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Shows & fairs, 1901

2,239 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 112

At the Show. a Huge Exhibition and a Great Success

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 April 1901 · page 9

With many thousands of "sons of the soil" and metropolitans it has become a duty to "do" the Show every year. The ; latter go for various reasons-they are the…

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Give Us a Show. Her Majesty's—"florodora."

Truth · Sunday 7 April 1901 · page 2

MELODRAMA and metaphysics, which had for several weeks turned Her Majesty's into a sort of mouldy mausoleum, gave place last night to music and merriment What a spanking and…

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Saturday at the Show. a Good Attendance. Record Year for Takings

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 April 1901 · page 7

The Show was continued yesterday in perfect weather, and there was a good attendance, about 20,000, considering counter attractions. The jumping events attracted…

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Holy Sport at the Show. a Caricature of Christianity. Desecration of Good Friday By the R. A. Society. the Day of the Drums

Truth · Sunday 7 April 1901 · page 2

MR. H. W. LITTLE, who writes occasionally on Anglican Church matters to the Sydney "Daily Telegraph," is not a humorist. His inclinations are in the direction of saintliness rather than of…

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Royal Agricultural Society's Show. Fourth Day's Display. a Splendid Attendance. Interesting Ring Events. Sales of Pedigree Cattle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 April 1901 · page 3

As might naturally be expected, the Autumn Meeting of the Australian Jockey Club at Bauawick proved an irresistible attraction on Saturday to a large number of people, many of whom would…

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Young People's Industrial Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 April 1901 · page 7
Also in The Daily Telegraph, The Australian Star

According to the revised official programme in connection with the visit of the Royal party to Sydney, May 28 has been fixed for the opening of the Young People's Industrial Exhibition by their Royal…

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The Easter Show. Fifth Day

Evening News · Monday 8 April 1901 · page 5

The show was continued to-day under the most gratifying conditions. During the forenoon the weather was extremely warm, the sun's rays, however, being tempered somewhat by a…

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The Easter Show. Further Awards

Evening News · Monday 8 April 1901 · page 3

The estimate of 30,000 people at the show on Saturday proved fairly correct, the actual money taken being £1068 19s, an increase of £675 16s over the corresponding day of last year. So far…

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The Commonwealth Show. Some Additional Awards. Another Record Day

The Australian Star · Monday 8 April 1901 · page 3

The attendance at the show on Saturday was estimated at over 30,000, and the gate money amounted to £1068 19s, as compared with £675 16s collected on the corresponding…

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Agricultural Show. a Holiday Programme. Brilliant Spectacle on the Lawl

The Australian Star · Monday 8 April 1901 · page 5

There was a great attendance at the Royal Agricultural Society's Grounds to-day. The records of last year have been easily distanced so far, both in point of attendance and gate…

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Stage, Song, and Show. "Florodora" at Hep Majesty's. Other New Productions

The Australian Star · Monday 8 April 1901 · page 2

If it is possible to judge of the success of an opera from its reception on the first night, then that of "Florodora" is most decidedly assured, for seldom has a larger or more…

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The Tram Service at the Show. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 April 1901 · page 3

Sir,—The thousands of people who waited, it must be conceded with much patience, on Saturday afternoon last, at the gate of the Agricultural Society's Grounds, for the arrival of [?]rams to carry them to…

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The Show. Another Large Attendance. the Proceeds As Compared with Last Year

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 April 1901 · page 6

It is estimated that over 30,000 people attended tho show on Saturday. The money taken at the gates amounted to £1068 19s, as computed with £675 16s collected on the…

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The Royal Show and the Pigeon Section. (To the Editor of the ''Australian Star.")

The Australian Star · Monday 8 April 1901 · page 3

Sir,--I notice a comment in your valuable paper of this afternoon's issue referring to the pigeon section at the Show. The report states:"Some, in fact, which gained first…

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Royal Agricultural Society's Show. Easter Monday's Display. a Record Attendance. Splendid Ring Contests. High-jumping Contests

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 April 1901 · page 5

Nothing succeeds like success. Hence it was not an extraordinary circumstance that at a consequence of the remarkable attendance at the Royal Agricultural Society's Show on Good Friday, yesterday, the…

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Young People's Industrial Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 April 1901 · page 3
Also in The Daily Telegraph

Deputations waited on the secretary on the showground yesterday, principally from country towns, to make suggestions in connection with the forthcoming exhibition. The safe conveyance to a[?]ro of some…

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Young People's Industrial Exhibition. Completing Arrangements

The Australian Star · Tuesday 9 April 1901 · page 6

According to the revised official programme in connection with the visit of the Royal party to Sydney, May 28 has been fixed for the opening of the Young People's Industrial…

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