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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1892

13 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

The World's Fair

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 3 February 1892 · page 2

London, Monday.—The Chicago Exhibition opens on May 1st, 1893…

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Correspondence. Under this heading we invite discussion on all current topics of general interest to the District. At the same time it must be distinctly understood that we do not hold ourselves in any way responsible for the opinions expressed.] the Show Ground. to the Editor of the Queanbeyan Age

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 2

SIR,—There appears to the considerable doubt as to whether the P. and A. Association will succeed in obtaining the reserve in front of the Courthouse for a show ground, and in any case…

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Chicago Fair

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 17 February 1892 · page 2

Sydney, Tuesday.—Japan has voted 100,000 towards securing proper representation at the Chicago Exhibition…

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The World's Mammoth Show. a Day in Wonderland Under Sells' Brother's Stupendous Tents

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 16 March 1892 · page 3

Sell's Brothers Enormous United; Shows are booked to exhibit at Queanbeyan on Monday March 28th and the coming of this splendid and popular unification—the biggest and beat in…

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The Gundaroo Show

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 23 March 1892 · page 3

The annual show of the Gundaroo Pastoral, and Agricultural Association began on Wednesday, but Thursday was the Show Day. The attendance was larger than ever. The exhibits…

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A World of Compliment to the Greatest Show on Earth

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 23 March 1892 · page 2

Even though temporarily shorn of its gallant steeds and daring charioters and bareback riders, the enormous and splendid exhibition of the Sells Brothers created a popular end press…

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A Complete Triumph. How the Great Show Captured Melbourne

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 26 March 1892 · page 2

SELLS BROTHERS' Enormous United Shows, which are not divided, never were, and never will be, are to exhibit, in all their vast possibilities of fun and wonder, at Queanbeyan, on…

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The Show Ground Site

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 13 April 1892 · page 2

THE following letter has been handed to us for publication:— Sydney, April 8, 1892. Sir,—Your letter re site for Show Ground is…

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The Royal Show

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 20 April 1892 · page 2

Sydney, Tuesday.—At the Royal Agricultural Society's Show yesterday there was an attendance of over 20,000…

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The Fancy Fair

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 1 October 1892 · page 5

The fancy fair in aid of the funds of the Church of England (which was partly des- cribed in our last issue) was continued, with very highly successful results, on the…

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An Australian at an English Show

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 1 October 1892 · page 4

Few Australian stock breeders have the opportunity of seeing the finest stock in Great Britain, as exhibited at the annual show of the Royal Agricultural Society of England. Next…

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Queanbeyan P. and A. Association. Sheep Show and Horse Parade. OFFICERS:—President, James Cunningham, Esq.; Vice-Presidents, F. Campbell, Esq., and D. T. Tully, Esq.; Executive Committee, Rev. R. A. Steel, Messrs. E. H. Land, H. J. Dixie, W. D. Downing, and J. T. Collett. Treasurer, Mr. W. A. McDonald; Secretary, Mr. W. Beatty

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 1 October 1892 · page 4

Our first September Sheep Show and Horse Parade is now a thing of the past, and in spite of rainy forecastings, dull morning, and cloudy sky, we had, on the…

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The Show Ground Case

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 5 October 1892 · page 2

Sydney, Tuesday.—Justice Owen this morning gave judgment in the suit Milroy v. Municipal Council, the effect of which is that the lese given to the Agricultural…

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