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Shows & fairs, 1911

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Brussels Exhibition Fire. Finding of Court of Experts. Brussels, Friday Afternoon

Sunday Times · Sunday 26 February 1911 · page 7

The commission of experts have decided that the fire at the recent exhibition was not due to spontaneous combustion or incendiarism, but probably…

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League Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 February 1911 · page 5

The second annual carnival of the Western Suburbs League Club is to be held at the Abbotsford Baths on. Saturday, March 11, at 3 p.m. Among other events set forth on the programme are a 54yds. open handicap,…

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Interstate Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 February 1911 · page 10

Mr. Roger B. Fitzhardige, the selector for the representatives who are to represnt this State on May 6 on the Parammata, has announced the team as follows:—R. B. Fitzhardinge (S.R.C.), 11st 2lb; H…

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Carnival at Manly. Northern Suburbs Championship Decided

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 February 1911 · page 12

The sixth annual carnival of the Manly Swimming Clul was held in the local baths on Saturday after noon. A very large gathering assembled and the carnival proved a record suecas. The Port Jackson…

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The Surf Carnival at Bondi on

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 February 1911 · page 9

A GENERAL VIEW OF THE BONDI SURF CLUB'S DEMONSTRATION. THE BONDI LIFE-SAVING CLUB GIVING A DEMONSTRATION OF RESUSCITATING THE APPARENTLY DROWNED…

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The Moving Picture Show Our Constitutional Feet

The Sun · Monday 27 February 1911 · page 4

Mr. Joe Cook, M.P., told a gathering of literary and reform women debatees in Pitt-street that they had before them "the spectacle of class legislators trying to re-make…

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Stage Song and Show Clarke and Meynell Opera. Production of "The Belle of Brittany." the Royal Philharmonic "Elijah" Concert

The Sun · Monday 27 February 1911 · page 3

A vast audience thronged the Criterion Theatre in every part on Saturday night, when the bright and tuneful "Belle, of Brittany" was staged, for the first time in…

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Royal Agricultural Society

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 February 1911 · page 6

At the monthly meeting of the council of tho Royal Agricultural Society, the principal business was the appointment of a number of judges for the Royal show. The…

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Bourke Show Dates Altered

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 28 February 1911 · page 4

Mr. Geo. W. Tull, the secretary of the Central Australian Pastoral and Agricultural Association, informs us that owing to the Nyngan Association…

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The Royal Agricultural Show

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 February 1911 · page 3

At the monthly meeting of the council of the Royal Agricultural Society, Sir Francis Suttor presiding, the principal business was the appointment of a number of judges for the Royal…

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The Cycling Meeting. Amateur Chamionship Carnival. Queensland Cyclists Outclassed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 February 1911 · page 12

The annual amateur championship meeting of the New South Wales Cyclists' Union was held on the Sydney Sports Ground last night. There was a good attendance and the weather…

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Coronation Exhibition. Resources of the Empire. Displayed at Shepherd's Bush

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 February 1911 · page 9

Particulars are to hand regarding the Coronation Exhibition of the arts, industries, and resources of the British Empire, which it is proposed shall be held at the "Great White City"…

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The Moving Picture Show I'm Next

The Sun · Tuesday 28 February 1911 · page 4

Mr. W. A. Carpenter, of Governor's Bay, has again this year succeeded in raising several new colors oi his hybrids of gladioli (says the Akaroa "Mail"). He submitted one--a beautiful blush plck--to Prince…

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To Get a Divorce. Wealthy New Yorker's Expedient. Selling Tickets at a Vaudeville Show. New York

The Sun · Tuesday 28 February 1911 · page 1

A wealthy New York pipe manufacturer is resorting to a desperate expedient to make himself eligible for application for a divorce in Nevada…

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Milton Show-- Prominent Visitors to the Exhibition

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 1 March 1911 · page 27

The Milton district is enjoying one of the most prosperous seasons it has had during the last 20 years, and from one end of it to the other the country presents a lovely…

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Photo Exhibition

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 1 March 1911 · page 58

His Honor Judge Docker, on February 22. opened an exhibition of photographs at Messrs., Baker and Rouse's Salon, 379 George-street, Sydney. The exhibition was a large and…

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Swift Club's Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 March 1911 · page 17

The amateur track riders will be seen in competition again on Wednesday night next, when the Swift Club will hold its annual night carnival under the auspices of the New South Wales Cyclists' Union, at the Sydney…

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League's Night Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 March 1911 · page 17

The night carnival of the New South Wales League of Wheelmen, which is listed for March 20 at the Sports Ground, is now only three weeks off What concerns riders most at this juncture is the fact that the League…

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Poster Carnival at Newtown

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 March 1911 · page 13

Messrs. Turner Brothers have organised a porter and advertisement carnival for this evening at the Elite Skating Rink, Newtown, where valuable prizes will be competed for, and the flashlight spectacular march will…

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