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Murray · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1890

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The Village Fair

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 1 January 1890 · page 2

A meeting of the general committee in connection with the above in held at the Athenseum on Monday night Mr. A. P. Stewart, president of the Jockey Club…

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Albury and Border Pastoral and Agricultural Society. Annual Meeting

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 January 1890 · page 24

The annual meeting of the above society took place on Wednesday at the Albury Hotel. Mr. Grieve occupied the chair. The Chairman having read a telegram from…

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Benambra Agricultural and Pastoral Society. First Annual Show. Tallangatta

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 January 1890 · page 19

The inaugural show of the B[?]nambre Agricultural and Pastoral Society was held in the sale yards of Messrs. Griffith and Co. a Tallangatta, on Thursday, 23rd inst. The…

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Deniliquin Pastoral and Agricultural Society

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 15 February 1890 · page 3

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Council of the Deniliquin Pastoral and Agricultural Society was held at the Royal Hotel on Wednesday last. The newly elected President (Mr James…

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Hay Jockey Club Fancy Fair

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 25 February 1890 · page 2

A meeting of the commutes formed to carry out the above was held on Saturday evening. The following were present:—Messrs A. P. Stewart (in the chair), H. N. Bowden, Dr…

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The Rutherglen Show

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 February 1890 · page 26

On Tuesday the judges, Messrs. H. Fraser (Brown's Plains), Arnold (Corowa), and Dr. Leslie, commenced the sampling of 120 samples of wins entered for competition. the wins…

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The American Exhibition of 1892. LONDON, February 21

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 February 1890 · page 18

In connection with the Grand International Exhibition which it is proposed to hold in the United States in 1892, in commemoration of the discovery of America by Columbus 400…

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Corowa Pastoral and Agricultural Society

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 March 1890 · page 3

A GENERAL committee meeting was held a the Globe Hotel on Tuesday last, Mr. H. Hay in the chair. The secretary (Mr. A. A. Piggin) presented the annual balance…

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Deniliquin Pastoral and Agricultural Society

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 15 March 1890 · page 2

A meeting of the members of the above Society was held at the Royal Hotel on Wednesday (to-day) at two o’clock. Present: Mr J. Burchfield, in the chair, and Messrs Faulks, C. C. M’Culloch, Austin…

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A Fair Athlete

The Riverine Grazier · Thursday 3 April 1890 · page 1

She could airing a six-pound dum-bell, She could fense, and she could box; She could row upon the river, She Could clamber mong the roots;…

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The Agricultural Society of New South Wales. the Annual Show

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 April 1890 · page 3

THE annual show of the Agricultural Society was opened in Moore Park on Wednesday when the judging was almost completed. The show has previously been…

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Horticultural & Floral Show

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 9 April 1890 · page 3

On Monday evening last the Mayor of Balranald (Ald J. Grinham) opened the above show in connection with the Church of England Bazaar. A large…

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Deniliquin Pastoral and Agricultural Society

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 19 April 1890 · page 2

The ordinary monthly meeting of the [?] the Deniliquin Pastoral and Agricultural [?] was held on Wednesday last at the Royal [?] Messrs James Dickson in the chair, James [?]…

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A Fair Athlete

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 April 1890 · page 1

She could swing a six-pound dum-bell, She could fence, and she could box; She could row upon the river, She could clamber 'mong the rocks;…

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H.j.c. Village Fair

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 29 April 1890 · page 2

A meeting of the Hay Jockey Club Village Fair Committee was held on Saturday afternoon last, there being present Mr. A. P. Stewart (in the chair), Mesdames Bowden…

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A Fair Athlete

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 30 April 1890 · page 1

She could awing a six pound dam-bell, She could fence, and she could box; She could row upon the river, She could clamber 'mong the rocks;…

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The Village Fair

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 30 April 1890 · page 2

A FINAL meeting of the committee of the village fair, which in to he held at the Carrington Rink nest week in aid of the funds nf tho Hay Jockey Club, was held…

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Hay Jockey Club Village Fair

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 9 May 1890 · page 3

The Village Fair held for the purpose of raising money to liquidate the debt on the Hay Jockey Club was opened on Tuesday evening, and continued on Wednesday and last…

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The Mining Exhibition. London, May 1

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 May 1890 · page 18

New South Wales has applied for 15,000 square feet of space at the International Mining Exhibition, which is to be opened in the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, in July…

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The Village Fair

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Saturday 10 May 1890 · page 2

FOR some years past the Hay Jockey Club has labored under the disadvantage of having a heavy debt hanging over it, which hat to a great extent hindered the…

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