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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1909

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Fair Comment. Go Away

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 April 1909 · page 4

Not more than two months ago the members of the committee of the Combined Unions, in addressing a mass meeting at the Central Reserve,…

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Aeronautics' Exhibition. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 7 April 1909 · page 6

An international aeronautical exhibition will be held in Frankfort (Germany) in July. Aeronautics will play un important part in the German…

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League of Wheelmen's Carnival

Barrier Miner · Thursday 8 April 1909 · page 2

A sports meeting will be held under the auspices of the League of Wheelmen on the Western Oval to-morrow (Good Friday), when an attractive…

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Concert and Exhibition of Pictures

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 April 1909 · page 5

A concert, which consisted of a combination of moving pictures and brass band music, was given in the Town Hall last night and attracted a good…

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New South Wales. Royal Agricultural Show. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 April 1909 · page 4

The attendance at the Royal Agricultural Show yesterday was 71,000, a record for that particular day. The gate receipts on Good Friday, 1907,…

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Fair Comment. Everybody's Business

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 April 1909 · page 2

Mr. Nulty's contention that "the unions should be alllowed to manage their own business in their own way" will hardly appeal to the people of…

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Canadian Coal. What Recent Surveys Show. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 April 1909 · page 6

Recent surveys show that there are forty thousand million tons of marketable coal on the Canadian north-western coalfields…

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Royal Agricultural Show. Concluded Yesterday. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 April 1909 · page 4

Mr. W. J. Retallick, one of the delegates who attended the meeting on behalf of the Broken Hill shareholders of the Junction, returned from…

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Fair Comment. Making It Up Again

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 April 1909 · page 4

The eyes of Broken Hill are just now upon Albury, or perhaps it would be more correct to say that one eye is on Albury and the other on the High…

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Fair Comment. When the Clouds Roll By

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 April 1909 · page 4

There are signs of clearance in the industrial horizon at Broken Hill, and even the "law's delay" must have an end. Up to the present time the trials…

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Fair Comment. an Illogical Omission

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 April 1909 · page 4

One of the leonoclastic innovations for which the young Turkish reformers whe are now gallantly fighting for their lives and their cituse made…

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Performing Cat in Court. Refused to "Sit Up." Sequel to the Late Show

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 April 1909 · page 3

Much light was thrown upon cats and their peculiarities at the Paddington (Sydney) Police Court on Monday last, when Mr. Barnett, S.M. (who was…

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Meeting in the Institute. Recognition of Unionism. Decided by Show of Hands. Port Pirie

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 April 1909 · page 4

Yesterday afternoon's meeting, held in the Port Pirie Institute, was largely attended. Mr. Renton (president of the Combined Unions) presided…

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W.P.A. and H. Society

Western Grazier · Saturday 1 May 1909 · page 2

A report baring gained ground that the annual show was not going to be held this year, the secretary asks us to state that such is not the case, and…

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Fair Comment. the Militant Spirit

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 May 1909 · page 4

We have beard a great deal lately about the militant spirit, and the great fight that the men under the direction of their leaders have been putting up,…

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Fair Comment. Teachers and the Rod

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 May 1909 · page 4

Whilst the man or woman ordinarily placed inflicts personal chastisement upon his fellow at the imminent risk of legal penalties, and in peril of…

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Fair Gomment. Noise As a Public Nuisance

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 May 1909 · page 4

The decision of the Victorian Board of Public Health that a crowing fowlis a danger to the health of those with in the hearing of it, and, therefore,…

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Amusements. Skating Carnival

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 May 1909 · page 3

There is every promise that the skating carnival to be held on the rink to-night will be a brilliant success. No trouble has been spared by the…

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The Fusion of Parties Movement. Mr. Joseph Cook's Opinion. "It Seems Fair Enouoh." Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 May 1909 · page 2

Joseph Cook, lendor of the Federal Opposition, says, regarding the efford that is being made to bring about a fusion of anti-Socialist forces, " It…

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Fair Comment. Something Like a Strike

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 May 1909 · page 4

The habit of doing things on a large scale, for which America, ns represented by the United States, is famons, scorns to be likely to take root in South…

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