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Shows & fairs, 1910

2,825 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 142

The Nepean Show. Penrith

The Star · Thursday 3 March 1910 · page 2

The 18th annual show of the Nepean District A. H. and I. Society is being held at Penrith to-day, and will be continued tomorrow. The district has not looked so well…

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Tenterfield Show. (From Our Special Reporter.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 March 1910 · page 8

TENTERFIELD.—The show was continued to-day in splendid weather, the attendance being a record. An attactive programme of ring events was presented. In the light…

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Industrial Rivalry. Germany Fears' United States. Exhibition Discountenanced. London, March 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 March 1910 · page 7

Surprise mingled with resentment has been caused in the United States owing to the abandonment of the exhibition of Amerlcan products projected in Berlin in…

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Trade Rivalry. Do Germans Fear Americans? an Abandoned Exhibition. .Surprise and Resentment

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 March 1910 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--Surprise, mingled with resentment, has been caused in America owing to the abandonment of the exhibition of American products which was…

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Goondiwindi Show

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 2

Mr. E. T. Drake (secretary) advises us that the dates set down for the next Goondiwindi Show are April 27 and 28, 1910…

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Dungog Show

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 2

Mr. Chas. E. Grant, secretary of the Dungog A. and H. Association, sends word that the dates arranged for the next show are Wednesday and…

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Swimming. Bondi Club Members' Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 10

The following handicaps have been declared for the undermentioned events to be held on Saturday:- 50 Yards Members' Handicap.—F. Couison, ser; J. J. Lovelance[?] W. Foster, G. Harden, C. Felton, 2s; K…

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Yass Show[?] (From Our Special Reporter.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 10

YASS.—The outstanding feature of the show was the excellence of the sheep section, which proved what a great advance Yass woolgrowers have made in breeding a high-class…

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Adelaide Royal Show. Australians Chief Need

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 8

ADELAIDE, Thursday.--This morning witnessed the opening of the Royal Agricultural Society's Autumn Exhibition at the Jubilee Exhibition Grounds. The weather was beautifully…

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The Coming Royal Show. Prospects Foe Another Record

Evening News · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 3

This year's show of the Royal Agricultural Society, which is to be commenced at the Society's Grounds, Moore Park, on March 22, and officially opened by the Governor-General on the succeeding day,…

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The Royal Easter Show Sydney. Bigger Than Ever

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 4

The great Easter Show will this year be even anger than the fine exhibition of 1909 which was easily the most extensive show which the Royal…

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"Festival of Empire." Government Declines Proposals. But Will Have a Picture-show

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The Federal Government has considered proposals with respect to the "Festival of Empire and Pageant of London," which is to be held in London from May'…

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Fight with Blacks. Scene on a Show Ground. One Man Killed. Yass

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 7

At the close of to-day's show, just after the crowd had left the ground a dispute took place between some local blacks and showmen over money matters. A free fight took place,…

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Row at Yass Show. Disturbance by Blacks. Side Showman Killed. Another Seriously Injured

Evening News · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 6

YASS, Friday Morning.—The usual quiet of Yass was greatly disturbed last night when the news [?]read that a man had been murdered on the show Ground, where the annual…

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Stage, Song, and Show. Brilliant Shakespearian Season. Straus Boom at Her Majesty's. Vaudeville and Picture Successes

The Star · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 3

As might have been expected "The Merchant of Venice" is doing record business at the Criterion. Every seat in the reserved stalls and dress circle is sold out each…

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Australian Club's Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 March 1910 · page 21

A special meeting of the Australian Club is to be held at M Grath's Hotel on Monday, for the purpose of completing arrangements for the club's two night's carnival at Easter. Members of the League and the Amateur…

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Kogarah School Carnival

The St George Call · Saturday 5 March 1910 · page 5

A big programme of events is down for discussion at Baalman's Baths, Sans Souci, to-day (Saturday) at 2.50 p.m. Before the boys' events the girls…

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Fort-street School Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 March 1910 · page 18

The above carnival will be held this afternoon at the Municipal Baths, Domain. An elaborate programme, including the 1[?]yds championship of the school, 440yds and 110yds interclub handicaps and high d[?]g, has…

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Glebe School Swimming Carnival

Evening News · Saturday 5 March 1910 · page 5

The annual carnival of the Glebe Superior Public School Swimming Club was held on Friday night, at the Drummoyne Baths, in the presence of 1500 persons. A life saving…

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The Sheep Show

The Star · Saturday 5 March 1910 · page 2

The schedule of the annual show of the N.S.W. Sheepbreeders Association is now ready, and the secretary has mailed several hundred copies to sheepbreeders in the…

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