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Murray · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1906

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The Premier Show

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 September 1906 · page 33

The success of the annual show of the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria this year has aroused some interest in the question as to which is the largest show in…

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The Girl Who Did Nothing. Fable of Fair and Unfair

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 September 1906 · page 2

"And what do you go in for. Sir John?" said Mrs Mildmay across the lunch-table. "Oh, I'll take claret, thanks!" I said…

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Show Day. Opening of the New Grounds. Great All-round Success. Splendid Weathers

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 21 September 1906 · page 2

[?] Wednesday last to great the opening of the Berrigan Pastoral and Agricultural [?]…

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Rutherglen Show

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 26 September 1906 · page 2

In our advertising columns will be found some particulars of the annual Show to be hold at Rutherglen on Wednesday, October 24. Entries in…

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The Berrigan Show

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 26 September 1906 · page 3

The Berrigan Show was a groat success, the weather being splendid. The attendance and entries were records. Messrs. G. Reynoldson, and…

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Fair Play

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 28 September 1906 · page 6

A group of American commercial travellers were telling yarns on tho subject of hospitality, when one of them took up his parable thus:…

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Not a Fair Deal

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 28 September 1906 · page 4

Two boys who managed to be rather unruly in school so exasperated their teacher that she requested them to remain after hours and write their…

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Care of Exhibition Poultry

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 September 1906 · page 17

As a rule, fowls are given too much water on their arrival at the show pen. If the birds have travelled far this water is soon used up. It would be better to…

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Wangaratta Show

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 September 1906 · page 5

Judicious advertising, a good show, and an energetic and pushing secretary have done much to popularise the Wangaratta show…

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The Berrigan Show

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 September 1906 · page 46

For weeks before the annual Agricultural Show at Berrigan the rain came in more than moderation throughout the Berrigan and Finley districts. It looked…

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The Yarrawonga Show

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 September 1906 · page 5

The Yarrawonga show was opened on Wednesday and continued yesterday. The first day was fine and warm, but rain set in at about…

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The Girl Who Did Nothing. Fable of Fair and Unfair

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 28 September 1906 · page 6

"And what do you go in for, Sir John?" said Mrs Mildmay across the lunch-table. "Oh, I'll take claret, thanks!" I said…

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Lockhart Show

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 2 October 1906 · page 2

The first Lockhart show last Wednesday was a great success, and it is estimated that fully 3000 persons were present. Mr. R.T…

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New South Wales. the Eight Hours Show. Unusually Successful. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 2 October 1906 · page 2

The Eight Hours procession, which was held in good weather to-day, was witnessed by largo crowds in the streets. Fifty-three industrial…

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A.J.C. Carnival. Second Day. Solution Wins the Metropolitan. Late "Hail" Wire. SYDNEY

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 2 October 1906 · page 4

This afternoon the Australian Jockey Club's Spring meeting was continued at Randwick. The weather was fine and the attendance very large…

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Another Exhibition Proposed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 3 October 1906 · page 2

A Franco-British Exhibition, to be held in 1908 at Shepherd's Bush, London, W. is now being organised. All the British dependencies and…

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Benalla. the Benalla Show. Benalla

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 3 October 1906 · page 2

The Show opened to-day in beautiful weather. There was a fine attendance. While the judging was going on the river, which has been flooded by…

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Poultry for Rutherglen Show

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 October 1906 · page 5

Mr. Temple, Stock Inspector at Wahgunyah, has received permission from the authorities to allow few South Wales poultry, to be shown at…

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The Benalla Show. Ground Flooded

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 October 1906 · page 45

The Benalla Agricultural Society has been singularly unfortunate this year. On Tuesday, the opening day of the annual show, the Broken River rose to…

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Improvements at the Show Ground

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 5 October 1906 · page 2

As suggested in the "Morning Mail" during the recent A. and B. P. A. and H. Society's show, an effort is to be made to remove the horse…

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