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Shows & fairs, 1905

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January Carnival

Sunday Times · Sunday 1 January 1905 · page 6

Entries closed last night for the January Cycling Carnival, and Mr. M'Intosh, the League's general secretary, reports that the entries were very satisfactory, over 120 competitors putting in…

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Fair Offer to the Mullah From Britain and Italy

Sunday Times · Sunday 1 January 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Afternoon.—The Rome correspondent of the "Standard" states that Italy and Britain are prepared to assign to the Somaliland…

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Carnival Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 January 1905 · page 4

The arrival, of Ellega[?]rd and Rutt, the Continental champions, has been followed by that of most of the interstate cracks, who for the past few weeks had been racing at Melbourne. It is not expected that…

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The Chinese Village Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 January 1905 · page 4

At the Chinese Village Fete at the showground a holiday programme has been arranged for to-day. In addition to the Wild West Show, a pantomime, and dramatic performance, it is promised that a balloon…

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Cycling and Motoring. Chinese Carnival Sports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 January 1905 · page 4

The promoters of the above carnival decided three cycling events at their meeting on Saturday afternoon last. The following are the results of the racing:…

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Mr. A. P. Stewart's Views. Very Fair Treatment

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 January 1905 · page 7

Mr. A. P. Stewart, chief inspector of the Australian Joint Stock Bank, than whom few know the West better, is of opinion that the commissioners have, on the whole, treated the…

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Collision in the Haymarket. Fair Shoppers Get a Shaking

Evening News · Monday 2 January 1905 · page 4

Mark Foy's well-known 'bus and a coal cart came into collision in George-street on Saturday night. Several of the 'bus passengers were thrown to the ground, more or less bruised and…

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Financial and Pastoral Views. Rents Considered Fair. the Menacing Rabbit

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 January 1905 · page 7

Mr. George Maiden, the general manager of Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co., a corporation with large business interests in the Western Division, is of opinion that the right thing…

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Stage, Song, and Show No Changes Saturday. "Pinafore" to Be Revived. Her Majesty's

The Australian Star · Monday 2 January 1905 · page 2

"Patience" has how entered upon its last nights at Her Majesty's where the tuneful opera has enjoyed a successful run. Howard Vernon's Reginald Bunthorne and Celia…

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New Year's Eve. the Scene in the City. Noisy But Good-humored Throngs. the Carnival of the Crowd

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 January 1905 · page 7

According to precedent, Young Australia assorted itself vigorously on New Year's Eve, and during the closing hours of Saturday night the streets of Sydney were swept by tumultuous…

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Highland Gathering. a Splendid Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 January 1905 · page 6

Yesterday was the day of days for the Scotchmen, and from an early hour of the forenoon they and their families might have been seen wending their way towards the…

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Show Grounds Damaged. Candelo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 January 1905 · page 6

Bush fires have been burning within a short distance of the town. To-day the fire caught the Kameruka Estate paddocks, adjoining the town. The show ground was soon alight, and…

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The Wool Exhibition

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 4 January 1905 · page 11

The wool exhibition at the Royal Exchange has had a larger number or visitors than was expected, and Mr. C. H. Hayes the secretary, has received several flattering…

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Cycling Ans Motoring. Saturday's Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1905 · page 10

The interest in the January carnival, commencing on Saturday next, seems to have been increased since the arrival of Rutt and Ellegaard and the interstate cracks. Both the Continental champions were on the…

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Cycling Chronicle the League. Racing in the West. The Coming Carnival—And News In General

Referee · Wednesday 4 January 1905 · page 6

None of the cracks did much good at the Westral meeting. The big money of the Wheel Race went to long-markera. Pye rode as well as any, and is retaining his…

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Scots National Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 January 1905 · page 6

Undeterred by the experience of 1890, when the big exhibition resulted in a heavy loss, which had to be borne by the guarantors, a number of prominent…

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A State Exhibition in London

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 January 1905 · page 6

There can only be one opinion about the wisdom of the Government's decision to transfer the wool exhibits now on view at the Exchange to London, to form there the…

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St Mary's Fair: Over £16,000 Realised

The Catholic Press · Thursday 5 January 1905 · page 23

We learn unofficially that on the last day of the old year the deposits made at the Bank in connection with St. Mary's Cathedral Jubilee Fair brought the total receipts…

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Cycling and Motoring. Cycling Carnival. the Handicaps

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 January 1905 · page 10

The handicaps in connection with the January carnival, which opens on Saturday night next at the Cricket Ground, were declared yedterday by the official handicapper of the League of New South Wales…

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Chinese Village Fair. Its History and Promoters. Chinese That Would Not Come In

Evening News · Thursday 5 January 1905 · page 3

Prior to the opening of the Chinese Village Pair, an "Evening News" reporter Interviewed the secretary, and made inquiries as to how the affair originated, who appointed the committee…

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