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Shows & fairs, 1916

2,886 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 145

Show Abandoned. Inverell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1916 · page 7

The P. and A. Association has decided to hold a horse show only, instead of the usual Agricultural Show. This will take place on February 25 and 26. One of the organisers of…

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The Moving Picture-Show It Must Have Been

The Sun · Monday 17 January 1916 · page 6

The Australian non-com. and the London Inspector of police give different reasons why the Australian soldier in England sometimes gets a long way forrader than he…

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Stage, Song, and Show Comedies Doing Well Favorite Films

The Sun · Monday 17 January 1916 · page 3

Sergeant O'Leary, V.C., having loft the Royal, there will be nothing doing there until Saturday night next, when a comedy-drama, What Happened to Mary, will be produced…

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Trade Fair

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 12

The Trade Fair still continues to attract large attendances at the Town Hall, and has aroused widespread interest in the goods Australian manufacturers are now turning…

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Investment Stocks a Fair Turnover

The Sun · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 3

On the Stock Exchange before lunch today New South Wales 3½ per cent. Funded Stock, due 1923, sold at £89. There were no other changes in funded stock…

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The Trade Fair at Sydney

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 12

The Trade Fair opened at the Sydney Town Hall under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce on the 12th inst., is one of the enterprises it is…

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To Oust Germany. Another Trade Fair Opened

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 11

Under the management of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce a Trade Fair, which will extend over a week, was opened at the Sydney Town Hall…

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Running a Trade Fair Parable Founded on Fact

The Sun · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 2

Years ago a merchant, who specialised in laces and made a fortune, desired to extend his trade in that particular line, and combining business with pleasure took a trip…

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Manly Carnival. Should be Fighting Instead of Denoing

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 3

The committee of the Manly (Sydney) Venetian Carnival applied to the local council on Wednesday night for permis­sion to close the Curse to street traffic…

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The Passing Show Bibles for Prisoners

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 4

The British and Foreign Bible Society has sent 260,000 Bibles, weighing 11 tons, to prisoners of war in Russia…

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Mining. Fair Business Record. Values Mostly Steady. Tin Stocks in Favour

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 11

The weather yesterday was so oppressive that, had business and prices been slack, they could reasonably have been attributed to that circumstance. But the close of the day showed…

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The Moving Picture Show What's the Good?

The Sun · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 4

Dr. Samuel Johnson once wrote a poem on The Vanity of Human Wishes, pointing out how Charles XII. died ignominiously after great conquests, and nearly all human…

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Horse Talks. Hints to Young Show Judges. Chapter Xi. Making the Best of It

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 5

In laying down the respective points of the Shive and Clydesdale, I have probably aroused in the reader the question: "What is a judge to do if he has…

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Trade Fair

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 16

The Trade Fair continues to be a centre of attraction, and large numbers attended at the Town Hall yesterday. It was noticeable that young people were specially well represented…

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After Panama Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 5

Our San Francisco correspondent, writing on December 28, in reference to the final stages of the Panama Exposition, says that Australia and New Zealand, at their respective national…

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Sports Carnival Fob Hospitals

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 2

The Police and Firemen are out for something big this year with their annual carnival. which has been fixed for February 26, at the Agricultural Ground. As…

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Anniversary Day Sports Carnival

Evening News · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 2

A grand sports carnival is [?] of district wounded soldiers and their departments will be held on Anniversary Day in the [?] park. The [?] is a large and varied…

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Trade Fair Lecture Australia's Biggest Curse

The Sun · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 3

Yesterday afternoon the members of the Women's Commonwealth Patriotic Association attended the Trude Fair at the Town Hall. Prior to visiting the exhibits they…

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An Antimony Show

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 49

A. report from Dorrigo on January 13 stated that Messrs. Hewitt and party were working on an antimony show near Edwards Crossing, Bostobrick, Tyringham. The reef is said to…

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Lawn Tennis. a Successful Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 6

The country carnival is finished the players have dispersed to the four corners of the State, and it becomes possible, by casting a retrospective glance at the gathering, to…

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