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Shows & fairs, 1916

2,886 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 145

Vanity Fair. Society Gossip

Evening News · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 8

Sir Herbert Maitland is enjoying a well-earned holiday at Cooms. Mr. Tom Roberts, the well-known Australian artist, is acting as orderly at No. 1 General…

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0The Carnival Season

The Mirror of Australia · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 18

The White City has entered more successfully than ever before into the scheme of Sydney amusements, and is nightly [?]threnged by thousands of happy…

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The Passing Show

The International Socialist · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 1

Australia's New Year's gift to Moloch —50,000 more workers. Extravagant hysterical hate thrives on stories of atrocities…

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The Moving Picture- Show Salonica

The Sun · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 4

Even if we are not students of classical literature, most of us have read Gordon's poems and remember the phrase, "Credat Judaeus Apella"-- Let Judaeus…

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Lawn Tennis. Country Carnival at Double Bay. Draw for Championships

Evening News · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 5

The [?] Championship Singles and doubles [?] Carnival, to begin at [?] Friday, are [?]…

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Europe Wheat Plentiful Eight Countries Show Increases Over Last Year

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 7

War's ravages have not turned all European wheat fields into battlefields, according to the Department of Agriculture…

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Next Friday Sees Start of Country Tennis Carnival The Chances of Players Discussed: Many Will Enlist at the [?]

Saturday Referee and the Arrow · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 3

Though it is hardly to be expected that "Country Carnival," which commences next Friday, will have the success of the real Country Week, the place of which it takes this year,…

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Tattersall's Cup at Randwick To-day Bring the Summer Racing Carnival to a Close Turf Items of the Moment Tatteraall's CuP Notes

Saturday Referee and the Arrow · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 1

It certainly seemed before the Summer Cup was decided, that something would run sufficiently well in that race to make the Tattersall's Cup look [?] for it ; but this is…

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British Trade Fair

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 January 1916 · page 9

The Board of Trade have received a cable from London stating that arrangements have been completed to open another British Trade Fair on February 21, 1916, at the Victoria and…

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Great Britain's Revenue Quarter's Returns Show £64,390,510 LONDON, Saturday Morning

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 January 1916 · page 2

The Prime Minister announces that the revenue for the quarter just ended totals £64,390,510. In this amount are included: Customs, £17,751,000…

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Export & Import Trade Four Months' Figures Show Advance of Nearly 50 Per Cent

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 January 1916 · page 4

The effect of the first nine months of the war was a decided slump in our outward and inward trade oversea, and it was not till well towards the end of the period that an…

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Bank Deposits on Increase Record Figures Show Accumulations Increased Production and Thrift, the Causes

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 January 1916 · page 2

One might very reasonably ask, since over two millions sterling has been subscribed for either charity or patriotism, how the accounts are at the bank. They are better than they…

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The Fortune Hunter Outstays Canzone in Tattersall's Cup Merimee Beats a Fair Field Vauntress Has Better Luck and Wins the Mogul Returns to Form Grail Upsets Calculations

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 January 1916 · page 11

Tattersall's Club had favorable weather for the conclusion of its meeting, and though the attendance may not have been so large as on some New Year's Days in the past, it was…

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There are Germans Holding Lucrative Positions of Trust while Returned Soldiers are Looking for Work. Is that Fair? Impeachment of Holman Government Its Anti-British Policy of Expenditure Challenged Directly Alleged Representation in U.S.A. to Divert Trade From Allies "As Trade Between Austro-Germany and the United States has Ceased, the States Look for Market for Surplus"

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 January 1916 · page 8

The citizen Holman will have to be separated from the politician of the name, for the purposes of this article. The citizen is loyal and patriotic; the politician is diplomatic and not…

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The Moving Picture Show Earthquakes

The Sun · Monday 3 January 1916 · page 4

When the Riverview seismograph indicates a violent disturbance in some distant, unknown place, one of the hardest tasks for the scientist or the diviner is to declare…

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Stage, Song, and Show Musical Comedy Season Adelphi Pantomime

The Sun · Monday 3 January 1916 · page 7

There are two performances to-day of the merry musical comedy, So Long, Letty, at Her Majesty's Theatre. The production is attracting capacity audiences…

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Lawn Tennis Carnival

Evening News · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 5

The draw for the first round of the [?] Singles Handicap to be decided at the New South Wales Lawn Tennis Association's Country Week Carnival, to begin on Friday at…

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Picture Show Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 10

A fire broke out last night about 9 o'clock in the operating room, of the Melba Pictures, Moseley-street, Strathfield, and as a result nearly 2000 feet of films was spoiled, and the…

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Fire at Picture Show

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 6

A fire occurred in the Melba picture show, in Mosely Street, Strathfield, at 9 o'clock last night. Before it was extinguished about 2000 feet of film was damaged by fire and water…

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Fire at a Strathfield Picture Show

Evening News · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 2

When a fire broke out in the operating box at the Melba Picture show in Mosely-street, Strathfield, about 9 o'clock last night, it did not cause any [?] excitment in the building…

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