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Shows & fairs, 1880

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Murrumbidgee Pastoral Show Sales

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 11 September 1880 · page 3

MESSRS, Wilkinson, Graves, Minchin and Lavender, report having sold the following pure bred stock during the Murrumbidgee Show week:—…

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The M. P. A. Show. (By a Country Correspondent.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 16 September 1880 · page 4

FIVE o'clock punctually I arrived in Wagga Wagga from somewhere down the line—never mind the name of the place—and immediately set forth for "Pater's well-known hostel, at…

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Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Show. Yass, Tuesday 6 p.m

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 16 September 1880 · page 2

The show to-morrow promises to be a very excellent one, in stock exhibits particularly. The Judges to-day awarded the prizes, which are as follows:—…

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Original Correspondence. the M. P. A. SHOW. (To the Editor of the W. W. Advertiser.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 23 September 1880 · page 2

DEAR SIR,—Your country correspondent in commenting on the above show, not only misquotes, but misconstrues my observations regarding the decision of the judges re the…

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An International Exhibition at Rome

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 5 October 1880 · page 3

The project of an International Exhibition, to be held in Rome in 188[?]-6, is being much ventilated. The site which would be adopted, it the various owners of land will come to terms,…

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Origin and Cost of Exhibition

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 5 October 1880 · page 1

The ideas of holding an International Exhibition was first conceived by the Ministry which came into power after the elections of the llth May, 1877, under the leadership of…

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Opening of the Melbourne Exhibition. (From the S. M. Herald's Special Reporter.) MELBOURNE

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 5 October 1880 · page 3

The Melbourne International Exhibition of 1880 had a most successful opening to-day. The weather was fine, though cloudy. From a very early hour there were crowds of persons…

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The Wagga Wagga Carnival

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 23 November 1880 · page 2

Patron: His Excellency the Righg. Hon. Lord Augustus Loftus, K.G.C.B. Committee: Messrs. J. Leitch (chairman), M. N. Callaghan, P. Hann, R. Cox, S…

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The Wagga Wagga Carnival. Second Day (Tuesday)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 25 November 1880 · page 2

Tuesday and Wednesday were the second and last days of the Murrumbidgee Turf Club Spring Meeting. The attendance was not so large on either day as it was on the…

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