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Shows & fairs, 1898

2,089 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 105

The Union Race at the League Carnival

Referee · Wednesday 16 February 1898 · page 3

The action of the Executive in granting sanction for a Union race put on the programme for the next League Carnival, caused a big stir in Union circles. At the instance of…

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The Paris Exhibition. Great Britain Grants £975,000 LONDON, February 15

The Australian Star · Wednesday 16 February 1898 · page 5

Mr. George Curzon, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has announced that £975,000 will be placed at the disposal of the British Commission to the Paris…

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Cycling. the League. the Adelaide Meeting. the N.s.w. Autumn Carnival. the Full Programme

Referee · Wednesday 16 February 1898 · page 3

Another branch of the League is being formed at Nymagee. The League has a swimming handicap at Stennett's Baths, Manly, on Saturday…

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The Paris Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—Mr. G. N. Curzon, Parliamentary Secretary to the Foreign Office, states that the Government propose a grant of £75,000 to tho international exhibition to be held in…

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Swimming. Cleveland-street School Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 6

The second annual carnival in connection with the Cleveland-street Superior Publie School Swimming Club was held at Farmer's baths, Woolloomooloo, yesterday afternoon, in the presence of a large…

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The Paris Exhibition. London, Feb. 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 5

Mr. George Curzon, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, states that the Government will grant to its Commission to the Paris Exhibition of A.D…

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Stage, Song and Show. Elsie Landers Benefit

The Australian Star · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 8

Mrs. W. Freeman-Kitchen (Miss Elsie Landers), who has been left in straitened circumstances through the unfortunate death of her husband, is to be tendered a benefit on…

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Swimming. Cleveland-street Public School Carnival. the All-schools Team Race. Good Performance by Lane

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 3

More than ordinary interest attached to Cleveland-street Superior Public School's second annual carnival, held in Farmer's Domain Baths yesterday afternoon, owing to the fact that a team relay race, open to all schools,…

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Royal Agricultural Society

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 February 1898 · page 3

There was a full attendance of the executive committee of the Royal Agricultural Society on Wednesday, Mr. F. A. Wright in the chair Some time was taken up in disposing of matters relating to the…

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Bathurst Show

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 18 February 1898 · page 3

The annual exhibition in connection with the Bathurst A. H. and P. Association, which commences on Wednesday, March 23rd, promises to…

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The Easter Show

Evening News · Friday 18 February 1898 · page 3

At a meeting of the executive committee of the Royal Agricultural Society held at the society's office on Wednesday, Mr. F. A. Wright in the chair, a large amount of detail business…

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The Coming Show

The Australian Star · Friday 18 February 1898 · page 3

The executive committee of the Royal Agricultural Society held a meeting in the secretary's office on Wednesday, Mr. F. A. Wright in the chair. Routine business in…

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St. Patrick's Fair

The Catholic Press · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 11

The Very Rev. Father Le Rennetel, S.M., and the lady parishioners of St. Patrick's Church Hill, have already set about making arrangements for holding a grand fair in…

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Swimming Carnival

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 392

The recent race for the ½-mile swimming championship of New South Wales—of which we give a picture of the quintet of competitors just before starting—unlike most loug-distance races, provided a…

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Proposed Mining Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 10

LAUNCESTON, Friday.--At a meeting held at the Stock Exchange to-day, it was resolved to hold a representative exhibition of Tasmanian ores in April, when the annual meeting of the…

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A Greater Britain Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 3

The directors of the "London Exhibitions, Limited --a concern with a share capital of £100,000 and a debenture capital of £45,000, and which, under the directorship of Mr. Imre Kiraify, is…

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The Paris Exhibition. British Representation

Evening News · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 6

LONDON. February 18.-The Prince of Wales presided yesterday at the first meeting of the British Commission for the Paris Exhibition of 1900…

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The Easter Show

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 16
Also in The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser

The council of the Royal Agricultural Society met at the society's office on February 11, when there was a large attendance, His Worship the Mayor of Sydney was in the chair…

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League of Wheelmen-- March Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 7

In our business columns will be found the programme for the League of Wheelmen's approaching Carnival, which is to take place on the Agricultural Ground on Saturday, March 26, and April 2. Already a large number…

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