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Shows & fairs, 1911

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Swimming. Australian Championship Carnival. Some Exciting Finishes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 10

There was another very large attendance at the Sydney Domain Municipal Baths last night when the Australian championship carnival was continued. The baths were crowded in all parts and there were about 6000…

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Rowing. the March Sculling Carnival. Arnst in Training

The Sun · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 7

It has been decided to hold the next big sculling handicap on the Parramatta River on March 18 and 25. The first Prize is to be £100, with £30 second, £10 third, and £5 fourth, and the entrance foe is fixed at…

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The Moving Picture Show A Patriotic Premier

The Sun · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 4

Mr. Verran, the South Australian Labor Premier, has no desire to dangle his legs under royal mahogany. He finds that there is plenty of work to do at home, so that…

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Newcastle Carnival. Fire Brigade's Display. Influx of Visitors. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 8

Crowds of visitors from the surrounding collieries and country districts arrived in Newcastle on Saturday to participate in the festivities of the carnival week. This has been…

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Benefit Carnival

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 18 January 1911 · page 6

With C. R. Taylor, late hon. see, and E. Clayton, present hon. sec., of W.D.B.C., being joint hon. sect., this benefit sports carnival in aid of the widow and children of…

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Japan-British Exhibition

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 18 January 1911 · page 50

From Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Company, Sydney, we have received a set of postcards, showing the Nippon Yusen Kaisha (Japanese Mail Steamer Company). section at the…

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Rowing. March Sculling Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 January 1911 · page 11

The dates for the sculling handicaps have been definitely fixed for March 18 and 25, which are considered the best two Saturdays available, and there will be no clashing with other events. So far all arrangements…

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South Australian Flower Show

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 18 January 1911 · page 13

A copy of the schedule of prizes for the chrysanthemum and autumn flower show of the Australian Horticultural and Floricultural Society is to hand. The show…

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Australasian Swimming Carnival. Two New Champions

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 18 January 1911 · page 34

W. Longworth (Rose Bay Club, N.S.W.), winner of the 1320 yards Australasian Championship in the world's record time of 17min 42sec. Start of the 100 yards Australasian Championship…

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King's Show Cattie. Series of Successes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 18 January 1911 · page 12

The large crowd which watched the judging at the 112th annual show of the Smithfield Club, in London, on December 5, was in a ferment of excitement by the afternoon. The…

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To Show in Melbourne Melbourne

Referee · Wednesday 18 January 1911 · page 8

Mr. Kilpatrick tells me that he has made definite arrangements to conduct an American boxing carnival at the Saucer Track, Melbourne, on Monday evening…

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The Moving Picture Show Prince-Eye Blue

The Sun · Wednesday 18 January 1911 · page 6

There is a Prince in town, and naturally the "Herald" has broken out in big head lines. "You never saw a clearer eye, not a bluer," is the way the reporter who was…

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Great Swimming Carnival. Australian Championships. New Records and Exciting Surprises

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 18 January 1911 · page 51

"I can quite understand how it is that New South Wales has had so many famous swimmers," was what Mr. Thomas S. Andrews, sporting editor of the "Evening Wisconsin,"…

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Newcastle Carnival. Window-dressing Competition. List of Prize Winners. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 January 1911 · page 10

The results of the window-dressing competition arranged in connection with Newcastle's carnival week were announced to-night. Messrs Lassetter, of Sydney, kindly placed the services…

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The Australian Swimming Championships. a Series of Dazzling Surprises. Scenes of Unprecedented Excitement. Some Pen Pictures and Caricatures of the Carnival. First Carnival. 100 YARDS

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 18 January 1911 · page 5

L. Solomons (N.S.W.) ............ 1 C. Healey (N.S.W.) ............. 2 H. Hardwick (N.S.W.) ................ 3 Other starter: C. Graham (Queensland)…

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The Swimming Carnival. Model Yachting in Centennial Park. the Week in Pictures

Evening News · Wednesday 18 January 1911 · page 7

The results of the championships decided at the recent Australian Swimming Carnival provided the greatest that followers of the sport have experienced for years. F. E…

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In Society and Out or It a Royal Cousin--The Almanack do Gotha--Our Swimming Champions--No Corsets The Ideal Figure--An Autumn Show--Two Deaths

The Sun · Wednesday 18 January 1911 · page 4

Cousinship is the strong point of our present royal visitor, Prince Leopold of Battonberg. Though dubbed "royal" out of a sense of his exaltedness in the social sphere, this…

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At Foy's Fair

Evening News · Thursday 19 January 1911 · page 5

It is evident the locally of Liverpool-street, Sydney, has some special attraction for the ladies acting the crowds who throng the steps leading to the Plazza. It is easy to explain…

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Skating Carnival

Evening News · Thursday 19 January 1911 · page 4
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The fancy dress carnival held at the little [?] Rink, King-street, Nowtown on Wednesday night. was in every way a complete success. Over [?] skaters in all kinds of costumes took part in the…

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