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Shows & fairs, 1909

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"An Insane Democracy." Carnival Moran on Politics. Disability of Roman Catholics Goulburn

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 23 February 1909 · page 2

The proceedings to-day to mark the opening of the bishop's new house, to which a portion of the old presbytery is attached, began with early…

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The Renmark Strike. Fruit-pickers' Fight for Fair Conditions

The Worker · Thursday 25 February 1909 · page 14

The Renmark fruit-pickers strike is apparently as far from settlement as ever. Messrs. Blundell and Newland, who went to the settlement to endeavor to arrange the…

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The Tumut Show

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1909 · page 2

THE Tumut Annual Show was held on Wednesday and Thursday, there being a very fair public attendance, especially yesterday (Thursday), when the…

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Tumut Show. First Day

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 26 February 1909 · page 2

The 34th annual show of the Tumut A. and P. Association, which opened on Wednesday, was seriously marred by a heavy…

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Prospects of the Royal Show at Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 26 February 1909 · page 4

The busy note of preparation is very insistent on the Sydney show ground, and the place is rapidly assuming its Easter holiday appearance. A large…

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The Farmers' Fair

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 27 February 1909 · page 2

The date of the Farmers' Fair, which is reality an autumn show, is now closely approaching, and the committee who have the work in hand are…

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Local and General News Wagga Show Schedule

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 27 February 1909 · page 2

With the idea of improving on, and seeking for fresh ideas for, the Wagga show schedule, Mr. A. F. D. White, the secretary of the M. F. and A…

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Farmers' Fair

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 2

It was announced at the meeting of the farmers and settlers on Saturday by the secretary that already more entries had been received for the fair to…

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Tumut Show

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 3

To say that the Show of 1909 was a success would be a travesty of justice. It was perhaps the worst managed undertaking of the Tumut A. & P…

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Local and General News Farmers' Fair

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 2

Mr. E. Crouch, secretary, informed the members of the Farmers and Settlers' Association on Saturday last that the entries and donations for the Farmers'…

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Rioting at Lisbon. Blasphemous Carnival Stopped. Results in Bloodshed. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 2

Reuter's agency reports that serious rioting originated from a carnival at Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, and that 200 arrests were made, and many people…

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Royal Agricultural Society. Prospects of the Sydney Show

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 2

The busy note of preparation is very insistent on the Sydney Showground, and the place is rapidly assuming its Easter holiday appearance. A large…

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Farmers' Fair

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 2

Those interested in agricultural pursuits and in the manufacture of home-made preserves, dairy produce, horticulture, etc., will scarcely need to be…

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Not Fair to Our Girls

The Worker · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 12

IN view of the continuous importation of single women to act as domestic servants, but practically to become competitors with our own girls not only in the labor…

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The Sydney Easter Show

The Worker · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 20

Active preparations are being made on the Royal Agricultural Society's grounds at Moore Park, Sydney, for the forthcoming Easter Show, which promises to…

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TOWN & Country Topics. Show Prizes

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 2

Norwithstanding careful attention on our part to the checking of the show prize list, one or two awards were incorrect in one published…

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Tea Tent at the Show

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 2

The tea tent, under the management of Mesdames E. G. Bridle, L. Butler, W. Clout, and G. Speich, was a financial success, notwithstanding the…

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Murrumburrah Show. the New Ground. a £1,600 VENTURE

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 2

Murrumburrah P. A. and I. Association are to hold their show on 30th[?]and 31st March, and it deserves special attention from residents of this and the surrounding…

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Farmers' Fair

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 6 March 1909 · page 8

The annual farmers' fair in connection with the Wagga [?]oh of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held in the Oddfellows Hall on…

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Wagga Show Advance Schedule

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 9 March 1909 · page 2

The various sub-committees of the Murrumbidgee P. and A. Association are petting to work on the programme for the next show. The chief difficulty…

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