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Shows & fairs, 1912

3,693 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 185

Shops and Shopping. Vanity Fair on the Business Side

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 February 1912 · page 5

Summer is on the wane, and women are being bidden right and left, by the good drapery houses of the city, to come and view the modes of Autumn and Winter. Hordern Bros., of…

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Cycling. the March Carnival. Programme Decided Upon. £300 in Prizes

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 February 1912 · page 3

The programme for the March carnival, which Mr. J. Williams is holding on the Sydney Sports' Ground, on Saturdays, March 16, 23, and 30, has been decided upon. It promises to produce some very fine racing,…

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Mount Kembla Inquiry. First Mate to Show Cause

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 22 February 1912 · page 4

His Honor Judge Backhouse, assisted by Captains Taylor and Carpenter (assessors), yesterday inquired into the grounding of the s.s. Mount…

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The Moving Picture Show Clem, Please be a Good Boy!

The Sun · Thursday 22 February 1912 · page 6

In families where there is an Only Son say of seven years old or thereabout, you often see a strange sight. The sulky young rebel sits before his easter-oil and won't drink it…

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Sugar Commission. Sydney Sittings. Tributes to C.s.r. Company. Fair and Reasonable Methods. Foreign Sugar Inferior

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 February 1912 · page 5

The Royal Commission on the Sugar industry commenced its Sydney sittings at the Customs-house yesterday. In the absence of the chairman (Sir John Gordon) through…

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Ladies' Interstate Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 February 1912 · page 12

Yesterday afternoon at Sargent's Rooms the New South Wales Amateur Swimming Association welcomed the visiting interstate representatives, who are competing at the forthcoming carnival. Afternoon tea was…

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Easter Cycling Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 February 1912 · page 12

The representatives of J.D. Williams, in connection with the six-days' bicycle race events, will be in Sydney next week, and will immediately set to work in the organisation of an Easter cycling carnival, to…

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Show Disqualification

The Land · Friday 23 February 1912 · page 4

It is difficult to account for the attitude taken up by the Minister, for Agriculture, in the matter of…

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Cycling. International Easter Carnival

The Sun · Friday 23 February 1912 · page 5

The international Easter carnival, which is being promoted by sir. J. D. Williams, is set down for the Sports Ground on Saturdays, March 16, 23, and 30, when international matches, scratch races, and several other…

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The Passing Show Starting Young

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 23 February 1912 · page 6

A message from Berlin roads :— "A secret society dealing with assassination and suicide has been discovered among the pupils attending…

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Government Sheep for Mudgee Show

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 23 February 1912 · page 6

The N.S.W. Department of Agriculture has decided to send some seventeen pens of exhibition sheen as a non-competitive exhibit to the Mudgee…

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Scott's After-fair Bargains. To Clear Surplus Summer Stock

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 23 February 1912 · page 8

Scolt's (Newcastle) big discount fair just finished, but I notice that their after-fair bargains are of such a nature as must readily appeal…

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The Moving Picture Show Butcherod!--and Mawkishness in Speech

The Sun · Friday 23 February 1912 · page 6

Mr. Speaker Willis, whose rulings are as the sands of the sea, showed a shrinking sensitiveness in the House last night. "He had heard the expression that someone had been…

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Stage Song and Show "Everywoman" at the Royal the Royal Comic Opera Co. Successful Palace Production

The Sun · Friday 23 February 1912 · page 10

"Everywoman," framed in tasteful mounting, beautiful scenery, and excellent music, strikes a very welcome note of novelty in our affairs theatrical. In this modern…

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A Fair Offer

The World's News · Saturday 24 February 1912 · page 18

He: "I told your father I could not live without you." She: "And what did he say?" He: "Oh, he offered to pay my funeral…

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The March Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 February 1912 · page 18

Riders throughout the State who owe allegiance to the…

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Eastern Suburbs Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 February 1912 · page 18

The Eastern Suburbs Amateur Club's twentieth annual carnival will be held at Bronte Baths on March 23, at which the 440 yards championship of the eastern districts will be swam…

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Lithgow Show

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 February 1912 · page 11

LITHGOW, Friday.--The twenty-fifth annual show of the Lithgow A.11. and P. Association opened to-day. A heavy thunderstorm broke over the town yesterday, and this morning was very hot and close. Thunder and…

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Surf Carnival at Manly

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 February 1912 · page 20
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At South Steyne, Manly, this afternoon, the Manly Seagull Surf and Life-saving Club will hold a surf carnival. All the sports will take place in the water, and to make up for the elimination of the usual…

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