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Shows & fairs, 1919

2,422 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 122

The Passing Show Training Will Tell

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 6

The cables state:—Despatches from Archangel say that one of the greatest Arctic journeys has been accomplished by Lieutenant Shackleton's men, who…

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Bush Week Helpers. The country Show Committees

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 4

The outbreak of influexa has caused many of the country shows to be abandoned or postponed. Uncle Wiseman suggests that the energies of the show…

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Dairy-factory Managers Annual Conference and Exhibition in Sydney. to Be Held in June

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 6

The fourteenth annual conference and exhibition, under the auspices of the Co-operative Dairy-factory Managers and Secretaries' Association of…

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Agricultural Society

Nepean Times · Saturday 1 March 1919 · page 2

A meeting of the committee of the Nepean District A.H. and I Society was held at the Exchange, Penrith, on Friday night last. The President (Mr. D. Fitch) occupied the chair…

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£500 for Hospital Agricultural Society's Gift LISMORE

Evening News · Saturday 1 March 1919 · page 4

The balance-sheet submitted at the annual meeting of members of the local Agricultural and industrial Society showed that the profit on the recent…

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Wollongong Show

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 March 1919 · page 7

WOLLONGONG.--The Wollongong show, postponed from February 20-22, is now to be hold on March 20, 31, and 22. All the privileges which were sold for the original dates, to the…

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Royal Easter Show

Evening News · Saturday 1 March 1919 · page 1

[?] of the council of [?] Society was held [?] Moore Park [?] recommendation…

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Show Abandoned. Muswellbrook

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 March 1919 · page 13

At a meeting of the committee of the Upper Hunter Pastoral and Agricultural Association, which wan held to-day, it was resolved to abandon the annual show, owing to the…

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Park 'And Show Ground

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 1 March 1919 · page 11

Writing to the Blacktown Council, the Under Secretary and Director, Department of Agriculture, stated it was regretted that no funds were available at the…

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Royal Jubilee Show. No Postponement

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 March 1919 · page 7

The council of the Royal Agricultural Society met in the open air at the Show Ground yesterday afternoon. The president, Sir Samuel Hordern, reported…

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Police and Firemen's Carnival Postponed Till May 3

Evening News · Saturday 1 March 1919 · page 2

Owing to the outbreak of pneumonic-influence is this State, and the [?] prohibiting the neither of [?] etc., the carnival…

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Royal Show. Easter Dates Adhered to

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 March 1919 · page 13

The council of the Royal Agricultural Society met in the open air at the showground yesterday afternoon, Sir Samuel Hordern, president, presiding…

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The Moving Picture Show Jack's The Boy

The Sun · Saturday 1 March 1919 · page 4

Jack met Jack in Macquarie-street, and Jack grinned. "Good morning, Jack," said Jack to Jack, "are you looking for the specialist I…

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On the Land. Show Ring Failures. How Inconsistencies Occur

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 March 1919 · page 11

The reference in this column recently to the success of the progeny of a bull owned by Mr. T. F. Hearne, of Shoalhaven, at the late show in that district, while the sire was never a…

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The Nepean Times Saturday, March 1, 1919. The District Show

Nepean Times · Saturday 1 March 1919 · page 3

The decision of the committee of the Nepean District Agricultural Society to abandon the Annual Show this year is one that will doubtless create much…

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Labour at Grips What Will Easter Show ? Fight for Conference Control Anything May Happen in Australia

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 1 March 1919 · page 13

A silent, but nevertheless strenuous, battle is at present being fought within the ranks of the Australian Labour Party. On its result depends the fate of the Parliamentary Labour Party at the 1920 Federal and State elections…

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At the Royal Show

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 March 1919 · page 18

There is joy in the hearts of the committee of the 30th Battalion Comforts Fund. They have again secured the Sutton Pavilion dining rooms for the Royal…

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Royal Show to be Held on Original Dates

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 March 1919 · page 16

The Jubilee Show of the Royal Agricultural Society of N.S.W. is to be held on the dates originally fixed for the event—April 14 to 26…

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Police and Firmen's Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 March 1919 · page 8

The hon. treasurers of the Police and Firemen's carnival (Mr. Mitchell, Inspector-General of Police, and Mr. Sparks, chief officer of the M.F.B.) have received additional…

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The Moving Picture Show Poor Uncle Joe

The Sun · Monday 3 March 1919 · page 4

A pathetic picture of homesick Sir Joseph Cook is drawn in a London letter: "Only in his native village does he get the full blast of greatness and…

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