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Shows & fairs, 1915

3,296 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 165

The Moving Picture-Show Soldier and Surgeon

The Sun · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 4

Thoroughness of the surgical equipment of military hospitals in France. X-ray photographs in a fraction of a second Ultra-violet rays to sterilise the water.—Scraps…

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Great Military Pageant : the Lord Mayor's Show. the Royal Naval Reserve Leaving the Guildhall

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 21

This year's Lord Mayor's Show was the most impressive and most inspiring London has ever seen. All the mock knights and tinselled squires of former years were replaced by soldiers of the Empire, whose sombre khaki, relieved only occasionally by the blue uniforms of naval men, provided the dominant note of the procession. It was virtually a great recruiting march, and its success in that direction was marked. NEW ZEALAND CONTINGENT IN THE PROCESSION…

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N.S.W. Lawn Tennis Country Week Brilliant Success Players Show General Improvement 150 Country Players Participate

Referee · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 10

One more Country Week is of the past, and [?] it is made clear to all of us that in this [?] New South Wales has some-thing that is without parallel in the world, and…

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St. Mary's Fair

The Catholic Press · Thursday 21 January 1915 · page 32

St. Mary's Parochial Fair will be opened by his Grace the Archbishop of Sydney on Tuesday, January 26—Anniversary Day—at 3 p.m., when there should be a record…

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Big War Carnival. White City Show To-night. Allies in Fancy Dress

The Sun · Thursday 21 January 1915 · page 8

When the management of the White City sets out to organise a carnival it always achieves something startling in the way of pleasure and novelty. This was…

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White City Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 January 1915 · page 8

The Consuls General of Belgium, France and [?] have promised to be present at the carnival at the White City this evening, to assist members of the judging committee, by…

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White City Carnival To-night

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 January 1915 · page 6

Special arrangements have been made by the management, of the White City for night's Allies' Fancy-dress Carnival, and it in confidently expected that the display will be a…

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Tommy and Uhlan. a Carnival Dream

The Sun · Thursday 21 January 1915 · page 2

She was a typical Belgian girl, with the ruddy checks and the happy smile of a child; and she leaned confidingly on the stout arm of an English Tommy…

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To-night's Carnival at White City

Evening News · Thursday 21 January 1915 · page 8

Probably the most enjoyable time anyone ever spent within the [?] of the big amusement [?] could be coun[?] as those hours of wholesome [?]nous revelry which…

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The Moving Picture-show Peanuts

The Sun · Thursday 21 January 1915 · page 4

The Randwick Council has spoiled at the outside a romance of commerce. It has declined a proposition that it should grant to an enterprising monopolist for the sum of…

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The Earth Shocks. Show Hinders Rescue. Rome

Evening News · Thursday 21 January 1915 · page 1

Earthquake shocks continue. Heavy falls of snow are rendering rescue operations at Avezzano most difficult…

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Albion Park Show. Good Display of Stock. Record Entries. (From Our Special Reporter.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 January 1915 · page 8

ALBION PARK.—The first of the South Coast shows was opened on Wednesdny at Albion Park. In the morning the weather was extremely oppressive, but a cool breezy…

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White City Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 10

Between 34,000 and 35,000 people attended the big allies' fancy dress carnival at the White City last night. The large Empress Dance Hall, with its perfect floor and illuminated…

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At the Carnival

The Sun · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 2

Frederick Corrigan, a young follow, Who I journeyed down to Manly for the carnival on Saturday night, appeared at the Manly Police Court yesterday on a charge of…

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Wollongong Show

Evening News · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 8

The Wollongong show opens on the [?]th of this [?] and will be continued on the [?] Owing on the [?] experienced on the [?] Coast—one of te best for the past twenty years—everything…

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Amusements. White City Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 8

Probably last evening's representative garnering. at the White City was the largest on record. A special features was the patriotic procession, in which England and her allies were well represented in fancy costume, the…

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The White City Carnival

Evening News · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 4

There was an [?] of about 10,000 people at the [?] City on Tuesday night, when the medical feature of the statements was a [?] in which Britain and her Allies were…

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Albion Park Show

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 3

The first of the South Coast (N.S.W.) shows was opened on Wednesday at Albion Park, The effect of the season enjoyed along the coast was reflected in the…

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General Notes. Agricultural Show Subsidies

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 5

In the remarks he made at the opening of the Albion Park Show, in Justification of the withdrawal of the Government subsidy from agricultural societies, Mr. Mark Morton…

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The Moving Picture-Show Impressions

The Sun · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 4

When the members of the Federal Parliament returned from their visit to Norfolk Island they were not unwilling to talk to the pressmen, telling their Impressions of the…

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