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Shows & fairs, 1916

2,886 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 145

Fair Rents Court. Court Opens in Sydney This Month

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 January 1916 · page 10

The Fair Rents Court will probably be in operation in the metropolitan area at the end of the present month or early in February…

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The Moving Picture-Show Pure Australian

The Sun · Thursday 20 January 1916 · page 6

A soldier's letter credits an English Tommy with saying that he could always pick out the Australians by the kangaroo-feathers in their hats, and by the English which they…

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Great Trade Exhibition London Fair and Market

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 5

The great World's Fair and Trade Market will he opened at the Royal Agricultural Hall and Olympia, London, on March 14 to the 24th, the object being to present a world-wide collection…

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Manly Venetian Carnival

Evening News · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 2

The Manly Council having [?] the proposal to have, an open air dance on the [?] the committee decided last night to substitute a continental, together with a hard performance…

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Bondi-waverley Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 8

It was decided at a well-attended meeting in the Waverley Council Chambers last evening (presided over by the Mayor, Aid.. J. Barraeluff) to hold a week's carnival for patriotic purposes…

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The Trade Fair Thanks From Stallholders

The Sun · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 5

The majority of the stallholders in the Trade Fair have signed a notice to the following effect:-- "Stallholders in the Trade Exhibition, Town…

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Albion Park Show

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 4

The twenty-eight annual agricultural show was opened at Albion Park on Wednesday, the weather being all that could be desired. The show of cattle last year…

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Show Abandoned. Dubbo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 6

In consequence of the Defence Department requiring the local show ground for a military camp the committee of the Dubbo P. A. and H. Association unanimously decided to…

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Albion Park Show. Albion Park

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 5

The Albion Park show was continued to-day. Additional awards:— Fourteen-stone hackney: J. Phillips, 1; D. Kelleher, 2. Light buggy horse: W. J. Johnson, 1; A…

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Next Royal Show. Increased Prize List

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 5

The council of the Royal Agricultural Society has very piuckily increased the total of the prize money for the Royal Show to be hold next Easter, and has also added a few…

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The Moving Picture-Show A Dialogue

The Sun · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 4

The contributor who always keeps the printer waiting was twenty minutes later than usual yesterday, and so missed the bus till to- day:--…

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The Passing Show French-woman Honored

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 6

A Frenchwoman, Mdlle. Moreau, was recently decorated by General de Sailly with the military cross for marching in front of troops to lead them in the…

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The Royal Show. Prize List Issued

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 5

The council of the R.A.S. has very plucklly increased the total of the prize-money for the Royal Show, to be held next Easter, and has also added a few important danses…

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The Trade Fair

Nepean Times · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 8

At the Trade Fair in the Town Hall under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce, Sir Gerald Strickland, the State Governor, responding to the…

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Ladies Carnival

Saturday Referee and the Arrow · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 2

The ladies' committee charged with the arrangements for the big Australasian ladies' championship carnival, to be decided on [?] 12 and 16, lo[?]t no time in getting the…

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Hospital Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 7

The carnival and art union of the police and firemen. in aid of Sydney's public hospitals, promise to be such a success that the organising committee have hopes of exceeding the…

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The Passing Show

The International Socialist · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 1

The workers suffer and toil that the non-producers may rest in ease and luxury. "There can be but one end to the class struggle—those who use the machinery…

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