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Sydney · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1898

2,089 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 105

Gundagai Show. a Gold Mine. Ii

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 25 March 1898 · page 3

Lots of people are under the impression that going to country shows is all fun, but it isn't. Last week Mr. Brooks and I went off to see the…

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The League's Autumn Cycling Carnival. Foreign and Australasian Champions. International Struggles at the Agricultural Ground. Racing to Begin To-morrow

Evening News · Friday 25 March 1898 · page 2

The question whether Australian cyclists can hold their own against all nations as our cricketere, scullers, and pedestrians have done, will be answered one way or the other at the great racing…

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The Agricultural Society Ane Good

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 8

Opinions differ considerably in the religious world as to the manner in which Good Friday should be observed. At the Sydney Presbytery on Tuesday several ministers professed not to…

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A Fair Athlete

The Catholic Press · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 4

She could swing a six-pound dumb-bell, She could fence and she could box; She could row upon the river, She could clamber 'mong the rocks;…

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League Carnival

The Australian Star · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 6

By reference to our advertising columns it will be noticed that the great cycling event of the season takes place to-morrow on the Agricultural Society's Grounds. The…

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Australian Fair Art Union

The Catholic Press · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 14

The drawing of the prizes in connection with the Australian Fair Art Union took place on the Sydney Cricket Ground on St. Patrick's Day. A large barrel containing…

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The League Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 7

The autumn carnival of the League of New South Wales Wheelmen will be opened to-day on the Hampden track. The racing will be started with the heats of a half-mile handicap, the final of which will be contested…

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The Paris Exhibition of 1900

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 635

The directors of the Paris International Exhibition of 1900 have allotted 68,880 square feet of space to India and the British colonies, which are expected to erect their own buildings…

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Swimming. Western Suburbs Schools' Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 10

The first swimming carnival in connection with the Public schools in the Western district, under the auspices of the P.S.A.A. Association, was held at the Natatorium yesterday afternoon. There was a fair…

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At the Armidale Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 630

"Union is strength " has been adopted as their [?]tto by the Armidale and Glen Innes people, to this year combined to hold one show, representative of the large extent of country embraced…

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Cycling. League of Wheelmen. To-day's Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 10

The league's autumn carnival will be commenced this afternoon on the Agricultural Ground, and concluded on Saturday next. This meeting promises to be as great a success as any carnival yet held by the…

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Entries for the Royal Society's Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 632

In all the principal sections the entries for the Royal Agricultural Society's Easter show, commencing on April 6th, outnumber those received for any former show. The most striking increase is…

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On the Wheel. To-day's Carnival. Tips and Notes

The Arrow · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 6

THE League of Wheelmen's Carnival, which commences on the Hampden track this afternoon, ought to produce the finest cycle contests ever witnessed in the colony…

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Stage, Song and Show. Future Productions. New Entertainments

The Australian Star · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 9

The curse of Holy Clement still pursues its luckless victim "Claudian" at Her Majesty's and each evening a large concourse of spectators follows the hero in the toga with…

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Some Prize Cows at Bega Show. (Seo illustrations on this page)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 22

Our illustrations, depict the cows that took the first and second prizes in section 3,…

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The Berrima A., H., AND I. Association's Show, Recently Held at Moss Vale. (From Snapshots by Samuel and Company, Fitzroy Studios, Mess Vale.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 29

T. Seery, J.P. (vice-President). Sir John Lackey (President)…

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Royal Agricultural Society of N.s.w

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 March 1898 · page 2

The above society's exhibition, which commences at Moore Park on Thursday, April 6, promises to be a huge success, an the exhibits in the various sections will exceed those of…

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Continuation of the Carnival

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 March 1898 · page 4

The League's carnival will be continued next Saturday, when, judging by yesterday's events, splendid contests may be looked for. The wheel race, a handicap of £75, in which all the cracks are…

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Give Us a Show. the Albani Return Season

Truth · Sunday 27 March 1898 · page 2

THE huge success achieved by the Albani Concert Company on its opening season in Sydney has been repeated in Melbourne and Adelaide, and now Sydney is to be accorded…

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