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Shows & fairs, 1915

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Patriotic Show. No Postponement

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Tuesday 16 November 1915 · page 2

The question of knocking out the proposed P. and A. Society's proposed Patriotic Show was discussed at the Show committee's…

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Allies' Day. Queen of the Carnival. Official Barometer

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 November 1915 · page 2

Up to the time of clearing the ballot boxes last night [?]208 "coppers," or £463 8/2, had been spent in purchasing votes for the eight candidates…

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P. and A. Society. Patriotic Show to Be Gone on With

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 16 November 1915 · page 2

A MEETING of the committee of the above was held on Friday last. There were present: Mr. Hazlett (president, in the chair), Messrs…

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Adelong Show

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 19 November 1915 · page 4

THE Adelong Show came off on Tuesday and Wednesday under ideal weather conditions. The entries were good and the horse…

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Wagga Show Society

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 November 1915 · page 4

At last night's meeting of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association, accounts totalling £147 were passed for payment, increasing…

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Dairying. Dairy Stock in the Show Ring. An Incipient Resolution

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 November 1915 · page 8

The consciousness that there is something unsatisfactory in the ordinary methods of judging dairy cows in the show ring has been growing…

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Captain Aynsely Case Wagga Show Society's Finding. Traves Disqualified for Life

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 November 1915 · page 4

At last night's meeting of the Murrunbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association more correspondence was tabled bearing on the Captain…

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Allies' Day. Queen of the Carnival Official Barometer. Heavy Polling Continues. Last Night's Figures. To-day's Programme

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 November 1915 · page 5

Meetings of sub-committees and a special meeting of the general committee held late this week brought the arrangements for to-day's festivities…

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Allies' Day. an Enthusiastic Response. Queen of the Carnival. Miss Moloney Chosen

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 November 1915 · page 2

Allies' Day-in Wagga passed off in a wave of enthusiasm. The town bore none of the gaily beflagged appearance of Australia Day or Belgium Day, in…

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"The Union Jack." Successful Show

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Tuesday 23 November 1915 · page 2

When there came a roll of the drum and a military squad mardied by the fort, a his audience at Tracey's Hall on…

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the Adelong Show

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 25 November 1915 · page 2

On Tuesday and Wednesday, the 13th annual show under the auspices of the Adelong P. and A. Society eventuated on the show-ground. The…

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Garden Fair

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 November 1915 · page 2

The ladies' committee recently formed to provide comforts for the recruits in the forthcoming route march, have every reason to feel gratified with the…

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Picture-show Incident

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 26 November 1915 · page 3

A remarkable incident took place in the Palace Kinema, Aintree, Liverpool on Monday afternoon, when Corporal Robert Beck, of the Army Service Corps,…

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Flower Show. Record Success

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 26 November 1915 · page 2

The most sanguine among the promoters of St. Jude's Flower Show and Allies' Fair, held on Friday and Saturday last, could hardly have…

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All Nations' Carnival and Art Union

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 26 November 1915 · page 5

The secretary of the above desires us to state, that as there are a number of ticket-holders in this district, the date of drawing of the…

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Royal Easter Show. to Be Held As Usual

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 26 November 1915 · page 2
Also in Cootamundra Herald

The secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society states that rumours have been current that in consequence of the military authorities occupying the grounds…

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Serbs Must Work or Die. Bulgars Show Cruelty. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 29 November 1915 · page 2

An order found on a captured Austrian officer shows that Serb prisoners were to be forced to do war work, and if they refused they were to be beaten…

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Church of England Fair

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 1 December 1915 · page 2

On Wednesday evening, a continental and fair was held in St Aidan's Church grounds. The Lockhart hand attended and rendered an excellent…

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"Queen of the Carnival"

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 1 December 1915 · page 2

Interest is fomenting in the Queen of the Allies Carnival to be held at Lockhart in January next. The Lockhart Red Cross League has…

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