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Shows & fairs, 1900

2,219 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 111

Inverell Show. Vice-regal Patronage

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 6 March 1900 · page 4

Inverell is one of the prettiest places in the colony, and the people up there are alive. They hold their annual show on March 21, 22 and 23…

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The Sydney Show. District Societies' Competition

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 6 March 1900 · page 2

The Mudgee Agricultural Society recently decided to abandon the idea of Bending a representative exhibit to the forthcoming show of the Royal…

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The Opening of the Exhibition. Prince of Wales Will Be Absent

Evening News · Tuesday 6 March 1900 · page 4

LONDON, March 5.—It is announced that the Prince of Wales will not attend the opening of the Paris Exhibition…

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The Paris Exhibition. Absence of the Prince of Wales From the Opening. London, March 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 March 1900 · page 5

It is announced that the Prince of Wales will not attend the opening of the Paris Exhibition…

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Commonwealth Fair

The Australian Star · Wednesday 7 March 1900 · page 5

The drawing of the Grand Art Union and presentation of the hon secretaries report will take place at the Town Hall tomorrow (Thursday) afternoon at half past 3. His…

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Carnival, Notes

Referee · Wednesday 7 March 1900 · page 6

Dospite a stiff nor'-castor, which was almost excuse enough to keep everybody at home, there was a very satisfactory aften dance on Monday night, and the programme…

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Patriotic Sports Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 March 1900 · page 10
Also in The Daily Telegraph

The executive officers of the Patriotie Sports Curuival (Messrs. Sydney Smith, chairman, D.J. M'Lean and H. Skinner, hon treasurers), report that they have distributed two amounts of £85 12s 6d…

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Art Exhibition at Rockhampton

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 March 1900 · page 6

Mr. Lyne has received a letter from the Premier of Queensland informing him that the committee of the Rockhampton School of Arts propose to hold a fine arts exhibition at…

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Braidw00d Agricultural Show. Braidwood

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 March 1900 · page 10

The show was held to-day under very unfavourable circumstances, heavy rain falling nearly all day, greatly interfering with the attendance. A large number of visitors from adjoining districts was…

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Tenterfield Show. (By Our Special Reporter.) Tenterfield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 March 1900 · page 8

Hot weather greeted the first day of the Tenterfield show The entries this year are 2500, an increase over last year, specially in agricultural products, which make a fine show in the pavilion…

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Canowindra Agricultural Show. Opened by the Colonial Secretary

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 March 1900 · page 7

CANOWINDRA, Wednesday.--The initiatory show in connection with the Canowindra A.H.P. Association, held to-day, was a great, success, about 2000 people being present. The weather…

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Agricultural Show at Canowindra. The Chief Secretary on Agricultural Progress. CANOWINDRA

The Australian Star · Thursday 8 March 1900 · page 3

The Chief Secretary and the Parliamentary party, including Mr. Waddell, M.L.A., Mr. Quinn, M.L.A., Mr. S. Hordern, and other gentlemen, arrived at Canowindra after a…

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Port Macquarie Agricultural Society's Show. Port Macquarie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 March 1900 · page 2

The sixteenth annual exhibition of the Port Macquarie Agricultural Society was opened here to-day. The exhibits number 2400, the largest number of entries ever received. All classes were well…

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Wool for Paris Exhibition

Evening News · Friday 9 March 1900 · page 6

MOLONG, Thursday.—Mr. George Bruce, of Loombah, left by last night's train to sail in the R.M.S. Oruba for the Paris Exhibition, where he will show samples of the famous Loombah merino…

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The Commonwealth Fair. Art Union Drawing

The Australian Star · Friday 9 March 1900 · page 3

His Eminence Cardinal Moran presided yesterday, in the vestibule of the Town Hall, at the art union drawing and presentation of the report and balance- sheet in connection…

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The Forbes Show

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 9 March 1900 · page 14

The annual show of the Forbes Pastoral, Agricultural, and Horticultural Association in to be held on August 1st and 2nd next, and from the very complete manner in which the…

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Tenterfield Show Sales

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 9 March 1900 · page 12

At the Tenterfield show to-day and to-morrow, HARRISON, JONES, AND DEVLIN, LTD., will conduct auction sales of stud stock on the show ground, including fat and a store cattle and…

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The Commonwealth Fair. Drawing the Art Union

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 March 1900 · page 8

Cardinal Moran presided at a meeting convened at the Town Hall yesterday for the purpose of receiving the report and balance-sheet of the Commonwealth Fair recently held in aid of the Good Samaritan…

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The Royal Easter Show

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 9 March 1900 · page 14

The arrangements for the annual Easter show of the Royal Agricultural Society are very complete, and, from the way entries are coming in, the show this year will be quite as successful…

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