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Shows & fairs, 1909

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Luddenham Show Dates Altered. March 30 & 31, 1909

Nepean Times · Saturday 13 February 1909 · page 7

A meeting of the Luddenham A. and H. Society was held last Saturday, when there were present: Messrs C Swann, G and R Howlett,…

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Castle Hill Show. Snake Juice and Cramp. to the Editor

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1909 · page 10

Sir,—I think, the members of the council of the above show have been very thoughtless when advertising for tenders for publican's booth. There is a small…

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The Hills Show. The Booth Question. A Big Fight Threatened

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1909 · page 4

On Monday next, before the Licensing Magistrate at Parramatta, an application will be made on behalf of C. G. Hadley for a booth license for the Castle Hill…

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Australia Makes 417 Runs for Five Wickets. W. Bardsley Plays a Very Great Innings for 183 Not Out. Beautiful Batting—fair Outcricket. Melbourne

The Arrow · Saturday 13 February 1909 · page 2

The second match, Australia v. The Rest of Australia, was commenced on the Melbourne Cricket Ground to-day in lovely weather, and under condition otherwise…

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The Show Girl. Chapter Xx. (In which M[?] replies 10 Monsieur Henry.) 11 The Parade. Felixstowe

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 February 1909 · page 23

Ah, cher Monsieur Henry, if I knew how to answer you. Why should I go to dream a little while if I must awake to remember. Ah, mille noms,…

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Exhibition Building—picture

Sunday Times · Sunday 14 February 1909 · page 2

The season at the picture entertainments at the Exhibition Buildings is drawing to a close, for the management announce the last night next Saturday…

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Australasian Championships Carnival

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 14 February 1909 · page 15

Entries closed with the Union at the Sports Club, last night, for this meeting, which will be held on Wednesday week, at the Sports Ground. Good entries were…

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Exhibition-building

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 February 1909 · page 7

The cinematograph pictures of the BurnsJohnson fight for the championship of the world continue to attract a large number of people to the Exhibition- building. In addition to the…

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Exhibition of Pictures

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 February 1909 · page 6

Having returned from London, Mr. Percy. F. Spence has not lost much time in showing art lovers in Sydney some specimens of recent handiwork. He shows, at the rooms of the…

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Exhibition-building Pictures

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 February 1909 · page 3

There have been as usual good attendances at the Exhibition-building last week, and there was a well[?] filled house on Saturday, when Burna and Johnson fought it out all over again on the films to an…

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Billiards Exhibition Game

The Australian Star · Monday 15 February 1909 · page 3

F. Lindrum, professional champion of Australasia, will play an exhibition game at the rooms of the Glebe Working Men's Institute on Wednesday evening…

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St. Augustine's Church Fair

The Australian Star · Monday 15 February 1909 · page 8

A bazaar in aid of the funds of St. Augustine's Anglican Church. Neutral Bay, was opened on Saturday afternoon by Mr. D. Thomson, M.P. The rector, the Rev. North Ash. in introducing the…

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Cycling. Amateur Championship Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 February 1909 · page 8

Entries closed on Saturday night for the Australasian amateur championship carnival which is to he held on February 24 at the Sports Ground. The half and 10 miles championships of Australia are limited to riders in…

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

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 February 1909 · page 3

"I determined if I could," he said, "to find Mimi a little house in London, which would speak to her of the old days in Pans and lead her to forget that she is among strangers…

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A National Show. Projected for Bathurst. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 February 1909 · page 7

At a meeting of the A., H., and P. Association, the president, Mr. R. L. Gilmour, introduced at a committee meeting a matter of importance to the Bathurst district. He said…

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Stage, Song, and Show. "Scarlet Pimpernel" Revived. New Piece at the Palace. Cinquevalli's Triumph. Royal

The Australian Star · Monday 15 February 1909 · page 2

The revival of "The Scarlet Pimpernel" at the Theatre Royal on Saturday was a triumph for Mr.Julius Knight, Miss Beatrice Day -- who was the recipient of many…

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Batuurst Wants a National Show

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 4

The following message from Bathurst dated Sunday will be of very general interest:—"At a meeting of tHe A. H. and P Association, the president,…

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

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 3

[?]ld it be foolish to toll you, Martha, that I am not wholly happy in spite of all this? The vaguest fears afflict me. I know not from day to day what evil is to overtake me, and…

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The Recent Carnival. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 10

Sir,—As one of the officials of the Bondi ladies' swimming carnival I wish to correct the statement of "Mother" in Saturday morning's edition that "all was chaos" at the carnival. Nothing of the kind occurred…

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Castle Hill Show. Publican's Booth Licence Refused

Evening News · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 3

At the Parramatta Licensing Court, Charles George Hadley, of Tattersall's Hotel, Parramatta, applied for a licence for a publicans' booth at the Castle Hill Show. Evidence…

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