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Shows & fairs, 1872

16 stories in Riverina's papers

The Islington Cattle Show

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Wednesday 21 February 1872 · page 4

AMONGST the events of dm month the Islington Cattle Show has been by no means unimportant, and, upon visiting the scene of bovine and ovine representation, I was not surprised…

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Yass Agricultural Show

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 6 March 1872 · page 4

THIS show was hold on Thursday last. Everything passed off well. Catalogues were issued by the committee, and were on sale at one shilling each. The…

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Agricultural Society of New South Wales. the Wool Sales. (From the Pastoral Register.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 1 May 1872 · page 4

THE wool exhibits of the above were judged on Wednesday last, and the awards, which will be found appended, will give the information as to who…

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The Agricultural Society's Exhibition

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 4 May 1872 · page 3

IN the presence of a large throng of well-pleased spectators the Agricultural Society's Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition was opened, on Tuesday, at the Exhibition…

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A Bourke-street Show

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 25 May 1872 · page 5

IT most be seen on a Saturday night—the night when the million are abroad, and ready for the entertainment provided for them. Other nights are all very well in a…

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A Bourse-street Show. (From, the Melbourne Daily Telegraph.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 25 May 1872 · page 1

IT must be seen on a Saturday night — the night when the million are abroad, and ready for the entertainment provided for them. Other nights…

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Mudgee Agricultural Associations Show. (From the Western Post.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 24 July 1872 · page 4

THE twelfth exhibition of the above took place on the Society's grounds yesterday, and was pretty numerously attended—some four or five hundred…

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Central Riverina Pastoral Association's Show. (From Our Special Reporter.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 31 July 1872 · page 2

THE third annual Show in connection with this Association was held at Jerilderie on Thursday last, the 25th July. The weather for some weeks previous had been stormy…

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Local Intelligence. Third Jerilderie Show of the Riverina Pastoral Society

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Wednesday 31 July 1872 · page 2

ON Thursday last the third Central Show of the Riverina Pastoral Society came duly off at the yards of the Society, at Jerilderie. The roads leading to the township, owing to the wetness of the…

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Original Correspondence. Riverina Pastoral Society Show. (To the Editor of the W. W. Advertiser.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 17 August 1872 · page 2

SIR,—In your report of the show held by the above society at Jerilderie, in your introduction and report of my remarks you say, "His sheep were all bred in Riverina from…

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Report of the Judges of Sheep at the Hay Pastoral Association Exhibition, 1872

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 21 August 1872 · page 3

THE whole of tlie sheep shown are of a superior character, and we had considerable difficulty in arriving at a decision in several of the classes…

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Telegraphic. YOUNG. Friday, 9 p.m. Burrangong Pastoral and Agricultural Show

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 24 August 1872 · page 2

THE second show of the Burrangong Pastoral and Agricultural Society was held at Young on Thursday, the 22nd inst. The weather was all that could be desired, and the attendance was excellent. The…

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The [?] Pastoral and Agricultural Show

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Wednesday 28 August 1872 · page 4

THERE was fair competition for the prized in blood stock, the first of which (Horses) was taken by Mr. J. A. Morphy's Mormon, a horse good in [?], quarter and under the…

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Correspondence. Agricultural and Horticultural Show. (To the Editor of the Express.)

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Wednesday 6 November 1872 · page 2

SIR — In the programme of the Agricultural and Horticultural Society recently published, a prize is offered for "28 Ibs. of Flour grown in the Murrumbidgee of Lachlan district." This is the first instance…

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The International Exhibition Opening of the Victorian Branch

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Wednesday 13 November 1872 · page 2

THE opening of the Victorian branch of the International Exhibition by his Excellency Viiscount Canterbury took place on Wednesday, November 6th, at noon. The ceremony…

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The Pastoral Show Dinner

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 20 November 1872 · page 2

THE usual dinner in cnnnection with the Pastoral Association took place at the Australian Hotel in the evening of the Show day. The spread was an excellent one, and did…

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