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Sydney · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1891

1,773 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 89

Bathurst Show

Evening News · Friday 10 April 1891 · page 5

BATHURST, Thursday.—The Bathurst Show was officially opened to-day by the Hon. E. Webb in the absence of the president (the Hon. W. H. Suttor), who has been unavoidably detained in…

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Stage, Song and Show

The Australian Star · Friday 10 April 1891 · page 3

The concert-going public appears to have become seized with a sudden and enthusiastic desire to hear the Misses Albu, and where at the previous concerts given by these…

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Gunnedah Show. The Dates Fixed. GUNNEDAH

The Australian Star · Friday 10 April 1891 · page 2

A large meeting of the members of the Gunnedah Pastoral, Agricultural and Horticultural Association was held at Wightman's Hotel last night to consider the advisability…

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Bathurst Agricultural Show. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Special Reporter.) Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 April 1891 · page 5

The second day of the show was successful in every respect. The weather was dry and warm. In the afternoon there were 10,000 persons on the ground. The receipts on the first day were £128, and to-day…

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St. Vincent's Hospital Fair

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 April 1891 · page 14

In another part of this issue will be found the par-ticulars of the important meeting held at St. Vin-cent's Hospital on Sunday, at which it was de-cided to bold a Grand National Fair in aid of the…

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The Rational Juvenile Exhibition

Evening News · Saturday 11 April 1891 · page 5

Yesterday afternoon a large number of the boys from the Vernon, attended by the band and accompanied with the officers, visited the National Juvenile Industrial Exhibition, and appeared to…

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The Juvenile Industrial Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 April 1891 · page 3

Yesterday afternoon a large number of the boys from N.S.S. Vernon, attended by the band and accompanied by the officers, visited the National Juvenile Industrial Exhibition,…

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Casino Show

The Australian Star · Saturday 11 April 1891 · page 6

CASINO, Friday.--The show promises to be a big success next, week, and the week promises to be exceedingly lively. Wirth's Wild West Show and circus is billed for…

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Exhibition of Fruit and Flowers

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 11 April 1891 · page 8

In the evening an exhibition of fruit and flower, under the auspices of the Council of the Union, was held in the Congregational Hall, Church-street north. Some half-dozen or…

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Cookery at the Juvenile Exhibition

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 April 1891 · page 825

At the invitation of the young ladies attending the cookery classes of the Sydney Technical College, under Mrs. Wicken's instruction, a number of ladies and gentlemen—the latter consisting chiefly of members of…

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COUNTRY. The Bathurst-Show

The Australian Star · Saturday 11 April 1891 · page 5

BATHURST, Saturday.--The Bathurst show was brought to a most successful conclusion last night with a grand promenade concert. The exhibition has in every respect been a…

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The Juvenile Exhibition. Visit of Vernon Boys

The Australian Star · Saturday 11 April 1891 · page 2

YESTERDAY afternoon a large number of the boys from N.S.S. Vernon, attended by the band and accompanied by the officers, Visited the National Juvenile Industrial…

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Notes on the Metropolitan Show

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 April 1891 · page 41

The metropolitan show now dubbed royal, has again come and gone, and, on the whole, showed a commendable, measure of improvemont in many of its details. In my notes of last year I criticised…

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Bathurst Agricultural Show. Bathurst

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 April 1891 · page 834

Bathurst is one of the few districts which have successfully gone through what may be termed the show fever. Since W. G. Thompson accepted the position of hon. secretary, about 10 years ago, the Agricultural…

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The Goulburn Fancy Fair. in Aid of the Cathedral Building Fund

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 April 1891 · page 18

THE fancy fair and are union in aid of the building fund of SS. Peter and Paul's Cathedral was opened at Goulomn by the Right Rev. Dr. Lanigan, Bishop of Goulburn. Among the visitors…

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Faults of the Fair Sex. Are Women Worse Than Men? Yes--Often, and in Many Things!

The Australian Star · Saturday 11 April 1891 · page 7

MRS. MAYO devotes, her serial paper, "Under" Discussion," in the "Leisure Hour " to a criticism of some woment milliners and ways. The article is a strong one,…

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How we went to the Murtabadgery Show. a Story From the ' BUSH.'

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 11 April 1891 · page 4

THAT we were all going had been finally decided on; but how we were to go was quite a different matter. "We lived seventeen miles from Murta badgery, and…

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How we went to the Murtabadgery Show. a Story From the 'Bush.'

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 11 April 1891 · page 4

THAT we were all going had been finally decided on; but how we were to go was quite a different matter. We lived seventeen miles from Murtabadgery, and…

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The Torpedo Tragedy. a Holiday Show and the Fatal Result. Four Members of the Marine Miners Corps Killed

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 April 1891 · page 18

JUST on the eve of the break-up of the military camp at Middle Head, Sydney Harbour, an accident occurred by which four men last their lives. The regiments under canvas were the Permanent…

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Extraordinary Dreams. Strange and Wonderful. Tragedy and Comedy. All Sorts of Illusions--Dreams Within Dreams--About to be Hanged-- At a Baby Show and Elsewhere. I.

The Australian Star · Saturday 11 April 1891 · page 8

THE most extraordinary dream I ever had was one in which I fancied that, as I was going into a theatre, the cloak-room attendant stopped me in the lobby, and insisted…

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