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Shows & fairs, 1902

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Show Association

Coolamon Echo · Friday 7 March 1902 · page 2

THE Junee Pastoral, Agricultural and Industrial Association is an institution that has flourished exceedingly these last few years, in spite of the drawbacks…

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V.R.C. Autumn Carnival. Australian Cup Day

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 8 March 1902 · page 5

A fine day's racing was witnessed at Flemington on Tuesday, but the Australian Cup was quite spoilt for want of a pace. The first six furlongs actually occupied…

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Items of News. Tumbarumba Show

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 11 March 1902 · page 2

The Tumbarumba Show which opens tomorrow promises to be the most successful over held at that town. Great pains have been taken by the officials and committee to…

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The Racecourse and Show Ground

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 11 March 1902 · page 2

The following letter from the Department of Lands in reference to the area of the Gundagai Racecourse and Show Ground Reserve has been handed to…

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Tumbarumba Show. Opening Day, Wednesday. a Successful Exhibition. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Special Reporter.) Tumbarumba

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 13 March 1902 · page 2

The thirteenth Annual Show of the Tumbarumba and Upper Murray Pastoral and Agrciultural Association was opened to day under most favorable oonditions, the weather…

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Show Committee

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 15 March 1902 · page 3

J.T. Stratton Pres., J. Hateley, A. Bragg, F. Pickstone, F. Manning, W. Corly, N. Miller, S. O. Nelson, R. H. Mathews, W. H. Matthews, and the Secretary…

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The Easter Show

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 15 March 1902 · page 10

The council of the Royal Agricultural Society dubs its show ' The Commonwealth Show,' and, Judging by the entries already booked, the claim…

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Tumbarumba Show. Second Day

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 15 March 1902 · page 2

Fine weather again prevailed on the second day of the show, although it was threatening during the afternoon. The attendance was large, and about equal to…

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Tumbarumba Show

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Tuesday 18 March 1902 · page 3

THE thirteenth annual show of the Tumbarumba and Upper Murray P. and A. Association was held on Wednesday and Thursday last. The…

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St. Patrick's Day. Annual Hospital Sports. a Successful Carnival

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 21 March 1902 · page 3

The annual hospital sports eventuated with marked success on Monday last on the racecourse in the presence of a large concourse of people, numbering about seven or…

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Gundagai P. and A. Society. Annual Show

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 21 March 1902 · page 2

The fifteenth annual Show of the above society was opened yesterday, and an inspection of the exhibits was sufficient to satisfy the most sceptical that the…

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Gundagai Show. Gundagai

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 22 March 1902 · page 2

The weather is perfect, with every prospect of a good day to-morrow. A good many people journeyed down by the morning train, and there is a fair…

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Buck-Jumping Exhibition

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 25 March 1902 · page 2

Mr. L. J. Skuthorpe aunounces that his troupe of buck-jumping ride, a will open for a short season on Friday, March 28, next Farmers' Market. The following is from a…

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Local and General News. Gundagai Show

Adelong Argus, Tumut and Gundagai Advertiser · Tuesday 25 March 1902 · page 2

The above show which came off on Thursday and Friday last, was a great success from every point of view. The number of entries…

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Gundagai P. and A. Society. Annual Show

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 25 March 1902 · page 2

The show was continued on Friday and was in every sense a great success, everything passing off very smoothly and without any hitch. The weather…

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Gundagai Show

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 26 March 1902 · page 2

The second day of the show was bright and sunny, s [?] warmer during the early part of the afternoon but there was no wind to raise the dust this year…

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The Show Social. Question of a Spring Show. Divided Opinions

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 26 March 1902 · page 2

There was an attendance of about fifty gentlemen at the smoke social on Friday evening, held in Cauvarel's hail as a wind-up to the show gathering. Mr. J. Robinson…

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Sporting. Notes on the Show

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 26 March 1902 · page 3

A despicable trick was witnessed in the Handicap Trot at the Show. Shamrock the favorite, was "dealt with" at the back of the course by the rider of one of the…

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The Sydney Show. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 27 March 1902 · page 4

The annual Easter show of the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales was opened to-day. Large numbers of visitors, including Victorians,…

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At the Bazaar. (Told by a Show Visitor.)

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 29 March 1902 · page 2

AT Show time every town has its evening attractions, which our "country cousins" religiously attend, as being part and parcel of the carnival…

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