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Sydney · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1915

3,296 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 165

To Show Their Identity. London, Thursday Morning

The Sun · Thursday 11 February 1915 · page 5

Dutch steamers are painting the names of their home ports in large letters, which are Illuminated at night. The vessels are further distinguished by a painted band of the…

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The Moving Picture Show A Wandering Eve

The Sun · Thursday 11 February 1915 · page 4

One of the Sydney boys on the cruiser Sydney is a cheerful humorist. This is Tom Gascoigne, of Ryde. He is wounded, and in writing for his aunt in Parramatta a list of…

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"Go-as-you-please." To-night's Carnival at the White City

Evening News · Thursday 11 February 1915 · page 6

What promises to be Sydney's greatest passant will be the "Ge-As-You-Please" carnival at the White City, Rematter Bay, to-night. It is expected that the parade of fancy…

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The Royal Agricultural Society. The Easter Show

The Land · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 5

Sir Francis Suttor presided at a good meeting of the Council of the Socicty on Wednesday. The Secretary reported that prospects for the Easter Show were…

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Wellington P., A., and H. Association

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 2

At the annual meeting of the Wellington P., A. and H. Society an im[?] was reached. The rule b[?] on the election of officers specified that nominations should be in the hands of the…

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Japanese Village Fair

Evening News · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 4

A Japanese Village Fair is to be held in the grounds of "Glancoe," Sydney-street, Concord, kindly lent for the occasion by Mrs. Deans, to-morrow (Saturday) afternoon and evening…

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White City Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 8

The carnival at the White City last night proved most enjoyable to a large number of visitors. Characters from practically even period of ancient and modern history w[?]…

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Wyong Show

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 2

The tenth annual show was held at Wyong (N.S.W.) on Friday and Saturday. The exhibits were not quite up to those of previous shows. Fruit was…

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Show Fixtures

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 2

The Queanbeyan A. and P. Association has decided to hold one day's show this year. instead of two, as in former years. The Quirindi show committee resolved…

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Sydney Royal Show

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 2

Entries for the Sydney Royal Show at Easter have been coming in very well but the principal ones do not close until the end of this month. The wheat…

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No Subsidy, No Show

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 2

Owing to the Government having with drawn subsidies from agricultural societies, there will be no show at Gulgong this year…

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Nowra Show. Second Day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 5

NOWRA.—Light showers fell on Wednesday night, and the weather on Thursday was fine but threatening up to 1 p.m. After that time light showers fell, and slightly interfered…

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Carnival Frolics. Gay Night at White City

The Sun · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 2

The spirit of carnival infected everyone at the White City last night. Numbers of boys had decked themselves out in exaggerated samples of present-day feminine fashions,…

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"Go-as-you-please." Carnival the White City

Evening News · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 6

Thousands of the pleasure-loving public of Sydney wended their way to the White City, at Rushcutter's Bay, last night, where the carnival spirit relgned…

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The Passing Show a Super—submarine

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 6

Thomas Edlson, the American wizard iran, is said to have discovered a means by which a submarine could stay one month under the surface if necessary…

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The Moving Picture-Show Protecting the People

The Sun · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 4

It is a pity that human beings cannot be classified in types by their facial outlines and profiles, as airships and aeroplanes can. Official notices, diagrams, and silhouettes have…

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The Orange Show. Doing Without the Subsidy

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 2

Despite the withholding by the Government of the annual subsidy from agricultural societies,'the show at Orange this year is expected to be quite as successful…

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"Go-as-you-please" Carnival. Big Night at White City

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 3

The clicking of the turnstiles for a couple of hours must have been sweet music to managerial cars at the White City last evening, for between 7.30 and 9.30 thousands of gaily-altlred,…

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Fruit Show at Stanthorpe. a Sydney Judge's Approbation

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 7

At the recent show at Stanthorpe (Q.), Mr. F. Chilton, of Sydney, was judge in the fruit section, which was an important feature the entries making a…

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Gold Medals for Glydesdales. At the Sydney Royal Show

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 6

The secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society, Sydney, has received a communication from the Clydesdale Society of Great Britain and Ireland stating that…

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