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Shows & fairs, 1911

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Farmers and Settlers' Association Fair Schedule Discussed. Prize Honey Increased

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 17 October 1911 · page 3

A meeting of the Wagga branch of the Fanners' and Settlers' Association was held at the School of Arts on Saturday afternoon. There was a…

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Municipal Employees. Demand for Fair Treatment

The Worker · Thursday 19 October 1911 · page 9

Several claims for higher wager and improved working conditions have been made by the Municipal Employees' Union on the Melbourne City Council. They…

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Poultry. Birds for Show. Are They Utilitarian? an Interesting Analysis

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 20 October 1911 · page 7

We are apt to adopt shibboleths somewhat indiseriminately and perhaps no more confusedly than in connection with poultry (writes J. H…

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Local Exhibition

Daily Advertiser · Monday 23 October 1911 · page 2

An interesting exhibition of clever sparring was given on Saturday evening in the Southern Cross Grounds., Mr. J. Sharman organised the fixture,…

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The Show

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 27 October 1911 · page 3

The alteration of the date of the Show this year to October made it in a large sense a horse show, horses looking at their beat at this…

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Hillston Race Club. Show Meeting

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 27 October 1911 · page 4

The Hillston Race Club's Show meeting this year was unanimously conceded to be one of the most successful from every point of view held…

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Government Exhibit at the Show

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 27 October 1911 · page 4

In the Industrial Hall at the Show considerable interest was taken is the Agricultural Department's exhibit from Hawkesbury…

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Sydney's First Motor and Cycle Show. the Latest in Motor Mechanics

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 27 October 1911 · page 3

The main pavilion of the Royal Agricultural Society was the locus of Sydney's first Motor and Cycle Show, which was inaugurated on the 30th…

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Wagga Show Dairy Tests

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 October 1911 · page 4

Several suggestions have been received by the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association for the alteration of the conditions of the…

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Newspaper's Alleged Contempt to Show Cause. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 31 October 1911 · page 5

The Full Court today granted a rule on behalf of the Crown, returnable on Friday, against the proprietors of the "Sydney Morning Herald," to show…

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Show Grounds Improvements

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 November 1911 · page 2

A special meeting of the committee of the M.P and A.A. is to be held to-night, at the headquarters of the association in Gurwood-street, to…

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Flower Show and Sale of Work

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 3 November 1911 · page 2

This annual event in aid of Christ Church is to take place, on Friday and Saturday, 17th and 18th November. The recent rains have put…

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St. John's Girls' Friendly Society's Fair

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 4 November 1911 · page 2

The dates of St. John's Girls' friendly Society's Fair have been altered from I Tuesday and Wednesday, 7th and 8th of November, to Wednesday and Thursday,…

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M. P. & A. Association Show Ground Improvements Debenture Loan Proposals. an Alternative Scheme. Racecourse Suggested As the Show Ground. an Important Discussion

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 4 November 1911 · page 2

A special meeting of the committee of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association was held last evening for the purpose of…

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Show Ground Improvements Report on Debenture Scheme Adopted. More New Suggestions. Proposed Amalgamation with the M.T.C.

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 November 1911 · page 4

A special meeting of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association was held at the offices in Gurwood-street last night for the…

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Presbyterian Annual Fair and Sale of Work

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 7 November 1911 · page 3

THE annual Fair and Sale of Work held under the auspices of the Women's Missionary Association connected with the Presbyterian…

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Flower Show and Sale of Work

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 7 November 1911 · page 1

This annual event in aid of Christ Church is to take place on Friday and Saturday, 17th and 18th November. The recent rains have put…

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Girls Friendly Society's Annual Fair

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 9 November 1911 · page 5

The annual Fair in connection with the Girls' Friendly Society was successfully opened in St. John's Hall yesterday afternoon, and will conclude…

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The Show Grounds

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 9 November 1911 · page 2

In connection with the motion carried at the meeting of the M.P. and A. Association committee on Friday night last, the sub-committee…

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Wagga Show Ground Reconstruction

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 9 November 1911 · page 2

The committee of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association is indisputably up against a serious problem in its commendable…

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