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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1906

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Men's Beauty Show. Strange Contest at Southend

The Western Herald · Saturday 6 October 1906 · page 4

At Southend laat month several hundred persons abandoned themselves to a new delight, to wit, a Men's Beauty Show. The scene of this…

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Our District (?) SHOW. (To the Editor of the Dubbo " Liberal")

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 6 October 1906 · page 3

Sir,—It is somewhat of a disappointment to me that none of your numerous readers have come forward to express an opinion adverse to or in support of my letter re…

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Bourke P. and A. Association. Donations for 1907 Show

The Western Herald · Wednesday 10 October 1906 · page 2

The following is the list of special prizes already donated towards next year's show. The Secretary, Mr. G. W. Tull, will be pleased to acknowledge any further…

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Poetry. Fair and False

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 13 October 1906 · page 2

I stand at evening to the solemn shadows Thrown by the elms upon the velvet lawn, And, gasing o'er the sunset-glided meadows, Think back on happy dreams forever gone,…

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Fancy Fair. and Great Sale of Gifts

The Western Herald · Saturday 13 October 1906 · page 2

On Wednesday night last a Fancy Fair and Sale of Gifts in aid of the Methodist Church was opened in Fitzgerald's Hall. The Rev H. E. Bellhouse and his numerous…

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The Kookaburra's Variety Show

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 13 October 1906 · page 4

THE second effort of the Kookaburra Dramatic Club took place in the Protestant Hall last Tuesday night, when a very large audience assembled, and evidently appreciated the happy…

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Art Treasures Burnt. Fire at Milan Exhibition

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 20 October 1906 · page 7

The Building of Decorative art at the Milan Exhibition was destroyed by fire on 3rd August, in consequence of a defect in the electric light wiring…

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Salvation Army's Self-Demal Effort. Spring Fair In the Local Barracks

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 27 October 1906 · page 6

BY way of monetarily helping the annual s[?]denial effort, the local corps of the Salvation Army arranged this year for a "Spring Fair" in the Church-street barracks. Though it is,…

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A Fair Exchange. A new back for an old one—how it is done in Cobar

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 27 October 1906 · page 8

The "back question" is one that interests everyone, old and young. Few indeed are they whose backs have never had an ache or pain. "Old…

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Flower Show

The Wellington Times · Monday 29 October 1906 · page 2

We would call attention to the Methodist Fair and Flower Show which will hold the field for this week in the Protestant Hall. The grand…

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Methodist Flower Show

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 31 October 1906 · page 2

The annual flower show, industrial exhibition and fancy fair in aid of the Methodise Church, Dubbo, will open in the Protestant Hall this (Wednesday) evening,…

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Methodist Exhibition and Fair

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 3 November 1906 · page 5

On Wednesday afternoon there was a large attendance at the Masonic Hall at the opening of the industrial exhibition and fair in aid of the…

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Methodist Flower Show and Exhibition. In the Protestant Hall

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 3 November 1906 · page 4

THE annual Flower Show and Exhibition in[?] of the circuit funds of the local Methodist Church has been held during the week. It was opened on Wednesday evening and remained in…

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Methodist Flower Show

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 3 November 1906 · page 5

The annual flower show, exhibition and fancy fair in connection with the Dubbo Methodist Church opened at the Protestant Hall on Wednesday night, the 31st of…

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Methodist Flower Show

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 7 November 1906 · page 2

THE Flower Show and Exhibition in aid of the circuit fund, of the local Methodist Church was closed on Friday evening. The attendance throughout, though mainly confined to…

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The Methodist Flower Show

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 7 November 1906 · page 3

The third and concluding evening of the Methodist Flower Show and Exhibition on Friday was fully as successful as the two (receding ones, and the promoters have…

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Methodist Fair. Labour's Unrest. Waiting for the Court

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 10 November 1906 · page 5

The adjourned meeting of the employees of the local mines was held at the Cobar Pastime Club on Sunday afternoon last, when there was an…

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Servants' Carnival. Scenes in Shuttered Mansions. Maids in Mistress's Robes

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 10 November 1906 · page 7

When a lady known to be at Trouville was apparently seen driving in Hyde Park in the middle of August, a friend thought it was an apparition, but…

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Eight-hour Sports. Bad Weather—fair Attendance —Good Sport

The Western Herald · Wednesday 14 November 1906 · page 2

Crackers! Crackers everywhere! Monday last, the day selected in Bourke for the celebration of the King's Birthday, was ushered in with lowering skies, muggy…

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Bourke P. and A. Association. Donations for 1907 Show

The Western Herald · Wednesday 14 November 1906 · page 2

The following is the list of special prizes already donated towards next year's show. The Sceretary, Mr. G. W. Tull, will be pleased to acknowledge any further…

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