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Shows & fairs, 1894

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The Gambling Carnival

The Worker · Saturday 10 November 1894 · page 2

Cup Day, with its concentrated essence of blackguardism and hypocrisy, is over. Since the days when Charles Dickens wrote his vivid description of the rascality…

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Church of England Flower Show

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 10 November 1894 · page 2

The following list completes the report of this interesting event, which resulted in a financial success, the sum of £43 being taken out of which sum about £30…

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Australian Wool at the Chicago Exhibition

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 17 November 1894 · page 4

A Riverina sind that gained a first award for merino wool at the Chicargo Exhibition is that of Mr. Alexander Sloane, of Malwala. Mr. Sloane sent three ewes' fleeces, and the…

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The Hobart Exhibition. an Extraordinary Incident. Nocturnal Freak by Monkeys. Hobart

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 27 November 1894 · page 3

AN extraordinary incident occurred at an early hour this morning in the Exhibitionbuilding. A watchman, named Lennox, and the Customs-officer in charge of the building…

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School Exhibition. Breaking Up at the Convent

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 22 December 1894 · page 2

Wednesday was [?]ot so hot a day as many we have ha[?] this summer, and a hot day at the convent school is something [?] remember, on account of the [?] of…

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Christmas Fair

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 29 December 1894 · page 2

THE following is a list of the stall-holders and prize-winners at the Cake Fair held in the Oddfellows' Hall in aid of the Young Women's Christina Association on Saturday…

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