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Shows & fairs, 1902

2,085 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 105

Chit-Chat. The Show

The Catholic Press · Saturday 5 April 1902 · page 8

Tho drought and the plague have kept thousands of country visitors away from the Royal Show this year. Yob, despite the discouraging circumstances the secretary and…

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At the Royal Agricultural Show

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 April 1902 · page 47

When the body now known es the Royal Agricural Society of New South Wales first started, their shows or exhibitions were usually accompanied with bad weather. The first was held…

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Dairy. Cattle at the Royal Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 April 1902 · page 839

As was stated in the cattle notes on the Royal show, the Ayrshires and Holsteins formed the strongest classes in the dairy stock rings this year. The cow brought from Victoria by Dr. John Hay to…

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Stage, Song, and Show. Holiday Houses

The Australian Star · Saturday 5 April 1902 · page 7

Bland Holt has done prosperous business at the Lyceum during the week, for which the fine spectacular sensations in "The Span of Life" are responsible. The bridge of…

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nOTES CURRENT The Easter Show

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 April 1902 · page 22

Perhaps nothing could better illustrate the improved measures with which the (second visitation of plague has been met than a comparison between now and two years ago. Then…

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An International Exhibition. to Be Held in Melbourne This Year

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 April 1902 · page 6

Without parade or publicity, arrangements have been made for holding an international exhibition in Melbourne towards the close of this year. The scheme has been engineered very quietly by…

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ROYAL Agricultural Exhibition Second Day, Thursday, March 27. the Official Opening

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 April 1902 · page 855

A remarkable contrast in the weather was afforded by that experienced on the second day as compared with that of the previous day. Boisterous winds prevailed, accompanied by light…

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The Show Within the Show

Sunday Times · Sunday 6 April 1902 · page 6

Visitors to the Agricultural Show who have sought something more educational than the sports programme are in agreement that by far the most…

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Old Sydney Exhibition. (To the Editor.)

Sunday Times · Sunday 6 April 1902 · page 10

Sir.—After inviting artists to send in pictures of old Sydney, with the assurance that the Government was prepared to purchase suitable works, the competitors found to their dismay that only a…

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Give Us a Show. Palace Theatre

Truth · Sunday 6 April 1902 · page 2

THE New World's Entertainers at the Palace are catching on with a great and mighty catch. Flatt and Sutherland, Md[?]e. Ancion and Grace Miller Ward "open the ball" this week, and…

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Mysterious Murders. Hideous Record of Undiscovered Crimes. Ex-Chief of Police Lees tells of San Francisco's Horror List—Entrepreneur. M. B. Curtis, well-known Guy-a-whack Australian Show. man, is a Murderer says Lees

Truth · Sunday 6 April 1902 · page 3

MYSTERIOUS murders? Mysterious is a big word," said ex-Chief Lees when I asked him to relate some of the mysterious crimes that had come under his investigation during almost…

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A Charity Fair

The Australian Star · Monday 7 April 1902 · page 6

An inaugural meeting to initiate a grand fair. in aid of the orphanages conducted by the Nuns of St. Joseph at Kincumber and North Sydney was held in the Town Hall…

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Swimming. the Cavill Benefit Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 April 1902 · page 4
Also in The Daily Telegraph

The complimentary carnival to R. Cavill, the Australasian amateur champion and world's record-holder, which was to have taken place at Helling's Domain baths on Saturday…

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The Royal Show. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 April 1902 · page 8

Sir,—In re the motion brought forward at the meeting of the Pastoral and Agricultural Societies' Union, as reported in to-day's "Herald," while it seemed to go too far, I think it only fair that better…

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The Corowa Conference. Fair Play for South Australia. Mr. Gordon Well Satisfied. Recognition of Riparian Rights

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 April 1902 · page 6

ADELAIDE, Sunday.--The Attorney-General, who has been attending the Corowa conference on behalf of the South Australian Government, returned on Sunday morning. On being…

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Stare, Song, and Show. Salerno at the Palace. Fitzgerald Bros. Circus

The Australian Star · Monday 7 April 1902 · page 7

The fame of Salerno, the juggler, is gradually extending, and everyone who has witnessed his amazing feats are astounded at the ease with which he performs difficult…

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Show Sales

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 8 April 1902 · page 2

Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., report:— We have had an unusually large and varied catalogue of stock at this exhibition, consisting of imported and…

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Assault on the Show Ground

The Australian Star · Tuesday 8 April 1902 · page 7

In the Summons Division of the Water Court yesterday, Patrick Deery proceeded against Robert Irwin on a charge of assault, which he alleged the defendant committed…

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Nyngan Show. Alteration of Dates

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 8 April 1902 · page 3

Mr. R. E. Burns, secretary of the Nyngan District P. and A. Association, advises us that, owing to the postponement of the Warren Show, his…

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