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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1910

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Fair Comment. Health Fads

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 June 1910 · page 4

It is really time that a law was passed prohibiting faddists from publishing their experiences of a peculiar diet, or a peculiar mode of dress or…

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Skating Carnival Postponed

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 June 1910 · page 5

In consequence of the Benevolent Society's euchre and bridge tournament and dance having been arranged for to-morrow night, Mr. Bert Sayers…

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Barrier Racing Carnival

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 June 1910 · page 1

Owners and trainers are again reminded that nominations for all events for the L.V.R.C Silver City Cup meeting on July 20, and the B.H.J.C…

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Skating Carnival

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 June 1910 · page 3

To-morrow night's great attraction will undoubtedly be the Skating Carnival which is to be held on the Rink. This has been twice postponed, once…

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Skating Carnival

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 July 1910 · page 5

The first skatihg carnival of the season will be held at the Rink to-night. A capital programme has been arranged, which includes all the most…

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Interstate Lacrosse Carnival. Arrival of Victorians and Westralians. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 July 1910 · page 7

The Victorian and Westralian players, who will take part in the Interstate Lacrosse Carnival, arrived in Adelaide to-day. The New South Wales…

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St. Peter's Festival Fair

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 July 1910 · page 5

A Parish Festival Fair in connection with St. Peter's Anglican Church will be opened in the Town Hall on Wednesday next by Mrs. J. W. Brougham,…

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Amusements. the Skating Carnival

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 July 1910 · page 5

Pleasure was at the helm at the Skating Rink last night, and there was a brave show of color, to ho sure, and the electric lights shone on a scene…

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Victorian Racing Carnival. Melbourne Cup Scratching. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 July 1910 · page 6

Jolly Beggar has been scratched for the Melbourne Cup…

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Fair Comment. the King v. JONES

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 July 1910 · page 4

It is to be hoped that the great family of Joneses will not blame me for making use of their well-known and time-honored name in this…

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Interstate Dacrosse Carnival Opened at Adelaide. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 July 1910 · page 5

The interstate lacrosse carnival opened on the Adelaide Oval on Saturday, the results being:— West Australia, 11 goals; New South…

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St. Peter's Festival Fair

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 July 1910 · page 3

Mrs. J. W. Brougham, of Poolamacca, will to-morrow afternoon at the Town Hall, declare open the Festival Fair organised by the ladies of St…

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Fair Comment. the Empire

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 July 1910 · page 4

How few of us know, or realise, the true meaning of these words! We hear "the Empire" spoken of at public banquets, in patriotic speeches,…

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St. Peter's Fair. the Pierrots

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 July 1910 · page 3

The Town Hall was crowded last night when the Festival Fair in aid of the parish building, debt fund promoted by the St. Peter's Ladies Guild,…

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Festival Fair. a Successful Fixture

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 July 1910 · page 4

This afternoon was fixed as the opening of the festival fair, promoted by members of the St. Peter's Ladies' Guild, and held in the Town Hall, in…

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Moving Pictures of the Fight. Exhibition May Be Forbidden

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 July 1910 · page 3

Several of the civil authorities in America propose to forbid the exhibition of the moving pictures on the ground that they will excite racial…

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Interstate Lacrosse Carnival. Yesterday's Matches at Adelaide. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 July 1910 · page 2

The results of the matches played yesterday at Adelaide in connection with the insterstate lacrosse carnival were.—…

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St. Peter's Festival Fair

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 July 1910 · page 1

The St. Peter's Festival Fair, which was opened in the Town Hall on Wednesday afternoon and continued on Wednesday evening, was brought to a…

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Interstate Lacrosse Carnival. Matches in Adelaide. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 July 1910 · page 4

At the Interstate Lacrosse Carnival in Adelaide yesterday the results were —Queensland, 8 goals; New South Wales, nil…

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The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Second Edition. Jeffries Johnson Fight. the Moving Pictures. American Mayors Forbid Their Exhibition. South African Objections. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 July 1910 · page 8

Many American Mayors have forbidden the exhibition of moving pictures of the Jeffries-Johnson fight. Several Capetown (South African)…

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