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Murray · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1895

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Pastoral and Agricultural Society

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 May 1895 · page 27

A meeting of committee was held at the Club Hotel on Wednesday, Mr. J. Lankester in the chair. The other members present were:—Messrs. T. H. Griffith, W…

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Hay Horticultural Society. The Chrysanthemum Show. A Great Success

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 May 1895 · page 2

The chrysanthemum show of the Hay Horticultural Society which was held on Wednesday last in the Carrington Rink, were a signal success, the exhibits quite eclipsing…

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A Fair Nihilist. How a Russian Prince made a Startling Discovery about his Wife

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 8 May 1895 · page 3

In the late '7O's, a few years before the death of the late Czar, one of the most important personages of the Russian Empire was Prince Michale Radloff…

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Deniliquin Pastoral Agricultural Society

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 11 May 1895 · page 2

The ordinary monthly meeting of the [?] the Deniliquin Pastoral and Agricultural [?] was held at the Royal Hotel on [?] Mr. W. [?] the [?]…

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Feminine Football. a Revolting Exhibition

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 14 May 1895 · page 4

When (writes a London paper) ten thousand or more people—men, women, and children—feel themselves compelled to roar with laughter without a…

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A Chrysanthemum Exhibition in Japan

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 May 1895 · page 10

The following picturesque account of a Japanese chrysanthemum show is quoted from the French of Pierre Loti, the distin-guished novelist and traveller. As an…

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Bourke Show

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 May 1895 · page 28

Concerning the Bourke Show, a correspondent writes:—“ Light rain set in early on the morning of the show, the steady kind without cold, which is most beneficial to the Western…

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Vanity Fair: the New House Gown

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 1 June 1895 · page 2

The day of the wrapper is past The flat has gone forth that wrappers, [?] are no longer good form, and, excepting in one’s own room, are not allowable. Smoothly…

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Albury and Border Pastoral and Agricultural Society. Received

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 June 1895 · page 26

A meeting of the committee was held on Wednesday. Mr. Lankester occupied the chair, the other members present being Messrs. Zweck, Schilg, Morton, Cannon,…

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Liberty Bell at the World's Fair

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 June 1895 · page 4

The famous old Liberty bell during the World's fair is located on the right side of the main entrance in the Pennsylvania state building. It is suspended from the…

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The Pastoral and Agricultural Society

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 8 June 1895 · page 2

SOME time ago we commented on the fact that the local Pastoral and Agricultural Society had taken the unusual course in Societies of that description, of going outside of the locality from which it…

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Vanity Fair. the New House Gown

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 12 June 1895 · page 6

The day of the wrapper is put. The flat has gone forth that wrappers, tike bangs, are no longer good form, and, excepting in one's own room, are not allowable. Smoothly…

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The Paris Exhibition

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 June 1895 · page 10

TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH. The Paris Exhibition of 1900 is to cost four millions sterling, and will cover an area of nearly 2000 acres, including the…

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Vanity Fair; the New House Gown

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 14 June 1895 · page 1

The day of the wrapper to past. The fiat has gone forth that wrappers, take bangs, are no longer good form, and, excepting in one’s own room, are not allowable. Smoothly…

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Hamilton’s Circus. a Colossal Show. Visit to Albury

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 June 1895 · page 21

On Monday next this immense combination will cross the border and inaugurate its tour of New South Wales, preparatory to opening in Sydney on 14th July. In these times of…

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Feminine Football. a Revolting Exhibition

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 22 June 1895 · page 4

When (writes a London paper) ten thousand or more people—men, women and children—feel themselves compelled to roar with laughter without a moment’s notice and without the faintest…

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Vanity Fair. American Letter

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 29 June 1895 · page 2

The newest hats promise to be veritable aviaries. Last May and June the forehanded dealers in birds and feathers died, mounted and packed away for the fall trade thousands…

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Rutherglen Agricultural Society

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 July 1895 · page 5

THE adjourned meeting of the Rutherglen Agricultural Society was held on Tuesday evening, when there were present Mr R. J. Burrowes and about seventeen members…

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Vanity Fair. Dress and Fashion

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 6 July 1895 · page 2

Chiffon is dead. Such is one event at least of the month. Henceforward no woman who has any regard for herself will be seen with an atom of the sweet, flimsy fabric on her…

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Vanity Fair. American Letter

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 10 July 1895 · page 6

The newest hats promise to be veritable aviaries. Last May and Jane the forehanded dealers in birds and feathers died, mounted and packed away for the fall trade thousands…

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