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Shows & fairs, 1912

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Mr. F. D. Brown. Well-known Horsebreeder. Prizes at the Royal Show. Lobbs Hole and Terrible Hollow

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 2 February 1912 · page 2

THE news of the issue of a warrant for the apprehension of Mr. Frank D. Brown, General Manager for Australia of the Singer Sewing Machine…

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Premier at Wollongong. Not Allowed to Speak. a Show Incident. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 February 1912 · page 4

The Premier, Mr. M'Gowen, was unceremoniously "turned down" by a section of the crowd at the Wollongong Show when he attempted to…

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Dublin Royal Show Example to New South Wales. (To the Editor "Daily Advertiser.")

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 February 1912 · page 7

Sir,—Having forwarded you a few particular of the Dublin Royal Show, I think its popularity is due not only to the local and national interests, but…

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Show Grants

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 8 February 1912 · page 2

In the President's Minute read at the annual meeting of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association on Tuesday evening, it was made…

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Show Subsidy

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 10 February 1912 · page 2

Mr. A. F. White, secretary of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association has received official advices that the 1911 subsidy amounts…

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Show Ground Improvements

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 February 1912 · page 2

The ordinary monthly meeting of the M.P. and A.A. will be held on Friday night next, at headquarters. The business includes the election of a…

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The Tumut Show

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 13 February 1912 · page 2

The extroardinary season experienced in the district certainly gave cause for the committee of the A. and P. Association to hold the beliet…

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The Schedule for the Royal Show. the Increased Prize List

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 13 February 1912 · page 1

The schedule for the next Royal Show in Sydney, which takes place April 2nd to 10th, is now available for intending exhibitors. Alterations…

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To "Show Cause." Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 15 February 1912 · page 5

At the Marine Court to-day, the Matter of the steamer Brooklyn, which was wrecked at Shoalhaven Heads, was called on to "show cause."…

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The Schedule of the Royal Show

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 17 February 1912 · page 2

The schedule for the next Royal Show in Sydney, which takes place April 2nd to 10th, is now available for intending exhibitors. Alterations, while not of a…

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M.P. and A.A. Annual Election of Officers. Show Ground Improvements. R.A.S. Appeal Court Proposal

Daily Advertiser · Monday 19 February 1912 · page 4

Special interest attached to Friday night's regular monthly meeting of the committee of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural…

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Cootamundra Show

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 20 February 1912 · page 2

The dates of the Cootamundra Show have been fixed for Tuesday and Wednesday, 17th and 18th September next…

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"Fortune Telling." Wagga Constable's Destiny "The Fair Lady" Once More. a Woman Convicted

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 February 1912 · page 2

At the Wagga Police Court on Monday (before Mr. George Stevenson, P.M.) Harriet Beecher Noonan was presented on a charge of telling…

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Tumut "Advocate. Tuesday, February 20, 1912 True to our Principles Our Annual Exhibition. Better Than Was Expected. Good Management. Effects of the Dry Season. on Pavilion Exhibits. Splendid Ring Display

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 20 February 1912 · page 2

THE Committee of the Tumut Agricultural and Pastoral Association had some misgivings about success attending the 1912 Show, even after the…

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Tumut Show

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 21 February 1912 · page 4

The Tumul A. and P. Asso-ciation's 37th annual show held on Wednesday and Thursday last, was very successful. The…

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The Sydney Show

The Worker · Thursday 22 February 1912 · page 24

Schedule for the Sydney Show, which will be held from April 2 to 10, are now ready for exhibitors. The prize list has been increased by £400, totalling £5400…

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Coolamon A. & P. Show

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 22 February 1912 · page 2

The Coolamon Agricultural and Pastoral Association show will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 13th and 14th August, 1912…

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Local and General News Methodist Harvest Festival Fair

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 22 February 1912 · page 2

The Methodist Hall on Tuesday night was alive with a busy throng, the occasion being a sale of work in connection with the harvest festival. In the…

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Narandera Race Club. Increased Prize Money. Proposed Two Days Show Meeting

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 23 February 1912 · page 5

The first meeting of the new Committee of the Narandera Race Club was [?] at McLeish's Hotel on Friday evening last, there being present Messrs…

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Farmers' Fair

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 February 1912 · page 4

Wagga's annual autumn show, the Farmers' Fair, held under the auspices of the local branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, will take…

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