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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1906

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The Show

The Western Herald · Saturday 2 June 1906 · page 2

The P. & A. Association's Show, which will be held on Wednesday and Thursday next is certain to be a most successful exhibition in every way, provided the present…

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Trangie. F. and S. A.'s Carnival

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 2 June 1906 · page 4

SCHEDULE for the annual Carnival of the Trangie Branch of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association has been issued. It embraces sections for light harness horses, hackneys, and…

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Collie F. and S. Carnival. (From Our Gilgandea Correspondent.)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 6 June 1906 · page 2

The Collie branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association held their annual carnival and sports on the 1st instant. The weather was perfection, and the attendance…

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Narromine. (From Our Own Correspondent.) After the Show

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 6 June 1906 · page 4

The usual reaction from the excitement and bustle of the show is on us and "all the air a solamn stillness holds"—still as one wave must be followed by another, so…

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THE Western Herald and Darling River Advocate. Wednesday, June 6, 1906. the Show. Over Six Hundred Entries

The Western Herald · Wednesday 6 June 1906 · page 2

To-day the Central Australian Pastoral and Agricultural Association's Show will be opened by the President, Mr. Mark Tully, of Warraweena, and…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Carnival

The Castlereagh · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 2

A meeting of the subcommittee appointed by the [?] settlers Association, to carry [?] in connection with the forthcoming…

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Collie. Farmers' and Settler's Carnival

The Castlereagh · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 4

Beautiful weather favored the second annual carnival of the Collie Farmers and [?] Association. Consequently there [?] large attendance of [?] from…

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Police Court Friday, June 1st, 1906. [Before Mr [?] a show P. M.]

The Castlereagh · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 2

W. C. [?] Amounting to £1 15 [?] [?] Miller v Jas [?] Wages due £6 [?] Pleaded not [?]…

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The Trangie Carnival

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 9 June 1906 · page 5

The annuel carnival to be held under, the suspices of the Trangie branch of the farmers and Settlers Association is appointed for Friday, the 20th of July. It is…

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Show Ball

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 9 June 1906 · page 5

'The most enjoyable social function ever held in Cobar,' was the expression of a country visitor when referring to the Show Ball, which took place in the…

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The Show Settling

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 9 June 1906 · page 6

The Show settling, which took place at the Great Western Hotel on Thursday evening of last week, was well attended, Mr. P. Snelson,…

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Trangie. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Welcome Rain. F. and S. Carnival

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 9 June 1906 · page 5

Beautiful rains Lave again passed over the district, which, following so closely after the last fall will do a vast amount of good…

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THE Western Herald and Darling River Advocate. Saturday, June 9, 1906. The Show of 1906

The Western Herald · Saturday 9 June 1906 · page 2

ONCE more we have had the pleasure of holding an exhibition of pastoral, agricultural and industrial productions in Bourke, which, when all the…

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A Great Meeting of Pastoralists, Townsmen and Visitors. Action of Minister for Lands Approved. Appreciation of the Show. Sixty-five Guineas in Ten Minutes for Next Show. a Glimpse of Old Times. Fun and Harmony

The Western Herald · Saturday 9 June 1906 · page 2

One of the finest gatherings of representative men of the town and district, including visitors from Sydney, Bathurst, and other towns up the line, we have ever seen, was…

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The Late Show

The Western Herald · Wednesday 13 June 1906 · page 2

Now that the Show of 1906 is over and things generally have settled down, one has time to think. The hurry and hustle, worry and bustle have gone, and we can…

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P. A. and H. Society

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 June 1906 · page 4

THE vicious and undignified personal attack of the proprietors of this paper by the Secretary of the Wellington P. A. and H. Society at the last meeting…

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P. A. and H. Society. Subsidy and Auditors.—slating the Press

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 June 1906 · page 5

A general meeting of members of the above Society was held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday evening, the president (Mr. L. N. Hyeronimus)…

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Dubbo P. A. and H. Association

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 16 June 1906 · page 4

The meeting of the oommittee of the above association, which had been originally appointed for this evening (Thursday), has been postponed tall Thursday, the…

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P.A. AND H. Society. the Encouragement It Gives to Industrial Exhibitors. (To the Editor.)

The Wellington Times · Monday 18 June 1906 · page 3

Sir,—Allow me through your columns to give an idea of the consideration given to exhibitors in the coach-building class at our recent show, and…

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Wellington Show Secretary. (To the Editor)

The Wellington Times · Thursday 21 June 1906 · page 4

SIR.—In his frothy remarks before the Committee of the P.A. and H. Society at the last meeting, tho secretary, in that elegant style peculiar to…

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