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Shows & fairs, 1903

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Royal Agricultural Show Sales

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 20 February 1903 · page 2

We have received from Messrs. Pitt. Son. and Badgery, Limited, advance catalogues of some of the valuable stud stock they will be offering at the…

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Kangaroo Valley Show. Berry

The Australian Star · Friday 20 February 1903 · page 6

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. John Kidd, accompanied by Mr. Alexander Campbell, M.L.A., passed through here this morning, en[?]route for Kangaroo Valley, where Mr…

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The Swimming Carnival. G. Read Wins the 500 Yards

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 February 1903 · page 5

At the swimming carnival to-night, G. Read, of Sydney, won the 500 yards inter-state championship by half a length, easily beating H. Moon, the local champion, and two other starters. The time was…

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Swimming. Palace Emporium and Enterprise Clubs Ladies' Invitation Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 February 1903 · page 8

About 350 persons including many ladies, attended the Coogee Aquarium Baths on Tuesday night to witness the various events in the ladies' invitation carnival arranged by the Palace…

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Our Agricultural Society

Nepean Times · Saturday 21 February 1903 · page 4

A meeting of the committee of the Nepean District Agricultural, Horticultural, and Industrial Society was held at the pavilion on Tuesday at 3 p.m. The business was to dacide upon who should…

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Arch Carnival. Entries Close To-day

The Australian Star · Saturday 21 February 1903 · page 2

To-day entries for the rich programme of events to be discussed at the cycling carnival to start on March 4 next, and continuing on the 7th, 9th, 14th, 16th, and 18th, will close…

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Germany's Show at St. Louis

The World's News · Saturday 21 February 1903 · page 9

A sum of £75,000 has been included in the German Budget as the first instalment towards defraying the cost of Germany's exhibit at the St. Louis Exposition in 1904. The total sum which…

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Give Us a Show. Palace Theatre

Truth · Sunday 22 February 1903 · page 2

Last night Messrs. Willoughby and Geach's company initiated a season of farcical comedy at the Palace under circumstances which were a happy augury of the success that should…

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The Royal Agricultural Show. Big Preparations

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 February 1903 · page 9

The 1903 exhibition of the Royal Agricultural Society, which will take place at Easter (April 8 to 16), will recall to the minds of old show visitors the phenomenal strides the Society has made in the…

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St. Kilda Cycling Carnival. Taylor Defeats Walker

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 February 1903 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--By winning three events out of four, and running a tie in the fourth, at St. Kilda on Saturday, Major Taylor retrieved his diminished laurels, and asserted his claim to the reputation with which he…

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Stage, Song, and Show Royal

The Australian Star · Monday 23 February 1903 · page 3

"The Fortune Teller," a delightful blend of comic opera and grand opera, drew another crowded house to the Theatre Royal on Saturday night, when the audience expressed…

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St. Kilda Cycling Carnival. Major Taylor Beats Don Walker. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 February 1903 · page 7

There was a good attendance at St. Kilda Cricket Ground yesterday at the Major Taylor cycling meeting. The chief event was the challenge match between Majer Taylor and Don Walker for —10C…

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The St. Louis Fair

Evening News · Tuesday 24 February 1903 · page 3

A meeting for the purpose of interesting the commercial community of Sydney in respect to the World's Fair, to be held in St. Louis next year, is shortly to be called at the United States…

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Glen Innes Show

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 24 February 1903 · page 4

We would remind intending exhibitors that entries for the Glen Innes Show close on Saturday next, with the secretary, Mr. George A. Priest, from…

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Pyrmont Carnival

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 25 February 1903 · page 53

The first annual championship carnival in connection with the Pyrmont Swimming Club was held at Pyrmont Baths on Saturday. There was an immense attendance, including a large…

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Bega Carnival

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 25 February 1903 · page 53

The first carnival of the Bega Swimming Club was held on the Bega River on Wednesday, and was a great success. A very large crowd was present, and the weather was perfect…

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The Fair Average Value

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 25 February 1903 · page 3

A brief and interesting discussion took place at Bankstown Council meeting last Thursday, when the aldermen went into committee to make the assessment The question of what…

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Ladies' Invitation Carnival

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 25 February 1903 · page 53

The Palace Emporium and Enterprise clubs held a Ladies' Invitation Gala, at the Coogee Aquarium Baths, on the 17th instant, in the presence of a large gathering of spectators,…

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Kemp Benefit Carnival

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 25 February 1903 · page 53

The carnival arranged for the benefit of the widow and family of the late Mr. Kemp, who lost his life through being struck by lightning, was held successfully at the Sans Souci Baths on…

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Campbelltown Show

Evening News · Wednesday 25 February 1903 · page 6

The fifth annual show of the Campbelltown A., H., and I. Society, which Is to be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, March 10 and 11 next, promises to be a big success, notwithstanding the…

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