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Murray · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1890

93 stories in Murray's papers · page 2 of 5

The Village Fair

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 14 May 1890 · page 2

THE Village Fair was continued on Friday and Saturday nights. On Friday there was only a moderate attendance, but on Saturday there was it very large attendance…

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The London Mining Exhibition. London, May 7

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 May 1890 · page 18

At the request of Sir Saul Samuel, the Agent-General for New South Wales, the opening of the International Mining Exhibition, which is to be held at the…

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Deniliquin Pastoral and Agricultural Society

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 17 May 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 President (Mr James Dickson) occupied the…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Society’s Union

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 24 May 1890 · page 2

SOME time ago a letter was read at a meeting of the Deniliquin F. and A. Society from the Metropolitan Pastoral and Agricultural Society suggesting a union of all the Agricultural Societies in the…

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Australian Wines at the Paris Exhibition

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 May 1890 · page 3

MR. RAUCH, who had charge of the Victorian and South Australian wines at the Paris Exhibition, returned this week by the R.M.S. Ballarat. He is well…

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Exhibition of the Silver Sheep-shearing Machine

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 May 1890 · page 2

MESSRS. A. A. Piggin & Co., the local agents for Messrs. Younghusband & Co., gave an exhibition of this machine yesterday at Mr. Nugent's cordial…

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Albury and Border Pastoral and Agricultural Society

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 June 1890 · page 27

A meeting of the committee was held on Wednesday evening, Mr. G. A. Thompson in in the chair. The [?] members present were Messrs. C. H. Dig[?]t, Balfour, G. H…

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Correspondence. a Want in the Prize List of the Albury Show.to the Editor of the Albury Banner

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 June 1890 · page 27

SIR,—As a believer in sheep that cut their own grass I must take exception to the regulations for the sheep classes in the Albury show prize-list. Grass-fed sheep are placed at a…

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Rutherglen Agricultural Society

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 June 1890 · page 2

THE adjourned annual meeting on Tuesday night was attended by about 40 members. D. Ralston, president, in the chair. The minutes of the last annual meeting…

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An Exhibition Adventure

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 June 1890 · page 7

When everybody was going to the Paris Exhibition, Mrs. Doubel did not see why she should not go too. Mr. Doubel, however, did, and the wife of his bosom was…

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Deniliquin Pastoral and Agricultural Society

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 14 June 1890 · page 2

The ordinary monthly meeting of the [?] the Deniliquin Pastoral and Agricultural [?] was held at the Royal Hotel on [?] The President (Mr James Dickson) [?]…

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The Cake Fair

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 June 1890 · page 2

The annual Cake Fair in aid of the [?] Ladies’ [?] Society of [?] opened at the Town Hall on Wednesday [?] The attendance during the early part of [?]…

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Corowa Agricultural Society

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

A MEETING of the above society was held on Friday last at the Riverina Hotel. Present: -- Mr. P. M'Farland (President, in the chair), and Messrs…

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The Pastoral Show

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 July 1890 · page 2

The entries for the show closed on Wednesday last, and although maintaining in all other classes the standard of last year, they show a great falling off in the sheep section,…

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Beniliquin Pastoral and Agricultural Society

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 12 July 1890 · page 1

The Ordinary monthly meeting of the Council of the Deniliquin Pastoral and Agricultural Society was held at the Royal Hotel, on Wednesday last. Mr J, S. Brain occupied the chair; and the…

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The Show

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 12 July 1890 · page 2

NEXT week is always looked forward to as the Carnival one or the year. The Deniliquin Show rightly owes its attractiveness to its importance as a sheep exhibition, bat a look…

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Show Dinner

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Saturday 12 July 1890 · page 2

The annual dinner in connection with the Hay Pastoral Association Show was held at Tattersall's Hotel on Thursday evening. The dinner was served up in the billiard…

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The Show Ball

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Saturday 12 July 1890 · page 3

The annual ball in connection with the Show was held at the Alma Rink on Wednesday evening, and was fairly attended, there being about forty-five…

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Hay Jockey Club Show Meeting. First Day

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 15 July 1890 · page 3

The Hay Jockey Club had every reason to be satisfied with the attendance on the first day of the show meeting. The post[?]nement of the meeting on account of the weather, no…

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Deniliquin Pastoral and Agricultural Society. the Judges

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 19 July 1890 · page 2

Merino Sheep.—Messrs John G. Gray, A. W. McPherson, A. A. White, W. B. Sangar, W. Moodie, A. H Cox, W. H Bullivant, J. Robertson Cattle—T Stodart, J W McLaurin, W R Virgoe,…

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