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Shows & fairs, 1913

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Stadium Matinee—tomorrow. Show Bal[?] Will Spar Will [?]

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 6

What looks like b[?] the best matinee programme [?] the [?] as [?] is to be staged there to-morrow afternoon, pr[?] opening at 3 o'clock…

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The Moving Picture Show The Disastrous Blows of Fate

The Sun · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 6

The most unhappy feature in the tragic journey of Captain Scott back from the South Pole is its disastrous bad luck. In his dying hours Scott seems to have feared…

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Tamworth Show. Diminished Entries. Effect of Dry Season. (From Our Special Reporter). Tamworth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 9

The 38th annual show of the Tamworth P. and H. Association was commenced to-day in fine weather. Mr. C. Jeffries Britten was again in his place as president. The working…

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The Rent Problem. Fair Rent Courts

Co-operator · Thursday 13 February 1913 · page 4

The rent-racked, landlord-ridden people of this State will no doubt note, with a deal of interest, the determination of the Government to proceed…

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Clashing of Show Dates

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 February 1913 · page 6

It is unfortunate that three important northern agricultural societies should clash in their show dates this year. Armidale, Inverell, and Singleton shows will be held in…

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The Moving Picture Show Rival Entertainments

The Sun · Thursday 13 February 1913 · page 6

It was certainly bad luck for Mr. Joe Cook, when he went to Penrith to define the attitude of the Liberal Party towards the tariff-- an attitude of turned back and shut…

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Ladies' Swimming Carnival All Schools' Championship

The Sun · Friday 14 February 1913 · page 12

"Father" has a complaint:-- "Might I be permitted to suggest to the ladles of the Amateur Association, who are to control that fine carnival, that a division be…

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The Moving Picture Show. Johnny

The Sun · Friday 14 February 1913 · page 6

"Why have you come to Sydney town, Johnny, my Johnny?" "To look at the city up and down. Johnny, my Johnny, aha!…

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N S.w. Sheepbreeders' Annual Show

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 14 February 1913 · page 13

The prize [?]chedale for the 1913 Show, to be held from the 2nd to the 5th July, at the Royal Agricultural Society's grounds, Sydney, has just been published…

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The Passing Show the Hobart Conference

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 14 February 1913 · page 6

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Trefle) has not been able to make arrangements to attend the Agricultural Conference at Hobart; but Mr. George…

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The Royal Show. Closing of Entries

The Land · Friday 14 February 1913 · page 8

The Secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society points out that the Royal Show being nearly three weeks earlier this year, it is very…

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Carleton's Autumn Stock. The End of the Fair at North Sydney

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 February 1913 · page 8

Carleton's fair, with all its tempting bargains, is over at last. So many of my friends took advantage of it, however, and were so well satisfied with…

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New South Wales Sheep Breeders' Annual Show

The Land · Friday 14 February 1913 · page 4

We Lave received from the secretary the prize schedule for the 1913 show, to be held 2nd to 5th July, at the Royal Agricultural Grounds,…

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A Big Show. Australia Displaying. London, Thursday Night

Evening News · Friday 14 February 1913 · page 5

King George has [?] to open the Royal Agricultural Show at Bristol in July. The Lord Mayor of Bristol is inviting the Premiers and Governors of all the States and…

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N.s.w. Sheepbreeders' Association. Classification at the Show

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 February 1913 · page 6

The prize schedule for the annual show of the New South Wales Sheepbreeders' Association, to be held at the Royal Agricultural grounds from July 2…

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Shoalhaven Show. Opened by Goulburn. Possibilities of Irrigation. Nowra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 February 1913 · page 10

The Shoalhaven Show was continued to-day under pleasant auspices. The weather was warm and the attendance over 3000. There were large cutries for the ring events, and…

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Stage Song and Show Royal Comic Opera. Reopening of the Royal. Melodrama, Vaudeville, and Pictures

The Sun · Friday 14 February 1913 · page 11

Marie Silvaine, head of the packing department at Port Sunshine, will enter on the fifth week at her interesting Gaby Gliding at Her Majesty's Theatre to-morrow evening. The…

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Campbelltown Show

Nepean Times · Saturday 15 February 1913 · page 4

The dates of the above are Wednesday and Thursday week, 26th and 27th February. Entries dose this Saturday at 11 p.m. Schedules may…

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Show Committee Meeting

Nepean Times · Saturday 15 February 1913 · page 4

A meeting of the above was held at the Exchange on Wednesday night, Mr D Fitch in the chair. There were also present Messrs Landers, F M…

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The Passing Show

The International Socialist · Saturday 15 February 1913 · page 1

Capitalism is the ideal of the unjust. While Capitalism lasts there will be two classes, the robbers and the robbed. As long as one man looks up to another…

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