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Shows & fairs, 1911

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Easter Show Booths

Evening News · Tuesday 21 March 1911 · page 2

William inglis and Son have received instructions to sell by auction, booths, bars, and refreshment rooms is connection with the Royal Agricultural Society's Show. The sale will…

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Young Fruit Show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 March 1911 · page 6

YOUNG—The first fruit show of the Young Fruitgrowers' Union, under the auspices of the Agricultural and Pastoral Association, and which is to be an annual exhibition, has been…

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Victorian Products for Exhibition. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 March 1911 · page 8

At the request of the Federal Government about nine tons of Victorian products will be sent to the High Commissioner in London in the course" of a week or two for exhibition,…

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Art Society's Show Opened

Evening News · Tuesday 21 March 1911 · page 8

The interesting March exhibition of cabinet pictures of the Royal Art Society was formally opened on Monday afternoon in Vickery's Chambers. Pitt-street, City. by Mr. W…

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Cycling and Motoring. Cycling Athletic Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 March 1911 · page 12

A cycling and athletic carnival, under the auspices of the League of New South Wales Wheelmen and the New South Wales Athletic League, was held on the Sydney Sports Ground last night. The weather was…

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The Moving Picture Show A Peculiar Animal

The Sun · Tuesday 21 March 1911 · page 4

"A Suburbanite" writes us in this way:-- One of the most curious results of evolution is the typical suburban alderman. For pugnacity, fierce assertiveness, weird speech, and…

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Festival of Empire. the Dominions and the Pageant. Rapid Progress of England's Greatest Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 March 1911 · page 5

LONDON, February 17.--Everything goes well with the Festival of Empire, the All-British Exhibition, and the Pageant of Empire, the Government supported display Which is to be…

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Night Cycling Carnival Brilliant Riding by Percy Mutton. Who Wins a Treble. a Busy Referee

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 March 1911 · page 14

The League of New South Wales Wheelmen brought its track-racing season for 1910-11 to a close last evening with a carnival ut the Sydney Sports Ground. There was a very good attendance, 5000 witnessing the sport. As…

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Royal Agricultural Society. a Boom in Entries

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 22 March 1911 · page 12

The staff of the Royal Agricultural Society has been going at top pressure this week. Entries have poured into the office from all the Australian States and New Zealand and the…

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A Successful New England Exhibition--Forty-first Glen Innes Show

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 22 March 1911 · page 28

Glorious weather greeted the forty-first annual show of the Glen Innes…

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League Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 March 1911 · page 14

A big carnival is to be held at the Domain Baths on Saturday afternoon next, under the auspices of the New South Wales League of Swimmers. Good, entries have been received for all events. In addition to the ladies'…

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Skuthorp's Buckjumping Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 March 1911 · page 10

The programme, an especially attractive one, for the exhibition of buckjumping, etc., which is to take place at the Show Ground on Saturday next, is published in another column. The gates will open at noon, and the…

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Mudgee's 29th Exhibition

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 22 March 1911 · page 33

As evidence of the early attention paid to agriculture the in the Mudgee district, it is related that the first local show was held in 1861, just 50 years ago. It was a primitive…

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Redfern Club's Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 March 1911 · page 14

Splendid entries have been received for all the events to be decided at the Redfern Club's carnival, which is to be decided at the Sydney Snorts Ground on Monday evening next. The star item will be the half-mile State…

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Mudgee Show

Evening News · Wednesday 22 March 1911 · page 8

As evidence of the early attention paid to agriculture to the Mudges district it is related that the first local show was held in 1861. just 50 years ago. It was a primitive effort, there…

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Gulgong Show

Evening News · Wednesday 22 March 1911 · page 14

The Gulgong Show was opened on Tuesday in the weather There was a large attendance. and a record number of cahibits. and competition in the horse and cattle sections was fair Fat stock was excellent but sheep were…

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Cumnock Show

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 22 March 1911 · page 50

The Cumnock P., A., and H. Association's twenty-fifth show was held on March 15, under very favorable circumstances. There was a capital ring exhibit, and the hunting and…

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Tumut Show

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 22 March 1911 · page 13

The annual Tumut show took place last week under favorable weather conditions. The entries were fair, especially in the horse section. Madigan was awarded the ribbon for champion…

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Young Fruit Show

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 22 March 1911 · page 11

The first fruit show held by the Young Fruitgrowers' Union, under the auspices of the P. and A. Society, was held in the society's hall on March 17 and 18. The exhibits…

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Bowls. the Easter Carnival. Arrangements Completed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 March 1911 · page 14

The interstae selection committee of the New South Wales Bowling Association completed all its arrangements yesterday for the holding of the bowling carnival in Sydney at Easter. The programme is one of the most…

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