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Shows & fairs, 1911

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Warwick Show

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 8

The Warwick (Q.) show was opened on Wednesday and coruinued yesterday, in excellent w[?]ther. There has a large [?]try in all sections, and…

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Quirindi Show

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 13

The secretary of the Quirindi District Pastoral, Agricultural, and Horticultural Association. Mr. Geo. Fowler, informs us that their show will take…

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Alstonville Show

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 8

The twenty—second annual show of the Alstonville Agricultural Society was held last week, Mr. John Perry, M.L.A., Performing the opening…

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Gunnedah Show

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 8

The worthy secretary of the Gunnedah Pastoral, Agricultural and Horticultural Association, Mr. M. C. Tweedie, advises us that they intend holding…

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Swimming. Bondi Club's Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 10

The 18th annual championship carnival of the Bondi Club will be held at the Aquarium Baths, Coogee, on Wednesday evening. February 22, at 8 o'clock, the club's headquarters. Bondi Baths, being at present under…

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In the Show Ring. Parkes Fruit Show

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 4

PARKES, Thursday.--The Methodist fruit show was highly successful and largely attended. Grapes were particularly fine, also apples, peaches, and tomatoes. Following are the…

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Argentine Exhibition. Good British Business

Evening News · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 8

LONDON, Thursday Evening.—Mr. Aken the British Commissioner-General for the Argentine Exhibition at Benos Ayres states that the British section cost £14,000 and British…

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Change of Interpreters. "Not Fair to Archie."

The Sun · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 8

There was a storm at the Water Police Court this morning over the interpreting of a few syllables of Chinese. An alien sailor, Heu On, from the steamer…

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Show Horses-harness Steppers

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 18

Successful show horses are not necessarily the most useful in the work for which they are ostensibly adapted, says an English authority, and it is quite possible that some…

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The Buckjump Show for England

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 5

It transpires that the big buckjumping show which I referred to some time ago as being organised to give people in the Old Country some idea…

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Trangie to Hold a Show

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 5

Mr. Small (treasurer) informed last meeting of Trangic branch F.S.A. that the receipts for the last carnival were £295 9s.8d. This included…

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The Moving Picture Show Muddled Marriages

The Sun · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 6

The Ballarat young lady who protested when the clergyman was marrying a witness to her sweetheart, had a narrow shave of missing a husband. She looked so…

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Molong Park and Show Ground. The Land Board's Decision

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 8

The Molong Land Board, N.S.W., has conducted an inquire into the matter of the proposed comhimed rececourse and showground. The…

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Stage Song and Show Last Night of "Tom Jones." Vaudeville Changes and Picture Programmes

The Sun · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 6

To-night the playgoers of this city of ours will have the opportunity of seeing the last of the charming comedy opera "Tom Jones." It would be sad to think that it is…

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In Society and Out of It At the Naval Wedding--Some Previous Weddings--Sir Henry Lucy--A Valuable Tablecloth--Mrs. M'Gowen's Trip--The W.C.T.U.--St. Vincent's Fair

The Sun · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 5

At the wedding of Captain Prowse and Miss Bertha Brady (a full report of which appeared in "The Sun" yesterday) there was a repetition in St. Andrew's Cathedral…

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Combined Carnival

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

The Palace Emporium, South sydney, Newtown, and St. George clubs held a combined carnival on Wednesday night at Coogee Aquarium Baths. Results:- 66 Yards Interclub Handicap.— [?] winners; A…

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Union "Country" Carnival

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

The union handicapper (Mr. C. W. Goatley) has deelared the undermentioned handicaps for the Cyckusts' Unions Hist night, racing during the visit of the Queensland team and the members of the union's…

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The Easter Carnival

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

The bowline carnival in Sydney at Easter promises to be a record one. At a meeting of the association on Thursday night it was decided to write to the Tasmanian Association asking that body to after the…

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The Passing Show

The International Socialist · Saturday 18 February 1911 · page 1

A DENTIST named McIntosh recently ordered some timber, to be used in constructing a flying machine, from an Annandale timber man. The timber was delivered, but was…

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