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Shows & fairs, 1911

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Business Exhibits at the Royal Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 41

ONE of the most attractive engine exhibits at the Royal Show was that of Messrs. Clutterbuck Bros., Ltd.,…

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Business Exhibits at the Royal Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 33

FOR over half a century the name of Alston has been associated with one industry—the manufacture of windmills. It therefore follows that Alston windmills are accepted as being the last word in that industry, and…

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Business Exhibits at the Royal Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 28

THE Wolf Superheated Steam Locomobile here illustrated was included in Haes and Eggers, Ltd., exhibit. It is a…

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Bowls. End of Interstate Carnival. Association Troubles Coming Events

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 10

Synchronising with the evolution in bowls mentioned last week comes a similar happening in the government of the game, and this has caused a certain amount of friction…

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The Moving Picture Show The Time Wasters

The Sun · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 6

Australia suffers in many instances by [?] adherence to British precedents, and the most amazing thing is that it persistently declines to follow those precedents in which England…

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Sydney Royal Show Colemane's Eucalypt'e' Exhibit

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 25

Messrs. Colemane and Sons, Limited, Cootamundra, N.S.W., had a tastefully arranged exhibit of their Eucalypt'e' products in the Main Pavilion at the Sydney Royal…

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Prominent Stock Exhibits at the Royal Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 38

CAMELLIA 4th OF DARBALARA, A Typical Milking Shorthorn Cow, by the famous bull, Banker of Bolaro; dam, Camellia of Bolaro. MELBA'S PRINCE OF DARBALARA, A Shorthorn Bull (milking strain), 33yrs and under 4yrs, by Combat of Coleville; dam, Melba 3rd of…

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Art at Bathurst Show. the Judge Disappointed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 12

BATHURST, Tuesday.--Signor O. Dattile Rubbo, of Sydney, the judge in the fine art section at the Bathurst Show, is very much disappointed with the exhibits…

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Sydney Royal Show Messrs. Edwards and Son

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 26

One of the most attractive exhibits in the central pavilion was that of Messrs. Edwards and Son, of 462-464 Cleveland-street, and Raymond House, Bourke and William…

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Sydney Royal Show The Carolin Machinery Co

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 24

The Carolin Machinery Company had on view a collection of ploughs and scroops adapted for earth moving. Four contractors' ploughs were exhibited, which are fitted to do…

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Sydney Royal Show Messrs. Clutterbuck Brothers, Limited

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 37

Although Messrs. Clutterbuck Brothers, Limited, have not yet been one year in business in New South Wales, they placed on the Show Ground a very creditable display of…

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Sydney Royal Show The Silvertown Rubber Company

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 36

The Silvertown Rubber Company, whose Sydney headquarters are at 279 George- street, and who have factories at Silvertown, Essex, England, and Persan-Beaumont…

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Sydney Royal Show The M'Evoy Boot Polish

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 35

Messrs. John M'Evoy and Sons, the well-known boot manufacturers, of 109 Bathurst-street, Sydney, have for many years been conducting trials of boot polishes. The…

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Royal Show Cattle. Review of the Yearling Sales

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 1

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Sydney Royal Show Mr. Frank Arnold's "Bosca" Saddlery

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 34

On entering the Industrial Pavilion, the first exhibit that caught the eye was Mr. Frank Arnold's excellent display of the celebrated "Bosca" saddlery, manufactured by…

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Bowls New South Wales Takes the Honors in Inter . State Carnival

Referee · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 8

Another red letter period In the history of Australian bowls has passed with the conclusion of the New South Wales Easter carnival on Thursday last.. Never has such a notable…

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At the Show Ground. Charged with Selling Beer. Liability of a Licensee

Evening News · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 14

David Trindell Lees, 31, and Francis John Stephen, 23, appeared before Mr. Maitland, D.S.M., at the Water Police Court yesterday on a charge of having on 10th instant, in…

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Australian Wines. Equal to Best in the World Meeting of Show Exhibitors

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 5

At the Wide Kiosk of the Royal Agricultural Society on Thursday the exhibitors in the wines section foregathered to taste and discuss the efforts of Australian wine-growers,…

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Prize-winners at the Royal Show. A. Judd's Team of Noted Jumpers

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 31

Reading Left to Right:—Desmond, Sunrise (winner of the "Lindeman's" Hunters' Contest, second in Ladies' Hunting Contest, third in [?] Burlington High Jump), Young Highlander (winner of the Ladies' Hunting Contest), Emu Plains, Blue Gown, Bayfield (winner of the Ashwood's Novice Hunters' Plate, also the Consolation Water Jump), and Novice. This is the greatest team of prize-winners and record-breakers in Australia. POLLIE,…

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Prize-winning Cattle at the Royal Show Samuel Hordern's Refford Park Stud, Bowral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 26

JERSEY'S have increased greatly in numbers and quality…

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