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Shows & fairs, 1898

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Cycling Show

The Australian Star · Monday 4 April 1898 · page 8

Megson is to have a try at the world's mile record to-night, and there is every probability of his annexing it. After his great quarter mile ride the other night one is…

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Randwick and Coogee Club's Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 April 1898 · page 8

The above club wound up a most successful season on Saturday afternoon with a club championship carnival at the Coogee Aquarium baths. During the afternoon Mr. Percy Cavill gave an exhibition swim,…

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Macleay Show. Kempsey

The Australian Star · Monday 4 April 1898 · page 5

The Macleay show, which was concluded on Saturday was an enormous success. Many of the exhibits were shipped to the Sydney show to-day per s.s. Burrawong, including…

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Kempsey Show. Kempsey

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 April 1898 · page 5

A very large number were present on the Show Ground yesterday. The weather until about 2.20 was beautifully fine. After this a few showers fell. The ring events were well contested, and the buck-jumping caused great amusement…

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The Australian Art Exhibition. the Works Highly Regarded

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 April 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Night.--The exhibition of selected pictures by Australian artists will be opened in the Grafton Gallery on Monday…

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League of Wheelmen's Carnival. Walne Wins the Hampden Wheel Race

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 April 1898 · page 3

The League of Wheelmen's Autumn Carnival was brought to a close on the Agricultural Ground on Saturday afternoon. Some of the racing was good, but the multicycle contest was disappointing. By…

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The Cycling Carnival The Hampden Wheel Race. International Team Contest

The Australian Star · Monday 4 April 1898 · page 6

The second day's racing in connection with the League of Wheelmen's autumn carnival took place this afternoon at the Royal Agricultural Society's Ground in perfect weather,…

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The Australian Art Exhibition. Success of the Collection. Several Pictures Sold. London, April 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 April 1898 · page 7

The works of Australian artists comprising the collection at the Grafton Gallery, organised by Miss Eadith Walker, have been hung in admirable positions by the…

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Stage, Sons and Show The Albani Concerts. Opening of Harmston's Circus

The Australian Star · Monday 4 April 1898 · page 2

The last of the Albani concerts is to be given this evening in the Town Hall, when Madame Albani and her company will render a specially-selected programme. At the…

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The Royal Agricultural Society's Show

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 5 April 1898 · page 7

The arrangements for the holding of "the Royal Agricultural Society's Show are, thanks to Mr. Fred. Webster and his staff, now complete,…

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The Agricultural Show. Preparations for the Opening. a Gigantic Exhibition Expected

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 April 1898 · page 3

"Well," said Mr. Webster the secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society, to a "Dully Telegraph" reporter, who yesterday had lost himself in the maze of preparation now going forward…

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General Cables. Soudan Campaign. Australian Art Exhibition

The Australian Star · Tuesday 5 April 1898 · page 3

It is reported from the Soudan that the. Dervishes are furious, with their General, Mahmud, for concealing the capture of their women at Shendy by the British…

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The Easter Exhibition. Preparations for the Opening

The Australian Star · Tuesday 5 April 1898 · page 5

Preparations are in progress for the official opening of the Royal Agricultural Society's Easter Exhibition at Moore Park on Thursday next, and arrangements were well…

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Bathurst Show. Things in General

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 5 April 1898 · page 4

Bathurst is the greatest city in New South Wales, bar Sydney, and, in ninny respects, it is ahead of Sydney. Ono thing…

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The Australian Art Exhibition. Opinion of the "Times."

Evening News · Tuesday 5 April 1898 · page 6

Mr. Chamber­lain visited the Australian Art Exhibition at the Grafton Gallery to-day. The "Times" says that the exhibition is a…

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The Australian Art Exhibition. Favorable Notice by " the Times."

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 April 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Monthly.--An article is published in "The Times" to-day dealing with the pictures by Australian artists, the exhibition of which in the Grafton Gallery,…

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Stake, Song and Show. The Albani Tour

The Australian Star · Tuesday 5 April 1898 · page 3

The final Albani concert at the Town Hall last night proved the greatest musical delight of the tour. The house was crowded to the doors, and the programme was so…

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The Australian Art Exhibition. Approval of the " Times." London, April 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 April 1898 · page 5

The " Times " says that ' the Austrlian Art Exhibition now being held at the Grafton Gallery ia a bright and pleasant collection. The subjects of the…

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Industrial Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 April 1898 · page 8

The Fresh Food and Ice Company has arranged an Industrial Exhibition at the Y.M.C.A. Hall for to- morrow and Saturday, in aid of the Children's Hospital. An influential committee has been secured,…

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The Agricultural Show

Referee · Wednesday 6 April 1898 · page 7

THE Royal Agricultural Society's Annual Show, to be officially opened to-morrow at 3.30 p.m. by His Excellency the Governor, promises to be…

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