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Shows & fairs, 1898

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The Ground on Show Days

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 10 September 1898 · page 2

The Association this year was favored with unusually propitious weather. Old residents aver that it always rains on one of the Show days in Wagga, but, if this is so,…

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The Show Ball. Successful and Enjoyable. a Pleasurable Function

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 10 September 1898 · page 6

THE annual Show Ball was held in the Protestant Hall on Wednesday night and proved, if possible, a greater success than in previous years. No pains had been spared by the…

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The Annual Show Social. a Successful Function. the Pastoral Association Congratulated. Special Prizes Promised. a Good Musical Programme

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 10 September 1898 · page 5

The annual Show social of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association look place in the Prolestant Hall on Thursday night. This social has become recognised…

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The Late Wagga Show

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 13 September 1898 · page 2

THREE of the prizes in connection with the Wagga Show have yet to be allotted, viz., for the most successful exhibitor in Class Z, dairy produce, and for the two prizes given…

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Murrumbidgee Turf Clue. Show Meeting

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 13 September 1898 · page 2

As a fitting end to a highly successful week the Murrumbidgee Turf Club provided an attractive bill of fare for the delectation of their patrons on Saturday, and were rewarded…

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Murrumbidgee Turf Club. the Show Meeting

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 13 September 1898 · page 3

THE Wagga Show Carnival was brought to a successful and fitting conclusion on Saturday, when the Show Meeting of the M.T.C. was brought off most satisfactorily and…

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Local and General News. the Show Receipts

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 13 September 1898 · page 2

The committee of the Murrumbidgee P. and A. Association, thanks to a great extent the unflagging energy shown by their secretary, Mr H. B. Greene, can lay claim this…

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Murrumbidgee P. and A. Show. the Aftermath

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 13 September 1898 · page 2

A funny word "aftermath" and it took us some time to know what it meant, but it is a very significant word when you get its meaning from the dictionary. What is left…

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The Wagga Show. (To the Editor of the Wagga Advertiser.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 13 September 1898 · page 2

SIR,—A few lines of your valuable space, it you please, just to mention what appears to "one in the know," as a groat injustice to an exhibitorin the boot section. I would like…

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Wagga Show

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 14 September 1898 · page 8

[?] Show opened on [?] most favourable [?] entries were 1000 [?] At the trial of…

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Sheep at the Royal Show

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 15 September 1898 · page 2

At the recent show of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, held at Birmingham in June, 1898, which event is the leading agricultural and largest sheep show in the…

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Gave Them Fair Warning

Coolamon Echo · Friday 16 September 1898 · page 5

EVERYBODY laughed when Uncle S drove into town with a sleepy-looking grey horse and a rickety waggon, on [?]sides of which was roughly…

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Winners at Wagga Show

Coolamon Echo · Friday 16 September 1898 · page 4

We are very pleased to noice that two pupils attending the North Berry Jerry half-time school were successful exhibitors at the above show, and they are to…

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Show Association

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 17 September 1898 · page 6

THE first meeting after the show was held on Thursday afternoon. Present—Messrs. W. Corby (president), E. G. and W. H. Matthews, Pinkstone, Hay, A. and W. Ward…

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The Junee Show

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 17 September 1898 · page 2

THE Junee ahow this year will be held on Wednesday and Thursday on the Junee racecourse, which was purchsed as a freehold, conjointly by the Racig Club and…

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A Wagga Show Alphabet

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 17 September 1898 · page 6

The following are the words of a capital topical song, which was spiritedly rendered by Dr. Thane at the shew social last week. It fetched the house:—…

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Local and General News. the Wagga Show

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 17 September 1898 · page 2

The Australasian as well as the Sydney Mail have in their this week's issue given a prominence to the recent show of the Murrumbidgee P. and A. Association, and…

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Murrumbidgee P. and A. Association. the Result of the Late Show. Receipts Over £800. a Batch of Protests

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 17 September 1898 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association was held at the rooms, Gurwood-street, last evening. The president, Mr T. W. Hammond…

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The Junee Show and Races

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 20 September 1898 · page 2

The Junee Show, which opens at the junction town to-morrow, promises to be equally as successful as those of Wagga and Albury. The show this year is to be held on…

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Westward, Ho! Wagga and Its Show. Facts About the Experimental Farm

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 20 September 1898 · page 4

BEING desirous of paying a visit to Wagga advantage was taken of the [?] show there and at Cootamundra for the venture. Therefore the day…

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