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Shows & fairs, 1909

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

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1909 · page 3

"I'm sure of it. Put all this talk of play-actresses and opera singers out of your head, and come down to the truth. Mimi will make you a good wife but you'll have to teach…

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The Brown Men. Manly Surf Carnival. a Great Crowd

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1909 · page 9

Saturday was the day of the surf-bather at Manly. He turned out in his hundreds--adult, youth, and small boy, tanned by the sun to a coppery hue. Some were almost black, while…

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The Encounter Disaster. Big Show at Wonderland

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1909 · page 9

Tho display at Wonderland City on Saturday, in aid of the relatives of the seamen who lost their lives through the Encounter naval disaster, was most successful. The grounds were…

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Cycling and Motoring. To-night's Cycling Carnival. a Motor Car Race on the Programme

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1909 · page 10

A cycling carnival, promoted by the Sydney, Redfern, and Swift Bicycle Clubs, will be held this evening, under the auspices of the Cyclists* Union, at the Sydney Sports Ground. The principal contests will…

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Stage, Song, and Show. Big Houses at Her Majesty's. " a Modern Adventuress" Revived. Last Nights of "Man to Man." Palace

The Australian Star · Monday 1 February 1909 · page 8

The revival of "A Modern Adventures," at the Palace Theatre on Saturday was warmly welcomed by a crowded house. As Violet Mer[?]ith the Adventuress, Miss…

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March Carnival Likely

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 February 1909 · page 10

The League riders look like having a two-nights' meeting provided for them in March next. Mr. George Cuthbertson, the secretary to the Newcastle. Amusements Co., visited Sydney on Saturday, and had a conference with…

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Darraba Show

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 2 February 1909 · page 4

Mr. F. M. Cheesbrough, secretary of the Barruba P. A. and II. Association, advises us that the annual show will be held on…

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Exhibition of Manufactures. Opening in Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 February 1909 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Monday.--The Australian Exhibition of Manufactures and Industries was opened by the State Governor to-day at the Exhibition Building. The opening ceremony was…

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The Combined Carnival. Rain Causes Another Postponement

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 February 1909 · page 10

The combined night carnival of the Sydney. Swift, and Redfera clubs, which was to have been held last night at the Sports Ground, had to be postponed until Monday night next owing to this inclement weather prevailing…

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Surf Bathers' Day Out. the Manly Carnival

Evening News · Tuesday 2 February 1909 · page 8

A really fine pictorial record of the Manly Surf Bathing Carnival, which took place on Saturday, will be included in to-morrow's issue of the "Town and Country Journal." Two…

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Invitation to Dr. Arthur. From the Furniture Trade Society. "Will Show Him That He Is Wrong."

The Australian Star · Tuesday 2 February 1909 · page 5

The methods adopted by Dr. Richard Arthur, M.L.A., as president of the Immigration League of Australasia, in endeavoring to secure immigrants for Australia from England…

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The Show Girl. Chapter X.--(Continued.) (Henry Gastonard writes to Paddy O'Connell a letter concerning his search for Mimi the Simpleton.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 February 1909 · page 4

When Farman and I were left alone in the room, no light but that of a coal fire in a broken grate, the doors closed, the silence of the wood all about us, I detected a certain…

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Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales

Referee · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 4

A programme is to hand of the hunting. Jumping, and trotting contests to be decided at the Royal Agricultural Society's Show at Moore Park from April 6 to 14…

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Exhibition Building

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 2

Very good business is being done at the Exhibition Building, where the fight films snowing the contest between Johnson and Burns, together with the…

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Proposed Night Carnival

Referee · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 6

The Pioneer Club cannot obtain a date for the proposed day carnival next month, and arrangements are now being made for a meeting at night on the Sports Ground…

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Cyclists' Union Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 7

The combined club carnival promoted by the Redfern, Sydney, and Swift clubs, which was postponed on Monday evening owing to the inclemency of the weather, will take place on Monday next…

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Swimming. Waverley Club Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 7

The Waverley Club is holding its annual carnival at Bond's Bronte baths on Saturday next, and keen racing is anticipated. An important race will be the 440yds championship of the eastern districts, in which…

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Combined Carnival Again Postponed

Referee · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 10

The combined night carnival of the Sydney, Swift, and Redfern Clubs listed for Monday night last had to be postponed until Monday night next, owing to…

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Kiama's Annual Show

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 34

The Kiama Agricultural Association brought off, on its beautifully-situated grounds, last week, one of the most successful shows ever conducted by it. The exhibition was…

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The Kiama Show. Judging

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 13

At the Kiama show last week the champion award for Shorthorn bull (milking strain) went to E. R. Bigg for a three-year-old roan, a noted winner at other South Coast shows…

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