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Shows & fairs, 1897

2,668 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 134

Fair Play

Evening News · Thursday 25 February 1897 · page 3

In another point, too, the Swiss practice should not be lost sight of by those who advocate its adoption here. The people's vote is not used in the cantons as a weapon of class or party…

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Luddenham Show. Penrith

The Australian Star · Thursday 25 February 1897 · page 7

The seventh annual show of the Luddenham Agricultural Society was opened yesterday on the society's ground, Luddenham, by Mr. T. R. Smith, M.L.A…

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The Tumut Show. Tumut

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 February 1897 · page 7

Eleven hundred people attended the twentysecond annual show of the Agricultural and Pastoral Association to-day. The weather was fine, but windy. The awards will be notified to-morrow…

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Hydraulic Tyre Setter. Successful Test and Exhibition. To Members of the Engineering Association. A Wonderful Invention -- Adopted in Europe and America -- Explanation of its Powers

The Australian Star · Thursday 25 February 1897 · page 7

An interesting and thoroughly successful test of a new and improved system of tyre-seting was yesterday afternoon given to a number of…

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The March Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 February 1897 · page 2

None but those who have been behind the scenes can have the remotest idea of the large amount of labour attached to the working of one of the league's gigantie race meetings, the number of circulars to be…

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Stage, Song and Show

The Australian Star · Friday 26 February 1897 · page 3

At the Glebe Town Hall last night the second concert of the Glebe Musical Society was given with the most successful of results. The public had…

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Produce World. the Value of Competitive Exhibition

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 26 February 1897 · page 9

At a recent meeting of the Temora P., A., H, and I. Association, a motion was proposed that £20, in five prizes, be offered for wheat…

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The Tumut Show. Tumut

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 February 1897 · page 3

The twenty-second annual show of the Agricultural and Pastoral Association was a great success. The second day had the largest attendance yet recorded, over 2300 visitors being present. The horse…

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Cycling. the League's Monster Carnival. Green and Edwards to Race

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 February 1897 · page 3

Preparations for the opening day of the league's great March Carnival are being completed, and everything possible is being done to ensure a successful outcome for the gigantic venture. Mr. Hunter yesterday received…

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The Berrigan Show. a Town of the Future. Ii

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 26 February 1897 · page 3

A theological student once [?] marked that it wan a wonderfully wise arrangement of God's by which great rivers always ran past big…

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Commemorative Exhibition

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 February 1897 · page 28

Arrangements are being made be commemorate the sixtieth year of the reign of her Majesty Queen Victoria, by an exhibition at the Crystal Palace, to be opened on May 24, 1897. It is proposed to…

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The Cathedral Fair

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 February 1897 · page 14

DURING the week the Cardinal received £5 from Mr. J. R. Peterson (of the firm of Petersen, Boesen, and Co.), who is resident in London. Mr. Theodor Boesen has given an oil-painting by a celebrated…

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The Carrington Fair

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 February 1897 · page 10

The following further awards have been made in connection with the Carrington All Nations Fair and Competitive Exhibition;—Violin solo, for children under 12: Master T. Lancey and Miss…

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Australian Fair Concert at Balmain

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 February 1897 · page 14

AN attractive programme was presented at the Great Australian Fair concert given in St. Augustine's schoolroom, Balmain, on Monday night by the pupils of St. Augustine's and Christian Brothers'…

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Shakspere, Scott, and Burns Exhibition

Evening News · Saturday 27 February 1897 · page 12

An interesting exhibition of literary and other relics of Shakspere, Burns, and Scott, from the collection of Mr. A. C. Lamb, of Dundee, a well-known Scottish antiquarian and collector, was…

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The Lithgow Show

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 February 1897 · page 16

The annual exhibition of the Lithgow Agricultural Society was opened on Thursday, and continued on Friday of last week. The show ground is situated close to the town, and is surrounded with a…

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St. Stephen's J.I. Association Exhibition

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 27 February 1897 · page 2

THE annual exhibition by members of St. Stophen's Juvenile Improvement Association, Rookwood—with which was associated a sale of work by the Ladies' Parochial Sewing…

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Grand Australian Fair. St. Vincents' College Stall

The Catholic Press · Saturday 27 February 1897 · page 12

A Moonlight Harbour Excursion is to be held on Thursday, March 18, the proceeds of which will be devoted to the St. Vincents' College Stall at the Australian Fair. A…

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Berrigan. a Record Show

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 February 1897 · page 16

The seventh exhibition of the Berrigan Agricultural and Horticultural Society was held on the temporary showground at Berrigan on Wednesday, the 17th instant, under favorable circumstances…

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Kiama Agricultural Show. KIAMA

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 27 February 1897 · page 436

The annual general meeting of the Kiama Agricultural Association was held in the council-chambers this afternoon. The president of the association, Mr. James, presided. There was a fair…

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