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Shows & fairs, 1876

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Albury and Border Pastoral, Agricultural, & Horticultural Association. Spring Show

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 2 September 1876 · page 10

The first Pastoral Exhibition arranged under the auspices of the Albury and Border Pastoral, Agricultural, and Horticultural Society, was held on Thursday last at the Society’s yards, Albury,…

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Correspondence. the Late Pastoral Show. to the Editor of the Albury Banner

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 9 September 1876 · page 11

SIR,—Permit me to occupy a small portion of your paper with a few comments on the Pastoral Show. You state in your report that the judges’ decisions were “generally well considered and…

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Awards for Draught Horses at the Late Cattle Show. to the Editor of the Albury Banner

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 9 September 1876 · page 11

SIR,—The Albury and Border Pastoral Agricultural Association have reason to congratulate themselves on the late show, it being the opinion of many that the exhibits of horses and cattle…

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Western District Pastoral and Agricultural Society's Show

The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 13 September 1876 · page 1

The eighteenth annual exhibition of sheep horses and cattle of the Western District Pastoral and Agricultural Society commenced on 6th September, under the most favorable…

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The Agricultural Show

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 15 September 1876 · page 3

THE fiftenth annual exhibition of the Wah[?]nyah, Corowa, and Murray Valley Pastoral, Agricultural, and Horticultural Society was held at the…

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Correspondence. the Late Pastoral Show at Albury. to the Editor of the Albury Banner

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 16 September 1876 · page 8

SIR,—I see have been [?] the Albury Show, and Killing it a great success: and so it was for a start, but [?] it is to continue a success there must be [?] alterations about it. First…

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Murrumbidgee Pastoral Association Twelfth Annual Exhibition. (From the Wagga Wagga Advertiser.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 23 September 1876 · page 4

The twelfth annual exhibition of the Pastoral Association came off on the 13th instant under the most favourable circumstances. The weather was fine for some days previous, and as…

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Fales and Sketches. Gup, by an Old Soldier. Told by the Show

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 23 September 1876 · page 2

SERGEANT CRANSTONE’S chat as we rode homewards to Greenwich was quite refreshing to me, cooped up as I was for so many hours in the day without a soul to speak to,…

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Correspondence. the Date of the Pastoral Show. to the Editor of the Albury Banner

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 23 September 1876 · page 11

SIR,—You think I am mistaken in my opinion in holding the Show three or four weeks earlier. Well, I never thought myself infallible, but still, as I said before, for the benefit of horse breeders…

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Correspondence. the Draught Horse Awards at the Late Albury Show.to the Editor of the Albury Banner

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 23 September 1876 · page 11

Sir,—Having observed one or two letters in your paper reflecting upon the judgment of the gentlemen who, at a good deal of trouble and inconvenience to themselves, acted as judges of horse…

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Victorian Notes. the Racing Carnival

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 11 November 1876 · page 2

Being one of those few persons who, from a sense of modesty, cannot raise their courage —or impudence—sufficiently to beguile their friends with bold but false prophecies, I must therefore…

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Agricultural Society

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 December 1876 · page 2

A MEETING of the Wahgunyah, Cor[?] and Murray Valley Agricultural and Horticultural Society was held last Tuesday afternoon at the Empire…

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A Pastoral and Agricultural Show for Corowa. to the Editor of the Albury Banner

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 23 December 1876 · page 11

SIR,—I trust you will excuse me the liberty I take in writing to you on the subject of forming a Pastoral, Agricultural, and Horticultural Show, to be held annually at Corowa. The fact of my…

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