday, and on the racecourse on Thursday. The…

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Bombala Show

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 23 March 1901 · page 4

THE Bombala Exhibition Society held it annual chow on Tuesday and Wednesday last and from a na[?] and financial point of view must to [?]…

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Cooma P.& A. ASSOCIATION Annual Show. March 27 and 28, 1901

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 29 March 1901 · page 2

President: Mr J A Sellar, Vice Presidents Messrs A J Litchfield and F [?]zland, Committee: Messrs E B Backhome, F Blaxland, John Crisp, Robert Crsig, A J…

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[?]Outaion Last Weeks Show

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 1 April 1901 · page 3

The mercy of [?] to show [?] to Friday, [?] the [?] end till saturday [?] the thoughts of the…

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1901, a Record Exhibition

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 19 April 1901 · page 1

Much has been done since the first show held in in New South Wales was opened by Sir Thomas Brisbane at Parramatta in October, 1822. More…

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The Show. The Scene

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 19 April 1901 · page 1

A Chicago policeman, chuffed by his superior officer for having arrested by mistake a negro resembling a coloured gentleman "wanted" for an offence, replied, "All…

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Short Story. a Fair American Or, Jud Bronson's Double. a Story of Rothesay

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 12 July 1901 · page 4

There are some people who are ever ready to sheer at the unemployed, and to assert, with an air of superior knowledge, that people…

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Short Story. a Fair American Cr. Jud Bronson's Double. a Story of Rothesay. (Continued from last issue.)

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 15 July 1901 · page 4

[?] have to work for his [?] you bet I've mad [?] not chuck [?] to nothing…

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Short Story. a Fair American Or, Jud Bronson's Doubles. a Story of Rothesay. (Continued from last issue.)

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 19 July 1901 · page 4

'Hamish Crisbros,' said Pat, Very earnestly 'are you my friend?' 'I hope so, Pat. 'You only hope so?'…

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Short Story. a Fair American, or Jud Bronson's Double. a Story of Rothesay. (Continued from last issue.) III

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 22 July 1901 · page 4

'I have an idea,' said Hamish 'And yet—' 'Yes, yes,' cried Mr.Monrh, 'What do you suspect?'…

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Bombala Exhibition Society. Annual Meeting

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 9 August 1901 · page 2

The annual meeting of the above Society was held at Mr. Jonas's office on Thursday afternoon. There were present:—Messrs. H. T. Edwards (chair)…

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Intercolonial News. SYDNEY, Friday. The Quirindi polo Carnival. Terrible 'baloony smash

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 9 August 1901 · page 2

A terrible accident occurred [?] half-past night o'clock last night, when the balcony of the Imperial hotel, at Quirindi, collapsed with…

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Short Story. "The Husband Show." A Story That Will Make Yon Laugh

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 17 August 1901 · page 9

Mr. Smith heaved heaved a deep sigh of relief when he had finished carving the beef—partly on account of the payaical exertion entailed thereby, and pardy…

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Bills Over a Century Old They Show Tea to Have Deep a Cambridge Student's Favorite Drink

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 6 September 1901 · page 4

There is a bill for groceries, etc., furnished for an undergraduate at Cambridge in the year 1788. The bill contains one or two items of furniture…

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The Paris Exhibition

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 9 November 1901 · page 9

There is walling and gnashing of teeth among a large proportion of the speculator who were confident that the Exhibition would prove a gold mine. Every…

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Commonwealth Fair in aid of Cooma Wesleyan Church Funds

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 6 December 1901 · page 2

The Commonwealth Fair, in aid of the found of the Wesleyan church, Cooma, was opened at the School of Arts by the mayor[?]s,…

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