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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1910

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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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Agrigultural Exhibition. Opened at Buenos Ayres. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 July 1910 · page 4

The International Agricultural Exhibition was opened at Buenos Ayres (Argentina) yesterday. The British pavilion is the largest…

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Barrier Racing Carnival. South Australian Horses to Participate. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 July 1910 · page 5

Special arrangements are being made for the carriage of horses from South Australia to Broken Hill in connection with the forthcoming meetings…

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Exhibition of Fight Pictures. to Be Prohibited in Many American Cities. Its Position Explained

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 July 1910 · page 5

Washington, San Francisco, Boston, Los Angeles, and many other American cities, as well as the Government of Ontario (Canada), have forbidden the…

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The Racing Carnival

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 July 1910 · page 4

The South Australian Railway Department is making special horse tr[?]n arrangements in connection with the Broken Hill Racing Carnival this…

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Interstate Lacrosse Carnival. Concluded at Adelaide. Victoria the Winner. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 July 1910 · page 4

Victoria won the interstate carnival, which was concluded at Adelaide an Saturday, after lasting a week. The Victorians threw 36 goals in the…

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Jeffries-johnson Fight. [Reuter's Message.] Exhibition of Pictures. Growing Feeling in England Against It. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 July 1910 · page 5

There is a growing feeling in England not to permit the exhibition of the Jeffries-Johnson, fight pictures. The Rev. Scott Ledgett has given…

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A New South Wales Protest. Against Exhibition of Fight Pictures. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 July 1910 · page 2

An emphatic protest against the exhibition of the pictures of the Jeffries-Johnson fight was made at a meeting of the Evangelical Council of New…

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Fair Comment. Superior People

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 July 1910 · page 4

What a real source of pleasure is possessed by those who honestly believe that they are something quite superior to the ordinary run of people, and who…

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Jeffries-johnson Fight. Exhibition of Pictures. Deputation to Prime Minister Prime Minister's Reply. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 July 1910 · page 6

A deputation representing Church organisations in Victoria, to-day asked Mr. Fisher (Prime Minister) to prohibit the importation to Australia of the…

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The Racing Carnival. Departure of Adelaide Horses

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 July 1910 · page 4

Our Adelaide correspondent wires that the following horses are booked to leave by the special horse train, which is to arrive in Broken Hill on…

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Jeffries- Johnson Fight. the Exhibition of the Pictures. S.A. Attorney-general's Remarks. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 July 1910 · page 4

Speaking in the South Australian Assembly yesterday with reference to the criticism on the utterance of the Premier (Mr. Verran) with respect to…

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Fair Comment. Modern Music

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 July 1910 · page 4

It deals with rhapsodies and Sonatas and Sympho[?]es in G, and other impossible and mysterious things to the uninitiated seeker after melody and…

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The Racing Carnival. Old-Time Reminiscences. the Broken Hill Jockey Club

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 July 1910 · page 3

My acquaintance with the premier racing club of the Barrier dates back to 1887. I am given to understand that the club was formed a year…

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The Racing Carnival. the Racing Carnival. Silver City Cup Meeting

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 July 1910 · page 2

Broken Hill winter racing carnival will be inaugurated to-morrow by the L.V.R.C. with its Silver City Cup meeting. There is a programme of…

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The Racing Carnival. Tiercel Not Coming to Broken Hill. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 July 1910 · page 4

Tiercel will not be sent to Broken Hill. She was overlooked when the acceptances fell due on Saturday, and was left in the Silver City Cup by…

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Barrier Miner. Tuesday, July 19, 1910. the Broken Hill Racing Carnival

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 July 1910 · page 2

To-MORROW will see the curtain raised of the Hurrier turf carnival—the most pretentious of its kind held outside of Sydney. The stakes offered for the…

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Fair Comment. Our Immigrants

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 July 1910 · page 4

"Let it be granted," as they used to teach us at school when we were mastering the elements of Euclid, "that Australia is under-populated…

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Racing Carnival. L.v.r.c. Meeting

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 July 1910 · page 4

The L.V.R.C. Silver City. Cup meeting is being held on the old course to-day. The club has been favored with splendid weather, and a large…

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The Following Appeared in Yesterdays Third Edition. the Racing Carnival. Opened by the L.V.r.C. the Silver City Cup Meeting Cop Won by Lady Dudley

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 July 1910 · page 4

OFFICIALS: Committee, Messrs. J. Noonan (chairman). J. Demaegh W. Abbott, J. Gordon, B. W. Hillier", Sam Barnett, Oscar Barnet…

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