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Shows & fairs, 1917

2,393 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 120

The Moving Picture Show. The Prime Minister

The Sun · Monday 8 January 1917 · page 4

Willie -- or won't he? How it Happened The foreigner, landing In Sydney from his…

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Stage, Song and Show the Bush Family Again

The Sun · Monday 8 January 1917 · page 2

"Oh, Louisa," is one of the interesting songs sung by Florence Young in "The Cinema Star" at Her Majesty's Theatre. In this she is aided by Phil Smith and a happy…

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Lawn Tennis. Country Carnival at Double Bay. Notes on the Play

Evening News · Monday 8 January 1917 · page 6

As the [?]the Bathurst Tomworth Urange and Waggo terms remain undefeated…

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Sydney James and Billy, Twin Jesters of the Passing Show at the Sydney Tivoli

The Globe and Sunday Times War Pictorial · Monday 8 January 1917 · page 16

SYDNEY JAMES AND BILLY, TWIN JESTERS OF THE PASSING SHOW AT THE SYDNEY TIVOLI…

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Miller of Cootamundra. the Vancouver Exhibition

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 4

Our old friend, J. J. Miller of Cootamundra, is still busy in Vancouver. He is President of the Exhibition Association over there, and at the close of the…

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Too Much Piano-playing. Fair Rents Case

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 10

At Paddington Police Court yesterday the Crown proceeded against James Bermondsey Thallon for issuing a notice to quit to a tenant named Evana while his application to…

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The Passing Show Zeppelins Burnt

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 4

Two hangars at Tondera, Schleswig, Holstein, were burnt down, and two large Zeppelins completely destroyed. Maybe, Germany has her I.W.W.'s…

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Lawn Tennis. Double Bay Carnival. Bathurst Going Strong

Evening News · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 6

Bathurst and Orange, as the recent of yesterday a play at Double Bay, are the only teams [?] and they do not [?] the last round. Wagga, thanks to the victory over…

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The Moving Picture Show Missing Dictators

The Sun · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 4

A cable message says that Dr. von Hoefer has been appointed Food Dictator in Austria, and that he is the third Dictator in three months. What has become of the other two?…

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Manly's Carnival. to Begin To-morrow Night. Record Success Expected

Evening News · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 4

Preparations for the Manly carnival to begin to-morrow night are on a bigger scale than in any previous year and it promises to establish a record. The object is to raise funds for the…

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Fair Rents Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 January 1917 · page 9

At 10 a.m.—14 and 16 Brisbane-street, Sydney, Rothesay, Mimosa, Camille, Helena, Horaby, Hodgson-street, Randwick…

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Manly Venetian Carnival

The Sun · Wednesday 10 January 1917 · page 6

The sixth annual Venetian carnival at Manly will be commenced to-night, and continued until Saturday. This year the proceeds will go to the Manly Cottage Hospital…

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Lawn Tennis. Country Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 January 1917 · page 8

Yesterday proved very trying for the competitors in the country carnival, the excessive humidity making the atmosphere more oppressive than the thermometer reading would suggest…

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Manly Carnival To-night

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 January 1917 · page 8

If the work of the Manly Carnival Committee during the past two mouths is an indication, the carnival which will open to-night should establish a record. This year the proceeds will…

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Professional Athletics Maryborough Carnival

Referee · Wednesday 10 January 1917 · page 10

The Referee Melbourne correspondent writes: I did not get up to the Maryborough meeting myself, but a well-known follower of the sport tells me that not many runners turned out…

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Amusements. White City Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 January 1917 · page 8

To-morrow night this season's first grand fancy dress carnival will be held at the White City. A feature of the carnival will be the fancy costume competitions, for which valuable prizes will be awarded to the…

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"Growth of a Nation" Exhibition

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 10 January 1917 · page 49

The industrial and models exhibition, to be held in the Central Railway Pavilion, Devonshire-street, Sydney, under the auspices of the Railway and Tramway Institute, throughout the…

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Sydney Show Classes

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 10 January 1917 · page 6

The dogs to be shown at the Sydney Show at Easter will be exhibited in two divisions: terriers on April 5, 6 and 7, and greyhounds and all other varieties on…

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Lawn Tennis. the Country Carnival. Points and Averages

Evening News · Wednesday 10 January 1917 · page 6

To the [?] of Bathurst, Wagga had the honer yesterday at Double Bay of being the first team to [?] Orange, which has now to play account [?] to [?] The records…

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The Moving Picture Show Invited Guests

The Sun · Wednesday 10 January 1917 · page 4

In the Manly Summons Court (perhaps in others) there is now a procedure by which a defendant is not summoned, but receives instead an invitation to attend the court,…

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