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Shows & fairs, 1896

2,533 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 127

Royal Agricultural Society. Anthony Hordern and Sons Prize of £100 for Military and Naval Tournaments

Truth · Sunday 8 March 1896 · page 6

WITH the customary liberality of Messrs Anthony Hornern and Sons, the monster prize programme of the society has been greatly augmented by an offer of £100 in…

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Cycling. the League's Great Racing Carnival Commences Next Saturday. All the Best Riders South of the Line. A Fine Asphalt Track, and Every Preparation for a Huge Success

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 March 1896 · page 6

The League of Wheelmen of New South Wales have broken all records in the matter of the wondrous progress they have made, the record attendances which they draw to their racing…

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Royal Agricultural Society

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 7

The general entries for the forthcoming agricultural show closed during last week, with numbers greatly exceeding anything of former years. In blood stock there are…

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The Kennel. Royal Agricultural Society

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 2

A council meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales was held at the society's rooms. Hunter-street, last Wednesday evening, the business of…

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Society of Artists' Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 4

Saturday was "sending-in" day in connection with the forthcoming exhibition of the Society of Artists. The committee was engaged up till noon in receiving the…

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Stage, Song and Show. "Miss Decima" at the Lyceum " The Lancashire Lass " at the Royal. New Stars at the Tivoli-- The Cogills' Co. at the Opera House

The Australian Star · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 3

The operatic comedy "Miss Decima" was successfully produced by the Royal Comic Opera Company at the Lyceum Theatre on Saturday night, before an audience which…

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Cycling. The League's Carnival

Evening News · Tuesday 10 March 1896 · page 2

As the time for the opening of the third great carnival of the League of New South Wales Wheelmen approaches intercolonial and country riders are pouring into the metropolis. The splendid banked…

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Cycling Carnival. Gathering of Champions. A Notable Array. Prospects of a Record Sports Meeting --Notes Concerning Some of the Entrants-- The Champions

The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 March 1896 · page 5

The cycling carnival, which starts next Saturday at the Agricultural Ground, will be remarkable by reason of the brilliant array of international talent which presents…

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Among the Athletes. Swimming and Swimmers. Movements of Athletes. Flack's Success in England -- The Fort-street S.C. Carnival-- A New Cricket Ball-- St. Patrick's Day Sports-- General News --Notes of the Day

The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 March 1896 · page 8

The St. Patrick's Day sports meeting, to be held on the Association Ground, promises, from an amateur standpoint, to be one of the most successful meetings held this…

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The Royal Agricultural Society

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 March 1896 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--At a special meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society to-day, Mr. J. T. Brunton was re-elected president. It was decided to refer the…

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Art Exhibition

The Australian Star · Wednesday 11 March 1896 · page 8

An attractive art exhibition has been opened at 608 George-street, where a Spanish gentleman, Don Jose, who has just returned to Australia from a…

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Cycling. The League's Carnival

Evening News · Wednesday 11 March 1896 · page 2

The arrangements and preparations at the Agricultural Ground for the League's great carnival, starting next Saturday, are fast nearing completion. Under Mr. Fred, Webster's…

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Royal Agricultural Show

Evening News · Wednesday 11 March 1896 · page 2

The prospects for the forthcoming annual exhibition of the Royal Agricultural Society are decidedly good, and with the present great influx of entries, the secretary, Mr. F. Webster, is fully justified in…

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The Promoters of the Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 March 1896 · page 1

The general committee of the League of Wheelmen, by virtue of whose intelligent management the league has reached its present proud position as a sports…

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Stage, Song and Show

The Australian Star · Wednesday 11 March 1896 · page 3

A benefit concert was last night given at Redfern by the local branch of the H.A.C.B. Society to the widow and orphans of the late Mr. Cornelius O'Sullivan. The…

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Moss Vale Show. Second Day

Evening News · Wednesday 11 March 1896 · page 5

MOSS VALE, Wednesday.—The second day of the Berrima District Agricultural, Horticultural, and Industrial society's Show was favored with beautiful weather, and there was a very…

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Cycling Carnival. The Champions Engaged. An International Gathering. Records and Reminiscences--Final Preparations

The Australian Star · Wednesday 11 March 1896 · page 5

The cycling carnival at the Agricultural Ground on Saturday next and the following Saturday in connection with the League of New South Wales Wheelmen gives…

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Autumn Cycling Carnival. of the League of N.s.w. Wheelmen. a Team of Illustrious Racing Men. International Contests on the Path. America, Italy, England, and Australia

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 March 1896 · page 1

THE forthcoming cycle racing carnival to be held on Saturday next and the following Saturday on the Royal Agricultural Society's Ground at Moore Park by…

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Pedestrianism. Amateur Athletics. St. Patrick's Bay Carnival. Departure of a Prominent Sprinter. Death of a Famous Amateur Ped—American Items—News from Brisbane—And the Latest Notes and Gossip. FIXTURES. 1906. MARCH

Referee · Wednesday 11 March 1896 · page 7

[?]7—St. Patrick's Day Sports, Sydney Cricket Ground. APRIL. 5-15—International Olympic Games, Athens…

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Cycling. the League Autumn Carnival. Opens Next Saturday. What the Cracks Are Doing. a Glance at the Various Events. And a Guess as to the Results—Middows has an Accident—The Annual Meetings of the Clubs—Record Breaking in New Zealand—A Wall for Zimmerman—Also

Referee · Wednesday 11 March 1896 · page 6

The principal Italian records for 1895 for professional stand as follows :—338'3 meters, 24 35360, Protin; 1000m, 1min 10 3-5sec, Protin; 2000m, 2min 3sec, Protin ; 4000m,…

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