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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1916

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Dubbo P.,a. and H. Association

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 4

A meeting of the committee of the Dubbo P.,A. and H. Association will be held at the office of the Association iu Wingewarra-street on Tuesday…

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Our Next Show

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 4

A meeting of the committee of Dubbo P., A., and H. Association will be held on next Tuesday night to consider what should be done in regard…

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Military and the Show Ground

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 4

The officer in charge of the Military Camp at Dubbo Show Ground has been advised that the Defence Depurtment desires to immedintely increase the…

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Dubbo P., A., and H. Society. 1916 Show Abandoned

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 5

An important meeting of the committee of Dubbo P. A. and H. Association was held on Tuesday night. There attended Messrs. F. Mack…

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Gilgandra Agricultural Society. Committee Meeting

Gilgandra Weekly · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 8

A meeting of the committee of the above Association was held in the Masonic Hall on Saturday afternoon. The President (Mr. Stanley)…

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Fair Rents Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 1

The Fair Rents Court will probably be in operation in the metropolitan area at the end of the present month or early in February. The…

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Annual Show Abandoned

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 4

For nearly a quarter of centary it been customary to hold an annual exhibition at Dubbo under the auspices of the P., A., and H…

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Suggested Improvements on the Show Ground

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 4

A the present time the accommodation on the Dubbu Show Ground is just About equal to the requirements of 600 men which is the to-day establishment…

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[?] H. Association [?] This Year's Show. [?] EXAMPLE

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 2

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The Royal Show. Prize List Issued

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1916 · page 2

The Council of the R.A.S. has increased the total of the prize-money for the Royal Show to be held next Easter, and has also added a few…

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The Royal Show

The Western Herald · Wednesday 26 January 1916 · page 2

The Council of the Royal Agricultural Society has pluckily increased the total of the prize money for the Royal Show to be held next…

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Local and General. Dubbo Show

The Western Herald · Wednesday 26 January 1916 · page 2

The Dubbo Show for 1916 has been abandoned. The showground is occupied by the military authorities…

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Show Socials

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 5

In spite of war and several other contributions to general depression, Coonamble Show Association has resolved that its annual exhibition must…

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Bathurst Show Abandoned

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 4

Bathurst A. H. and P. Council, after a lengthy discussion, decided to abandon the 1916 show, owing to the Show Ground being occupied by the Defence…

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The Royal Show. Prize List Issued

Gilgandra Weekly · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 7

The Council of the R.A.S. has very pluckily increased the total of the prize money for the Royal Show to be held nest Master, and has also…

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Wellington Show

The Wellington Times · Monday 31 January 1916 · page 2

A letter received from Mr. A. E. Rotton says that he is not well enough yet to return home, but hopes to be here by Friday of this week or Monday next…

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Fair Rents Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 4

The Fair Rents Court, constituted under the Act recently passed, will enter upon its duties next week. (Mr. Jamieson, P.M., will be the presiding…

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Bowls. Easter Carnival

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 5

At the monthly meeting on Wednesday night it was decided to make the preliminary arrangements for holding a bowling carnival at Dubbo at Easter,…

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[?] Horses Show

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 4

[?] well to note [?] Taylor and Wes[?] Wellington, will be accom[?] the only Government war horse…

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Durbo Horse Show

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 1

Horse owners will do well to note that Messrs. Berford, Taylor, and Weston, Ltd., of Wellington, will accompany the Government war horse…

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