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Sydney · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1904

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The Tenterfield Show. Tenterfield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 March 1904 · page 4

The second day of the show was favoured with splendid weather. The gate receipts amounted to £90. There was a big crowd again to-night. The principal cattle winners…

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New South Wales Lifesaving Society First Annual Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 March 1904 · page 8

The first annual carnival of the New South Wales Life- saving Society was held in the Cooges Aquarium Baths last evening, and proved a great success--a fact upon which the institution's hard-working honorary secretary,…

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School Carnival

The Australian Star · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 2

The 14th annual carnival in connection with the Fort-street Model School Swimming Club is to take place to-morrow at Farmer's Domain baths, commencing at 2.30 p.m. The…

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Carnival Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 4

The official handicapper of the league, Mr. A. E. Austen, has a very hard task in front of him this weck, and that is the drawing of the heats for the Sydney Thousand. The stupendous prize list, wherein…

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Wagga Show

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 2

Mr. A. F. D. White, secretary of the Murrumbidgee P. and A. Association, advises us that the next annual show at Wagga has been fixed for August 24…

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Inverell Show

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 7

It is a long tedious train journey from Sydney to Inverell and perhaps the most wearying section is from Moree to the terminus. All the same,…

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Nyngan Show

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 2

The annual show of the Nyngan P. and A. Society will take place on May 18 and 19 next. For this information we are indebted to the secretary. Mr…

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Swimming. To-morrow's Carnival

Evening News · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 2

Fort-street Model Public School Carnival, Farmer's Domain Baths…

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Tenterfield Show. Tenterfield

The Australian Star · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 7

The annual show was somewhat marred on account of the rain on the first day. The gross takings on the second day amounted to £125, and 00 the third day to nearly £80…

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Adelaide Show. a Great Success. Speech by the Governor

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 6

ADELAIDE, Thursday.--The autumn show of the Royal Agricultural Society was hold to-day urder most favorable conditions in respect of weather and attendance, the money taken at…

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The Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales. Me ropolitan Show, March 30 to April 7. A Record Exhibition Expected

The Mosman Mail · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 5

Preparations are in full swing for the great [?]ter show Carnival. Many improvements have been made since the last Show, including additional accommodation…

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The Cathedral Fair

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 24

On Sunday next his Eminence, the Cardinal will preside at 11 o'clock Mass at St. Charles Church, Waverloy, after which he will take the chair at the meeting in aid of…

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A Fair Exchange

The World's News · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 7

Mrs. Young (proudly): "The landlord was here to-day; I gave him the quarter's rent, and showed him the baby." Young (who was kept awake last night): "It…

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Easter Show

The Australian Star · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 5

Entries in the horse section of the Royal Agricultural Society's Show will positively close to-day (Saturday)…

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"Fair Lilias" Chapter Iv. (continued)

The St George Call · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 7

Five thousand pounds you said? 'Five thousand,' she repeated, bending down her head. 'That is exactly one thousand six hundred and…

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The Easter Show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 9

The Easter Show, which opens at Moore Park on March 30, will be greatly enhanced by the splendid season and the future prospects assured by the late rains. The…

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Australasian Championship Carnival. the Tests

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 14

The tests for the purpose of guiding the selectors in choosing New South Wales representatives for the Australasian championships will be held as follow:-- 880 Yards, at the Domain Baths, after the Fort-street…

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Swimming. Fort-street Model School Club. Annual Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 14

The 14th annual carnival of the Fort-street Model School Swimming Club is to be held at Farmer's Domain Baths this afternoon at 2.30. A very fine programme has been arranged, including the most popular…

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Liverpool A.M. and I. Society's Show. The Governor's Promised Visit

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 3

A public meeting, under the auspices of the above society, was held in the Council Chamber, Liverpool, on Monday, Mr. E. J. Ashcroft presiding…

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Exhibition Billiard Match. Exhibition Billiard Match. Kiama

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 6 March 1904 · page 1

Mr. J. B. Belfield, the amateur champion billiard player of Australia, has consented to play an exhibition game at the Klama School of Arts against a local man, in aid of the…

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