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Shows & fairs, 1901

2,239 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 112

Young People's Industrial Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 10
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald, The Sydney Morning Herald

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

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Autumn Flower Show

The Australian Star · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 4

The Customs and Taxation Horticultural Society autumn flower show, to be held on Thursday, April 25, in the Railway Institute hall promises to be a big success. The Prize…

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Royal Agricultural Show

Nepean Times · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 4

Following is the list of local winners at the Royal Agricultural Society's Show.- Maize, small, yellow, or flint (one dozen cobs, and two bushels thrashed), J Hollier 2…

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Commonwealth Show, Moore Park

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 914

DRAUGHT HORSES IN THE PARADE. A HEAT IN THE TROTTING CONTEST. CATTLE PREPARING TO PARADE JUDGING THE TROT…

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Work of the Show

The Australian Star · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 11

Among the thousands who visited the Agricultural Show during Easter week probably few gave a thought to the immense amount of clerical labour that was involved in preparing…

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Dogs at the Royal Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 895

Although the entry was somewhat meagre, the building alloted to the dogs was certainly ramped in contrast to the very excellent arrangements of the new poultry pavilion, perhaps second to none in the…

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Federal Politics. Exhibition Building Not Ready. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 6

The Federal Cabinet is sitting again to-day. It is officially stated that the Cabinet has decided that the Federal Parliament shall meet in the State Parliament House, as it was…

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The Exhibition Building to Be Leased for the Unemployed

Evening News · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 6

The Mayor, in course of a conversation yesterday, said that the Government had applied lease the Exhibition Building for the purpose converting it into a place where the unemployed…

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At the Show. Easier Monday Sketches

Evening News · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 1

ARE you going to the show? [?] has been the one query of the week;…

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In Town and Out. The Show

The Catholic Press · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 24

One of the proudest men in Sydney to-day should be Mr. F. Webster, secretary to the Royal Agricultural Society. When press and people talk about this year's show and…

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Gate Receipts at the Royal Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 894

The takings at the gates up to Tuesday evening amounted to £7,058 10s 2d, as against £4,236 19s 9d for the same period last year, an increase of £2,821 10s 5d…

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Dairy Cattle at the Royal Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 890

The Royal Society has been well rewarded for the increased encouragement offered to breeders of dairy cattle to exhibit at the Easter shows. This part of the schedule is by so means as strong as…

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The Royal Agricultural Show. an Unprecedented Success

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 19

ON Thursday the Royal Agricultural Society inaugurated the Great Easter Show at Moore Park. The weather was beautifully fine, and the attendance each day a crowded one—the 50,000 present on…

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The Grazier. Fat Cattle at the Royal Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 890

The Commonwealth show is over, and one can review at leisure some of the principal features of the live stock show. One of these was the exhibits of fat cattle and sheep. Of the former there was…

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Stage, Song, and Show. a Record Week. Big Business Everywhere

The Australian Star · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 11

Sydney playgoers have had a week of enjoyment, and as a result managers at all the houses report big returns. Such an excellent and extensive array of attractions has…

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Correspondence the Luddenham Show. To the Editor of the Nepean Times

Nepean Times · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 8

Sir,—In your correspondence column of 30th March appeared a letter headed "The Luddenham Show," signed "Bystander," referring to the disturbance that took place…

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Young People's Industrial Exhibition

Sunday Times · Sunday 14 April 1901 · page 11

The management report that excellent progress has been made in the various departments of the exhibition during the past week. The executive committee have finally…

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Give Us a Show. Theatre Royal

Truth · Sunday 14 April 1901 · page 2

THE stage full of fairies, who have been flitting about the boards of the above theatre every night for many nights past, are likely to continue flitting every night for many nights to…

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