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Shows & fairs, 1914

3,974 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 199

Cycling. Eastern Suburbs Carnival. Some Keen Racing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 12

Keen racing was withnessed at the Sydney Sports Ground on Saturday evening, when the Eastern Suburbs Bicycle Club held its annual carnival, under the auspices of the New South Wales Cyclists' Union…

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Manly's Carnival Week. Shopping Displays and Venetian Scenes

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 9

Arrangements are well in hand for the Venetian carnival and shopping display at Manly, to begin on Wednesday, January 14. Residents, visitors, and property owners in Manly are…

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Americans at Auckland. Brilliant Athletic Carnival New Hammer-throwing Record

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 9

AUCKLAND, Sunday.--The American athletes competed at the Exhibition sports in the Domain yesterday. The weather was fine, and the track splendid. The visitors failed to record…

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The Moving Picture Show. Sir William Lever's Donkey

The Sun · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 6

Just a few words on the subject of Sir William Lever's donkey. I read about that amiable animal in Sunday's "Sun." The cleanliness-is-next baronet said:…

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Stage, Song, and Show. Return of Lewis Waller. the Revue Ladies. Criterion Comedy. Current Vaudeville

The Sun · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 2

Mr. Lewis Waller and Miss Madge Titheradge will continue to appear in the central characters of the romantic play "Miss Elizabeth's Prisoner" at the Theatre Royal…

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Royal Show. the Easter Carnival

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 5

The schedule for the Royal Show which takes place this year from April 7 to April 15, has been issued by the council of the Royal Agricultural…

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Manly Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 12

From Wednesday to Saturday next Manly will be en fete. On Wednesday and Thursday evenings there will be a continental on the oval. The Manly Band will provide the music, and time will be a…

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A Charity Carnival

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 4

An athletic carnival Was held at the Stadium on Wednesday night, in aid of the Women's Royal Hospital and the Renwick Hospital for infants, the…

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Sydney Ladies' Club Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 12

The eighth annual carnival of the Sydney Ladies' Swimming Club will be held at the Coogee Aquari[?] Baths on Saturday afternoon next, starting at 3 o'clock. The following entries for the championship events, to…

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Auckland Athletic Carnival. The Americans Defeated

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 4

The American athletes were competitors at the Auckland Exhibition sports on Saturday, but failed to record one win. Power Was expected to…

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North Bondi Surf Carnival Interesting Programme

The Sun · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 11

Elaborate arrangements have been made for the North Bondi Surf and Life saving Club's third annual carnival, at North Bondi next Saturday. The gala promises to be the…

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Bowling Carnival. May Be Jeopardised. Innovation by Queensland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 6

Queensland has been entrusted with the task of conducting the second Australian Bowling Carnival, and the contests will be played in Brisbane next Easter…

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The Passing Show Farmers Union at Yanco

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 4

Fanners of the Yanco irrigation area have decided to form a Fanners' Union, the members of which must hold ten acres or mote. Some of the bigger…

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The Moving Picture Show. Can't Australians Talk?

The Sun · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 6

Distrust of Australians is not limited to Tory administrations who import railway managers. The Western Districts of the A.W.U. has also been bitten by the…

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Wheat at the Sydney Royal. Entries for Next Show

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 7

The first entries for the Sydney Royal Shaw at Easter close for wheat on 20th instant. Letters have been sent in by a number of farmers who…

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Victorian Royal Agricultural Society

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 January 1914 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- The annual report of the council of the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria, which was adopted at the annual meeting to-day, shows that the revenue for the…

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Fair Rents Bill

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 January 1914 · page 8

The Woollahra Labor League, at its last meeting, decided to urge on the Government, as soon as Parliament reassembled, to deal with tho Fair Rents Bill according to the…

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The Manly Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 January 1914 · page 12

Four days of amusement ore promised at the Manly annual carnival, which is to begin this evening and last until Saturday. This evening's programme includes a continental, a procession…

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Panama Exhibition. Australian Representation

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 January 1914 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- When the question of Australian representation at the Panama Exhibition was first mooted, the Federal Government offered to make a grant of £20,000, on…

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Carnival at Manly. Children's Day

The Sun · Wednesday 14 January 1914 · page 7

The Manly carnival was opened today under ideal conditions. Wharves and shops were gaily decorated with bunting. It was children's day, and the village…

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