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Shows & fairs, 1894

1,659 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 83

The Holt-sutherland Show

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 January 1894 · page 6

The first show in connection with the recently formed Horticultural and Industrial Society on the Holt-Sutherland Estate was opened yesterday in the presence of a fair…

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The Royal Agricultural Show

Evening News · Saturday 27 January 1894 · page 5

The Royal Agricultural Society is busy preparing for its annual Easter campaign, in Moore Park, from March 21 to 27, and Mr. P. Webster, the active secretary, states that the prospects of…

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Hunters and Hacks at the Show. Trotters and Pony Jumpers

The Bird O' Freedom · Saturday 27 January 1894 · page 8

Owners of Good backs, jumpers, hunters, clover ponies, and trotters are always interested in the Easter Show of the Agricultural Society, which is held at the Moore…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 January 1894 · page 10

The second day of the Kiama show was Wet. All the morning it threatened. and duriug the afternoon there fell a rain sufficient to give grass to the district for many weeks…

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Stage, Song and Show. Last Days of Pantomime. New Pieces in Preparation. "Round the World" at the Lyceum-- "True as Steal" at Her Majesty's-- Success of "Charley's Aunt"

The Australian Star · Saturday 27 January 1894 · page 3

Now is the season when pantomime waneth and the manager turneth himself about to provide new food for a public that has grown aweary of legs and limelight and…

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Agricultural Society. The Show Going to be a Boom

Truth · Sunday 28 January 1894 · page 5

ALREADY things look like a "boom" for the Royal Agricultural's Easter Show on 21st to 27th March. Exhibitors are rolling up thick, and already include some of our…

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Give Us a Show

Truth · Sunday 28 January 1894 · page 3

ONCE again has the troth of the grey-bearded chestnut, "You never know till the numbers are up,t been made apparen"…

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Race Meetings. Warwick Farm January Meeting—Racing in the Rain—Bendigo to the Fore Again—Broker Wins the Hurdle Race and Shamrock the Pace Welter— Aspendale Park (Vic.) Races. Sydney Turf Club Races, and Other Notes. at Warwick Farm. The January Meeting. Wet Weather. A Fair Attendance

Truth · Sunday 28 January 1894 · page 6

THE muster at Warwick Farm yesterday was not up to the regular standard, owing to the heavy rain which fell during Friday night and Saturday morning. The coarse…

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The Royal Agricultural Show

Evening News · Monday 29 January 1894 · page 5

The Royal Agricultural Society is busy preparing for its annual Easter campaign, in Moore Park, from March 21 to 27, and Mr. F. Webster, the active secretary, states that the prospects of…

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Stage, Song and Show. Saturday Night's Performances. Postponement at Her Majesty's. The Organ Recital--New Programme at the Tivoli--"The Cannon's Mouth" at the Royal

The Australian Star · Monday 29 January 1894 · page 3

A large and very appreciative house witnessed the performance of "Beauty and the Beast" at the Lyceum Theatre on Saturday evening. The pantomime, which is now in…

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Bathurst Agricultural Society. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1894 · page 5

The annual meeting of the members of the A. H. and P. Society was held to-day. The president, the Hon. W. H.Suttor, was in the chair. The secretary, Mr. W. G. Thompson, read the thirty-first…

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Stage, Song and Show. "True as Steel" at Her Majesty's

The Australian Star · Tuesday 30 January 1894 · page 3

We are not disposed to assort, after the experience of last evening, that there is nothing new under the sun from a melodramatic standpoint, for although the…

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The Tasmanian Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 January 1894 · page 5
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LONDON, Tuesday, 1 p.m.--A British Royal Commission has been appointed in connection with the Tasmanian International Exhibition, to be held in…

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The Agricultural Show

Referee · Wednesday 31 January 1894 · page 5

THE prize schedule of the Royal Agricultural Society for its Easter annual show, on March 21 to 27, should be in the hands of every breeder of live stook, whether of horses or…

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The Hobart Exhibition. London, Jan. 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1894 · page 5

The Imperial Government has decided to appoint a Royal Commission for the Hobart Exhibition, and will also grant a monetary vote for the representation of…

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Stage, Song and Show

The Australian Star · Wednesday 31 January 1894 · page 3

A concert will be given at the Town Hall on Friday evening in aid of the children of M. and Mdme. La Meslee, two of the victims of the Ripple boating accident…

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The Coming Chili Exhibition. Liberal Offers by the Government

Evening News · Wednesday 31 January 1894 · page 3

During this year a Mining and Metallurgical Exhibition is to be held in Chili, which is well worthy the attention of those interested in the mineral resources of New South Wales. The…

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Wollongong Agricultural Show. Wollongong

The Australian Star · Thursday 1 February 1894 · page 5

The 12th annual show of the Wollongong Agricultural Association was opened yesterday. In the earlier part of the morning the weather was very dull and…

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Wollongong Agricultural Show. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Special Rerorter.) Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 February 1894 · page 5

The twelfth annual show of the Wollongong Agricultural Association was opened this morning with threatening weather, but at noon it was realised that there would be a fine day and the attendance…

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