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Shows & fairs, 1906

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Murrumbidgee Turf Club Show Meeting

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 25 August 1906 · page 2

The Show meeting of the Murrumbidgee Turf Club was opened yesterday under the most favorable conditions, the weather being fine, whilst…

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Hospital Collections at the Show

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 25 August 1906 · page 2

Collectors on behalf of the Wagga Hospital were very active on the Show ground on both days of the Show, and by their energy obtained the handsome…

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The Show Social. at the Protestant Hall

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 25 August 1906 · page 2

The annual social in connection with the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association was held in the Protestant hall on Thursday evening…

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The Wagga Show. a Year of Records

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 25 August 1906 · page 3

W[?]A, Wednesday.-- The forty-second annual show of the Murrumbidgee Pasion[?]al and Agricultural Association opened under the most favorable [?] to-day the display of exhibits, the weather…

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The Show Social. Anti-socialist Candidate Warmly Received

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 25 August 1906 · page 5

The annual social in connection with the Show was held in the Protestant Hall on Thursday evening. Mr. G. P. Wilson, the President of the M. P. and A…

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The Wagga Show. Second Day. a Record Gathering. Most Pronounced Success

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 25 August 1906 · page 5

Patron: His Excellency Sir Harry Rawson, K.C.B.; President; Mr. G. P. Wilson; Vice-Presidents: messrs. J. Jeremy, J. J. M'Grath and J…

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The Show Traffic

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 28 August 1906 · page 2

As showing the large amount of traffic during Show week Mr. Derby, the stationmaster informs us that from the 21st to the 24th August inclusive, 1644…

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Show Weight-guessing Competition

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 28 August 1906 · page 2

The official weight in connection with the Bullock Weigh-Tuessing Competition was posted up at the Show Rooms yesterday, and declared to be 845lbs…

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The Wagga Show. Farm Produce

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 28 August 1906 · page 3

In the strict sense of the term, the Wagga show is not looked on as much of a competing ground by the farmers of the district, the season at which it is held ma[?]ing [?]…

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The Show

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 29 August 1906 · page 2

It appears as if we are really going to have something like fine weather for the show to-day. Yesterday, the first day, opened dull, but improved…

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Cootamundra Show

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 29 August 1906 · page 3

Given favorable weather conditions the show, which opened to-day (Tuesday), promises to be a highly-successful one in every respect. The different…

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Show Society. Annual Meeting

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 29 August 1906 · page 2

At Tracey's Hotel on Friday afternoon the annual meeting of subscribers to the P. and A. Society was held, and attended by Messrs W. J. M'Kinney…

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The Fair Cynic

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 31 August 1906 · page 4

The Cynic says she's tired of things, Awaking or asleep; And if the dream of life should end It wouldn't make her weep…

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Show Race Meeting

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 31 August 1906 · page 2

ON Tuesday last, at the Royal Hotel, a meeting of the Show Society race committee was held, when there were present: Messrs J. D. Brown (chair)…

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The Cootamundra Show. Fine Weather at Last

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 31 August 1906 · page 2

The Cootamundra Show opened on Wednesday in favorable weather conditions, the day being fine and bracing. The attendance for the first day was…

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Sporting Notes. Cootamundra Show Races. Cootamundra, Thursday night

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 31 August 1906 · page 2

The first day's racing of the above meeting resulted as under:— Opening Handicap.—Mercy 1, Ballast 2, Rosemoor 3. Betting, 6 to 1…

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Cootamundra Show

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 3
Also in The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate

The twenty-ninth annual exhibition was opened on Tuesday. The weather was dull and cold, but the attendance good. Horses all round were…

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Wirth Bros. the Greatest Show on Earth

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 2

What promises to be absolutely the most "splendiferous" aud gorgeous circus and menagerie that has ever visited this State, viz., Wirth Bros.' mammoth…

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Annual Show, 1906. Cootamundra Agricultural, Pastoral, Horticultural, and Industrial Association. Tuesday and Wednesday, August 28 AND 29

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 2

OFFICE-BEARERS AND COMMITTEE:—Patrons: The Hon. Sir W. J. Lyne, K.C.M.G., M.H.R., and Mr. J. F. Barnes, J. P.; President: Mr. G. T…

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