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Shows & fairs, 1911

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The Royal Show

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 7

The secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society states that applications for schedules for the Royal Show, to be hold in April, are coming in very freely. The schedule will be…

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Wood-chopping Axemen's Carnival at Clontarf

Referee · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 14

Results at the axemen and sawyers' carnival, held at Clo[?] on Boxing Day, December 26, 1910, were :— STANDING CHOP (logs 15ln diameter), £20.—…

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Thornleigh Fruit and Flower Show

The Sun · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 2

The Minister for Public Instruction has written to the show committee granting the use of the Thornleigh School and grounds for the purposes of the show on Saturday…

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The Royal Show. Special Wheat Exhibit

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 6

The secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society states that applications for schedules for the Royal Show, to be held in April, are coming in very freely. The schedule will be…

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Sailing. Inter-state 18-Footer Carnival. Success of Golding

The Sun · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 6

The conditions of Saturday's race were very different from those of the previous Tuesday, inasmuch as the work to windward was with an ebb tide (says Monday's…

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The Moving Picture Show Pictures in Gaol

The Sun · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 6

The introduction of the biograph into the Goulburn Gaol is a great scheme. But why, if it is desired to make the inmates happy, show them such pictures as…

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Dairying. Show Judging. Awards in the Male Sections

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 14

It is a difficult proposition to judge bulls of the dairy breeds. This may not be true with regard to conformation, but when it comes to determining whether a sire will beget…

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Motoring. Motor Car Cycles. Features of Interest Noted at Olympia Motor Cycle Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 13

The very representative motor cycle exhibition held at Olympia last month brings into evidence a new phase of motor cycle construction, insomuch that certain well-tried features in car design and equipment are…

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Sporting Review. "The Pace That Kills." Trials of Motor Cyclists. Will Arnst and Pearce Meet? Swimming Supremacy. A.j.c. Autumn Carnival Cup and Doncaster. Bowls, Golf, and Athletics. Rowing As an Exercise

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 13

CRICKET, LAWN TENNIS, SWIMMING, ROWING, SCULLING, BOXING, TURK, ETC…

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Picture Show in a Prison

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 11

A cinematograph exhibition was given at the Goulburn Gaol on Monday by Rev. J. H. Lewin, Methodist chaplain, and was greatly appreciated by the prisoners, who unanimously intimated…

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Royal Easter Show. Closing of Entries

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 15

The preparations now in progress for the magnificent Royal Easter Show at tin Agricultural Grounds, Sydney, are well under way. The entries for the various sections…

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The Moving Picture Show A Sum in Proportion

The Sun · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 4

If it takes a thousand armed policemen, a regiment of Guarda, Mr. Winston Churchill. and the biograph man to subdue six anarchists, how many dozen trained…

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North Sydney League Club's Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 10

The North Sydney League Club will hold a carnival at the Lavender Bay Baths on the 21st inst. The programme includes:—Inter-club handicap (50yds), championship of the club, championship of the…

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General Notes. Wollongong Show

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 4

The annual show of the Wollongong A.H. and I. Association will be held on February 2, 3. and 4. and entries require to be made on or before the 28th inst. The schedule makes the…

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Races or Show? Trouble at Bathurst

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 8

BATHURST, Thursday.--A heated discussion took place at to-day's meeting of the Bathurst A.H. and P. Committee on the clashing of dates of the Bathurst Show and races, tho first day. of…

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The Moving Picture Show "Britain's Chief-Glory."

The Sun · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 6

The Continental press is worried at the possibility of England closing its doors to people like the Sidnoy-street martyrs who sacrificed themselves in the interests of the half-penny…

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Stage Song and Show Continued Success of "The Arcadians." "The Whip" at Her Majesty's. "The Girl From Rector's." Vaudeville and Picture Shows

The Sun · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 3

Packed audiences continue to witness the sensational sporting play "The Whip" at Her Majesty's Theatre. With the leading characters played by the new English artists the…

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Exhibition of Drawing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 11

An exhibition of the work of the students of the Sydney school of Mechanial Drawing and Correspondence instruction was opened it 369 Pitt-street, yesterday. The exhibition represents all classes of work,…

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A Children's World's Fair

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 5

A cludren's international exp[?] [?] on 5th December in St. Petersburg by Elizabeth Mavrickievna [?] [?]. The opening…

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The Passing Show

The International Socialist · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 1

A CASE that was before the Paddington police court recently, in which a young man was charged with stealing a shilling from McHrath's big grocery concern, revealed the…

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