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Shows & fairs, 1913

3,914 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 196

The Drama and the Picture Show

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 January 1913 · page 6

The tendency of time to falsify prediction is well exemplified in the relations now subsisting between the moving pictures and the drama. It was confidently said of the…

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Not "Buckley's Show." a Prophesy for Mr. Beeby

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 14 January 1913 · page 3

Mr. F. Arnold, Jaunter, writes:—"The people on the land would be fools to support Mr. Beeby, as by returning Mr. Withington they would be…

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Swimming. the State Championship Carnival. Long Worth Wins the Big Events

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 14 January 1913 · page 3

The seating accommodation at the Domain Baths was severely taxed on Saturday afternoon last when a big crowd attended to see the State…

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The Moving Picture Show. The Song of the Suburbs

The Sun · Tuesday 14 January 1913 · page 6

The tame poet of this column was hurled into the office at about ten o'clock by a passing Juggernaut, and insisted that he was Rudyard Kipling. He confessed that he had…

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Hospital Benefit Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 January 1913 · page 16

The Woronora Week-enders' Association proposes on Anniversary Day to hold a sports meeting for the benefit of the St. George Cottage Hospital, Kogarah…

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Show Schedules

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1913 · page 6

Mrs. T. A. Griffin, hon secretary of the Ladies' Kennel Club, forwards the prire schedule of the club's fourth parade. This will be held at the Royal Agricultural…

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Manly En Fete. The Surf Carnival

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 15 January 1913 · page 34

What Brighton is to London, Coney Island to New York, and Atlantic City to Philadelphia. Manly is to Sydney. The Ocean Beach, stretching for a distance of about a mile in…

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Panama Canal Exhibition. Will Australia Take Part? Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1913 · page 14

No decision bus yet been reached in connection with the proposal that the Commonwealth shall take part in the exhibition which is being organised in America to commemorate…

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The Shire Horse and Its Show

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 15 January 1913 · page 22

A very great deal of the position held n public estimation by the Shire horse to-day is due to the admirable society which fo [?]ters and takes this breed under its care…

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The Royal Show. Prize List £6000

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1913 · page 8

The schedule of the coming Royal show, which opens on March 18 in Sydney, is being distributed amongst the exhibitors. For this show the council of the Royal Agricultural…

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The Moving Picture Show Dressing-Gown English

The Sun · Wednesday 15 January 1913 · page 6

Mr. L. A. Adamson, the Melbourne schoolmaster who fears the Glad and Goo-goo Eye, is also perturbed regarding the Australian pronunciation of English. The tendency, he…

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Woman's Work at the Forth Coming Show. Special Attractions Being Offered

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 January 1913 · page 14

Following upon the article which appeared on this page the week before last, the statement by the secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society, that a special effort is being made to…

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Motor AND Cycle Lesson of the Show. Wobbling Cyclists and Motorists Grievances. Cycle-car Question

Evening News · Wednesday 15 January 1913 · page 12

Americana are nothing if not amusing. In one of the latest papers there is a funny paragraph headed "Law-Breaking Constables." The writer of the article tells how Mr. W. F…

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"Getting Some of His Own Back " Longworth Again, and Again, and Again. E. Wickham Finishes Brilliantly in the "Hundred"—The Story of the Swimming Carnival

Referee · Wednesday 15 January 1913 · page 1

"Did you see the finish of the "Hundred' yesterday ?" was the first question swimmers asked each o[?]er when they met on Sunday morning. It was the absorbing topic wherever…

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League Anniversary Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 January 1913 · page 12

A series of cycle races will be held under the auspices of the League of N.S.W. Wheelmen on the Sydney Cricket Ground this month. Mr. L. S. Leadley, secretary of the League, states that the dates fixed are…

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Country Week Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 January 1913 · page 9

The final of the men's teams match of the country carnival will be played this morning at Double Bay, when Trundle will meet Barraba. A match will be played in the afternoon…

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Show Proprietor Fined

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 January 1913 · page 5

Con Marconi was proceeded against at the police court this morning on a charge of falling to leave the property where he is carrying on in animal show, after an order…

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St. Patrick's, Church Hill. Preparing for the Great Fair

The Catholic Press · Thursday 16 January 1913 · page 33

A splendidly-attended meeting of the combined ladies' and gentlemen's committee for the forthcoming bazaar and Gallie Fair in aid of the immense debt on St…

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Australian Rifle. Triumph of Manufacture. Interesting and Unique Exhibition

Evening News · Thursday 16 January 1913 · page 12

In a recent issue of the "Evening News" it was mentioned that completed parts of five rifles had been assembled and the finished weapons forwarded on to the Defence authorities…

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Fortunes by Advertising. Striking English Examples. an Instructive Exhibition. London, December 13

The Sun · Thursday 16 January 1913 · page 6

All Britain is divided into two classes -- those who advertise, and those who are advertised. "The men who succeed go after things that fail to come to them," says John…

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