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Shows & fairs, 1898

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The Annual Show. a Good All Round Exhibition. Sheep, Cattle and H[?] in Good Display. a Falling Off in the Pavilion

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 18 March 1898 · page 2

THE eleventh show, under the auspices of the Gundagai Pastoral and Agricultural Association, opened on the society's grounds on Thursday…

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Murrumbidgee P. & A. Association. a Representative Meeting. Three Days' Show Decided Upon. Mr. H. B. Greene Appointed Secretary

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 4

More than usual interest attached to the ordinary monthly meeting of the committee of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association which took place at the…

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Gundagai Show

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 22 March 1898 · page 3

THE eleventh annual show of the Gundagai Pastoral and Agricultural Society was held on Thursday and Friday. The weather on both days was beautifully fine, and there…

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The Gundagai Show

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 22 March 1898 · page 2

At the Gundagai agricultural show there was a good sprinkling of visitors from Young, Junee, Wagga, Cootamundra, and Adelong. The Wagga Wagga Experimental Farm…

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Show Week Attractions. the Big Black Boom

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 22 March 1898 · page 3

THE second night's entertainment, at Fry's hall on Thursday, under the auspices of the Musical and Drama' [?] Society was attended by a much larger…

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Show Week. On the Show-ground. the List of Prize Winners. 4000 People Present on

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 22 March 1898 · page 2

The Gundagai Pastoral and Agricultural Society's eleventh annual show was continued and concluded on Friday last. The weather was somewhat…

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Amongst the Ladies at the Show. a Glimpse at Their Costumes. the Fashions of the Day

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 22 March 1898 · page 3

THE ladies made quite a [?]allsnt display on the show-ground on Friday last, and it appeared as though they outnumbered the sterner sex. They came from all…

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The Smoke Social. a Pleasant Wind-up to the Show. a Gathering of "Jolly Good Fellows." Eloquence and Money

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 22 March 1898 · page 2

THE closing scene of the eleventh annual show was the grand Smoke Social, or Banquet, which was held at Tracy's hotel on Friday night. It has…

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The Bathurst Show. a Successful Exhibition

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 24 March 1898 · page 2

The thirty-sixth annual exhibition of the Bathurst Agricultural, Horticultural, and Pastoral Association was opened this morning and will be…

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Trial of Empire Seed Sower and Fertiliser. a Successful Exhibition

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 31 March 1898 · page 2

A most successful exhibition of the Empire Seed Sower and Fertiliser, for which Messrs Shaw and Son are the sole local agents, was given yesterday afternoon…

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Colonial Artists' Exhibition. the Prince of Wales and Mr. Chamberlain. London, Tuesday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 31 March 1898 · page 2

H.R.H. the Prince of Wales and Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, are keenly interesting themselves in the…

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Australian Art. a Successful Exhibition. Several Sales. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 5 April 1898 · page 2

The Australian pictures collected in the different colonies and sent to England from Sydney for exhibition in London, under the auspices of Miss Eadith Waiker, of New…

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An Incident of the Gundagai Show. a Visitors Impression Of KIMO

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 5 April 1898 · page 4

LOTS of people are under the impression that going to country shows is all fun, but it isn't. Recently Mr. Brooks and I went off to see the Gundagai Show,…

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Cootamundra Cycling Carnival. Big Day on Easter Monday. Ninety Competitors—fourteen Sydney Riders—multicycle Exhibition—a Concert and Ball at Night—special Trains From Temora and Gundagai

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 6 April 1898 · page 4

The Bicycle club are in great ecstacy over their Easter Monday prospects. That it will be a record day is now assured. Only one thing remains to be feared—the weather…

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Telegraphic. New South Wales. the Agricultural Society's Show. the Champion Prize. Sydney, Wednesday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 7 April 1898 · page 3

To-day was judging day at the Royal Agricultural Society's Show. The champion prize for the best blood stallion was won by Mr C. J. Forbes'…

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The Sydney Show. a Successful Exhibition

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 9 April 1898 · page 5

THE annual carnival of the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales at Moore Park, Sydney, is this year a very great success. The society, under the…

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The Cycling Carnival

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 9 April 1898 · page 6

THE cycling carnival upon the show ground on Monday will be commenced punctually at 12 o'clock. The programme will be an interesting one right from the start. A…

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Sydney Agricultural Show

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 April 1898 · page 2

Mr James Robinson, of Gandagai, is the only exhibitor of fat sheep at the Royal Agricultural Society's Show in Sydney, and his exhibits well deserve the awards that…

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The Australian Art Exhibition. London, Thursday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 April 1898 · page 2

Thirty pictures from the Australian Art Exhibition have been sold…

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Cootamundra Bicycle Club. Second Annual Carnival. Easter

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 13 April 1898 · page 3

OFFICIALS: JUDGES—J. J. Miller, C. Howell, W. Burrows. STARTERS—Messrs. J. T. Stratton and G. Addison. TIMEKEEPERS—Messrs. W. Falconer and G. S…

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