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Sydney · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1894

1,659 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 83

The Horse Show

The Australian Star · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 9

Shrine of Godolphin and temple of pedigree ! Fane of the steed of the truly high bred degree !…

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The Lithgow Show. Good Entries

Nepean Times · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 3

The anual A. H. and P. Society's show was opened on Thursday with a fair attendance. The entries were more numerous than last year, the vegetable and fruit…

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Parramatta Swimming Club. Opening Carnival. a Grand Entertainment

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 9

One bright hot day in the last week of last October, Thomas Owen Herrick Moran, then a well-known figure in Parramatta, exhausted from the effect of much travelling, and…

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The Archbishop and the "Beauty Show."

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 19

FROM Archbishop Redwood's lecture in Wellington, N.Z., on the Chicago World's Fair:—Here there is more of the human and as the poet says,the proper study of mankind is man…

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Berry Agricultural Show. (By Our Special Reporter.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 25

The 11th annual show of the Berry Agricultural Association was held at Berry on the 6th, 7th, and 8th instant. On the opening day the weather was fine and warm, and there was a…

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The Shoalhaven Agricultural Show. Visit of the Governor. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Nowra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 10

The Shoalhaven show was continued to-day. Light rain fell early in the morning, but the day proved beautifully fine. The attendance numbered over 3000. The visitors included the Governor,…

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Stage, Song and Show. "Around the World." "Charley's Aunt." "True as Steel"--"Shamrock and Rose "--The Tivoli Programme

The Australian Star · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 3

There are within our recollection bat few instances in which so many improvements have been effected in a performance as in the case of "Around the World in Sixty…

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Johnnie! His Brainless Breed. One of them Catches a Tartar. No Files on the Girl. She Wouldn't Show Her Leg

The Bird O' Freedom · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 1

The Johnnie, either imported or native, is about as neat a satire on the manly name of man as can be found anywhere. A dude of any kind is a thing of vanity…

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Royal Agricultural Society

Truth · Sunday 18 February 1894 · page 5

Entries for the annual exhibition of the Royal Agricultural Society, in Moore Park, are to close on Saturday next, February 24, and the Show is to open (for judging) on…

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The Burglar's Art How Cracksmen Co-operate. where the Fair Sex Come In. Different Styles of Working

Truth · Sunday 18 February 1894 · page 2

A REPRESENTATIVE of TRUTH interviewed a well-known detective on Wednesday on the prospects of the present burglar boom, and succeeded in extracting some…

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Give Us a Show. "The Duchess of York Waltz," all Music Ecllers. Tivoli Theatre

Truth · Sunday 18 February 1894 · page 3

Having held Miss Neva Carr-Glynn over for further consideration. TRUTH desires to make public the fact that this young lady…

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Swimming. Carnival at North Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 February 1894 · page 3

The North Shore Amateur swimming Club held its first carnival at Messrs. Higgins and Cavill's Lavender Bay bath on Saturday afternoon. The attendance was good, and included a number of…

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Stage, Song and Show

The Australian Star · Monday 19 February 1894 · page 3

The Tivoli differs from most other theatres, inasmuch as there are no perceptible fluctuations in the number of patrons. Saturday evening did not furnish an…

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Swimming. the North Shore Club's Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 February 1894 · page 3

The first carnival of the North Shore Swimming Club took place on Saturday afternoon at the spacious and well-appointed baths, Lavender Bay. Although the weather was unsettled in the morning,…

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Lithgow A. H. and P. Show. (From Our Correspondent.) Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 February 1894 · page 5

The unfinished events in connection with the Agricultural, Horticultural, and Pastoral Show were brought off to-day. The following are the results:— Two Miles Time Trial in Harness.—Three entries. Won…

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The Chicago Exhibition. Another Incendiary Fire

Evening News · Tuesday 20 February 1894 · page 5

LONDON, February 19.— Another fire has occurred in the Chicago Exhibition building. It is believed to have been the work of incendiaries…

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Stage, Song and Show

The Australian Star · Tuesday 20 February 1894 · page 3

It is announced by the Criterion Theatre management that this evening's performance of "Charley's Aunt" will be the fiftieth of the run, and that by way of rendering the…

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Cricket Chatter. Notes on the Game. First Electoral Matches. The Gladstone Club's Medals--Umpires and Fair Play--Fred Burton In Sydney--"The Bowler of the Century"--Big Score In Tasmania--Cricket Curiosity --Printer's Cup Match

The Australian Star · Tuesday 20 February 1894 · page 7

It is rumored that Dr. Alsop, the brilliant Melbourne University batsman, will settle in Sydney and follow his profession here. The record for Tasmania was recently…

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Royal Agricultural Society

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 February 1894 · page 6

The Royal Agricultural Society held a council meeting yesterday, when the following were present:--Messrs. F. Harrey (chairman), F. A. Wright, M.P., T. H. Hassall,…

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The Easter Show

The Australian Star · Wednesday 21 February 1894 · page 5

Intending exhibitors at the Royal Agricultural Society's Easter show ate reminded that entries close on Saturday, February 24. The prize schedule is now ready, and may…

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