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Sydney · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1897

2,668 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 134

A Fair, Beautiful Skin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 April 1897 · page 6

SULPHOLINE LOTION clears off Pimples, Blemishes, Irritation, Redness, Roughness, Skin Disfigurements. Shilling Bottles of Sulpholine, the English Skin Lotion.—ADVT.] That miserable feeling of lassitude and utter weariness…

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School Swimming Carnival

Evening News · Tuesday 6 April 1897 · page 4

The Woollahra Public School Swimming Carnival at Bondi Baths; to-morrow afternoon should be a certain success, boys from a large number of outside schools having entered. On the programme are the…

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Stage, Song and Show

The Australian Star · Tuesday 6 April 1897 · page 3

A concert and dance for the benefit of the wife and family of Mr. R. B. Wiseman was given in the Paddington Town Hall last night. There was a…

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The Proposed Exhibition of 1899. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 April 1897 · page 2

Sir,--It is to be hoped that the Premier will not be induced by the representations of the French Consul to agree to a postponement of the proposed exhibition to tho year 1901--the…

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The Australian Fair. To-morrow's Ceremony. History of the Movement. St. Mary's Cathedral--How It Has Progressed-A Patriotic Movement

The Australian Star · Tuesday 6 April 1897 · page 5

The priest at the great white altar chants; The bride goes forth in her love and trust; The dead lies still on the catafalque; The priest is silent, the dead is dust…

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Easter Exhibition. The Royal Agricultural Society

The Australian Star · Wednesday 7 April 1897 · page 7

The fortnight preceding the Easter Show of the Royal Agricultural Society is always a busy time. Just now there is remarkable activity all over…

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Royal Agricultural Society

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 April 1897 · page 5
Also in The Daily Telegraph

The agricultural pavilion at the show grounds fo[?] the exhibition of the products of the Hawkesbury Agricultural College, the Wagga experimental farm, the Bathurst experimental farm, the…

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The Australian Fair

The Australian Star · Wednesday 7 April 1897 · page 6

This afternoon at 3 o'clock Lady Hampden was present at the Cardinal's Hall of the Australian Fair, and judged the ecclesiastical work and lace work…

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Tamworth Show. Tamworth

The Australian Star · Wednesday 7 April 1897 · page 2

The annual show of the Liverpool Plains P. A. and H. Association opened to-day. The weather was fine but cloudy. As it was judging day the…

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The Australian Fair. Opening Day. List of Stallholders

Evening News · Wednesday 7 April 1897 · page 6

The Australian Fair to be opened this afternoon at St. Mary's Cathedral promises to be a brilliant success. The proceeds are to be devoted to the Cathedral Fond. The preliminary work inseparable from an…

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The Agricultural Show. Arrangements for the Opening

Evening News · Wednesday 7 April 1897 · page 5

The council of the Royal Agricultural Society are very busy getting the ground's and buildings into order for the forthcoming show. No expense is being spared in the preparations. The ground committee…

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Stage, Song and Show. Sydney Amateur Orchestral Society

The Australian Star · Wednesday 7 April 1897 · page 3

This fine society gives its first concert of the current season in the Town Hall this evening, and with every prospect of a bright beginning for the year. The…

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The Australian Fair. Opening Ceremony To-Day. Arrangements for the Formal Opening. Goods to the Value of £50,000--About the Stalls--Curious and Attractive Articles

The Australian Star · Wednesday 7 April 1897 · page 5

The vicinity of St. Mary's Cathedral presented a gay and attractive appearance this morning. In the recently built Cardinal's Hall all was bustle and…

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The Royal Agricultural Society's Show. the Wine Exhibits

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 April 1897 · page 3

The work of judging the wines entered for competition at the forthcoming Royal Agricultural Society's show was commenced at the secretary's office at the Agricultural Grounds…

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Australian Fair

The Australian Star · Thursday 8 April 1897 · page 3
Also in Evening News

In connection with the sports recently held in aid of the Waverley stall at the Fair a profit of nearly £60 is anticipated, but as a large number of tickets are…

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Industrial and Artistic Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 April 1897 · page 6

An industrial and artistic exhibition in connection with the Wesleyan Church, Paddington, was opened in the School-hall, Newcombe-street, by Mrs. T. Cowlishaw, last night. The various stalls for the sale of…

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Woollahra Superior Public School Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 April 1897 · page 6

A large gathering of people attended the Woollahra Superior Public School Swimming Club's fifth annual carnival at Bond! Baths yesterday. Some excellent displays of swimming were given, and the handicapping, as…

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Orange Show. Orange

The Australian Star · Thursday 8 April 1897 · page 5

The Orange show opened yesterday with a very poor attendance. There were some 1450 exhibits. The exhibit of horses was very good, but the prizes…

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