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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1905

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The Industrial and Art Exhibition

Barrier Miner · Friday 31 March 1905 · page 2

The Floral, Industrial, and Art Exhibition in aid of the Wesley Church was again well patronised last night. The brilliantly lighted…

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The Swimming Carnival. Read Again Defeats Moon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 April 1905 · page 5

The Municipal Swimming Carnival was coneinded last night. The Council has been unfortunate in striking bad weather for the closing carnival of the…

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The Adelaide Exhibition. a Display on Fire, Narrow Escape from Disaster. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 April 1905 · page 8

A considerable scare was cause at the Chamber of Manufactures Exhibition shortly after ll o'clock to-day, when a fire occurred in the marquee of J…

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The Autumn Flower Show

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 April 1905 · page 4

The Barrier Ranges Horticultural and Floricultural Society's Autumn Show will be held in the Town Hall on Friday and Saturday, April 14 and 15. The…

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Vanity Fair

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 April 1905 · page 5

Mr. W. C. Davics's Big Store, at the cornier of Argent and Oxide streets, has, under the management of Mr. Will, Barr (late of J. Martin and Co.'s,…

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The War. a Naval Battle Imminent. Japanese Show a Bold Front. Reinforcements Being Sent to Linievitch

Western Grazier · Monday 10 April 1905 · page 3

ThE Russian Fleet under General Rozhdostvonsky passed Singapore on Saturday, heading for Durian Straits. Forty-seven Russian warships were…

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The Autumn Flower Show

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 April 1905 · page 3

The Horticultural and Floricultaral Society's Autumn Show, which opens in the Town Hall on Friday, promises to be more successful than usual…

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The Autumn Flower Show

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 April 1905 · page 2

The Horticultural Society's Autumn Shaw was coucludod on Saturday night. Though the society may be congratulated on having made a highly creditable…

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Public School Exhibition

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 April 1905 · page 2

The display of new syllabus work from the North Broken Hill Superior Publie School was continued yesterday in the Town Hall. Many availed themselves of…

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Baptist Church Fair

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 April 1905 · page 4

A sale of goods and an evening's entertainment was held last night at the South-Broken Hill Baptist Church, and, despite the inclemency of the weather,…

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Bendigo Easter Fair. [By Telegraph.]

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 April 1905 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday Afternoon. The Bendigo Easter Fair opened to-day. The proceedings were initiated by a mammoth…

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Photographic Exhibition

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 April 1905 · page 4

The Broken Hill Amateur Photographic Society has decided to hold an exhibition during the first week in May, and in order that it…

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Bendigo Easter Fair. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 April 1905 · page 2

The Boudigo Easter Fair receipts for two dnys were £1400, being £100 less than those for last year. The cycling events yesterday were…

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Axemen's Carnival. WELLINGTON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 April 1905 · page 2

At the Axemen's Carnival yesteday Blan[?], the Tasmanian champion, won the New Zealand championship log event in 136 seconds, beating the…

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Photographic Exhibition

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 April 1905 · page 4

The Broken Hill Amateur Photographic Society has decided to hold an exhibition during the first week in May, and in order that it…

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The Adelaide Exhibition. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 May 1905 · page 2

The Chamber of Manufactures Exhibition was closed on Saturday evening, when an immense audience assembled. After the…

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Autumn Flower Show

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 May 1905 · page 2

The prisca won at the recent Flower Show were paid over at the Grand Hotel last night. To a gonoral meeting of members of tho society, hold later, an…

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St. Louis Exhibition

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 May 1905 · page 3

Charges of bribery and corruption at the St. Louis Exposition in connection with the awards of merit are repeated daily in the American press. The…

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Carnival Week

Western Grazier · Monday 15 May 1905 · page 2

The recent beautiful weather is putting great heart into everyone, and it is expected that carnival week in Wilcannia will be a record in the…

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The Racing Carnival

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 May 1905 · page 2

The programme of the B.H.J.C. July meeting appears to-day. The Broken Hill Cup will be run nfc this meeting: "Tattersall" is running a 50,000 sweep…

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