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Shows & fairs, 1917

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Royal Show. Interesting Ring Events. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 April 1917 · page 4

There was a huge attendance at the Royal Show to-day. The ring events excited keen interest. Results:—lass[?]tter Handicap Pony Trot, one…

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The Royal Show. an Attendance Record. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 April 1917 · page 3

The showground gates had not been open an hour this morning when the 400.000 attendance mark was passed, thus easily establishing a record, with…

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Batlow at Sydney Show

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 12 April 1917 · page 2

The Hallow fruit trophy at the Sydney Royal Show attracted much attention, and comments made there on by passers by indicated that the…

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At the Big Show. Gundagai Scores

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 12 April 1917 · page 4

Country folk mustered in huge force for the Easter festivities in Sydney, and the record attendances established at the Show and…

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Royal Show. Small Attendance. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 April 1917 · page 2

Very few people visited the Show to-day. The grounds were drenched and soft as the result of the heavy rainfall throughout the night…

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Rain in Sydney. Races and Show Affected. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 12 April 1917 · page 4

There was a night long heavy rain in the city and suburbs and along the coast. Up to 9 o'clock to-day the Observatory recorded 316 points. The…

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The Sydney Show. an Enormous Exhibition

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 4

Never before in history was Sydney so crowded with visitors from the country, and everywhere one went he could see scores from…

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Show Revenue

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 6

The council of the society has to keep in mind that it must spend a considerable sum of money on sections which, as revenue producers, do not pay. For…

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The B. A. Sucieta's Easter Show 1917. Written, Illustrated and Compiled Expressly for this Paper. Easter Show Carnival. Primary Producers Holiday

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 5

All the preliminary prospects for the Royal Agricultural Society's Show this year pointed to its being the most successful yet held, despite the fact that…

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The Sydney show

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 6

The attendance at the Sydney Show up to 5 p.m. on Monday last totalled 112,000, being an absolute record for the show. In the ladies'…

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Motors at the Show

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 7

The Car Magnificient at the Show. The beautiful lines of the new "Mitchell Six" Car, and the phenomenal records it has put up in New South…

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The Sydney Show. Local Successes

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 6

The [?] show which was [?] in sydney last week.[?] a good deal of interest in this distict on…

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Horse-women at the Show

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 6

During 20 years, Mrs. Stace has only been absent from the Sydney Show one year. For the last 25 years she has always gained two or three…

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Items of News. Royal Show Attendance

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 2

The total attendances at the Royal Show this year were 425,500, and the total receipts £17,123. The figures last year were 320,400 and £13,467…

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At the Royal Show. (By Our Special Reporter.)

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 2

There may be a war on. We suppose there is, as the papers are daily recording such. But no one would think so to be in Sydney last week. If any people…

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Mt. Erin Carnival. Concert and Coronation. Miss Zoe Wenke Crowned Queen

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 3

The concert and coronation of the queen of the carnival in the Strand Theatre last night was a fitting ending to the Mt. Erin annual garden fete.,…

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Conjuring and Christianity. Y.M.C.A's Battle-eve Show

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 1

Throughout the forward areas in all the battle zones the Y.M.C.A. but is described by the soldiers as "the light house." In these shelters proceeds a…

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Wagga Show

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 14 April 1917 · page 4

Mr. A.F.D. White, secretary of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association, who visited the Royal or the purpose of securing entries,…

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Sydney Show Concluded. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 16 April 1917 · page 4

The show programme, which was postponed owing to heavy rain, was carried out last night in the presence of about 12,000 spectators…

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Presbyterian Fair

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 April 1917 · page 2

Arrangements are being made by a number of ladies of the Presbyterian Church to hold a fair for the purpose of erecting a…

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