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Shows & fairs, 1893

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The Wagga Show

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 September 1893 · page 3

The preparations for the Wagga show this year are of the most elaborate, no pains having been spared to ensure success. A special train will league Albury at 8.15 a.m…

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Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Show

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 2 September 1893 · page 2

As the time draws near for the holding of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Show, the indications become more pronounced that the exhibition will prove…

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The Wagga Show

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 5 September 1893 · page 2

Everything in connection with the Wagga Show points to a highly successful exhibition of the products of the district, and with suitable weather the twenty-ninth year of the…

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Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Show

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 5 September 1893 · page 2

JUDGING, in connection with the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Show, will commence to-day, when all the inanimate exhibits will be judged. Exhibitors are…

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Show Sales

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 September 1893 · page 7
Also in Wagga Wagga Advertiser

R. J. Mitchell and Co. (successors to Wilkinson and Lavender at Wagga) report having held their annual sales of pure-bred sheep in connection with the Wagga Pastoral…

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Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Show. Show Day

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 9 September 1893 · page 3

Patron: His Excellency Sir Robert William Duff. Trustees: Messrs. T. W. Hammond, A. Smith, and A. Leitch. President: T. W. Hammond. Vice-Presidents:…

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The Show Social

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 9 September 1893 · page 6

In accordance with the custom adopted so successfully last year, the holding of the show was celebrated by a social in the Town Hall in the evening, which was largely…

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Special Exhibits at the Show

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 9 September 1893 · page 6

MR. Geo. T. Bennett, of St. Mary's, South Creek, on the great western Hue, a place that is famous for good timber, had some very much admired exhibits at our show in the…

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The "Show" Issue of the Express

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 September 1893 · page 5

The work in connection with the show has prevented this issue of the Express being published in time to catch the mails. We trust our readers will overlook the…

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The Show Social. A. Great Success

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 September 1893 · page 6

The Show Social, which took the place of the ordinary banquet, was a great success, the Town Hall, in which it was held, being well tilled. The Social, as last year,…

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The Staple Industry. Interview with Mr. C. M'ivor. the Wagga Show

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 September 1893 · page 2

Mr. Clarence M'Ivor, author of the "History and Development of Sheep Farming," a work most valuable to sheep breeders, visited the Wagga show, and expressed…

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Correspondence. We do not necessarily endorss the opinions of [?] correspondents.) the Show. (To the Editor of the Wagga Advertiser.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 9 September 1893 · page 2

Sir,—Will you kindly allow me a small apace in your valuable paper to ask whether the special prize presented by Mr. Rider for the "best collection of preserved fruits,"…

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Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Show. Machinery Exhibits. Ritchie Brothers, Auburn, N.S.W.

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 12 September 1893 · page 2

This firm were well represented with a nice collection of wool presses, duuble-fur row plonghs, harrows, Whipple trees, horse gears, sheep troughs, etc. A noticeable…

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THE Wagga Wagga Advertiser. "This is true liber[?] when freeborn men, Having to advise the public, may speak free." Milton. Tuesday, September 12, 1893. the Late Show-a Geeat Ram Prize

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 12 September 1893 · page 2

CALMLY reviewing the character of the show which took place last week, we think it will be admitted by the severest critics, who have knowledge…

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Show Association

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 13 September 1893 · page 5

THE committee met, for the first time after show, on Monday night. Present—Messrs. W. H. Matthews (president), E. P. Barnes, H. D. Coker, P. Maguire, L. P. Forsythe…

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[?]Gerald Bros.' Circus and Menagerie. a Great Australian Show

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 13 September 1893 · page 7

We have had with us a purely Australian enterprise—Fitz Gerald Brothers circus and menagerie,—and a few particulars as to the origin and…

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The Albury Show. [By Telegraph] Albury

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 14 September 1893 · page 2

THE Albury Show was opened to-day, when judging was proceeded with. It was raining nearly all day, and the ground was in a very sloppy condition. The attendance was fair,…

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The Late Wagga Show. ( To the Editor of the Wagga Express.)

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 19 September 1893 · page 2

Sir,—Will you grant me space in the Express to draw attention to an cum contained in the report of the last Wagga show, in which it is mentioned that Mr. Attwood's…

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Correspondence. (We do not necessarily endorse the opinions of our correspondents.) the Wagga Show—combination Exhibits. (To the Editor of the Wagga Advertiser)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 19 September 1893 · page 2

SIR,—Allow me to draw attention to the fact that an exhibit at the late show has been disqualified because it belonged to two persons who entered it as the property of…

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