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Murray · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1897

100 stories in Murray's papers · page 5 of 5

Cobram Show

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 8 October 1897 · page 2

The ninth annual spring show of the Cobram Agricultural and Pastoral Association was held on Tuesday last and proved, financially speaking, the most successful yet…

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Yarrawonga, Show

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 October 1897 · page 3

THE fifteenth annual show was held on Wednesday and Thursday last week, and was well attended. £135 was taken at the gates. Among the prizetakers we…

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All Nation Fair

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Saturday 9 October 1897 · page 2

THE All Nations Fair Jes opened in the Carrington Rink on Wednesday evening The Fair was opened by the Mayor. Mr F. Byrne. In performing this ceremony, he…

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The Narandera Show

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 October 1897 · page 36

The fifteenth annual show of the Narandera Pastoral and Agricultural Association was held on Wednesday and Thursday, 6th and 7th inst. The show was postponed from…

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Berrigan Flower Show

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 15 October 1897 · page 2

Tuesday next promises to be a gala day in Berrigan, the occasion being the annual Flower Show, under the suspices of the Presbyterian Church…

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Short Story a Fair Impostor

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 16 October 1897 · page 1

TAKEN as a type of an exceedingly numerous class of London, residents, it would be difficult to find a better example than that afforded by Mr. and Mrs. Smith, a…

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Hay Horticultural Society. Spring Show

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Saturday 16 October 1897 · page 2

THE Spring Show of this Society was held in the Carrington Bink on Wednesday last. The number and quality of the exhibits on this oocasion compared most favorably with…

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Short Story a Fair Impostor (Continued from last week.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 23 October 1897 · page 2

[?] is completely unstrung, as though [?]d had some frightful shock, or had [?] gone some terrible experience, said the [?] of medicine. But when Mrs. Smith…

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Short Story a Fair Impostor

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 27 October 1897 · page 2

TAKEN as a type of an exceedingly numerous class of London residents, it would be difficult to find a bettor example than that afforded by Mr. and Mrs. Smith, a middle-…

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Short Story a Fair Impostor

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 29 October 1897 · page 2

TAKEN as a type of an exceedingly numerous our class of London residents, it would be difficult to find a better dimple than that afforded by Mr. and Mrs. Smith, a…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Society of Deniliquin. Annual Meeting

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 30 October 1897 · page 2

The Annual Meeting of the members of [?] Deniliquin Pastoral and Agricultural Society [?] held at the Royal Hotel on Thursday after[?] last. The retiring President, Mr W. R. [?]…

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Short Story a Fair Impostor (Continued from last week.)

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 3 November 1897 · page 2

'She is completely unstrung, as though she had had some frightful shook, or had undergone some terrible experience," said the man of medicine. But when Mrs. Smith…

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The Cycling Carnival. Officials

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 November 1897 · page 27

President, Mr. J Brann ; treasurer, Mr. J. Scanlan ; hon, secretaries, Messrs. J. H. Middleton and O. Heilmann ; referee. Mr W. M'Dowall; judges, Messrs. Ball, Wilkinson, and Brann…

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Cycling Carnival at Coolamon

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 November 1897 · page 19

This branoh league's carnival was held on Tuesday at Kindra Park. There was a good attendance. The weather was hot. Splendid entries were received, some from long…

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Cycling Carnival at Corowa. Wednesday, December 8

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 November 1897 · page 37

The Corowa Cycling Club will hold a grand cycling carnival on Wednesday, 8th December. A good programme has been framed for the occasion, containing prize money to…

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Agricultural Society Subsidies

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 4 December 1897 · page 2

ACCORDING to the present Minister of Mines and Agriculture, the administration of his Department as regards subsidies to Agricultural Societies is not as satisfactory as it should…

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The Corowa Cycle Carnival

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 December 1897 · page 3

EVERYTHING, so far, points to a very successful afternoon's sport on Wednesday, and it is expected that there will be a record attendance, not only of the public,…

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Women. What Great Thinkers Have Said About the Fair Sex

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 15 December 1897 · page 5

Some men cheat at cards; all men cheat in love.—Mme. Deluzy. No woman is all sweetness; even the rose has thorns.—Mme. Recamier…

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The Hoppers’ Fair

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 25 December 1897 · page 2

The hop pickers’ annual Sunday fair at East Farleigh, near Maidstone, took place lately, and, despite the wet weather, and the fact that there are hundreds of men,…

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Proposed Exhibition. Colonial Products. London, December 27

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 December 1897 · page 21

The Erlscourt Exhibition Company, which organises extensive shows of various kinds every year, and this year conducted the Victorian Era Exhibition, proposes to…

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