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Shows & fairs, 1903

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Cobar Show

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 6 March 1903 · page 7

Mr. J. M. Scott, secretary of the Cobar P. and A. Association, advises as by postcard that the next show has been fixed for May 27 and 28, 1903…

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Parkes Show

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 6 March 1903 · page 12

Mr. G. W. Seaborn, secretary of the Parkes P., A. and H. Association, advises us that the next show of his society will be held on August 12 and 13…

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The Sydney Thousand Carnival

Evening News · Friday 6 March 1903 · page 6

The promoters of the Sydney Thousand Carnival, which was to be opened on Wednesday night on the Sydney Cricket Ground, had to postpone the opening night until Friday, owing to…

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Bega Show. Bega

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 March 1903 · page 4

The thirty-first nunual show was opened yesterday in the presence of about two thousand people. The pavilion exmbibs were not as numerous as those of the previous year, but were of extra quality. The…

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Cycling. the Sydney Thousand Carnival. to Nights Racing

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 March 1903 · page 8

The opening night's racing of the Sydney Thousand carnival postponed from Wednesday night on account of the rain, is to be held to-night on the Sydney Cricket Ground track, when the competition for the Sydney…

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Berrima District Show. Moss Vale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 March 1903 · page 4

The twentieth annual show of the Berrima District Agricultural, Horticultural, and Industrial Society was opened to-day on the society's grounds. Moss Vale, in the presence of a large number of…

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Swimming. Public Schools' Athletic Association. Annual Carnival of the Balmain Section

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 March 1903 · page 5

The annual swimming carnival under the auspices of the Balmain section of the Public Schools' Athletic Association was held on Wednesday afternoon at the Elkington Park Baths, White Horse…

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The V.r.c. Races. the Autumn Carnival. Third (Champion) Day

Evening News · Friday 6 March 1903 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday Afternoon.—The weather to-day was fine, with a cool breeze, and the attendance at Flemington for the third day of V.R.C. Autumn meeting was up to the average…

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New South Wales Sheep-breeders' Association. the Annual Show

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 6 March 1903 · page 7

Despite the fact that the season has been so unfavourable, the schedule of prized to be given at the ninth annual sheep show of the New South Wales Sheep breeders' Association, which…

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South Australia. Agricultural Society's Show. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 9

The autumn show of the Royal Agricultural Society was opened yesterday. The entries were the largest on record, and the quality of the exhibits was high-class. There was a magnificent display of…

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A Fair, Beautiful Skin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 7

SULPHOLINE LOTION clears of Pimples, Blemishes, Irritatino, Redness, Roughness Skin Disfigurements, Shilling Bottles of Sulpholine, the English Skin Lotion.—Advt. A full-page photograph of Chantress, winner of…

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Cycling Carnival Postponed

The Australian Star · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 8

The Cycling Carnival arranged for last night at the Sydney Cricket Ground was, on account of the weather postponed till this afternoon…

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The Second Cork Exhibition

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 8

The Lord Mayer of Cork and the Executive Committee at his back are working most energetically for the successful promotion of this year's Exhibition on the banks of the Lee…

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Sheepbreeders' Show

Evening News · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 7

The ninth annual sheep show of the New south Wales Sheepbreeders' Association is to be held at the Royal Agricultural Society's Grounds at Moore Park, On July 1 to July 4, inclusive, and the…

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Cycling Carnival Post-poned

Evening News · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 6

Owing to the continued rain, the promoters of the Sydney Thousand Carnival have again postponed the opening. The programme which was to have been submitted on the Sydney Cricket…

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Vanity Fair. Bridal Chambers in Hotels

The Australian Star · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 4

THE family hotel and the apartment-house craze is raging violently in San…

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The Adelaide Show

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 11

There was another large crowd at the Adelaide Show to-day, including the Governor-General, Lord Tennyson. The hunter challenge cup, 12st., was appropriated by Mr. T. Hope Murray with his…

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Sydney Thousand Carnival. to Open This Afternoon

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 12

The Sydney Thousand carnival will start to-day. The opening was postponed from Wednesday until last evening, and had to be still further postponed, for heavy rain set in yesterday, and there was every prospect of a wet…

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Parramatta and District. Chrysanthemum Show Prize Fund

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 4

The prize fund of the Presbyterian Chrysanthemum Show was considerably augmented by a concert and social held in Parramatta on Thursday night…

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The Coming Easter Show. Recognised as National

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 5

This year the prize list of the Agricultural Society's Show at Easter has been made more attractive than ever, and it is anticipated that, despite the drought,…

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