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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1912

30 stories in Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown)'s papers · page 1 of 2

Kiama Show

Camden News · Thursday 1 February 1912 · page 4

Delightfully cool weather favored the annual show of the Kiama Agricultural Association on Friday. The ground was crowded, and the takings amounted to £103…

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The Armchair. Egyptian Antiquities From Stand Saggara, and Oxyrhynkhos. University College Exhibition

The Picton Post · Wednesday 7 February 1912 · page 7

The exhibition of Egyptian antiquities found in the course of the past season's work by the exploring narties in connection with the Egypt Exploration Fund and…

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Campbelltown Show

Camden News · Thursday 22 February 1912 · page 7

The secretary, Mr. Fred Sheather, reports an extraordinary demand for schedules for Campbelldown Show, to take place on Wednesday and Thursday, 13th and 14th…

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Campbelltown Show. Wednesday and Thursday, March 13Th and 14Th

Camden News · Thursday 29 February 1912 · page 6

The Council of the Campbelltown Agricultural Society held a meeting at the Town Hall on Tuesday evening, 20th instant, when business in connection with the…

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Campbelltown Show

Camden News · Thursday 7 March 1912 · page 10

The fourteenth annual show of the Camp, Campbelltown Agricultural Society, for which elaborate preparations have been made by the committee, takes place next week, the…

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Breeding for Exhibition

The Picton Post · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 3

The secret of success in breeding poultry for exhibition is to secure good blood for the foundation. From stock of only moderate quality it is…

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Royal Show

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 6 April 1912 · page 1

The Royal Show was formally opened in Sydney on Wednesday[?] in beautifully fine weather. Thous[?]ds flocked to the show ground, and the…

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The Poultry Ron. Preparing for the Show

The Picton Post · Wednesday 10 April 1912 · page 3

Almost every man Who goes in for winning prizes with bis poultry has his own ideas on the preparation of his birds, but there are…

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An Exhibition of Quackery

The Picton Post · Wednesday 1 May 1912 · page 7

Probably in no European country does quackery flourish as it does in Germany. So great is the nuisance boat the medical men of the Fetherland have formed an…

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Chrysanthemum and Industrial Show

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 1 May 1912 · page 4

The Moss Vale Hall presented a scene of beauty and actisity on Wednesday afternoon last, when a chrysinthemum and industrial show, under…

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Exhibits at the Show. Massey-harris Co., Ltd

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 4 May 1912 · page 3

There is nothing suc[?]eds like succoss. This old truism has certainly been well exemplified in the case [?] Massoy-Harris Co., Ltd., and we may…

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The Sydney Show. a Countryman's Chat

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 11 May 1912 · page 3

"Been to the Show? Rather. I do my three days at the Sydney Show every year. Wouldn't miss it for a Coronation. Not me. Don't I got…

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The Wollondilly Press (Late "Bowral Free Press.") 15.5.11. Electric Picture Show

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 15 May 1912 · page 4

This Wednesday night Smith and Hughes' huge electric pictures will be shown in the Bowral School of Arts, after which the company will show…

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Electrical Picture Show

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 18 May 1912 · page 4

Messrs. Smith mid Hughes' great Sydney Electrical Picture Show visited Bowral on Wednesday night last, and gave an excellent programme to a…

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The Wollondilly Press (Late "Bowral Free Press.") 22.5.11. Electrical Picture Show

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 22 May 1912 · page 4

At Mittagong on Thursday evening, and Bowral on Friday evening, will be given Messrs. Smith and Hughes' great Electrical Picture Show, whose…

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Electrical Picture Show

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 29 May 1912 · page 4

Our renders should not forgot the picture show this Wednesday night in the Bowral School of Arts, and also at Mittagong id morrow (Thursday)…

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Electrical Picture Show

The Picton Post · Wednesday 12 June 1912 · page 6

Messrs. Hughes and Company's electrical picture show played to a pood house in the Protestant Hall on Friday night last, and the…

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Robertson A. and H. Society

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 3 July 1912 · page 4

The committee of the above met on Thursday last in the Robertson school of Arts. There was a large atendance of members, Mr. W. R…

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Gaolbirds as Actors. Dumb Show

The Picton Post · Wednesday 7 August 1912 · page 2

A prison chaplain of vast experience, who was consulted by the writer on this subject, says:—"Old gaolbirds can defy the vigilance of all the warders in…

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Robertson Agricultural Society

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 4 September 1912 · page 4

The mouth[?]y meeting of the committee of the above was held in the School of Arts, Ruber son, on Thursday night last, there being present: Messrs. W. R. Hind[?]rsh…

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