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Shows & fairs, 1900

2,219 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 111

The Balmain Club. Good Friday Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 April 1900 · page 4

A Good Friday carnival in connection with the Balmain club promises to be the event of the season in bowling circles. The hou secretary (Mr. Charles H. Duria) has received notifications from nearly the…

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Gundagai Agricultural Show Gundagai

The Australian Star · Monday 2 April 1900 · page 7

The annual show, which was held on Thursday and Friday, was well attended on both days, although showers of rain fell on Friday. The horse section was very good D. P…

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Stage, Song and Show. Return of the Brough Company

The Australian Star · Monday 2 April 1900 · page 3

The last performance of "Youth" at Her Majesty's, is announced fur Friday next. The final matinee is fixed for Wednesday. The cast is so powerful, and the whole…

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Royal Agricultural Society's Show

The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 April 1900 · page 6

The entries for the horse section of the forthcoming Show number 688, being a large increase on that of any other year…

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Horses at the Royal Agricultural Society's Show

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Tuesday 3 April 1900 · page 8

For the different classes in the horse section At the Royal Agricultural Society's show there have been 372 nominations, which have been catalogued…

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The Gundagai Show

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 3 April 1900 · page 2

The annual show at the Gundagai Pastoral and Agricultural Association was held on Thursday and Friday last. The committee invited me to…

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The Dubbo Show

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 3 April 1900 · page 3

Mr. Harley Antill, secretary of the Dubbo Pastoral, Agricultural, and Horticultural Association, has forwarded to us a copy of the schedule…

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A Curious Show Trick

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Tuesday 3 April 1900 · page 2

At the Toronto Industrial Exhibition, hold in August, a curious trouble cropped up. A dozen valuable cows died early in the show week, and it was at…

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Marrickviile Tweeds. the Coming Show

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 3 April 1900 · page 8

This paper has shouted for "Marrickville Tweeds" for a long time, because we believe in the tweeds. They are woven from Australian wool by Australian people, in Australia…

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The Armidale Show. the Divining Rod. Chapter Iii

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 3 April 1900 · page 5

This is the strangest kind of a world for a man to live in! We set out on life's course as young men with hopes, ideas, convictions, beliefs and…

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Stage, Song and Show. The Brough Company. "The Happy Life" at the Royal

The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 April 1900 · page 3

In the sense that there is nothing new in human nature, It may be laid down that there is nothing novel in dramatic lore. That is, perhaps, a reason why Mr. Louis N. Parker's…

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The Easter Exhibition. Preparations for the Show. Extensive Improvements

The Australian Star · Wednesday 4 April 1900 · page 5

The annual exhibition of the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales, which opens on Wednesday next, will this year extend till Saturday, April 21. Armies of men…

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Fair at Arncliffe

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 April 1900 · page 8

A children's bazaar was held at Royston College, Arncliffe, on Saturday afternoon in aid of the Patriotic Fund. It proved most successful, a su[?] of £8 12s 11d being realised. Master Sydney Leeder…

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Girls' Swimming Carnival

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 4 April 1900 · page 4

The wet weather on Friday interfered seriously with the Girls' Swimming Carnival under the auspices of the Public Schools' Athletic Association, Parramatta, but for all…

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Maclean Agricultural Show

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 April 1900 · page 9

MACLEAN, Tuesday. -- Lower Clarence Agricultural Society's fifth agricultural show opened to-day under most favorable circumstances, the weather being perfect. Owing to the recent drought, farm produce, fruit, and…

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The Agricultural Show

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 April 1900 · page 6

Owing to the family bereavement which recently overcame his Excellency the Governor, the Lieutenant-Governor, Sir Frederick Darley, will open the forthcoming agricultural show…

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Kennel. Answers to Correspondents. Hamilton, West. Maitland. -- Fox-terrier, bad doer. Try Spratt's Patent, Limited, condition pills. See advertisement in another column. the Royal Agricultural Society's Show

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 April 1900 · page 10

The canine section of the Royal Agricultural Society's annual carnival promise to be an attractive feature of the show. The entries compare favorably with former years, and from what…

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Swimming. Woollahra School Girls' Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 April 1900 · page 10

The girls of the Woollahra Superior Public School attended Wylie's Baths, Bronte, on Monday afternoon, to close the swimming season with a series of races, under the direction of Miss Bluett, the head mistress. Mr. H…

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The Maclean Show. Maclean

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 April 1900 · page 10

The L. C. and A. Society's fifth agricultural show opened to-day under the most favourable circumstances, the weather being perfect. Owing to the recent drought, farm produce, fruit, and vegetables,…

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The Castle Hill Show. To-day's Big Draw

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 4 April 1900 · page 2

The Castle Hill annual show will be held: to-day and to-morrow. Everything promises a most successful turn - out. The Premier, Mr. Lyne, is to honor the district with his presence…

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