The Buckjumping Show
Mr. Skuthorp states that the trespassing on the Show Ground enclosure yesterday afternoon made it impossible to go on with the contest for the £100,…
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The Royal Show Enormous Entries
All the entries for the Royal Show have now closed. The lists in all the sections indicate marked increases on the total received for the 1910 show. In fact, the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Give Us a Show Palace Theatre
"Lovers' Lane" was revived at the Palace Theatre for six nighta only, as the Plimme.-Deninston Company leave shortly for Perth. Last night's production of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Did the "Amphi," Pay. What the Books Show
In reference to the "Amphi." float, we have been given the following certificate from Messrs. Starkey and Starkey, chartered accountants, which tends to show that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The "Prophet" Business. Sorry He Gave the Show a Way
Perhaps the only trouble wilt Voliva is that when he unmasked Dowie, exposed his titles as First Apostle, Peter, Moses, and so forth, to ridicule, and showed that…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Almost a Riot. 80,000 at Buckjumping Show Crowd Rush the Arena. Strenuous Fight to Maintain Order
A multitude variously estimated at from 80,000 to 100,000 people attended the buckjumping exhibition at the show ground yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Pot-boilers." at the Royal Art Society's Show. Art at a Guinea per Square Foot. Conjuring Coin From Color and Canvas
As the Royal Art Society admits that its present exhibition is simply one of "pot[?]ers," serious criticism is unnecessary. But for a few extra extra muddy-looking…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Buckjumping Exhibition
Owing to the enormous attendance encroaching on the ring space at the show ground it was found impossible to carry out the programme as was originally arranged. Mr. Skuthorp announces…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Burkjumping Show
Sknthorp's buckjumpers and expert riders made their reappearance at the Show Ground on Saturday. The crowd was estimated at between 60,000 and 70,000. Unfortunately the encroachment fo the onlookeres into…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →International Exhibition. Blocked by Strikes
PARIS, Sunday Evening.—Replying to as inquiry the chairman of the Chamber of Commerce has informed the Government that it is undesirable to hold an international exhibition…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Notes. the Show Ground Disturbance
The riotous proceedings at the Show Ground on Saturday have a certain amount of psychological increases, for the disturbance arose not merely because the crowd was enormously…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Baghdad Railway. Britain's Strong Stand. Fair Treatment Demanded. London, March 24
Sir Edward Grey (Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs) intimated this afternoon in the House of Commons that negotiations were proceeding in regard to the Gulf…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Swimming. the League Carnival. Diving and Trams Championships. Ladies' 50Yds. Premiership
The New South Wales League of Swimmers brought a successful season to a close in the Municipal Baths in the Domain on Saturday afternoon, when an excellent programme of n[?]tatorial events was submitted. Miss…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Australian [?]. Draws Crown to Show Ground. Scenes and [?]
It is a difficult thing at any [?] the public rules, a [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Moving Picture Show The Joyous Riot of Wild Australia
Evidently the man who first declared that, the love of horse was the distinguishing characteristic of the Australian was not so far astray. The horse poet has been all…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Parading Prisoners As a Public Show. "An Outrage on Public Decency."
As a train from Glen Innes was at the Armidale Railway Station a few evenings ago those persons who were upon the platform saw a curious crowd around a carriage in which were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rowing Carnival. W. Ripley Wins Parramatta Hundred. Miss G. Lewis Ladies' Championship. Hagney Performs Well
Saturday afternoon on the Parramatta was a busy time indeed. There were three large ferry steamers, well filled with persons interested in the rowing of the Parramatta Hundred, the Beaten Stakes, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stage Song and Show Revival of "Lovers' Lane." Sundry Shows and Picture Programmes. Among the Musicians
"Lovers' Lane," with autumn's mellow glow on orchard, house-top, and old red brick garden wall, and again clothed in spring's vernal green and blossomed trees,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Storming of the Stand. Will Scene at Show Ground. Crowd Runs Riot. Immense Attendance. Men Stoned and Struck
The wildest and most exciting scene in the history of any sports or amusement gathering in Sydney took place at the Royal Agricultural Society's Ground on Saturday afternoon, when…
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