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Shows & fairs, 1911

3,800 stories in Sydney's papers · page 68 of 190

New Zealand and the Labor Problem. "A True Sense of Fair Play."

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 April 1911 · page 5

WELLINGTON, Friday.--Mr. J. Carroll, Acting-Prime Minister, in a speech at Auckland, referred to the necessity of labor and capital working in conjunction towards the…

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The Conning Tower Good Friday and the Show

The Methodist · Saturday 22 April 1911 · page 7

THE presence of 83,000 persons at the Royal Agricultural Show on Good Friday, as reported in the daily press, furnishes some food for thought on the part of those—and our own Church, as represented at…

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The Moving Picture Show The Bass Ingratitude of the Poor

The Sun · Saturday 22 April 1911 · page 6

The base ingratitude of the poor of this world is a thing monstrously horrific--a thing that makes the clean-hearted rich re-coll in amazed disgust. The latest instances…

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All Nations' Fair

Sunday Times · Sunday 23 April 1911 · page 2

Attention is directed to an advertisement appearing in this issue notifying the fact that the last day for sale of tickets in this art union, which is being held in aid of the completion of the Nurses' Home at the…

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Sumptuous Dress Carnival

Sunday Times · Sunday 23 April 1911 · page 23

Never before have English dressmakers attempted any such elaborate and costly demonstration of the beauty of their creations as that at the Imperial Fair of Fashions at the…

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Exhibition On, April 26

Sunday Times · Sunday 23 April 1911 · page 26

Arrangements are now in progress for the demonstration by Girl Aids in connection with the exhibition at the Town Hall on April 26. On the evening of April 25 members of the…

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All Nations Fair Art Union

Truth · Sunday 23 April 1911 · page 8

Attention is directed to an advertisement notifying the fact that the last day for sale of tickets in this art union, in aid of the completion of the…

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Give Us a Show Her Majesty's Theatre

Truth · Sunday 23 April 1911 · page 6

Two splendid audiences (standing-room onlies) rilled Her Majesty's Theatre yesterday afternoon, and again last night, when "Jack and the Beanstalk,"…

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Still Going Ahead. £50,000 in Improvements Before Next Show

Sunday Times · Sunday 23 April 1911 · page 7

The opinions that have frequently been offered recently that, for the want of space, the Royal Agricultural Society would be compelled at an early date to remove from their present position…

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Census Collectors. How They Were Sweated. Five Pence an Hour from Federal Fuddlers. What His Knibbs and Their Nibses Reckon Fair Payment. (To the Editor.) Census. How Federal Fellows Flout 'Em. (To the Editor.)

Truth · Sunday 23 April 1911 · page 11

Textus Graecus, Eyaggslion Kata Laykon Keph II., B 1, Egeneto de en emerais ekeinas exelthe dogma para Kaiseros Angonston opographostha[?] p[?]sal ten Sir,—A lew plain facts in reference to tie treatment meted out to census collectors by our most democratic Labor Government, who have framed laws and…

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Agricultural Society's Grounds

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 April 1911 · page 6

The suggestion that the Royal Agricultural Society should remove from its ground and buildings at M core Park to another site beyond the suburban area is strongly opposed by the…

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Exhibition Games

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 April 1911 · page 10

WEST MAITLAND, Saturday.—On the Albion Ground, this afternoon Eastern Suburbs Rugby League team met a combined Maitland and Newcastle team. The visitors, playing with good combination, did some brilliant work…

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The Technical College. This Year's Exhibition. Display in Ultimo House

The Sun · Monday 24 April 1911 · page 2

Passing through the new gateway in the college boundary wall brought visitors into the courtyard of old Ultimo House, now turned to useful educational purpose. To…

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Show on Good Friday. Archbishop Wright's Protest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 April 1911 · page 10

The Archbishop of Sydney (Dr. Wright) has now forwarded a letter to the council of the Royal Agricultur[?], Society of New South Wales, protesting against the holding of the…

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Good Friday and the Show. Archbishop Weight's Protest

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 April 1911 · page 9

Archbishop Wright has forwarded the following letter to the president and council of the Royal Agricultural Society:— The Deanery,…

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The Moving Picture Show The Ending of the Row

The Sun · Monday 24 April 1911 · page 6

The Yes No controversy is now drawing to a close, and the glad wrangle of tongues will be over within an easily measurable space of hours. Australia has never in all her…

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What It Is to Fly. Wonderful Exhibition. an Amazed Populace. Mr. Hammond Flies Over Botany

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 April 1911 · page 9

It went up like a living thing. It was a strange thrill that went through those who saw it, this sailing of a ship in the air, bearing its human freight at Botany…

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Stage Song and Show Pantomime, Drama, and Musical Comedy. Picture Programmes and Vaudeville. Wirth's Circus

The Sun · Monday 24 April 1911 · page 11

Whilst "Jack and the Beanstalk" turns Her Majesty's Theatre into a veritable paradise for children, it also provides a delightfully irresponsible, healthy, and charming…

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Technical Students' Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 April 1911 · page 4

The annual exhibition of studeuts' work at the Sydney Technical College last week was largely attended, and there was a marked advancement in all branches. A visit to the…

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Brussels International Exhibition

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 25 April 1911 · page 4

Among the firms who have been awarded a medaille d'or Grand Prix, the highest award obtainable, is the well-known firm of ship's composition…

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