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Shows & fairs, 1909

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Swimming. Parramatta Club's Carnival

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 27 January 1909 · page 4

On Friday evening the first carnival in connection with the Parramatta Swimming Club was held at the Parramatta Baths There was a good attendance…

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Castle Hill Show

Evening News · Wednesday 27 January 1909 · page 8

At a meeting of the council of the Centra! Cumberland Agricultural and Horticultural Association, a resolution to have a publican's booth at the annual show at Castle Hill was…

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Swimming. Rose Bay Club's Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 January 1909 · page 13

Rose Bay Swimming Club will hold its annual championship carnival in the now City Municipal Baths, Woolloomooloo, next Saturday afternoon at 3 o clock. A very attractive programme is down for decision,…

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Kiama and Its Annual Show

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 27 January 1909 · page 24

Kiama is one of the most alluring districts on the south coast of New South Wales. Bordered on the east by the ocean, on the west by the picturesque coastal…

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The Show Girl. Chapter V. (Henry Gastonard writes to Paddy O'Connell, telling him the story of a dinner and a challenge.) Hotel St. Paul, Paris. May 30. 1905

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 January 1909 · page 6

Dear Paddy,--This is to tell you that I go out with Bernard d'Alencon somewhere about day break to-morraw, and that when I write again Paris will be in possession of a pretty scandal…

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Fair Play

The Catholic Press · Thursday 28 January 1909 · page 32

Little Bill had got the craze for using chung shot. He had played truant from school one day, and before going out be crept softly into his father's library…

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The Show Girl. Chapter Vii. [A letter from Rev. Arthur Warrington, of Beedon, Suffolk, to Mrs. Arthur Warrington, at Porchester Terrace, Bayswater.]

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 January 1909 · page 4

My Hear Martha,--I will not say thank God; but, are we responsible for this unhappy young man's folly ? Should it have pleased the. Almighty to call him, I will see Sands and Collier…

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Royal Agricultural Society

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 January 1909 · page 4
Also in The Australian Star, The Sydney Morning Herald

There was a good attendance at the monthly meeting of the council on Wednesday, Sir Francis Suttor (president) in the chair. The secretary reported that good progress…

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A Wine Exhibition

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 29 January 1909 · page 3

The New South Wales Wine Association has made arrangement with the intelligence department to hold a display of bottled. wines, grapes, cellar…

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Manly Surf Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 January 1909 · page 3
Also in The Daily Telegraph

Preparations are nearing completion for the holding of the surf carnival and fancy dress procession at Manly to-morrow afternoon. All the dressing sheds on the beach are being reserved for competitors. A large…

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Nepean Show

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 29 January 1909 · page 3

By advertisement elsewhere in this issue it will be seen that the show to be held at Penrith on March 4 and 5 there are several attractive ring events…

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Kiama Show

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 29 January 1909 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Stock and Station Journal

The Kiama agricultural show was held this week under favorable auspices. Despite the drought, the exhibits in the pavilion were equal to any…

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The Manly Surf Carnival

Evening News · Friday 29 January 1909 · page 5

In connection with the grand surf carnival and fancy dress procession at Manly to-morrow afternoon all the dressing sheds on the Beach are being reserved for competitors…

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Paid Show Stewards

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 29 January 1909 · page 3

Wellington association has struck out on a new administrative line and decided to have paid stewards in the pavilion sections at the next show…

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Liverpool Live Stock Show

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 29 January 1909 · page 3

The live stock show which takes place at Liverpool on March 23 and 24, in lieu of the ordinary annual exhibition, promises to prove an…

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The Show Girl. Chapter VIII.--(Continued.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 January 1909 · page 4

"They put a pistol into my hand, Paddy, and it felt just like an iron bar. When I saw d'Alencon I wasn't angry with him, but the devil on two sticks could not have cut an uglier…

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