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New England · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1898

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The Show

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 23 March 1898 · page 3

In its report of the recent Shew in Armidale the Glen Innes Examiner says:—"The ring management was faulty, and unnecessary delays were…

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France and China Fair and Friendly Settlement

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 23 March 1898 · page 3

Speaking in the Chamber of Depnties the Minister for Foreign Affairs stated that France bad no desire to settle in the province of Yunnan,…

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Walcha Show

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 6

The annual Slow was held on Tuesday and Wednesday last. There was a [?] each day, [?] gate [?]. The…

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Show Notes

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 2 April 1898 · page 2

There were eight entries for the "Witness" prize. Some people will imagine that the local newspaper is held in high esteem, and that there…

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Tainworth Show

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 2 April 1898 · page 3

The annual Show of the Tammorth P. end A. Association took piece on Tuesday end Wednesday last. The attendance on the first day was only…

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Tenterfield Show

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 2 April 1898 · page 3

The Treasurer of the Tenterfield P. and A. Society reports that the profit from the late show, with subsidy, will amount to about L300. The dates for…

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Tamworth Show

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 2 April 1898 · page 3

Between 4000 and 5000 people attended the show at Tamworth on Wednesday last, when a special train ran down from Armidale, a number…

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Sydney Show

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 9 April 1898 · page 3

The Annual Exhibition of the Royal Agricultural Society was opened at Moore Park yesterday. The official opening took place…

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Sydney Exhibition. Opened To-day

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 9 April 1898 · page 3

The Royal Agricultural Society's Exhibition was opened to-day at Moor Park by Lord Hampden…

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Royal Agricultural Show

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 13 April 1898 · page 4

The attendance at the Royal Agricultural Show in Sydney on Friday war estimated at 3[?],000. The receipts at the show on…

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Hawkesbary Show Colonel Bell on the War

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 14 May 1898 · page 4

At the official opening of the Hawkesbusy Show to-day, Colonel Bell, the American Consul, expressed the opinion that the war between…

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The Paris Exhibition

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 4 June 1898 · page 2

New South Wales, after all, is not going to make a very brave show at the forthcoming Paris Exhibtion. Interviewed on the subject the other…

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The 1900 Exhibition

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 4 June 1898 · page 2

Each day brings out some new adjunct to the 1900 exhibition. The latest is a big international anti. Tobacco-Congress, which is to be held…

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Whisky For the Fair

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 June 1898 · page 4

DISTRICT-INSPECTOR BALL, of tile Royal Irish Constabulary, stationed at Tralee, gave some starling evidence lately before the Royal Commission on Liceneing, presided over by Lord Peel. He…

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Adelaide. Fair to All

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 17 June 1898 · page 3

In the opinion of the Treasurer the Convention Bill scheme of finance is absolutely fair to all colonies…

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Quirindi Polo Carnival

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 6 August 1898 · page 2

Tho first day of the Quirindi annual polo carnival, August 1st, broke bright: and clear with a golden sun shedding its glorious rays in a vastness of blue…

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Yesterday's News. [By Telegraph.] [Through Our Special Agents.] a Successful Fair. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 September 1898 · page 5

Over £13,000 were cleared by the recent fair in aid of St. Mary's Cathedral…

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Our Wires. (Per Greville's Telegram Company) Sydney. Monday, 10.20 a.m. Result of a Fair

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 September 1898 · page 3

Over £13,000 was cleared by the recent fair in aid of St. Mary's Cathedral…

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The Glen Innes Armidale District Show

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 16 September 1898 · page 2

A SUCCESSFUL, meeting of delegates to arrange a schedule for the forthcoming combined District Show was held in the Town Hall on Wednesday, when there were present…

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Grain and Chaff. He Wanted to See the Show

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 16 September 1898 · page 2

THE flocks aud the herds don't count when show comes along. On Tuesday evening a count joskin strolled into a shop in Grey street, to inquire what the charge was to see the circus. "I've been…

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