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Shows & fairs, 1911

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Kiama Show Losses

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 5

In connection with the recent Kiama, show, about £70 was lost on the ground receipts, as compared with the previous year. The boisterous weather…

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The Moving Picture Show Making Up the Show

The Sun · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 6

Alderman G. T. Clarke wants to send the Lord Mayor to the Coronation. The idea of Sydney being unrepresented at the gaudy procession gives him a pain in his patriotism…

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Cycling and Motoring. Union's Championship Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 10

Entries for the second night (Australasian Cham pionships) of the Cyclists' Union's two-night carnival will be received at the Sports Club to-morrow evening up to 9 p.m. The second nights racing will be held…

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Dubbo Show and Racing Dates

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 5

The Dubbo P.A. and H. Association, N.S.W., at a committee meeting considered a proposal from the Jockey Club to alter the dates for the show to…

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WOLLONGONG. An Excellent Exhibition of Cattle and Horses

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 5

The principal features at Wollongong (N.S.W.) show, which was held last week and was officially opened by Mr. Trefle, were the cattle and horses,…

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Boomi Branch F.S.A. Preparations for the Carnival

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 5

Over a score of members attended the annual meeting of the Boomi (N.S.W.) F.S.A. sports carnival com­mittee, held recently, and a good deal…

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The Sheepbreeders' Show. More Farmers' Classes Wanted

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 2

The New South Wales Sheepbreeders' Association is a very conservative body, as befits an association of pastoralists. We are pleasedd to notice,…

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A Novel Request. Objection to Picture Show. Deputation to Chief Secretary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 5

A deputation from North Sydney Council waited upon the Chief Secretary (Mr. Donald MacDonell) to protest against the granting of an application made to the…

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Stage Song and Show "The Whip." Approaching Changes at the Criterion. Success of "Seven Days."

The Sun · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 9

At Her Majesty's "The 'Whip," now in its eighth week, is doing prosperous business. Swift and sure of foot the favorite wins tumultuous applause nightly from the great…

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Bexley—fair and Fickle

The St George Call · Saturday 11 February 1911 · page 3

The aldermanic complaint that censure and abuse are the only "perks" attached to their office has apparently no deterrent effect upon those who thirst to…

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Swimming. Balmoral Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 February 1911 · page 18

The first annual carnival of the Balmoral Amateur Swimming and Life Saving Club will be held this [?] ternoon at Shearer's Baths, Balmoral Beach. An interesting programme has been arranged, including 50…

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The Passing Show

The International Socialist · Saturday 11 February 1911 · page 1

THE A.W.U. Conference has censured the Federal Government for sending a contingent of 18 members" to the coronation ' corroborree…

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Castle Hill Show

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 11 February 1911 · page 6

Entries close to-day for the Castle Hill Show, and may be made at the various places advertised. The horse section contains 33 classes. For the two…

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Hospital Picture Show

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 11 February 1911 · page 6

A meeting was held in the Board-room of the Parramatta District Hospital on Tuesday evening, for the purpose of forming a committee to curry out details in…

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Our Next Show I

Nepean Times · Saturday 11 February 1911 · page 6

A meeting of the committee of the Nepean District A,H and I Society was held on Wednesday night last, at The Exchange. In the absence…

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Exhibition of the Ugly. Curious Manner of Cultivating Artistic Tas[?]

The World's News · Saturday 11 February 1911 · page 2

A strange exhibition is being held at Amsterdam. It is called the Exhibition of the Ugly, and has been organised for the fifth time by a group which devotes itself to educating the…

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The Moving Picture Show. The Warrior Novelist

The Sun · Saturday 11 February 1911 · page 6

Jack London, the novelist, is supposed to have heard the "call of the wild" revolutionaries who infest Mexico, and straightway gone out to lend columns of the heroic but…

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Ryde Court. Tuesday, February 7. (Before Messrs. W. Burton Smith, P.M., H. A. Brigg, and H. St. John Tucker, J's.P.) DRUNK

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 11 February 1911 · page 8

Thessil Laver pleaded guilty to being drunk in Church-street, Ryde, and was fiend 2s 6d, with 6s Court costs; in default three days' imprisonment…

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Exhibition Building

Truth · Sunday 12 February 1911 · page 12

Last evening a capital programme of new and novel picture ideas was presented to patrons of the Exhibition Building, Prince Alfred Park. The rates of…

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Swimming in Melbourne. Middle Park Carnival

Sunday Times · Sunday 12 February 1911 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Saturday Evening.—The Middle Park Swimming. Club's annual carnival took place in the Corporation Ruths. The principal event resulted :—City of Melbourne Junior Champion…

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