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Sydney · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1899

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Special Grant for Castle Hill Show

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 4

Mr. B. B. O'Conor, M.P. for Sherbrooke, has been informed that the Minister for Agriculture has approved of £15 being granted to the Castle Hill Agricultural…

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Luddenham Show. to Come Off in April. Meeting of Members

Nepean Times · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 8

On Saturday night last a meeting of the members of the Luddenham Agricultural Society was held at the Temperance Hall, Luddenham. The attendance was good, amongst those present…

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Stage, Song, and Show. "The Geisha" Next Week. "The Flying Seud" at the Lyceum

The Australian Star · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 3

There will be an entire change of songs at the pantomime to-night (Saturday).The old songs have had a pretty fair innings from the "Lily of Luguna" to John Coleman's…

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Killing the Fair Fraud

Truth · Sunday 5 February 1899 · page 2

On Thursday morning last, At that time he was in a sl[?]iuatiojn on the Clarence River but being worked upon by her letters of the correspondence that enshed he threw up his…

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Give Us a Show. Lyceum Theatre

Truth · Sunday 5 February 1899 · page 2

THE fine old popular drama ' The Flying S[?]nd, was produced last evening at the Lyceum to a house which must have gladdened the managerial heart. It was a…

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Does Jones Bowl Fair?

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 February 1899 · page 7

In the course of a brief comment on the dispatch to hand from Melbourne naming the nine cricketers already selected as members of the next Australian team for England, the London…

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Carnival at Goulburn

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 February 1899 · page 8

GOULBURN, Saturday.--A swimming carnival, under the auspices of the New South Wales Swimming Association, was held in the Corporation Baths last night. M. Maloney won the ripen Handicap 50 yards, A…

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Coraki Agricultural Show

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 February 1899 · page 7

CORAKI, Saturday.--The show yesterday was attended by about a thousand people. The weather was delightfully cool, but a few light showers fell, and made matters unfavorable for the sporting events, in which great…

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Stage, Song, and Show

The Australian Star · Monday 6 February 1899 · page 2

The Newbury-Spada "Pops," at the city. Town Hall,maintain the popularity which was at once manifested when their intrinsic worth to lovers of music impressed itself on the…

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Swimming. Palace Emporium Annual Carnival. Dane Establishes a Fresh World's Record

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 February 1899 · page 8

Ever since the inception of the Palace Emporium Swimming Club, its annual galas have always been looked forward to as among the most interesting of our many natatorial gatherings, and the fourth of these, which…

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Wollongong Show Special Trains. To the Editor of the "Evening News."

Evening News · Monday 6 February 1899 · page 7

Sir,—If it is advantageous to the Railway Department to run special trains to country shows surely it is worth while to consult the convenience of the passengers who may travel by these trains…

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Bathurst Agricultural Society

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1899 · page 5

BATHURST, Monday.--The 36th annual meeting of the A. H. and P. Association was held this afternoon. Considerable interest was taken in the proceedings. Mr. George Lee. M L..C.,…

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Lord Beauchamp's Art Treasures. Exhibition in Sydney

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--Earl Beauchamp, who sails in April to assume the Governorship of New South Wales, will take with him many of the paintings and artistic treasures…

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Victoria. the Western Australian Exhibition. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1899 · page 7

At a meeting of the Executive Council this afternoon Mr. F. T. Derham, president of the Victorian Chamber of Manufactures, was appointed Honorary Commissioner for Victoria in…

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Revolution or Exhibition? Feeling in the French Army

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1899 · page 8

The Paris correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle," who has been spending his Christimas holidays with some military friends "in an important garrison town," says:—"I was informed that a further…

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Granville Technical Exhibition

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 8 February 1899 · page 2

On Friday and Saturday next the annual technical exhibition will be held at the institute, Good-street. An effort has been put forth this year to make the affair even…

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Liverpool Show

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 8 February 1899 · page 2

Liverpool will have a record show this week. The entries run up to one thousand, all the popular sections filling well. The opening takes place to-morrow (Thursday…

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Liverpool Agricultural Show

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 8 February 1899 · page 3

The final general committee meeting of the above show was held at the Council Chambers on Monday, night Present:—Hon. Varney Parkes, M.L.A., in the…

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Earm and Station Notes. (By Our Special Commissioner.) Preparing Cattle for Show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1899 · page 4

Stookowners are now putting their cattle in training for the royal show yard and sale ring. Old exhibitors do not require any hints in the [?]atter of preparing their animals for exhibition,…

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Cycling Chronicle. the League. Close of the A.N.A. Meet. Walne Wins Another Mile. Bob Lewis Riding Well. Don Walker Gets the Test Race. Crowell and Corbett Score—Mutton Beats Jackson—Wholesale Disqualifications in W.A.—A Meeting at Coolgardie— Entries for the Electric Carnival—And intercolonial and Foreign Mems

Referee · Wednesday 8 February 1899 · page 6

The executive of the Victorian League has again, after a lengthy discussion, refused to recognise the [?] track which is said to be dangerous. Promises were…

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