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Shows & fairs, 1916

2,886 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 145

New Show at White City

Evening News · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 4

The Devil's Promenade suggests in itself a walk along ways that are warm, but the [?] temperature rise in the new snow of this name at the White City is caused by the [?] of the…

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Fair Rents Court. M.l.a. the First Applicant

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 8

The Fair Rents Court commenced operations yesterday. Mr. D. R. Hall, State Attorney-General, said that singularly enough the first applicant for…

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Fair Rents Court. Labor M.l.a. First Applicant

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 6

The Fair Rents Court commenced operations yesterday so far as the receipt of applications for variations in rent are concerned. "Singularly enough," remarked the…

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The Passing Show Australian Fruit Excepted

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 4

The Australian Agents-General have every reason to believe that the British restrictions on the importation of fruit will not apply to the Australian…

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Fair Rents Court

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 10

Mr. John Dawyer, general secretary of the Rent-payers' Associations. disputes the statement that the first application to the Fair Rents Court under the first…

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Victorian Racing Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 14

The autumn racing carnival in Victoria, which is second only to that of the spring, is now within measurable distance, and it is satisfactory to know that this State's forces promise…

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Nowra Show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 10

NOWRA.—The Shoalhaven annual show opona to-day. The secretary reports that the entries compare most favourably with previous years and total just. on 3000. Mr. M. F…

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Ladies' Swimming. Championship Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 14

Next Saturday at Manly Baths the crcum of Queensland's lady swimmers will dispute a number of Australian championships with this State's champions. Mrs. Chambers, the…

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Sydney Royal Show

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 9

At a meeting of the council of the Royal Agricultural Society the question of holding the dog section of the Royal Show under Kennel Club rules was again considered. It…

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Police and Fire Brigades Sports Carnival

Referee · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 9

An important alteration, and one which should please members of the Athletic Association, has been made in the program for the Police and Firemen's big sports and art union,…

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Melbourne Show to Be Held

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The Royal Agricultural Society Council decided to-day that the show should be held in September next from September 25 to September 30…

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Another Carnival. Light Horse Comforts Fund to Benefit

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 6

"Snowy" Baker has done much to aid various patrionic funds and now proposes with the aid of colonel Lenchan and a committee headed by sir Charles…

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"Ideal Home Exhibition. What Is the Red Cross Share?

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 8

A representative of "The Dally Telegraph" called on Miss Grace Burrows yesterday, and nuked her about the statements made concerning the Ideal Home Exhibition, as she…

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Queenslanders in Sport Lady Swimmers for Big Sydney Carnival

Referee · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 13

The Queensland ladies—or most of them, at any rate—left for Sydney on Monday to compete in the various championships. The party will number about a dozen in all, and the first…

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The Moving Picture-Show A Great Record

The Sun · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 4

Mr. Holman and Mr. Griffith were modest. Only in part did they attribute the wheat harvest of the State to the wisdom of the Government. Mr. Hall does not believe in…

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Branding the Trotter to Stop Fraud Discussed by Australasian Controlling Bodies N.s.w. Against Proposal Nippers for Forcing Horses-perth's Easter Carnival

Referee · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 6

After the horse Tim Traccy won some races in West Australia last year he was disqualified for life by the W.A. Association for having been rung in. That body wrote to the…

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Athletics. N.s.w. Amateur Athletic Association. Police and Fire Brigades' Carnival. St. Patrick's Day Celebration. Suburban Clubs' Meetings. Sprinting in Melbourne. Combined Clubs at the Sports Ground. Notes and Fixtures

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 7

The most important matter for the attention of amateur athletes this week is the closing of entries for the Police and Fire Brigades Sports to be…

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Fair Rents Court

The Australian Worker · Thursday 10 February 1916 · page 5

The Fair Rents Court in New South Wales commenced its operation in Sydney on Monday. The Court Chambers are in Queen's Square. Mr. Jamieson, P.M., is…

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Hospital Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 February 1916 · page 12

This afternoon, at 3 o'clock, it is expected that there will be a big gathering of ladies at the police depot barracks Bourke-street, Redfern, when the collection along the route of…

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Nowra Show. Successful Exhibition. Splendid Cattle Display. (From Our Special Reporter.) Nowra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 February 1916 · page 7

The Shoalhaven A. and H. Association show was opened at Nowra to-day, the weather conditions being cool and pleasant. For a first day the attendance was a record. The…

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