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Shows & fairs, 1911

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Maitland Show

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 6

The Maitland pastoral and agricultural show opens on April 26th next, continuing the three following days, and on April 29th will be held the…

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Grenfell Show

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 15

Mr. Geo. Cousins, secretary of Grenfell P., A. and H. Society, informs us that the date for their next annual show have been fixed for August 30th…

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Show Season

The Land · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 5

The show season is now in full swing. From now to the end of the year a series of country agricultural shows will take Place. Locally there…

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Surf Carnival at Coogee

The Sun · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 11

The second annual surf carnival and beach sports of the Coogoe Surf Club will be hold ar Coogee to-morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. The entries received easily constitute a…

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Testing Show Wheat

The Land · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 2

For the Royal Agricultural Show 105 exhibits of wheat have been entered. and samples of these are now being tested in the chemical branch…

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The Lower Clarence Show

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 6

The Lower Clarence Agricultural Show on March 38 and 29 promises to be an Important event this year. Entries close on Mondny 25th March…

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An Old Show Performer

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 6

Mr. W. Corbett's old stock horse, Stringybark, twenty-five years old, ridden by the owner, did good work at the Gloucester, show, but on the…

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Royal Show at Norwich. Australian Exhibits

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The Minister for External Affairs has hopes that Australia will be well represented at the British Royal Agricultural Show, which opens at Norwich on…

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The Great Show. Greater Than Ever

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 16

Entries for the Royal Agricultural Show have poured in from all the Aus-tralian States and New Zealand, and the local entries over the counter…

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Fair Trial Promised. for American Prisoners of War. Washington

The Sun · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 1

Assurances have been given regarding the safety of all Americans now confined in Mexican prisons. It is officially announced that the American…

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Fertile Inverell. As Revealed by the Show

The Land · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 3

Mr. T. C.Worboys, who after an interval of five years, again visited Inverell last week, expresses great surprise and satisfaction at the…

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The Show on Good Friday. a Methodist Protest

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 9

The Methodist Conference yesterday discussed a motion by Rev. W. Woolls Rutledge respecting the, opening of the Agricultural Show on Good Friday. It read:--…

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The Moving Picture Show That Post-Office Report

The Sun · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 6

The Australian Post-office is a big affair, and an affair of big abuses; but the awful Government report of its awful conditions is a thing before which the strongest heart…

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Grading Show Wheat. Fumy Exhibit or the Ordinary Products

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 4

At last meeting of Grenfell (N.S.W.) P.A, and H. Association, a motion by Mr. Bembrick, that all wheat entered for the society's prize be graded by…

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Parramatta Hundred. Big Sculling Carnival To-morrow. 41 Scullers to Row 100 Miles

The Sun · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 1

The biggest aquatic carnival ever attempted on the Parramatta River is to be held tomorrow. Should fine weather prevail the sight on the championship course should be…

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The Show and Holy Week. Methodist Protest. One Minister Strongly Dissents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 7

The Rev. W. Woolls Rutledge presented his motion, of which notice had been given,— "In view of the solemn event which Good Friday commemorates, this conference…

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Stage Song and Show Last Week of "The Belle of Brittany." Spectacular Play at Her Majesty's. "Our Miss Gibbs."

The Sun · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 5

The spectacular drama "Via Wireless" is booming largely at Her Majesty's Theatre. The scientific-poetic episode of the wireless massacre forms an interesting sidelight to the…

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Art Society's Cabinet Exhibition

The Sun · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 1

The Royal Art Society's gallery in Pittstreet will be re-opened on Monday, when the public will have an opportunity of viewing the third annual exhibition of cabinet…

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Cumnock Show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 9

CUMNOCK.—The 25th annual show of the Cumnock P. A. and H. Association was held on Wednesday, in perfect weather. The opening ceremony was performed by the president…

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