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Shows & fairs, 1898

2,089 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 105

Cycling. League Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 April 1898 · page 6

The league's autumn carnival will be continued to-morrow afternoon on the Agricultural Ground. The race secretary yesterday received word that his Excellency the Governor accompanied by two of…

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Grafton Show

Evening News · Friday 1 April 1898 · page 5

GRAFTON, Friday.—The attendance at the Grafton Show yesterday was considerably larger than on Wednesday. The weather was fine. A. N. Baraier's 2-year-old filly, by Thornbank, out of…

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Cattle for the Show

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 1 April 1898 · page 5

The stud cattle for the show are already commencing to arrive. On Tuesday a consignment arrived by the s.s. Cloncurry for Messrs. Pitt,…

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Cycling. the League's Carnival. Second Day's Racing

Evening News · Friday 1 April 1898 · page 2

The League of Wheelmen's monster autumn carnival will be concluded to-morrow, as notified advertisement in this issue. Racing will begin at 2.30, with the first heat of the Hampden Wheel…

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The Grafton Show. Grafton

The Australian Star · Friday 1 April 1898 · page 6

The weather for the show to-day was beautifully fine, and a large crowd assembled on the ground. The following are some of the awards:--Champion blood mare:…

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The Royal Agricultural Show. the "Stock Journal" on Deck. a New Departure

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 1 April 1898 · page 5

This year our paper will be represented on the grounds of the Royal Agricultural Sociey at the annual show, which opens on…

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The League's Autumn Cycling Carnival. To-morrow's International Gathering at the Agricultural Ground. England v. AUSTRALIA

Evening News · Friday 1 April 1898 · page 2

Excellent as was the racing provided last saturday when the League of Wheelmen's Autum Carnival at the Royal Agricultural Ground was ushered in under such happy conditions, everything point to…

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The Great Cycling Carnival. a Bicycle Fob Nothing. Champions Will Meet To-morrow. International Team Race. Australia Against England Walne and Green to Fight Again. Exciting Multicycle Race. Joe Megson. Jack Parsons. Bob Lewis

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 April 1898 · page 3

The success of the League of Wheelmen's Cycling Cajnival which opened on Saturday was anticipated by all, and there is every reason to belleve that to-morrow will see an even larger…

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Entries, Weights, &c. Royal Agricultural Society's Entries

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 April 1898 · page 38

Tattersail's Hunters' Plate.—Flora, Gladys Gladesville, Nimrod, Minnie, Speedwell, Abbess, Frisco, Reubens, Barney, Sunshine, Shamrock, Marquis, Merto, Granville, Lithgow, Carrington,…

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The Royal Agricultural Society. Wood-chopping Contest

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 April 1898 · page 11

The following entries have been received for the wood-chopping contest to be held on Tuesday, April 13:--Ernest Heckenburg, Liverpool; Cass Heckenberg, Liverpool; William Heckenberg,…

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Royal Agricultural Society of N.S.W.

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 April 1898 · page 17

This association, has met with valuable support from intending exhibitors at the forthcoming show. The principal sections have filled this year to an extent not before approached, 661 entries having been registered…

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Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales. the Great Easter Show—new Improvements on Showground

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 April 1898 · page 698

LIVE men controlling the affairs of a society devoted to the advancement of industries native to the soil are always working towards aud up-wards towards a zenith. But it is sale to say that…

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Executive Council Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales

The Australian Star · Saturday 2 April 1898 · page 11

F. A. WRIGHT, ESQ., M.P. H. PATESON, ESQ MAJOR A. J. DODDS. A. BOWMAN, ESQ…

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A Fair Guess

The Australian Star · Saturday 2 April 1898 · page 7

First Populist: What do they, mean by "the laws of gravitation?" Second Populist: I think they must he some laws that keep people down in the world…

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Agricultural Society An Ancient Institution. A Page From the Convict Days

The Australian Star · Saturday 2 April 1898 · page 11

The colossal proportions which the Royal Agricultural Society's Show is bound to at tain in the Easter of 1898 enhances the peculiar interest of two quaint little volumes in…

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The Easter Exhibition

The Australian Star · Saturday 2 April 1898 · page 3

The Royal Agricultural Society's, Easter Exhibition, to be held at Moore Park, promises to eclipse any of its predecessors in more ways than one. The number of entries…

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The League Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 April 1898 · page 7
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian Star

The second day's programme of the League of wheelmen, carnival will be run off on the Hampden track, Agricultural Ground, this afternoon. The burning question of whether Waine or Green is the best. man in…

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The Bathurst Show

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 April 1898 · page 13

The display in the poultry section of the Bathurst show was one of the best seen outside of the metropolis for some time. Numerically, it was strong, there being 351 entries, which…

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