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Shows & fairs, 1893

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Exhibition of School Work

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 17 June 1893 · page 2

ON Thursday evening an exhibition of school work, executed by the pupils in the girls' and infants' classes of the Newtown (South Wagga) Public School, was held in…

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The Newtown Girls' School. Grand Show of Work

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 17 June 1893 · page 3

The preparations made by the teacher and pupils of the Newtown Public School which have been in progress for some time past culminated in a most successful exhibition in…

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Children's Fair

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 29 June 1893 · page 2

THE Children's Fair organised by the Misses Fanny Tyler, Ethel Gray, Louie Millenet, and Grace Millenet, in aid of the Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, was held in the…

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Seventeen Years Ago. [Vanity Fair.]

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 1 July 1893 · page 2

In a room, scantily furnished, and dimly lighted, a priest sat writing a sermon. It was a powerful face which bent low over the manuscript—set and…

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Convent Bazaar in Show Week

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 4 July 1893 · page 3
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A meeting of the ladies of St. Michael's congregation was held in St. Joseph's Hall immediately after evening devotions on Sunday, to report progress in reference to…

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The M. P. and A. Show

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 8 July 1893 · page 2

THE prize schedule for the forthcoming show of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association is published with this issue, and will be read with interest by supporters…

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A Terrible Catastrophe. Fire at Chicago Exhibition. Thirty Firemen Killed. a Leap of 200 Feet for Life. London, July 11

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 13 July 1893 · page 2

A SENSATIONAL fire attended with terrible results, took place at the Chicago Exhibition yesterday. The fire broke out in the building devoted…

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Show

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 15 July 1893 · page 7

THE general meeting [?] members of the A. P. H. and I. Associat[?] was held in the Town hall on Wednesd[?] night. Among those present were Mess. E. P. Barnes…

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Notes. an Open Column. The Coming Show

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 15 July 1893 · page 9

The programme just issued by the local Agricultural Society is well worthy the attention of the public, especially those sections of it which annually are found among…

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The Albury Show

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 18 July 1893 · page 2

A FINANCIAL difficulty, which at one time appeared likely to interfere with the success of the Albury show, has (an Albury report says) been happily overcome. The trouble…

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A Fair Confederate

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 22 July 1893 · page 6

"Not for me, guv'nor," he said. He had come into the refreshment room at Euston Station and had recognised we as a former fellow-traveller. I…

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THE Wagga Wagga Advertiser. "This is true [?] when freeborn men, having to [?] public, mayspeak free. Milton. Thursday, August 10, 1893. the Forthcoming Show

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 10 August 1893 · page 2

AMIDST the "jeremiads" heard on every side regarding the dulness of the times it is satisfactory to find that no diminution of interest in the fortunes of the…

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Show Ball and Social

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 15 August 1893 · page 3

The Show ball will take place on Wednesday, 6th September, in the Protestant Hall, and the social will be held in the Town Hall on Thursday, 7th September…

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Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association. the Forthcoming Show

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 15 August 1893 · page 2

WITH reference to the National prize of £15 offered for the best collection of rust resistant wheats recommended to the notice of farmers by the Intercolonial Rust…

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Wagga Show

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 19 August 1893 · page 2

WE would remind intending exhibitors at the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association's Show that entries close at 6 p.m. on Wednesday next, 23rd August…

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Sale of Exhibits at the World's Fair

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 August 1893 · page 3

A special meeting of the administrative committee of the Chicago Exhibition Commission has been held to consider a cablegram from the Executive Commissioner, drawing…

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Wagga Show

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 26 August 1893 · page 2

THE following is a list of the number of entries received for the forthcoming Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association's Show:—Blood horses, 22; draught…

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The Columbian World's Fair. (From the Argus Special Correspondent at Chicago) Australasia's Lost Opportunity

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 29 August 1893 · page 2

WHEN visiting the Illinois and California buildings. I cannot help thinking with regret what a splendid show the Australasian colonies might have made, and what an…

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The Show

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 30 August 1893 · page 5

THIS is the carnival week for Cootamundra—the season for annual rejoicing, though, we hope, not for revelry and debauchery. It is the time when…

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