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Shows & fairs, 1912

3,693 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 185

The Moving Picture Show The German Elections

The Sun · Monday 8 January 1912 · page 6

The German elections look as if they would count a good deal in the development of the Europe of the future. The Conservative press is howling and yelling for…

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Longworth's "Glad" Day. Makes Sprint Record. Also Wins Distance Championship. Exciting Contests at Olympic Fund-carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 January 1912 · page 6

The fates smiled kindly on the New South Wales Amateur Swimming Association on Saturday. The morning broke dull and threatening. Every indication was for a wet day…

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Picture Show Cured Him. Young Man's Adventure with a Black Snake. Lost Speech and Hearing

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 January 1912 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Saturday.--Two months ago Maurice O'Kee[?], aged 21, was engaged in harvesting operations in the Horsham district, and be trod on a big black snake, which…

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Stage Song and Show "Dame Nature" at the Criterion. the Royal Comic Opera Company. Hamilton, Plimmer, Denniston Season

The Sun · Monday 8 January 1912 · page 10

The production of "Dame Nature" at the criterion Theatre on Saturday night by Miss Ethel Irving and her company has struck a note which is not new to art or to…

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Albury's Show

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 7

We are advised by the secretary of the Albury P., A. and H. Society, Mr. W. I. Johnson, that it has been decided to hold the annual show on 10th, 11th and 12th of…

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The Passing Show Established Truth Questioned

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 4

Will there ever be another George Washington? "The boy that never told a lie" has been honored for generations without question as to his…

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The Moving Picture Show Too Rich

The Sun · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 6

Evidently the Prince of Monaco made a pretty good thing out of Monte Carlo. His princess told a magistrate, on the occasion of a burglary of her rooms, that she had no…

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The Cycling Carnival. Mile Motor-paced Record Broken. Exciting Hand Cap and Sprint Races

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 10

After the six days' race was completed on Saturday night, there remained a number of handicap and sprint cycle races, and the pedestrian finals to dispose of, and the promoters…

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.News of tine World by Our Independent Cable Service. Two Fair Girls. Clergyman Victimised. Remarkable Stories by Women Impostors. the Western Suburbs Raided. Alleged Monte Carlo at Manly

The Sun · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 1

The story told yesterday afternoon in Manly by a well-known clergyman of Strathfield district, concerning the doings of two mysterious young women who, it is…

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International Health Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 5

There was held in Dresden last year, from May to October, an exhibition unique in the history of the world. It was the big International Hygienic Exhibition, opened by the…

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Inter-state Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 16

The inter-State sailing carnival at which New South Wales, Queensland, and West Australia will be represented, commences on Sydney Harbor on January 20, and will be continued…

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Liverpool Show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 9

The Liverppol District Agricultural Association show this year will be on March 28, 29, and 30. The Hawkesbury show dates have come forward to February 29 and March 1…

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Lane Cove Aquatic Carnival

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 8

For several years the residents of the Lane Cove River have had a day out, by holding a regatta on a Saturday afternoon, and which last year finished up…

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Aquatics. Lane Cove Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 16

For some time past the residents of the Lane Cove River have beet busy [?]anging for the holding of the annual aquatic carnival, which will be held on next Saturday afternoon…

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Swimming. Olympic Fund Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 22

The second carnival of the series held by the N.S.W. Amateur Swimming Association to decide the State swimming championships will be held at the Domain Baths to-night. The two principal events are the…

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Inter-state Sailing Carnival

The Sun · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 8

The inter-State dingy sailing carnival will be held on January 20 and 27 at. Sydney in accordance with the rules drawn up at the inter-State sailing conference held at Sydney in 1900, which provided for a round of…

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State Brickworks. Proposed Exhibition at Homebush

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 8

The Public Works Committee met yesterday to consider the expediency of amplifying the plant at the brickworks at Homebush Bay, with a view to increasing the output to meet…

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Swimming. the Olympic Carnival. To-night

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 4

440 Yards State Championship. 220 Yards Breast Stroke State Championship. NEXT SATURDAY…

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Swimming. the Championship Carnival Longworth's Fine Form

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 11

Saturday's State Championship Carnival, from all standpoints, has to be recorded as an unprecedented success, and although on one occasion, the crowd has been greater at…

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Poultry. Preparing Birds for Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 5

The novice is often in a quandary as to the preparation necessary to fit birds for a show pen. "I can always tell," said a well-known judge to the writer, "whether a bird…

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