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Shows & fairs, 1894

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Swimming Notes. the Parramatta Sports. The Balmain Carnival. The Formation of Clubs--The Life Saving Society-Club Chatter

The Australian Star · Thursday 29 March 1894 · page 3

The Wentworth Swimming Club will present the prizes won at their recent carnival at a smoke concert to be held at the Natatorium…

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Stage Song and Show

The Australian Star · Friday 30 March 1894 · page 3

" The Amazons" will be presented at the Lyceum Theatre for the last time this evening. To-morrow " Niobe" (all smiles) will commence a six nights revival…

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Aquatics. the Recent Brisbane Sailing Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 30 March 1894 · page 6

At the last meeting of the Johnstone's Bay Sailing Club, Mr. J. Fitsimons (vice-commodore), who represented the club at the recent Brisbane sailing carnival, submitted a…

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Bourke P. and A. Show

Evening News · Friday 30 March 1894 · page 4

BOURKE, Friday.—It has been decided to hold the annual show on May 23 and 24, and it is anticipated it will be the best exhibition yet held in the Western Division. The prize schedule is a…

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New Zealand. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) the Hobart Exhibition. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 March 1894 · page 5

The Government has decided that New Zealand shall not be officially represented at the Hobart Exhibition…

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The Agricultural Show. Interview with the Secretary. the Improvements Effected by the Society

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 30 March 1894 · page 3

A Daily Telegraph reporter called yesterday upon Mr. Webster, the secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society, in order to ascertain what the official opinion was with…

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An Easter Carnival. the Royal Agricultural Society's Exhibition

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 31 March 1894 · page 17

WE referred briefly in our last issue to the successful opening of the Easter Show of the above society. The weather had all the week been so excessively wet that the hopes of Mr. F. Webster…

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The Royal Agricultural Society. Metropolitan Exhibition. Judging Day

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 31 March 1894 · page 631

The 21st inst., which was selected some months ago for the judgment and initiatory steps of what was hoped would be the successful Metropolitan Exhibition of 1894, proved to be but ill-suited for its…

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Sketches at the Royal Agricultural Society's Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 31 March 1894 · page 650

1. Judging under Difficulties. 2. Arranging an Agricultural Exhibit 3. Country Visitors. 4. A Prize Winner, 5. Cattle Parade. C. Jumping Competition. 7. A Lady Competitor. 8. A Sleeping Beauty…

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The Federation Fair

The Australian Star · Saturday 31 March 1894 · page 3

The Australian Federation Fair, which was opened by his Eminence Cardinal Moran on Easter Monday in aid of the presbytery building fund of St. James's…

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Vanity Fair a Rose-jar Recipe

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 31 March 1894 · page 5

I do not refer to the dry, soapy- smelling article of commerce labelled 'Tea Rose Potpourri from Japan,' but to the old-fashioned' rose-jar, made from your own…

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Castle Hill Show

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1894 · page 4

THE success of this event, due in no small measure to that most indefatigable of secretaries, Mr. F. H. G. ROGERS, has a wide and reassuring sig…

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Fair at Forest Lodge. the Cardinal on Dederation

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 31 March 1894 · page 15

ON Easter Monday the Federation Fail" in St. James's Hall, Forest Lodge, was opened by the Cardinal Archbishop. The fair is in aid of the new presbytery. There was a very large…

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New South Wales at Chicago. What the Exhibition has Done for Us

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 31 March 1894 · page 648

Dr. Renwick has returned to Sydney in the best of spirits and the best of health. He has nothing but good to say of the Americans. They were kindness itself, and treated him with the…

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Castle Hill and District Agricultural and Horticultural Association. Annual Show

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1894 · page 6

OFFICE-BEAREES.—President: Mr J W Foster, J.P. Vice President: Mr John C Hunt, J. P., Mr . Stuart Cotton, Mr W E Williams. Treasures : Mr J R Wood,…

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The Agricultural Show. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 March 1894 · page 9

Sir,--Referring to the article appearing in to-day's issue of your paper, under the above heading, I quite endorse the views you take of this matter, and am of the opinion that…

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Castle Hill Annual Show An Unprecedented Success. First- class Displays

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 31 March 1894 · page 2

OFFICE [?]— President: J.W. Foster Vice-President: John C. Hunt, Stuart Cotton, W.E. Williams; Treasurer: J. R. Wood; Council: E J. Black. E. Fuller…

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The Australian Town and Country Journal " Past, present, future." Sydney, Saturday. March 31. 1894. The Agricultural Show

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 31 March 1894 · page 18

IT was announced on Tuesday last, with much apparent pride, that the atten dance at the Royal Agricultural Society's Exhibition at Moore Park on Easter Monday…

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Stage Song and Show. Revival of "Niobe." "Cinders" at the Royal. Fillis's Circus -- " Hans the Boatman" -- " The Shamrock and the Rose."

The Australian Star · Saturday 31 March 1894 · page 3

"The Amazons," which has, by a succession of crowded houses, thoroughly justified its selection for revival, was finally presented at the Lyceum last night. This…

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Give Us a Show. Theatre Royal

Truth · Sunday 1 April 1894 · page 2

The chief fault this paper has to find with the drama produced at the Royal last night. "Cinders," Nor do we think that…

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