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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1906

163 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 9 of 9

St. Andrew's Church Fair

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 December 1906 · page 3

A very pretty little fair and Christmas tree were opened in the St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Hall yesterday afternoon by the Rev. W. R. Milne. A…

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General Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] Another World's Fair. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 December 1906 · page 2

It is proposed to hold a World's Fair at San Franoisco in 1913 to celebrate the discovery, 400 years previously, of the Pacific Ocean by Vasco Nunez…

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Axemen's Carnival. Wellington

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 December 1906 · page 2

In the axemen's carnival at New Plymouth yesterday the principal event was won by D. Pretty, who beat Blanch's, world's record, made in…

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Sporting. the Axemen's Carnival. Launceston

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 December 1906 · page 4

At the axemen's carnival yesterday the world's championship was won by W Ohellis, of Tasmania, Weston, the Australian champion, being third. The…

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