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Sydney · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1895

2,023 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 102

An Art Exhibition in Germany

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 March 1895 · page 32

Into whatever building the visitor may wander, he will be immediately struck by the technical excellence of the hanging, and the splendid…

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The Paris Exhibition. London, March 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 March 1895 · page 9

Germany will exhibit at tho International Exhibition to be opened in Paris in 1900…

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Rookwood. Industrial Exhibition List of Awards

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 9 March 1895 · page 6

The following is the full list of awards given at the Industrial Exhibition, held last week, in the Council Chambers, under the auspices of the St. Stephen’s Juvenile Improvement…

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Accidents at a Show

Evening News · Saturday 9 March 1895 · page 5

TENTERFIELD, Saturday.—Three accidents occurred on the Tenterfield Show Ground on Thursday. A young man named Harry Reading had his leg broken…

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Tenterfield Agricultural Show. TENTERFIELD

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 March 1895 · page 483

The eighteenth annual show was opened to-day by Mr. Lee, M.L.A. The attendance during the day was fairly large, numbers of persons coming from various parts of New South Wales and Queensland…

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St. Patrick's Cathedral Fair. Drawing of the Art-union

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 March 1895 · page 15

NEARLY 8000 people assembled at the Exhibition Building, Melbourne, on Saturday evening to witness the concluding demonstration of the recent Cathedral Fair. The concert hall was crammed by…

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Berrima District Show. a Visitor's Impressions

Evening News · Saturday 9 March 1895 · page 7

How to get there was the difficulty. For days we had heard it talked of. Ever once our arrival in the district the conversation of those who lived there had…

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The Castle Hill Show; and Liquor

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 9 March 1895 · page 4

ON Monday evening next the men who control the business at the Castle Hill Easter Monday Show will meet for a fight to a finish on a very…

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The Country. Accidents at Tenterfield Show

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 March 1895 · page 5

TENTERFIELD, Friday.--Two accidents happened on the showground last evening. A young man named Harry Reading had his leg broken while competing in the…

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Stage, Song and Show. Mrs. Brough's Benefit. "The Masqueraders." Benefit at Hep Majesty's-- A New Tivoli Artist-- General Gossip

The Australian Star · Saturday 9 March 1895 · page 2

The short series of revivals specially prepared for the many admirers of Mrs. Brough was brought to a close at the Lyceum Theatre last night, when "Niobe," one of…

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Vanity Fair. "No scandal about Queen Hlizabeth, I hope?"-SHERIDAN

Truth · Sunday 10 March 1895 · page 2

Vanity Fair Rejoiceth Over the Return of McGinty-The Fatal card-Some Pretty Dresses. "THE Fatal Card" is vigorously trumping…

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Missing Word Competition. Ten Pounds to Be Competed For. Country Subscribers to Have a Fair Show. The Competition to Remain Open Two Months. The £10 to be then Divided Between All Who Guess the Word Correctly

Truth · Sunday 10 March 1895 · page 2

IN accordance with our promise, we now offer another £10 prize to bo competed for by those of our readers who take delight in Bach competitions…

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Melbourne Sport. The Racing Carnival. Indignant Ike. Harvester's In-and-Out Running. What Laundress's Owner Backed her for. How Havoe Won the Cup. The Champion Race. MELBOURNE March 7. 1896

Truth · Sunday 10 March 1895 · page 7

SPORTING people have been having a real lively time of it during the past few days with the V. R. C. Autumn Meeting, the international cricket match, and the yearling…

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Royal Agricultural Society's Show

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 March 1895 · page 4

During the last few days it has been found impossible to book all the entries sent by intending exhibitors at the coming show to the Royal Agricultural Society's…

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Taralga Show

Evening News · Monday 11 March 1895 · page 5

GOULBURN, March 9.—There were about 2000 persons present at the Taralga Show, which was held on Wednesday and Thursday. The entries were about the…

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Inventions Exhibition. To the Editor of the Evening News

Evening News · Monday 11 March 1895 · page 7

Sir,—My attention having been drawn to a paragraph in Tuesday's edition of your paper headed "Inventions Exhibition," I trust yon will allow me space in…

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League of Wheelmen's Race Carnival. Handicaps for the Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 March 1895 · page 6

The board of handicapped of the League of N.S.W. Wheelmen[?](Messrs. M.G.Pheelan, F.G.C. Hanslow and Wootten) have issued the following starts in connection with the big race meeting to be held…

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Cycling. League of N.s.w. Wheelmen. Handicaps for the Racing Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 March 1895 · page 6

The handicappers for the League of N.S.W. Wheelmen, Messrs. Hanslow, Wootten, and Phelan, have declared the following handicaps for the race meeting on March 30 and April…

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Stage, Song and Show. " The Masqueraders." Miss Florrie Forde's Benefit. The Tivoil--The Haunted Swing -- Lantern Lecture at the School of Arts

The Australian Star · Monday 11 March 1895 · page 3

Remembering the general excellence of the performance and the lavishly-elaborate manner in which "The Masqueraders" was staged it is hard to have to say the…

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The Royal Agricultural Society of N.s.w

Referee · Wednesday 13 March 1895 · page 5

There is every indication that the Royal Agricultural Society's Show at Moore Park this year will be a great success. Applications for pavilion space are so large that the…

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