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Shows & fairs, 1898

2,089 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 105

The Easter Exhibition

The Australian Star · Monday 28 March 1898 · page 7

The Royal Agricultural Society's Easter Exhibition, to be opened on the show ground on Thursday, April 7, by his Excellency the Governor, gives promise at present of being…

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Public Schools Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 March 1898 · page 6

The final carnival of the present season of the Public Schools Swimming Clubs took place at the Coogee Aquarium Baths on Saturday. The results were as follows:—…

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Agricultural Show. Camden

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 March 1898 · page 6

Ihe third day of the show was very successful, the attendance being a record one. Further awards were made as follow:- Woodcutting Conte[?].—C. Heckenberg (4 minutes 27…

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League of Wheelmen's Carnival. Magnificent Racing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 March 1898 · page 3

To those who assert that cycling is on the wane the large attendance at Saturday's race meeting of the league gave a most emphatic denial. True it is that the attendance at the Agricultural Ground was…

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Stage, Song and Show. Saturday's Performances

The Australian Star · Monday 28 March 1898 · page 2

Mr. Wilson Barrett's splendidly-staged piece "Claudian," at Her Majesty's, continues to maintain a strong interest for the great body of playgoers. Such an intensely tragic…

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The Cycling Carnival On the Agricultural Ground. Saturday Afternoon's Racing

The Australian Star · Monday 28 March 1898 · page 6

The autumn carnival of the League of New South Wales Wheelmen was opened at the Agricultural Ground this afternoon, and will be continued next Saturday. The…

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Swimming in Public Schools. Final District Carnival. the All-schools' Championship

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 March 1898 · page 3

It may be safely said without fear of contradiction that in no country the world over does swimming receive such a great amount of encouragement and support as in New South Wales, nor can any other big centre of population…

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Three Card "Monte." Arrest at the Cycling Carnival. Fourteen Rays' Hard Labour

The Australian Star · Monday 28 March 1898 · page 5

While the cycling carnival was in progress at the Agricultural Ground on Saturday several men were industriously engaged in attracting the attention of the typical country…

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Cycling Carnival. an International Struggle. Green and Walne Ride Splendidly. Walne Wins the Plate

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 March 1898 · page 6

The League of Wheelmen opened its autumn carnival on the Hampden track, Royal Agricultural Society's Ground, on Saturday. The day was fair, and the attendance good. A strong…

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The League Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 March 1898 · page 3

His Excellency the Governor and Lady Hampden have signified their intention of being present to witness the second day's racing of the league carnival on Saturday next…

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Cycling. the League's Carnival

Evening News · Tuesday 29 March 1898 · page 2

Has Excellency the Governor and Lady Hampden have notified their intention of being present at the League of Wheelmen's Autumn Carnival next Saturday. Although Walne defeated…

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A Show Postponed

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 29 March 1898 · page 5

The Tweed, Brunswick, and Border Agricultural Society's Exhibition, which was fixed for April 21 and 22, has been postponed until the end of…

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The Maclean Show

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 29 March 1898 · page 5

Entries are coming in freely for the Maclean show, which is to be held on April 5 and 6. The second day has been proclaimed a public holiday, and…

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Cycling. the League's Autumn Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 March 1898 · page 6

The league's autumn carnival will be continued next Saturday on the Agricultural Ground, when all the champions will be again seen in competition. The racing on Saturday was the finest yet…

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Stud Cattle for the Show

The Australian Star · Tuesday 29 March 1898 · page 5

There arrived this morning, per s.s. Cloncurry, 18 head of Mr. J. H. Angas's South Australian shorthorn and Hereford, stud bulls and also a number of cows. They are for…

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The Sheepbreeders' Show. a Welcome Boom

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 29 March 1898 · page 6

The New South Wales Sheepbreeders' Association ought to be the biggest and best concern of the sort in the world. I'd like to bless it and…

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Royal Agricultural Society's Easter Show

Referee · Wednesday 30 March 1898 · page 5

THE above society's exhibition, which commences at Moore Park on Thursday, April 6, promises to be a huge success, as the exhibits in the various…

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Cycling. League Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 March 1898 · page 8

The secretary of the carnival has decided to give a bicycle on the art union principle at Saturday's meeting. Tickets will be given to every person paying for admission, and the holder of the successful ticket will…

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Kempsey Show

Evening News · Wednesday 30 March 1898 · page 5

KEMPSEY, Wednesday.—The seventeenth annual show of the local Agricultural Society opens to-day. There are over 2200 exhibits entered, which is nearly a record. The weather is very…

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Cycling. the League Carnival

Evening News · Wednesday 30 March 1898 · page 2

Every person paying for admission to the League Carnival next Saturday will have a chance of winning a first-class Royal Progress bicycle, to be given away on the art union principle…

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