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Shows & fairs, 1909

2,903 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 146

A Fair Fight

The Australian Star · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 6

At the Darlinghurst Quarter Sessions this morning "Mary Barlow was tried before a Jury on a charge of having assaulted Ethel Adelaide Rose Griffiths at Alexandria on…

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Wonderland's Boxing Carnival

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 6

The Grand Amateur Boxing Carnival, at Wonderland City, comes off next Saturday, evening, at 8 o'clock, in the Wonderland arena. The sum of £240 will be…

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Australasian Championship Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 12

The carnival will be held this evening under the auspices of the N.S.W. Cyclists' Union. The star items on the programme will be the two interstate championships (half-mile and 10 miles) and…

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The Spence Art Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 13

This evening Mr. Percy F. S. Spence will give a social entertainment of music and lightning sketches in connection with his exhibition of oil and water-colour paintings at the Royal Art Society's Galleries…

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N.s.w. Alliance Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 13

Sir Joseph Carruthers will this afternoon open the New South Wales Alliance Exhibition season at the Exhibition-building, when attractive stalls, nightly entertainments, moving pictures, and competitions in…

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Surf Bathing. North Steyne Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 12

The programme to be presented at North Steane next Saturday contains many amusing and interesting events. "The blue riboon of the surf," the Silverton Rubber…

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Public Schools Annual Swimming Carnival

Referee · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 11

The annual swimming championship meeting of the Public School's A.A.A. will be held at the Municipal Baths, Sydney, next Saturday afternoon, when a particularly fine programme will be…

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Manly Carnival. Distribution of Prizes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 12

A smoke concert was held on Monday night at the club-rooms to present the prizes won at the recent catnival. Mr. F. W. J. Donovan was in the chair. The Mayor of Manly (Alderman Bonner), in…

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Cycling Championships. To-morrow's Australasian Carnival

The Australian Star · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 7

The annual Australasian cycling championships will take place tomorrow night at the Sydney Sports Ground. A lengthy programme has been arranged…

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Swimming. Ladies' Amateur Association. Interstate Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 12

The N.S.W. Ladies' Swimming Association has received word from the Queensland Ladies' Amateur Swimming Association that the following ladies have been chosen as representatives of that State at the…

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

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 5

The Marquis himself is all that his ancestors might have been before the "grand manner" perished in France. Tall and stately, with a bearing dignifled beyond words, his bow is not…

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Castle Hill Show. Some Splendid Entries

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 2

The Hon. the Minister for Agriculture is to open the Castle Hill show to-day. the official opening is turned to take place at 12.30, but by that time the steward…

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Palace Emporium Carnival. Plenty of Water. Hardwick Wins the Mile

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 8

'We do not intend to postponed we Will go on with it.'So decided the committee of the Palace Emporium Club. The Weather conditions…

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Guyra P. A. & H. Association. The . . Annual Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 33

Guyra, a progressive township, surrounded by an enterprising and sturdy community of farmers, is…

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The Guyra Show. (Continued from the Illustrated Pages.)

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 13

Mr. Moore (Minister for Lands) in opening the Guyra Show last week, commented on the marked advance made in the leading classes, and reflected on the great educational benefit…

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Sporting Review. V.r.c. Carnival. Newmarket Acceptances. Australian Eleven. a Victorian View. the Rugby Rupture. Wallabies Criticised. Arnst V. Barry. Amateur Cycling Championship Turf Notes and Tips. Cycling, Motoring, Bowls, Swimming. Athletics, Cricket, Golp. the Turf

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 13

Beyond, perhaps, Neith, Toga, and Perkeo, nothing retired from Newmarket Handicap yesterday that had been in the betting to any extent, and sportsmen generally were agreeably surprised to find that 23 had been left in…

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Royal Agricultural Society. Prospects of the Easter Show

The Australian Star · Thursday 25 February 1909 · page 3

The busy note of preparation is very insistent on the Sydney Show Ground, and the place is rapidly assuming its Faster holiday appearance. A large number of hands…

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N.s.w. Alliance. Exhibition and Fair

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 February 1909 · page 5

A big exhibition and fair organised by the N.S.W. Alliance were opened in the Exhibition Building. Prince Alfred Park, yesterday afternoon, and judging by the initial day's…

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Alliance Exhibition

The Australian Star · Thursday 25 February 1909 · page 7

The Exhibition Building was today the Scene of the opening of an exhibition and fair under the auspices of the New South "Wales Alliance. Its, object was for the…

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N.S.W. Alliance. Fancy Fair and Exhibition Sir J. Carruthers and the Liquor Trade

Evening News · Thursday 25 February 1909 · page 6

A pretty display was been made in the Exhibition Building, where the New South Wales Alliance Fair is being held. The outlines of the rather plain building have been softened by…

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