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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1889

4 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers

Melbourne Exhibition. Sydney, February 1

The Western Herald · Saturday 2 February 1889 · page 5

124,000 people at ended at the last days of the Melbourne e[?]bition…

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French Exhibition. London, April 1

The Western Herald · Wednesday 3 April 1889 · page 2

On the opening of the French Exhibition there is to be a fireworks and torchlight profession, of 15,000 soldiers, and a boat carnival on the Seine…

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Show Banquet

The Western Herald · Saturday 22 June 1889 · page 6

THE usual banquet an [?] with the [?] show was held [?]…

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Walgett Show. July 18

The Western Herald · Saturday 20 July 1889 · page 5

YESTERDAY and to-day proved rainy, the whole place being knee deep in mud and slush. The sheep and cattle were judged, but the horses were not paraded. The sheep exhibits were good in…

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