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Shows & fairs, 1899

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Show Week in Gundagai. the Attractions

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 14 March 1899 · page 2

To the people who grow enthusiastic about the Gandtgal Show, we will grant a free pardon for their exuberance, for no doubt the P. and A. Society is an institution of…

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Tumut Police Court. Thursday, March 9. (Before Messrs, E, A. Newman and H. S. Sanderson.)

Adelong Argus, Tumut and Gundagai Advertiser · Tuesday 14 March 1899 · page 2

Mann Singh, an Indian, was charged with having attempted to commit an unnatural offence upon Frederick Korn, a lad 14 years of age, at…

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Conference of Show Delegates

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 15 March 1899 · page 2

ON Thursday evening last a conference convened by the secretary of the Cootamundra A.P.H. and I. Asscuiaiont was held at Cootamundra, when delegates from the…

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Cable News. Greater Britain Exhibition. Treatment of Colonial Quartz. London, Tuesday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 16 March 1899 · page 2

The Thames Machinery Company is being urged to offer to erect and work quarts battery, and cyanide plant at the Greater Britian exhibition, to be…

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What the Show is Like. a Good Exhibition. the Display of Cattle, Horses, and Sheep. Is the Panilion

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 17 March 1899 · page 2

IT isn't the Lord Mayor's Show, and there is no Dick Whittington or Sir Landel Phillips. But it is the people's Show—something they have been…

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Have a Look at the Fair a Dazzling Scene

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 17 March 1899 · page 2

THE Federal Fair, in of the new Roman Catholic Schoolhouse of St. Stanislane, which opened in Walker's hail on Wednesday night, is as irresistibly attractive as the…

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The Federal Fair

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 18 March 1899 · page 2

THE Federal Fair, in aid of the new R.C. School, was opened on Wednesday night last in Walkers' Hall by the Mayor (Ald. Ryan), in the…

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Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association. Show Dates Fixed

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 18 March 1899 · page 2

THE ordinary monthly meeting of the committee of the M.P. and A. Association, was held at the rooms last evening. There were present:—Messrs. A. Smith…

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The Show. a Most Successful One. Keen Competition. A Horribly Dusty Day

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 18 March 1899 · page 2

THE twelfth Annual Show of tho Gundagai P. and A. Society has become a thing of the last and it will be long remembered as being the most…

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Murrumbidgee P. and a Association. the Next Show. Fixed for August. Appointment of Sub-committees

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 18 March 1899 · page 5

The Committee of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association met at the rooms, Gurwood-street, last evening. Mr. A. Smith presided, and…

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The Gundagai Show

Adelong Argus, Tumut and Gundagai Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1899 · page 2

The twelfth annual show of the Gundagai P and A Society eventuated on Thursday and Friday last. Great interest was manifested in the various classes and the exhibits, were…

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Show Notes

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 22 March 1899 · page 2

THE sheep exhibited at the Show . last week were as good as shown anywhere. The judge, Mr Mills, expressed surprise when he clapped his…

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Show Smoke Social

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 22 March 1899 · page 3

THE finishing act in connection with the Show was the usual Smoke Social, which. was held at Tracey's Club House Hotel. The big room upstairs was crammed, and…

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The Federal Fair. [As SEEN By a Visitor.]

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 22 March 1899 · page 2

THAT multi-millionaire, James Tyson, now deceased and probably in regions with angels bright and fair, never attended a bazaar in his life I'll…

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The Gundagai Show. A Record "Dust-Day."

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 22 March 1899 · page 2

Friday, St, Patrick's Day, being a public holiday, a good number of Ooota people journeyed over to our sister town to see the Show, and find…

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What the Show Does

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 24 March 1899 · page 2

The two seasons in the year that business people look forward to with eager expectancy and reckon on to pull up a series of indifferent financial…

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The Agricultural Show. Some of the Awards. Sydney, Wednesday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 30 March 1899 · page 3

The annual show of the Royal Agricultural Society was formally opened to-day. The judging was commenced this morning. There is a splendid assortment of exhibits in…

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Uptons' Bread at the Sydney Show

The Junee Democrat · Friday 31 March 1899 · page 2

Our readers will be pleased to learn that Mr. Upton, of the Junction Bakery has secured special prize for bread at the Royal Agricultural Society's Show in…

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The Federal Fair

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 1 April 1899 · page 2

The Federal Fair will be re-opened on next Monday evening, and be continued on Tuesday and brought to a close on Wednesday night, when any…

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The Late Show. Squaring Up. Meeting of the Committee

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 1 April 1899 · page 3

A MEETING of he committee of the P.and A. Association was held at Tracey's Hotel on Tuesday afternoon last, there being present;—Messra. J.Mcinetney (chair),…

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