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Sydney · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1901

2,239 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 112

The Commonwealth Exhibition

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 12 April 1901 · page 7

The Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales has scored another success—one of those thorough successes which give financial satisfaction to those concerned in the conduct of…

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Young People's Industrial Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 April 1901 · page 7
Also in Evening News

The secretary of the Young People's Industrial Exhibition reports that subscriptions to the prize fund are coming in satisfactorily, the amounts received from Strathfield, North Sydney, Pymble, Croydon, and…

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The Easter Show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 April 1901 · page 3

In the list of awards sent in by the judges at the Royal Agricultural Society's Show first prizes were given to T. Linoln and W. Pitman for horseshoes. The judges slate that although the exhibits were…

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The Agricultural Show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 April 1901 · page 4

The quite remarkable and phenomenal success of the Royal Agricultural Society's Show this year is a subject of universal congratulation. The reports which we have…

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Stage, Song, and Show. Philharmonic Concert

The Australian Star · Friday 12 April 1901 · page 3

The first concert for the season 1901 of the Sydney Philharmonic Society took place last night at the Town Hall. Subscribers were largely in evidence, as it was the initial…

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At the Show. (By an Occasional Contributor)

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 12 April 1901 · page 10

The first thing that struck the visitor to the show during the holiday season was the vastness of the crowd. It was indeed something like a crowd, and…

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Messrs. John Vicars and Co,'s Exhibit at the Show

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 12 April 1901 · page 10

One of the most attractive exhibits at the Royal Agricultural Show was that of Messrs. John Vicars and Co., of the Marrickville Mills, and no one could inspect it without being…

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The Royal Agricultural Society's Show

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 24

Occupying a central position in the main pavilion on the showground was another fine exhibit, in the shape of a well-arranged trophy of the celebrated…

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The Royal Agricultural Society's Show

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 27

MR. JNO. LEE'S CHAMPION FAT BULLOCK WEIGHT, 2484lb. THE HEAVIEST BULLOCK AT THE SHOW…

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The Castle Hill A. and H Association's Show

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 30

1.—Judging ladies hacks. 2.—Collection of cirtus and summer fruits for prizes offered by the N.S.W. Government. 3.—Judging 14st hacks. 4.—Interior of the fruit pavilion. 5.—Some of the officials. Back row: reading: A. Wood, S. M. C. Black, J. W. Foster, C. Brown, H. Johnson, C. E. Byrnes, S. J. Moore, Jun., J. Waugh, Colonel Burns, Jas. [?]urser, H. Mount.— Hopkins, J. C. Hunt, W. A. Lalor. Front row: Mrs. G. A. Moore, Mrs. Watson, T. J. Wright, H. E. M'Intosh, E. Fuller, S. E. Allen, Mrs. Campell, Mrs. Debatin, Miss Chipper, Mr. Telfer, Mr. F. H. C. Rogers(sec.). (Photos by Black, Parramatta.)…

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The Royal Agricultural Society's Show. The Singer Manufacturing Company's Exhibit

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 23

If the crowds around an exhibit are any criterion of its popularity, then the Singer sewing machine,exhibits were amongst the most popular at the show. On one side was the…

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The Castle Hill A. and H. Association. The Recent Show

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 7

A meeting of the council of this Association was held on Tuesday, Mr. J. S. Heron presiding, and there being also present Messrs. J. Hopkins, A. Wood, G. Fuller. A. E. Bellamy,…

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The Roya L Agricultural Society's Show. The Dayton Money-Weight Scales Exhibit

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 25

Mr. G. Fishburn, the energetic agent in Australasia for the Dayton Computing Scale Company of Ohio, U.S.A., was responsible for a brilliant display of the company's ingeniously…

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Th E Royal Agricultural Society's Show. Messrs. Llewellin and Company's Display of Gems, &c

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 26

The above-named firm has now become, one of the "fixtures" of the show. Each, year Messrs. Llewellin and Company improve upon their previous efforts, and this time they have succeeded…

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The Commonwealth Show. a Record Year for the Agricultural Society. Continued from Page 908

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 891

The stock and produce of the farm worked on her behalf were exhibited for her people's benefit at similar shows to this, and gained many prizes. In followings this course she recognised the important…

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The Royal Commonwealth Show. a Record Year for the Agricultural Society. Second Day, Thursday, April 4. the Official Opening

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 907

The weather was delightfully cool, the grounds were beautifully green with grass, the various buildings of the council aud exhibitors had been thoroughly renovated, and the general appearance of…

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The Exhibition Building

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 8

Application pas been made by the Government to the City Council for a lease of the Exhibition Building, in Prince Alfred Park, tor the purpose of converting it into an unemployed rendezvous…

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The Royal Agricultural Society's Show. (For Letterpress See "Shows" on Page 14.) The Massey-Harris Co. (See illustration on next page.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 21

The Massey-Harris Company has a splendid twentieth century exhibit of up-to-date machines of the highest class, and…

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Young People's Industrial Exhibition

Evening News · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 4

Entries in all sections are coming in beyond all anticipation, and now that the final schedules have been adopted, and published, the interest generally has grown considerably. Arrangements…

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