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Shows & fairs, 1898

2,089 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 105

The Tenterfield Show. an Important Centre

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 18 March 1898 · page 4

Tenterfield lies nearly 500 miles north of Sydney, close up to the Queensland border, hence the name of the Society: "The Tenterfield…

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Nepean District Agricultural Society

Nepean Times · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 3

A special general meeting of the above Society was held in the Council Chambers, Penrith, on Tuesday afternoon last, when the following gentlemen attended. The President (Mr J K Lethbridge)…

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Swimming Carnival

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 10

The District Schools Carnival was held at the Parramatta Centennial Baths on Wednesday last, and was 11 brilliant success, the baths being packed. Amongst those…

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Children's Industrial Exhibition

The Australian Star · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 2
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Arrangements are being rapidly completed in connection with the competitive industrial exhibition, to be held on April 7 and 9, on behalf of the Children's Hospital, Glebe, for…

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The Paris Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 11

The preliminary, preparations for the representation of the British Empire at the Paris Exhibition of 1900 have commenced. Last Friday s "London Gazette" contained the information that…

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The League Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 7

The heats of the Second-class Handicap are to be run through this afternoon on the Agricultural Ground, starting about 4 o'clock; the final is to be contested at the first day of the carnival, next Saturday…

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Paris Exhibition Water Palace

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 596

To Paris and its visitors from all the world, the Dame of the "Chateau d'Eau" has long been familiar. But the superb project of Professor Jan Zaw[?]jski, architect of the grand theatre at Cracow,…

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Goulburn Show

Evening News · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 7

GOULBURN, Saturday.—The Goulburn show was continued yesterday. There was a large attendance, and the weather was beautiful. Taken all round, the exhibition is the most successful…

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The Newcastle "All Nations" Fair

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 10

OUR Newcastle correspondent writes:—On Sunday, at all the Masses at St. Mary's, the result of the Fair organized by the Right Rev. Dr. Dwyer in aid of the schools of the Newcastle district, was…

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North Sydney Public Schools Swimming Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 10

The first swimming carnival of the Public schools in the northern suburbs, organised by the Public Schools' Athletic Association, took place yesterday afternoon at the Municipal Baths, Balmoral Beach,…

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Cycling. League of Wheelmen. March Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 10

In our advertising columns the League of New South Wales Wheelmen announce that their two days' carnival at the Agricultural Ground will commounce on Saturday next and be concluded the…

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Support for the Coolgardie Exhibition. Coolgardie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 9

In connection with the Coolgardie exhibition, tenders have been accepted for the erection of permanent buildings, to be eventually used as a School of Mines and Museum. The temporary…

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Notes on the Inverell Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 577

Inverell having been described to me as one of the chief garden spots of the colony, I was glad, a few days ago, to take my departure for the north. I decided to visit the district at show time…

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Fresh Food and Ice Co. Children's Industrial Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 12

A meeting of the ladies committee or the Industrial Exhibition on behalf of the Children s Hospital at Glebe was held yesterday in the company's rooms. It was resolved that the…

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Swimming. Western Suburbs Public Schools Great Combined Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 10

Yesterday afternoon the second combined swimming carnival of the Superior Public Schools in the Western suburbs (Balmain district), under the auspices and control of the Public Schools Athletic…

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Mr. G. T. Erby's Autumnwinter Show

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 4

At the earliest premonition of the oncoming of the cold season, Mr. G. T. Erby has prepared his autumn-winter display of goods at Wycombe House…

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Stage, Song and Show. Coming Changes. General Gossip

The Australian Star · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 9

Mr. Charles Cartwright's Sydney season will open on April 9. Mr. George Lauri returns to the Princess, Melbourne to-night where he appears in…

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At the Moss Vale Show. Notes and Snapshots

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 605

I discovered Moss Vale last week. That is to say, I visited the place for the first time, and of course nobody ever goes anywhere nowadays without discovering the country and afterwards telling the…

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Women's Ways. Let never woman" think, howeves fair. She is not fairer in hew clothes than odd

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 34

says Enid's wise old mother on the day of her wedding with the courtly knight Geraint, and confess I am inclined to agree with her. Yet have just come acrose a passage in Jane…

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