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Shows & fairs, 1914

3,974 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 199

Australian "Ad." Display of Products. the 1916 Exhibition. London, Friday Evening

Evening News · Saturday 14 February 1914 · page 3

Selfridge's are holding a Dominions Exhibition, at which the Commonwealth, South Australia, Queensland, went Australia, and New zealand make excellent displays of their…

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Olympic Fund Carnival. Hour Teams' Race

The Sun · Sunday 15 February 1914 · page 22

The executive of the New South Wales Cyclists' Union yesterday afternoon decided on an important alteration regarding the Hour Teams Race in connection with the Olympic Carnival…

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London Markets. Butter in Fair Demand. London

The Sun · Sunday 15 February 1914 · page 5

A fair demand continues, for all grades of Australian butter. Victorian and New South Wales brands are being, quoted at from 110s to 116s,…

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Rowing. Enterprise Club's Regatta. Carnival at Cronulla

The Sun · Sunday 15 February 1914 · page 11

The annual regatta of the Enterprise Rowing Club will be held on Iron Cove next Saturday. The destination premiership practically, hinges on the results. A number of items have been, set down for…

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Cycling. Olympic Carnival. Attractive Programme. Baseball Racing Sanctioned

The Sun · Sunday 15 February 1914 · page 16

Sportsmen generally will be thoroughly in sympathy with the object of the Cyclists' Union In promoting the big Olympic Carnival, to be held at the Sports Ground to morrow night week. Not content with merely asking…

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Australian Exhibition in London Offer of £5000. LONDON, Friday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 15 February 1914 · page 9

Mr. Albert Goldie, who represents the Sydney Millions Club, will leave shortly by the R.M.S. Orsova with plans and models of the various sections of the Australian Exhibition, to be…

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Americans for Australia. Proposals to Attract Settlers. Representation at Frisco Exhibition

Sunday Times · Sunday 15 February 1914 · page 9

The Minister for Lands, Mr. J. L. Trefle, in the course of an interview with, a "Sunday Times" representative yesterday, remarked that he regarded the San Francisco Exhibition as a…

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Surf Carnival Good Displays at Dee Why. Manly Wins Gardiner Trophy

The Sun · Sunday 15 February 1914 · page 22

We first annual carnival of the Dec Why Lifesaving and Surf Club was held yesterday afternoon at Dee Why Beach, under delightful weather conditions. The surroundings of the fine beach, with the adjoining lake…

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Stage Song and Show on Kissing. a Daisy Jerome Confidence

The Sun · Sunday 15 February 1914 · page 15

"Here's the very note; this is what she wrote." So goes the old pantomime dame song. Miss Daisy Jerome quoted it as she handed across a sheet of paper covered with…

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Actors' Day. a Justifiable Appeal. Meaning of To-morrow's Carnival and Why the Public Should Support It

Sunday Times · Sunday 15 February 1914 · page 8

Month by month, year by year, the piteous wail of the halt, the lame, and the blind, the helpless widow, and the poverty-stricken flux and influx of humanity that flows sluggishly…

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Tattle of the Show World Humors of a Watch the "Two Bobs'" Black Servant

Sunday Times · Sunday 15 February 1914 · page 22

Bob Adams and Bob Alden, the "Two Bobs" at the Tivoli Theatre, were born and reared in the midst of the negro country in the south of the United States. From their babyhood they…

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Panama Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 February 1914 · page 6

It is probable that as a result of the recent visit to Melbourne of Mr. F. W. Young, Commissioner of Crown Lands In South Australia, representatives of the States will be…

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Olympic Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 February 1914 · page 12

The New South Wales Cyclists' Union has decided that all of the [?] teams entered for the one hour's race to be held at the Olympic carnival shall compete in the event, and not the "twelve best" as…

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Cycling. Rookwood-auburn Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 February 1914 · page 5

The Rookwood-Auburn Club held its first carnival on Saturday afternoon on the Auburn track under the auspices of the New South Wales Cyclists' Union. Favored with an ideal day, the meeting attracted a good…

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Ladies' Annual Carnival. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 February 1914 · page 13

The annual carnival of the Queensland Ladies' Amateur Swimming Association was held on Saturday evening in the Booroodabi[?] baths. The principal results were:…

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Cycling. Carnival at Auburn. Interesting Events

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 February 1914 · page 12

After a lapse of two years the A[?]burn cycling track was again in use on Saturday afternoon, when the Rockwood-Auburn Club, under the auspices of the New South Wales Cyclists' Union, held its first open…

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Bondi Club's Carnival. Healy Wins District Championship

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 February 1914 · page 13

The twenty-first annual carnival of the above club [?]as held before a large crowd at the local baths on Saturday. Results:- [?]0 Yards Junior Handicap.—First heat: J. Hammond…

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Show Manager Sentenced. Suva

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 February 1914 · page 11

On Saturday Sydney Levy, jun., picture show manager, was sentenced to six weeks imprisonment for throwing ammonia at and severely burning Arthur Groom, who…

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Encouraging Art. Exhibition Galleries. at New Education Offices

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 February 1914 · page 6

On the top floor of the new Education Buildings, which are now fast approaching completion, Mr. Carmichael proposes to provide a gallery for art exhibitions, and, at the…

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The Sheep Show. Prize Schedule Available

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 February 1914 · page 6

The New South Wales Sheepbreeders' Association has made available its schedule of prizes for the annual show, to be held July 1 to 4 next. The prize money has been…

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