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Shows & fairs, 1897

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Spring Flower Show at Wagga

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 30 October 1897 · page 2

Large attendances were the feature of the second day of the first spring show of the St. John's Horticultural Society, held in the Oddfellows' Hall, Wagga, on Thursday…

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Show Association. Annual Meeting of Members

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 30 October 1897 · page 8

THE annual meeting was held on Thursday night. Present—Messrs. J. J. Miller (chairman), W. Corby, sen., P. Maguire, C. Howell, C. E. Attwood, A. Ward, J. W…

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The Gundagai Flower Show

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 2 November 1897 · page 2

THE Spring Flower Show of 1897 is now a thing of the past and much credit is due to all who took part in it. We are glad to be able to slate that it was a pronounced success both as a…

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Is Jones' Bowling Fair?

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 4 November 1897 · page 3

The no-balling of Jones on Saturday by Jim Phillips, the Middlesex County and Melbourne Club professional, who is engaged as umpire for the English Eleven,…

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The Melbourne Cup Carnival

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 5 November 1897 · page 2

THE weather in Melbourne on cup day turned out wet and windy. The day broke with heavy wind and clouds, with small showers of rain falling at intervals up to 11 o'clock, when it cleared up for a…

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Cycling Carnival. Spring Meeting

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 6 November 1897 · page 2

No better day than Wednesday could be wished for any out door sports. The day was beautifully fine, and comparatively cool. The gathering at the show…

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The Floral Fete. a Jolly Day on the Show Ground

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 13 November 1897 · page 3

THIS event proved to be a great success. Numbers of people attending, and making a sort of picnic of it by coming in early in the afternoon, and patronising…

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Grants to Agricultural Societies. the Wagga Show

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 27 November 1897 · page 3

In the Assembly on 18th November, Mr Gormly said the matter which had been referred to by the hon. member for Demniguin in regard to the Stock…

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The Exhibition on Work

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 18 December 1897 · page 2

As is usual more than ordinary interest was displayed in the exhibitions of paintings, drawings, and fancy and plain art and needle work executed by the pupils, and that of this…

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The Wagga Presentation Convent. Concert, Exhibition, and Prize Presentation

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 18 December 1897 · page 2

The annual entertainment and exhibition of the pupils of the Sacred Heart Presentation Convent, which took place on Thursday, again illustrated most vividly the admirable…

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