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Murray · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1893

125 stories in Murray's papers · page 5 of 7

Narandera Show. Narandera

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 August 1893 · page 2

The weather is fine this morning, although it rained all yesterday afternoon. The sheep awards are as follows:— Champion ram, ram over 3½ years, ram over…

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Fair or Dare-haired Women

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 August 1893 · page 2

The fair-haired woman, lissome and loving, has had her day. Dark-eyed beauty, framed in dusky tresses, seems more in keeping with the tall and queenly type of…

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Jerildi Rie Show Challenge Prizfs

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 August 1893 · page 4

Reporting on the Show held recently at Jetilderie, the Jerilderie Herald says:— For the third Challenge Wool Prize there were five [?] viz., Curee, Nowranie…

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The Show Dinner

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 8 August 1893 · page 4

The show dinner took place at the Royal Hotel, about 43 being present. The president (Mr. C. J. Parsons) was in the chair, and Mr. C. H. Cheriton in the vice chair…

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Narrandera Show

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 11 August 1893 · page 3

The twelfth annual show of the Narrandera P. and a. society was [?] on Wednesday and Thursday 2nd and 3rd [?]. the weather on the first…

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California Raisins at the World's Fair

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 August 1893 · page 12

The writer of an article entitled “Fruit at the Chicago Exhibition,” which appeared in the Age recently, makes the following remarks concerning fruit shown in the California Court…

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Deniliquin Pastoral Agricultural Society

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 12 August 1893 · page 2

The ordinary monthly meeting of [?] the Deniliquin Pastoral and Act [?] was held at the Royal Hotel, on [?] Mr Carmichael occupied the [?]…

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Fair or Dark-haired Women

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 16 August 1893 · page 6

The fair-haired woman, lissome and loving, has had her day. Dark-eyed beauty, framed in dusky tresses, seems more in keeping with the tall and queenly type of…

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Albury and Border P. A. and H. Society

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 August 1893 · page 24

A committee meeting of the above society was held at Oaler’s hotel on Thursday last, when there were present—Messrs. G. A. Thompson (in the chair). E. J. Kernan, G. H…

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Show Prize Lists

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 August 1893 · page 24

A Victorian contemporary gives some useful hints regarding the cutting down of prize lists at agricultural shows, as follows :—There are in most prize schedules sections in which valuable…

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Rutherglen Agricultural Society

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 August 1893 · page 3

A MEETING of the above society was held in the council chambers on Tuesday evening last. Present--Messrs, R. J. Burrowes (president, in the chair), J. Stanton, Ed…

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The Post-office at the Fair

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 September 1893 · page 2

"Those poor, dear people," said Mrs Kimberly. "We must get up a fair for them." I forgot just who they were who were…

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The Wagga Show

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 September 1893 · page 4

The Wagga show opened on Wednesday in very unfavorable weather, heavy rain falling at frequent intervals. In spite of the rain, there was, however, a fairly good…

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Deniliquin Pastoral and Agricultural Society. the Ninth Challenge Prize

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 9 September 1893 · page 2

The following is the order of merit, as fixed by the experts, in connection with the exhibits in the Ninth Challenge Prize which was offered at the last Show of the Deniliquin Pastoral and Agricultural…

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Berrigan A. and H. Society

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 15 September 1893 · page 2

A committee meeting of the above was held at the Federal Hotel last Saturday the President Mr J. Jones, occupying the chair. There were also…

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ALBURY & Border Pastoral, Agricultural, and Horticultural Society. Seventeenth Annual Exhibition. Wednesday and Thursday, 13Th and 14Th September. President : Mr G. A..Thomson. VICE-PRESIDENTS :Messers E. J. Kernan, J. D Lankester. and Dr. A.A. Andrews. TREASURER : Mr. W. S. Burt. COMMITTEE: Messrs. J. H Turner. J. W. Grieve. W. S. Chauney, J. H Smith, E. C. Bowyer-Smijth. G. H. Odewahn.J. H. Baltour, Maurice Barlow. Alex M’Bean junr., Dr. W. C. Woods, and J. Wenke SECRETARY :Geo. K. Mackay

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 September 1893 · page 17

The Albury Show is once more a thing of the past. According to the numeration of the Pastoral and Agricultural Society, as at present established, the exhibition brought to a…

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Deniliquin Pastoral and Agricultural Society

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 16 September 1893 · page 4

A special meeting of the members of the Deniliquin Pastoral and Agricultural Society was held at the Royal Hotel on Wednesday last. Mr Burchfield occupied the chair, and the following members…

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The Wagga Show

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 16 September 1893 · page 3

Reporting on the awards for sheep at the Wagga show the Express says that in the the Wagga merino rams Mr E. W. Donnely secured first and champion, grand champion, and National prizes…

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Albury Show Exhibits. Machinery Section

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 September 1893 · page 26

In our report in last week’s issue of the above exhibits we omitted to mention the exhibit[?] of J. M. Dolan, of Wangaratta, which consisted first and foremost of a set of six barrows made…

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Fitzgerald Bros.’ Circus and Menagerie. a Great Australian Show

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 September 1893 · page 25

We have had with us a purely Australian enterprise—Fitzgerald Brothers’ circus and menagerie—and a few particulars as to the origin and subsequent growth of what is now…

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