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Shows & fairs, 1903

2,048 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 103

Cycling. "Sydney Thousand " Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 February 1903 · page 10

The March carnival of the League of New South Wales Wheelmen will open on next Wednesday night, March 4, on the Sydney Cricket Ground, and will be continued on Saturday afternoon…

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DAIRY Lismore Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 25 February 1903 · page 458

Mr. W. C. Gray. Pearce's Creek, Richmond River, writes concerning the Lismore Show. He remarks that the reference of our reporter to the North Coast Herd Book was scarcely so full as that excellent…

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The Milton Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 25 February 1903 · page 478

A thriving little community is that of Milton, the centre of a district small in extent, but of remarkable richness and fertility. The good land embraces an area of perhaps not more than…

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Imperial Politics. Debate on the Address. Army System Criticised. an Appeal for a Fair Trial

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 February 1903 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday.--In the House of Commons yesterday the debate on the Address-in-Reply was continued. Mr. E.W. Beckett (Conservative member…

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The Kangaroo Valley Show. (See Illustrations on pages 22 and 23.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 25 February 1903 · page 16

The annual exhibition of the Kangaroo Valley Agricultural and Horticultural Association was held last Thursday and Friday, with satisfactory results. On the opening day the weather was…

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Exhibition of Pictures

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 February 1903 · page 8

On his return from England 18 months ago Mr. Walter Bradley brought back a fine collection of paintings carefully formed by him in London. The enterprise proved successful, and now Messrs…

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" Sydney Thousand " Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 February 1903 · page 4

G. Sutherland, the Maeriland champion, and W. Palmer, the Victorian handicap rider, arrived yesterday from New Zealand. Both these have entered for the " Sydney Thousand " and other…

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Uralla Show

Evening News · Thursday 26 February 1903 · page 8

URALLA, Wednesday.—The annual show of the Southern New England Pastoral and Agricultural Association was opened here yesterday. A fairly strong wind was blowing all day, bringing in its…

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Cycling. the March Carnival

Evening News · Thursday 26 February 1903 · page 2

The first of the visiting continent of competitors for, the March carnival arrived yesterday in the persons of G. Sutherland, the champion of New Zealand, and W. Palmer, a speedy…

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Berry Show. Berry

The Australian Star · Thursday 26 February 1903 · page 6

At a meeting of the Agricultural Association yesterday, the treasurer, Mr. Lovegrove, stated, that after paying over £1000 in prizes, the society would have £50 to the good over…

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Morwell Sheep Show Case. Strong Remarks by the Judge. M'nab Fined £500

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 February 1903 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wednsday.--The trial of Wm. M'Nab, a well-known sheep farmer in the Morwell district, Lawrence Henry Rash, aged 18, and John Rash, 15, two of his employees, on a charge…

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Extraordinary Case of Fraud. a Sheep Farmer's Crime. Show Judge of His Own Sheep. Fined Five Hundred Pounds. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 February 1903 · page 7

At the Criminal Court to-day, before Mr. Justice a'Beckett and a jury of 12, William M'Nab, farmer and grazier, and two lads in his employ named Lawrence Henry Rash and Josh. Rash surrendered to…

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Uralla Show

Evening News · Friday 27 February 1903 · page 5

The second day of the Uralla show was held on Wednesday. About noon raid began to fall, and continued at intervals until 3 o'clock, when it set in for the rest of the day. The attendance…

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Candelo Show

Evening News · Friday 27 February 1903 · page 7

CANDELO, Friday.—The nineteenth annual exhibition of the Candelo Agricultural Society commenced yesterday. The show was favoured with good weather, and there was a record attendance…

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Wagga Show

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 27 February 1903 · page 7

Mr. A. F. D. White, secretary of the Murrumbidgee P. and A. Association, advises us that the next annual show will be held at Wagga on Wednesday…

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Narrandera Show

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 27 February 1903 · page 5

Mr. J. E. Williams, secretary of the Narrandera P. and A. Association, sends us a post-card to say that the duties arranged for the next annual show…

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West Sydney Club's Carnival

Evening News · Friday 27 February 1903 · page 2

The annual gala of the West Sydney Swimming Club was held at Ive's Dawes Point Paths Baths last night. The attendance wag good, and the racing keen. The contest for the club championship…

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The Newcastle Show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 February 1903 · page 9

Considerable interest is being taken in the forthcoming show, which is to be opened on Thursday, 19th proximo. Given fine weather, there appears to be every prospect of the exhibition being a great success. The secretary (Mr…

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The Alaskan Boundary. the Appointment of Partisan Commissioners. "One Fair-minded Man" Required. London, Feb. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 February 1903 · page 5

A high United States Government official, in referring to Canada's objection to the appointment of Senators Lodge and Turner to the Alaskan Boundary Commission, on the…

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Marine Court. Wakatipu-Eurimbla Collision. Master of Eurimbla to Show Cause

The Australian Star · Friday 27 February 1903 · page 5

This morning, at the Court of Marine Inquiry, the decision in relation to the collision between the steamers Eurimbla and Wakatipu off Bradley's Head on the 15th instant…

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