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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1911

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The Orange Show

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 6 May 1911 · page 4

MANY Dubboites attended the 49th annual show at Orange on Wednesday and Thursday, which was a great success. On the second day there were between 10,000 and 12,000 people present…

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Dubbo Show. Random Notes

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 6 May 1911 · page 2

Two more efforts and our mission of "Random Notes" will be completed. We hope the seeds we have sown will produce a crop of good…

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Caution for Show Week

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 6 May 1911 · page 4

DURING Show week business people and people handing coins and notes should scrutinise everything very carefully--notes, sovereigns, and half sovereigns--and indeed everything in…

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Dubbo Show Commences

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 6 May 1911 · page 4

EVERY one should remember that the Dubbo Show commences on Wednesday next. What is more, everyone should make a point of attending both days. A record Show is hoped for, and…

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Narromine A. H. and P. Society. Preparing for the Show

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 6 May 1911 · page 4

OUR Narromine correspondent writes: A committee meeting of the above society was held at the Court House Hotel on Wednesday evening under the presidency of Mr. G. W…

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Dubbo Show and Race Week. A Week of Attractions. Large Influx of Visitors Expected

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 6 May 1911 · page 4

ON Wednesday and Thursday next the Dubbo Show is to be held. It is the great attraction of the year for both farmer and townsman. We hope to see a record attendance and record…

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Dubbo Show

The Wellington Times · Monday 8 May 1911 · page 2

The Dubbo P. and A. Society's annual show will take place on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. The ring events will be more than usually…

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Spring Show

The Wellington Times · Monday 8 May 1911 · page 2

The business people in the town naturally miss the stimulus of the show which has been hitherto held in May, and some of them are inclined to be…

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Carnival Week

The Western Herald · Wednesday 10 May 1911 · page 2

We would draw our readers' attention to the advertisement in another column setting out the attractions for Show week, also details of the cheap train fares, which we…

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The Show Social

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 10 May 1911 · page 2

PRIS (Wednesday) evening the Show Social will be held in Messrs. Palmer and Weston's rooms, and there is every promise of it being a successful gathering. There will be the usual…

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Trangie Tidings. the Coming Show

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 10 May 1911 · page 4

Trangie people are determined that their first show will (weather perunlttlng) be counted among the list of district criumphs. The members of the…

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Dubbo Show. the Last Words

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 10 May 1911 · page 4

Just a final reminder to the people "Just we forget" that a duty devolves upon every man and woman in the community to collectively make the…

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Wirth Bros' Greatest Show on Earth

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 10 May 1911 · page 3

With Bros, circus will open in Dubbo on Thursday next, May 11 (Show day) for one night only with a completely new company of artists engaged…

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Dubbo's Annual Gala Week. Show and Races and Other Attractions

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 10 May 1911 · page 2

TO-DAY (Wednesday) and to-morrow (Thursday) will be two important-days for Dubbo and district. It is then that the Annual Show takes place, and there is every prospect of its being a…

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"Pineapple" Hams and Bacon. Capture 1st, 2nd and 3rd Prizes at the Sydney Show

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 10 May 1911 · page 3

Throughout the Commonwealth the "Pineapple" brand is practically regarded as the "hall-mark" as applied to hams and bacon. 'The "Pineapple"…

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Australis Fair

The Wellington Times · Thursday 11 May 1911 · page 4

The Australis Fair, which will be opened in the skating rink on the 1st June, and will be continued until 5th June, in aid of the Church of England…

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Wirth Bros'. Circus. Greatest Show on Earth

The Wellington Times · Thursday 11 May 1911 · page 6

Wirth Bros' circus will open in Wellington on Friday, May 19, with a completely new company of artists engaged by Mr. G. Wirth on his tour of the…

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Wirth Bros.' Greatest Show on Earth

The Cobar Herald · Friday 12 May 1911 · page 6

Wirth Bros. Circus will open in Cobar, Saturday and Monday, May 13 and 15, and matinee Monday, with a completely new company of artists…

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The Dubbo Show. Seven Thousand People Present. Large and Successful Exhibition

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 13 May 1911 · page 4

OFFICE BEARERS : -- President, Mr. Frank Mack; Vice-Presidents, Messrs. J. A. Ryan, T. Baird, J. D. Mackay, T. Wilkine, J. Stev[?]ason, H. Straborn; Hon. Treasurer,…

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The Show

The Western Herald · Saturday 13 May 1911 · page 4

As the Committee of the Bourke Rowing Club has decided on holding their annual Ball the third week in June, this should leave one evening in the Carnival week open…

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