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Shows & fairs, 1904

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Carnival at Newcastle

The Australian Star · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 2

The carnival which is to be held at Newcastle to-morrow afternoon promises to be a bigger success than any previous one held in the district. All the local and Inter-State…

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Nowra Show

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 11

From Mr. R. C. Leeming, secretory of the Shoalhaven A. and H. Association, we have received a copy of the prize schedule of the 30th annual…

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Tumut Show

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 7

From Mr. Bland Clayton, secretary of the Tumut A. and P. Association, we have received a copy of the prize schedule for the 20th annual show, to…

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Newcastle Show

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 11

The Newcastle and District Agricultural, Horticultural, and Industrial Association is bounding ahead, and we have before us a copy of the schedule…

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Goondiwindi Show

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 7

Mr. J. D. Hindmarsh, secretary of the Melntyre P. and A. Society, advises us that next shoe of his society is to he held on April 13 and 14…

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Coonamble Show

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 2

Mr. F. C. Lamotte secretary of the Coonamble P. and A. Association, advisers us that it has been decided to hold the annual show of the…

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Smithfield Club Show. Chapter Ii

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 6

When we went into the Cattle Show at the Agricultural Hall, there was an air of sweet familiarity, even to the names of the exhibitors of machinery…

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Albion Park Show. (From Our Special Reporter.) Albion Park

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 4

The Albion Park show was continued to-day. Rain fell in the early morning, and there were showers during the day. The horse ring [?]as the centre of attraction, and there was…

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Swimming. Important Council Meeting. World's Record Passed To-morrow's Fixtures. Balmain Club's Carnival. -- Elkington Park Baths, White Horse Point, Balmain

The Australian Star · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the council of the N.S.W. Amateur Swimming Association was held at the Sports Club last night, Mr. E. S. Marks occupied the chair, and there was…

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"Fair Lilias" Chapter I (continued)

The St George Call · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 7

She, however, in a moment afterwards, raided her face to his with its old winning expression, and said, in a sad tone, as though she was chastened by his communication--…

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Swimming. Balmain Club's Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 12

To-day the Ba main Swimming Club will hold it twentysecond annual carnival at the Elkingston Park Balbs. The programine to be submitted contains a number of interesting items. The quarter-mile championship of the State is…

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The Great Easter Show

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 12

The Easter Metropolitan Show under the auspices of the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales promises to be a record one at every point. This is a year of general…

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The Cathedral Fair, Meeting at Ashfield. Address by the Cardinal

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 25

The work of preparing the parishes around Sydney so that they may most effectively aid the great Cathedral Fair is proceeding apace. Ashfield was given a lead on Tuesday…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. Cattle at the Albion Park Show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 7

There is no mistaking the tendency towards a return to pure Shorthorn among the dairycattle reeders of the South Coast. At the Albion Park show this week the talk was all…

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St. Mary's Jubilee Fair

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 24 January 1904 · page 6

Ills Eminence the Cardinal has issued an invitation to the people of the Cathedral pariah to meet him this afternoon at St. Mary's Hall to confer with him as to the…

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The Royal Show

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 24 January 1904 · page 6

The schedule of prizes for the Royal Agricultural Society's Show, commencing on March 30, has been tabued. The prizes are on the usual liberal scale. Copies of the…

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Royal Agricultural Show

Truth · Sunday 24 January 1904 · page 4

The schedule of prizes for the Royal Agricultural Society's Metropolitan Show, to be held from March 30 to April 7, at the Society's Grounds, has…

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Give Us a Show Tivoli Theatre

Truth · Sunday 24 January 1904 · page 2

The announcement of the Sydney debut of the great Welsh athletes Vulcana and Atlas, brother and sister, drew a crowd to the Tivoh yester afternoon that packed it to the…

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Auto-train. Shown at the Paris Exhibition. Paris, December 20

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 January 1904 · page 8

The attendance at the opening of the automobile show was enormous. The police had to close the doors and turn away thousands. Great interest is shown in…

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American Cyclists. a Chat With M'Farland. What He Thinks a Fair Test

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 24 January 1904 · page 2

Few incidents in the sporting community of this city, and it is a large proportion of the public, have caused more interest and controversy than the recent disqualification of…

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