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Shows & fairs, 1908

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Exhibition of Women's Pay

The Worker · Thursday 2 January 1908 · page 7

There was recently held an Melbourne an Exhibition of Women's Work. I am interested in women's work. I am far more interested in women's pay. It seems to me…

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Art in the Kitchen. the Cookery Exhibition. Pictures in Sugar

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 3 January 1908 · page 3

Lieut.-Colonel Newnham-Davis writes in the London “Daily Mall,” of 6th November:— There are many things interesting and…

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Farmers Fair

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 9 January 1908 · page 2

The annual farmers' fair, under the auspices of the Wagga branch of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association, will be held on Wednesday, March 4,…

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Wagga Swimming Club. Annual Carnival

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 9 January 1908 · page 3

The annual carnival of the Wagga Swimming Club took place yesterday afternoon. The affair did not seem to excite much public interest, which is…

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Frightful Sweating at Mildura. the Workers Struggle for Fair Wages. How the Trust Rules the Market

The Worker · Thursday 9 January 1908 · page 23

Mildura is one of the irrigation "colonies" promoted by the Chaffey Brothers— shrewd gentlemen, who earned the reputation of not embarking in business…

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Show Committee

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 3

The committee of the above held their usual monthly meeting at the show ground on Thursday afternoon. Present—Messrs. A. Bragg (in the chair), J. Hately, O. J…

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Third Test Match. on the Adequate Oval. England Five for 259. Slow Cricket — Good Fielding, Fair Bowling. Australia in a Corner. Adelaide, Saturday Night

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 2

The third test match was continued to-day. Barnes and Fielder Continued the bowling. Two stolen runs and a couple of good strokes made O'Connor…

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Agricultural Society

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 16 January 1908 · page 2

Considerable interest is being displayed this year in the election of committeemen for the M.P. and A.A. Nominations closed with the secretary…

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Australia at the Franco-british Exhibition

The Worker · Thursday 16 January 1908 · page 24

It is being claimed that the Franco-British Exhibition, to be held in London this year, will have a political, as well as a commercial significance. According to a…

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Newcastle Delegates in Sydney. First Fair Statement of their Case

The Worker · Thursday 16 January 1908 · page 9

Messrs. O. Rogers and F. Clarence, president and trustee respectively of the Newcastle Wharf Laborers' Union, were present as delegates from that body at last week's…

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The Shepherd's Bush Exhibition Scandal. the "Age" Speaks Out. Bent in 1894 and in 1998

The Worker · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 11

The "Age" has been attacking Premier Bent over the Shepherd's Bush Exhibition "job," by which three of his supporters get a trip to London at the expense of the…

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The Olympic Motor Show. Opened by the Duke of Connaught

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 3

The opening of the Motor Show at Olympia this morning (11th November) by the Duke of Connaught was a purely informal affair, and there were no…

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Show Ground Accommodation

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 2

The provision of extended accommodation for the public in a matter which engage the the attention of the committee of the M. P. and A…

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15th Annual Sports Carnival. Office Bearers

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 31 January 1908 · page 5

President: Mr. A. W- Stinson. Vice-Presidents: Messrs. C. E. S. Page, and R. K. Pyke. Hon. Treasurer: Mr. W K. Moore. Secretary : Mr. J. W…

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The Shoeing of Show Horses

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 31 January 1908 · page 7

Most exhibitors are aware that in the exhibition of highly-bred show horses there is nearly as much in he art of training as in the natural propensity of…

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Dangers of the Moustache. Risks Run by the Fair Sen

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 1 February 1908 · page 4

In the Editor's diary of the "North American Review" moustaches in the light of science are shown to be in vested with new dangers to the fair…

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A Fair Weight. the Size of Wheat Bags

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 5 February 1908 · page 2

Both Premiers Wade find Bent threaten to break a lance with the Federal Government over the determination of Minister Chapman to…

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Gundagai P. & A. Society. Making Arrangements for the Show

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 7 February 1908 · page 2

A COMMITTEE meeting of the P. and A. Society wan held on Tuesday last. There were present, Messrs. McInerney (chair), Jamieson, Kyle, Martin,…

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Australian Babie. . . . A Story of the Wild Old Times. "She was fair, and small and slender limbed, and buoyant as a bird. Fresh as wild, white dew-dipped violets, where CHAPTER XIX—(Continued)

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 7 February 1908 · page 4

He had scarcely given the risk a thought before; now it rushed upon him in full force. Suppose it was good-bye for ever to this dear, sweet,…

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Our Show. Getting Ready for It

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 2

A COMMITTEE meeting of the P. and A. Society was held on Tuesday last. There were present, Messrs. McInerney (chair), Jamieson, Kyle, Martin,…

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