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Murray · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1912

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Albury Polo Carnival. Fixture Postponed Indefinitely. Footballers and the Ground

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 9 May 1912 · page 4

At last night's meeting of the Albury Municipal Council the following letter was received from the joint hon. secretaries Albury Polo Club under date April 26…

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Proposed Vice-regal Visit to Albury. Council and Show Society to Confer

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 9 May 1912 · page 4

At the meeting of the Albury Municipal Council last night, the following letter was received from the secretary of the Albury and Border P.A. and H. Society (Mr…

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The Sydney Show. a Countryman's Chat

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 4

"Been to the Show? Rather. I do my three days at the Sydney Show every year. Wouldn't miss it for a Coronation. Not me. Don't I get…

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Exhibits at the Show. Massey-harris Co., Ltd

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 5

There is nothing succeeds like success. This old truism has certainly been well exemplified in the case of Massey-Harris Co., Ltd., and we may…

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Vice-royalty at Show Time. Question Discussed by the Council. the Mayor Wants the Money for the Streets

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 28

At the regular meeting of the Albury Municipal Council on Wednesday night, a letter was received from Mr. W. I. Johnson, secretary, Albury P., A. and H. society,…

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Boxing Carnival

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 11 May 1912 · page 2

Attention is drawn to the advertisement is to-day’s issue of the revised list of weights for the boxing carnival to be held at the Lyceum on Saturday,…

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Flower Show

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 11 May 1912 · page 2

A very successful Flower Show was held on Thursday afternoon and evening under the auspices of the Church of England. The standard of blooms shown…

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First Jerilderie Show. First Show held at Jerilderie in July 1870. (By One who was there.)

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 17 May 1912 · page 3

They held a Show the other day, Out on the Billabong over the way. And it rained cats, dogs, and umbrellas they say,…

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Corowa P., A. and H. Society. Preparing for the Show

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 May 1912 · page 3

A special meeting of the council of the Corowa P., A. and H. Society was held at the School of Arts on Thursday afternoon, to receive reports from…

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Vice-regal Visit to Albury. Invitation to Next Show

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 23 May 1912 · page 2

At the meeting of the Albury Municipal Council last evening, the Mayor (Aid. Allan), referred to the committee that had been appointed to meet a sub-committee of…

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Corowa P., A. and H. Society

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 May 1912 · page 2

A meeting of ladles interested in the Corowa P., A and H. Society was held in the School of Arts yesterday afternoon to revise the fancy work and…

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Outcome of Baby Show

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 May 1912 · page 33

In the Adelaide Court, Mrs. Zelia Gaton claimed from John Langdon Bonython, proprietor of the "Advertiser," £49 damages. The Claim set out that defendant…

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The State Governor and the Show. Lord Chelmsford Invited to Albury

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 May 1912 · page 45

At the meeting of the Albury Municipal Council on Wednesday night, the Mayor said the council sub-committee had conferred with the show sub-committee in…

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Side-light of the Show

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 29 May 1912 · page 2

TWELVE months ago Mr William McCourt threw a letter-to-the-Editor bombshell into the camp of the Royal Agricultural Society. He followed up with a second…

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OVER 100 Lives Lost. in Picture Show Fire. Madrid

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 30 May 1912 · page 2

Details have now reached here of the shocking disaster at a cinematograph entertainment at Villa Real ia the Basque Province on Monday night…

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Ploughing by Direct Traction. Exhibition at Wagga Experiment Farm

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 31 May 1912 · page 6

An exhibition was held on Thursday of last week at the Wagga Experimental Farm to demonstrate the practical value of the M‘Laren patent…

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Picture Show Disaster. Proprietor Arrested. Madrid

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 31 May 1912 · page 2

The proprietor of the old shop at Villa Real in which the shocking holocaust occurred through a fire breaking out while, a picture show was in progress has been…

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Greatest Flower Show. Gorgeous and Rare Blooms. London, May.23

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 May 1912 · page 42

What is unanimously declared by the press to be the greatest flower show ever held in the world was opened by the King at Chelsea on Wednesday. Flowers, plants,…

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Sports. Wodonga Carnival

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 6

A programme of mixed sports in aid of the movement for the removal of the Wodonga Athenaeum to a more central site. will be held on the Wodonga racecourse on…

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The Carnival of the Sea

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 3

It was Jules Janin, the eminent French writer, who first called the lobster "the marie Cardinal." referring to its red shell, although…

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