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Shows & fairs, 1882

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Young Agricultural Show. [By Telegraph..] Young

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 September 1882 · page 2

The tenth annual show of the Burrangong Pastoral and Agricultural Society, was held to-day, and proved a very great success. The exhibits were far more numerous than in previous years,…

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The Singleton Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 September 1882 · page 422

So bright and gay did Singleton appear last week that visitors found it difficult to believe the "ower" true statement that the district had but just passed through one of the worst seasons ever known on the Hunter. The show,…

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Tamworth Agricultural Show. TAMWORTH

Evening News · Saturday 9 September 1882 · page 5

The schedule of prizes for the Partners Society's Spring Show, on October 18 and 19, was issued to-day, and includes about 260 classes. The poultry and horticultural sections are particularly…

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Annual Sheep Show in Melbourne. Melbourne, Sept. 1

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 September 1882 · page 422

The annual show of sheep in connection with the Australian Sheep-breeders' Association commenced to-day at Goldsbrough's wool warehouses. The competition was keen in the various classes, the exhibits being superior in number…

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Sheep at the Singleton Show. to the Editor of the Sydney Mail

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 September 1882 · page 423

Sir,—I now send you the weights of the fleeces shorn to-day from the three sheep exhibited at Singleton show, also those of three others that I did not send. It was the fleece only, and did not include forehead cap, locks, or…

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The Bordeaux Exhibition

Evening News · Monday 11 September 1882 · page 2

LONDON, September 8.—The Earl of Kimberley advises that the Australian colonies should appoint their own jurors at the Bordeaux Wine Exhibition. New South Wales has already…

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Australia and the Bordeaux Exhibition. London, Sept. 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 September 1882 · page 7

The Earl of Kimberley advises that the Australian colonies should appoint their own jurors at the Bordeaux Wine Exhibition. New South Wales has already appointed M…

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The Murrumbidgee Show. Wagga Wagga

Evening News · Tuesday 12 September 1882 · page 2

The entries for the pastoral show closed on Saturday afternoon, and are considered very satisfactory. They are as follow.—Sheep, 270 exhibits; horses, 81 exhibits; cattle, 50 exhibits…

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Intercolonial Juvenile Industrial Exhibition

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 September 1882 · page 3

The music for the ode which will be sung on the opening of the Intercolonial Juvenile Industrial Exhibition in the Garden Palace on November 9, was tried yesterday at Nicholson and Ascherberg's,…

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Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Society's Show. [By Telegraph.] Wagga Wagga

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 September 1882 · page 3

The 18th Annual Exhibition of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral Association was held yesterday, and to-day (Tuesday) was confined to judging, which for the most part gave general satisfaction…

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The Murrumbidgee Show. Wagga Wagga

Evening News · Thursday 14 September 1882 · page 2

The following additional awards have been made:-Champion draught stallion, Thomas Collins's Native Hero. Best weight-carrying hunter, the Hon. James Balfour's Forrester 1, G. H…

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Adelaide Live stock Show. ADELAIDE

Evening News · Thursday 14 September 1882 · page 2

At the live stock show, which opened yesterday, there was a large attendance of the public, and some of the exhibits were the best ever seen in the colony. Mr. J. H. Angas and Messrs. Hart…

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Murrumbidgee Pastoral Show. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Reporter.) Wagga Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 September 1882 · page 8

The eighteenth annual show of this association was opened to-day, with fine spring-like weather. The judging for the greater part was performod yesterday, and as the committee and stewards worked rather assiduously, the prize tickets…

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Live Stock Show in Adelaide. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 September 1882 · page 8

The September live stock show, was held on the grounds to-day. The affair was a great success, and well attended. There was a fine collection of cattle, the Durhams exhibited by Messrs. Hart Brothers and J. H. Angas being…

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Murrumbudgee Pastoral Show. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Wagga Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 September 1882 · page 6

The following [?] a list of the special prizes awarded at the Murrumbidgee Pastoral Association's show yesterday:- Presented by Mr. W. Baillie Tucker, £5 5s. for blood entire, suitable fo[?]getting stock horses (3 entries): W. Paterson's…

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The Bordeaux Exhibition

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 September 1882 · page 10

LONDON, September 8.—The Earl of Kimberley advises that the Australian colonies should appoint their own jurors at the Bordeaux Wine Exhibition. New South Wales has already…

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The Narandera Show

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 September 1882 · page 19

THE Narandera Pastoral and Agricultural Society's show was a great success, the "Albury Banner" says, the entries being very numerous, and fully 800 persons being present. The following is a list of…

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Shoalhaven Show. Terara

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 September 1882 · page 468

At the Temperance Hall, Terara, to-day, there was an unusually large muster of the members of the Agricultural and Pastoral Association of Shoalhaven, this being the day of the annual meeting and election of committee for the…

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Murrumbidgee Pastoral Show. Wagga Wagga

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 September 1882 · page 468

The eighteenth annual show of this association was opened to-day, with fine spring-like weather. The judging for the greater part was performed yesterday, and as the committee and stewards worked rather assiduously, the prize tickets…

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Burrangong Pastoral and Agricultural Association Show. Young, Sept. 11

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 September 1882 · page 463

As reported by me in your last issue, the judging of the sheep took place on Tuesday, the day previous to the show, and the result of the awards was then enumerated. As this is principally a sheep-breeding district, as far as the…

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