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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1904

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Duchess's Union Fair Americans Boycotted

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 8 April 1904 · page 5

The "New York Journal" learns that "an informal union of native British ducheeses has been formed for the purpose of boycotting the new Duchess of…

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The Show

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 9 April 1904 · page 5

The total receipts at the Royal Agricultural Show were £6300, being £500 below last year's total…

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Duchess's Union Fair Americans Boycotted

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 9 April 1904 · page 3

The "New York Journal" learns that "an Informal union of native British duchesses has been formed for the purpose of boycotting the now Duchess of…

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Dubbo Trotters at the R.A. Show

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 9 April 1904 · page 4

AT the Sydney Show on Tuesday, in the trotting exhibition, for ponies in saddle, C. H. Filz-Gerald's Lucinda and R. Beckett's Major Taylor led off. The distance was three times…

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Sydney Metropolitan Show. Easter, 1904. The Clyde Works Exhibit

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 9 April 1904 · page 3

THE Clyde Engineering Company's exhibit this year is the largest, and most striking of any of this establishment's annual displays. Fully occupying the floor, walls, pillars, and…

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Orange Annual Show

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 13 April 1904 · page 2

ORANGE will be en fete on April the 20th, £1st and 22nd, when the Annual Show is to be held. The prize list exceeds £800, so that there is something substantial for…

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Bathurst Show. Wednesday to

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 13 April 1904 · page 2

APRIL 13th, 14th, 15th, and 16th, are the days set apart for the Bathurst Show, the date of the public holiday being get for Thuraday the 14th. The show at the city…

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Bathurst Show

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 April 1904 · page 4

The forty-second Bathurst show opened yesterday. The weather was favorable and there was a good attendance. Some of the awards are as follows:—Blood horse, John…

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The Show

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 April 1904 · page 4

As a final reminder we would draw attention to the fact that entries for the coming show on 27th and 28th instant close with the secretary, Mr. A. E. Rotton, on Monday…

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Dubbo P., A., and H Association Meeting of Committee

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 16 April 1904 · page 4

A,MEETING of the Committee of the Dubbo P., A. and H. Association was held at the Association rooms on Tuesday evening. Present: Mr. V. Mack (in the chair), Messrs Stevenson,…

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Trotting and Jumping at the Bathurst Show

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 16 April 1904 · page 4

At the Bathurst Show, the prize for Trotting Stallion in harness, over 3 yours, to bo judged for speed, style and quality, was awarded to Mrs. M. White's Mambrino Abdallah. Mr. C…

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Coonamble Show

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 20 April 1904 · page 2

THE Coonamble P. and A. Association's show will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 3 and 4, the society having courteously given way to the Dubbo…

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Carnival Week at Coonamble

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 20 April 1904 · page 1

CARNIVAL week at Coonamble, which takes place on the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th of May, this year promises to be the most successful ever held in the northern town. In consequence of…

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Wellington Show. Special Trains

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 20 April 1904 · page 2

AN advertisement in this issue notifies that on Tuesday and Wednesday, 26th and 27th April, cheap tickets at single fare for double journey will be issued at Bathurst, Nyngan, Coonamble,…

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The Hospital and the Show Kiosk. Arrangement arrived at

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 20 April 1904 · page 2

AT the meeting of the P., A. and H. Association on Thursday last, a verbal application was made by the Hospital Committee, through Mr. Busby, for the use of the kiosk on the Show…

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The Show. Next Wednesday and

The Wellington Times · Thursday 21 April 1904 · page 4

The annual show of the Wellington P., A., and H. Society will be held next Wednesday and Thursday and all the indications are for a successful exhibition. The entries exceed those of last year. Conditions…

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Industrial Exhibition

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 2

THE Industrial Exhibition and Sale of Work held in the Masonic Hall by the local Methodist Church, closed on Monday evening last, and proved a great…

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Royal Agricultural Show. An Illustrated Account

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 3

With this issue of the LIBERAL is sent out to subscribers a profusely illustrated description of the recently held Royal Agricultural Show. The work has been…

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Trotting at the Orange Show. Mr. J. H. Mitchell's Phyllis M Successful

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 4

At the Orange Show on Thursday the trotting events attracted great attention. We are pleaced to notice that Mr. Harry Mitchell, of Dubbo, won the Canoblas Handicap Trot with…

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The Show. Next Wednesday and

The Wellington Times · Monday 25 April 1904 · page 3

Wellington's annual show, which takes place next Wednesday and Thursday, is of coarse the subject which claims the attention of everyone locally. Last year, as we…

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