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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1912

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Spring Racing Carnival in Melbourne. Nominations Closed To-day

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 June 1912 · page 8

The first Tuesday (to-day) in June is always a red-letter day in racing circles by reason of the fact that nominations close for the principal events of…

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Bruce's Big Show

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 June 1912 · page 3

Bruce's big show was continued at See Park' last night, and there was again a record attendance. The various vocal items and pictures were much…

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Bruce's Show

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 June 1912 · page 3

The Trades Hall was the rendezvous of Bruce's show last evening, and a large audience attended. The last two nights of the show are announced as…

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The Racing Carnival. Local Cup Meetings

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 June 1912 · page 4

The three local race clubs have issued their programmes for the Cup meetings. The carnival will provide five race meetings extending over a…

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Successful Local Exhibitor. at South Australian Pigeon an Canary Show

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 June 1912 · page 4

At the South Australian pigeon and canary show. held on Friday and Saturday last. Mr. W. J. Hughes, of Smith Broken Hill, secured 15 first prizes, and…

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State Arbitration Act. All Union, Officials Do Not. Condemn It. Hope Unionists Will Give Phovisions Fair Trial. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 June 1912 · page 4

Not all union officials condemn the State Arbitration Act. Several of them have great confidence in it, and express the hope that unionists generally will…

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The Proposed Exhibition. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 June 1912 · page 2

New South Wales is not very keen on the Victorian proposal for the States to combine in promoting a joint exhibition to be held, presumably in…

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Rink Poster Carnival

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 June 1912 · page 5

Next Friday evening a blnze of color and a whirl of excitement is promised, when the annual grand poster carnival will be held at the Skating Rink…

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Java Exhibition. at Samarang in 1913

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 June 1912 · page 7

An interesting and important exhibition will be held next year at Samaring, one of the principal towns of Java, under the auspices of the…

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Olympia Horse Show. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 June 1912 · page 8

The Horse Show was opened at the Olympia to-day. The value of the prizes is £13,500. A large number of foreign entrants are present for the…

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Poster Skating Carnival

Barrier Miner · Friday 21 June 1912 · page 3

The annual poster oarnival takes place at the Skating Rink to-night. The poster carnival always possesses more originality and more fun than the…

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Poster Skating Carnival

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 June 1912 · page 5

Only moderate patronage was last night bestowed upon the Paster Skating Carnival which was hold in the Skating Rick. About 100 skaters…

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Church Fair at Cockburn. a Successful Fixture

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 June 1912 · page 3

The annual fair in aid of the Cockburn Methodist Church was held in the Institute Building on Saturday last. Although heavy rain fell during the…

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Local Racing Carnival. the Cup Meetings. Dominations Close To-day

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 June 1912 · page 2

The approach of the local racing carnival is heralded by the announcement that nomination's for all events in connection with the Broken Hill…

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The Racing Carnival. Nominations for the Cup Meetings

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 June 1912 · page 2

The racing carnival opens this year with a Licensed Victuallers' Racing Club meeting, which has been set down for July 17. On the Saturday and…

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The Racing Carnival

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 June 1912 · page 2

"Wakeful" writes:— Neither the Broken Hill Jockey Club nor the L.V.R.C. can grumble at the response southern owners have made to…

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Olympic Horse Show. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 June 1912 · page 4

At the Olympic Horse Show to-day King George presented the King Edward gold cup to the Russian officers who had won the events, and…

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The Racing Carnival. Public Holidays for the Cup Meetings

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 June 1912 · page 8

A telegram was received by the town clerk (Mr. J, N. Jonas) to-day from the Under-Secretary, stating that a public holiday in Broken Hill would be…

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Opening of Sydney Sheep Show. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 June 1912 · page 4

The Sydney sheep show was officially opened by the State Governor yesterday. Speaking at the official luncheon Lord Chelmsford spoke of the need for…

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The Racinc Carnival. Billy Button Scratched for Mount Gipps Steeplechase

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 July 1912 · page 4

Billy Button, which won the Sandringham Steeplechase at Morphettville on Saturday last, has declined his engagement in the Mount Gipps Steeple…

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