Police Called to Crowd at Show Pavilion
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—When the Hall of Agriculture was opened to the public at the Royal Show this afternoon there was such a crush…
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Shows & fairs, 1947
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Officials Muffle Tent "Barkers" At Royal Show
SYDNEY: Show officials have ordered side-shows to turn back their amplifiers. Residents in Cook Road, Centennial Park,…
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Plans for a carnival on April 18 and 19 in aid of the building fund were discussed last night by Merewether Returned Soldiers' League…
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This aspect of the Sydney Showground makes the ground look like a narrow-streeted Eastern atty expect for the modern Western dress of the people. The Royal Agricultural Show has attracted record numbers of people…
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This handsome Shorthorn bull Won first prize in its section at the Royal Agricultural Show, Sydney. The bull is owned by Mr. E. L. Rilcn and is being ribboned by Mrs. C. C. Readhead, Mllora, Mingenew, West Australia…
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The Northern British Bulldog Club will hold its third bi-annual championship show at the Showground, Broadmeadow, on Sunday, April 27…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Intermittent rain caused some upsets to the programme at the Royal Easter Show to-day. The crowd was below…
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SYDNEY: A tightly-packed mass of over 5000 shouting, screaming people got completely out of hand out…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—A record crowd of more than 200,000 attended the Royal Show yesterday. The previous record for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Fields In Easter Golf Carnival
A field of about 120 competed in the Waratah Golf Club's Easter tournament events at Cockle Creek on Saturday. It was the most…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—For the first time in the history of the Sydney Show, the grounds were to-day thrown open to the public on a Sunday. Owing to the large…
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SYDNEY.—A rider. thrown from a horse in a water jump at the show, suffered a probable fractured neck…
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SYDNEY: Stanley Steele, 12, of Dutruc Street, Randwick, went to the show last Monday with 6d. in his pocket. He liked it so much he stayed a week—and came back with 4s. 6d…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—The official attendance figure at the Show for yesterday and last night was 259,829— an all-time record. The previous…
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SYDNEY: Prospects of the finest weather of the holidays drew large crowds out of doors early this morning. Crowds poured into the Showground this morning, the heaviest…
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SYDNEY: A dare-devil cyclist crashed 13 feet during a ride in the show "Wall of Death" pavilion at noon today. He is believed to be critically injured with a broken pelvis. The cyclist, Vic du Barrie, had just…
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SYDNEY: Many thousands of children flocked to the Showground to-day—"Children's Day." Only a trickle passed through when…
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SYDNEY, Monday—Stanley Steele, 12, of Dutruc-street, Randwick, "skipped" school last. Monday to go to the show. He liked it so much…
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Forty boys from New South Wales and six from other States were the guests of the Royal Agricultural Society at a junior farmers' camp held…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A show visitor was knocked down by a tram and killed, and a girl was burned to death when…
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