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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1917

575 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 11 of 29

Sydney Show Ring Event Results. Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 7 April 1917 · page 2

There was an enormous attendance at the Sydney Show to-day it being estimated at about 00,000. The weather was fine, but cold. The ring…

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Royal Show 99,000 People Present. the High Jump. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 7 April 1917 · page 3

The Royal Show to-day attracted a record at[?]endance-99,000. The income totalled £4200. Though the attendance was unprecedented, the…

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P.p. & C.b. Show Marred by Bad Weather Two Days' Carnival. Ring Events a Feature

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 10 April 1917 · page 1

The annual exhibition of the Bathurst Poultry, Pigeon and Cage Birds Association was held under very adverse weather conditions on the…

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Successful Recruiting. Light Horsemen at the Show Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 10 April 1917 · page 3

Fifty Light Horse mounts entered the ring at the Royal Show to-day, an appeal being made for recruits to fill the vacant saddles. Dozens of young…

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Gored by a Bull. Royal Show Incident. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 10 April 1917 · page 3

At tho show to-day Herbert Gaffrey (42), a produce merchant, was gored by a bull and later taken to the Sydney Hospital suffering severe…

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Sydney Show Another Big Day. Ladies in the Ring. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 10 April 1917 · page 2

The attendance at the Royal Show to-day almost equalled that of Saturday, which constituted a record, with its 99,000. The show as a whole…

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Bathurst Show New Association's Initial Effort. a Successful Beginning. Interesting Arena Events

National Advocate · Tuesday 10 April 1917 · page 3

The Bathurst Poultry, Pigeon and Canary Society held its first Show at the Bathurst Show Ground, the event having been isaugurated as a result…

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Katoomba Show. Successful Exhibition

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 11 April 1917 · page 3

For years Katoomba has had nothing to complain of in the matter of Lithgow's patronage on public holidays--particularly at the Xmas and Easter periods. Monday was…

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Orange Show

Leader · Wednesday 11 April 1917 · page 2

Mr. Walter Nanearrow, the eecretary of the Orange Show, which is to take place on- the 18th, 19th and 20th of this month, is at present attending…

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A Bathurst Show incident

National Advocate · Wednesday 11 April 1917 · page 4

As a large number of patrons of the Bathurst Show on Monday were enjoying their afternoon tea in the booth beneath the grandstand, they were…

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The Royal Show. Sydney

Leader · Wednesday 11 April 1917 · page 2

The Sydney Show gates had not been open an hour before the 400,000 attendance mark was passed, thus easily establishing a record, with two…

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Dairying Tests Sydney Show Disclosures

National Advocate · Wednesday 11 April 1917 · page 4

In view of the prosecutions of dairymen for selling milk alleged to be below the standard, it will be interesting to not that at the Sydney Show…

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Skating Carnival

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 12 April 1917 · page 22

Local skaters are to be well catered for on Thursday, May 3, when a monster carnival is to be held on the up-to-date and popular Criterion…

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Wellington Show

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 12 April 1917 · page 22

The Wellington Show will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 24 and 25, 1917. Special trains will run from all Western…

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A.J.C Carnival. Third Day

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 12 April 1917 · page 19

The third day's racing of the A. J. C. Autumn Carnival was held yesterday under very unpromising conditions, and resulted as…

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At the Show and Races

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 12 April 1917 · page 24

Mr. and Mrs. F. D. M'Master (Dalkeith) are among the district visitors to the Sydney Show and races…

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Sydney Show Jumping Events. Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 12 April 1917 · page 5

Owing to the Minding rain squalls which fell to-day, there were very few people at the Show Ground. In the John See High Jump F. J…

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Heavy Rain the City Flooded. Races and Show Continued Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 12 April 1917 · page 1

Heavy rain fell in and around the city and suburbs last night, and at 9 o'clock this morning the observatory had registered 316 points. The suburb…

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The Easter Carnival

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 8

Never before hail Sydney such an affluent Easter carnival. The city area, like the ring at the showground, seemed to shrink under, the weight or human pressure, and become…

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Hartley. Motor Cycle Carnival

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 3

The Canberra Motor Cycle Club, of Sydney, commenced its Easter carnival on the course de circuit, Hartley, on the 7th instant, and concluded today, the 9th. The weather on the…

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