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Shows & fairs, 1919

2,422 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 122

The Moving Picture Show The Necessary War

The Sun · Monday 31 March 1919 · page 4

The new Premier of Hungary stood thoughtfully beside the open window of the palace which had been commandeered as premises for his department…

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Stage, Song Ann Show Pantomimes, Going and Coming

The Sun · Monday 31 March 1919 · page 3

To-night at the Criterion M. B. Figman, Lollta Robertson, and the members of their Comedy company will continue "Nothing But tho Truth," which…

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Royal Agricultural Society

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 April 1919 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the council of the "Royal Agricultural Society was hold at the Show Ground. Sir Samuel Hordern (president) reported the…

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Bathurst Show. Compensation Wanted. a Spring Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 April 1919 · page 6

BATHURST, Monday.--The Bathurst A.H. and P. Association has decided to hold a spring show on October 29 and 30. Owing to the drought and the present…

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The Royal Show the Sydney Exhibition Abandoned for This Year. Heavy Loss Incurred

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 1 April 1919 · page 6

In an official statement issued last week in connection with the abandonment of me Sydney Royal Show the council stated that this would have…

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Moree Show Postponed

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 1 April 1919 · page 3

Moree Show, fixed for May 21-23, has been indefinitely postponed. It was suggested by several members at the special meeting held by the Moreo P…

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Upper Manning Show Abandoned

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 April 1919 · page 6

WINGHAM, Monday.--At a meeting of tho committee of the Agricultural Association, it was resolved to abandon the Upper Manning Show on account of the influenza epidemic…

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Agricultural Shows. Oberon Show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 April 1919 · page 5

The Oberon show was held last week, and despite the bad season proved very successful. This was all the more noticeable in the farm and horticultural sections. The fruit especially was particularly good, and…

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Record High Jump. Maitland Show Performance

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 1 April 1919 · page 6

At the Maitland show on Friday the world's high jump record was created by Lone Star, who cleared 7-ft. 7-in. This "lepper". is owned by Perry and…

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Horse Talk Mudgee Show. a Success

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 1 April 1919 · page 5

This year's show of the Mudgee A. P. H. and I. Association, the thirty-seventh annual exhibition on the present showground, was a decided…

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The Moving Picture Show Films and Tlirilms

The Sun · Tuesday 1 April 1919 · page 6

Sir Perey Girouard, a director of Armstrong's, has devised a cheap and rapid method of photographing and filming letters, by which means 300 tons will be…

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Bellingen Show. to Be Held This Week

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 April 1919 · page 3

BELLINGEN, Monday.--The local Agricultural Association show, which was to have been held early in March, and was postponed, owing to Ministerial action on account of the…

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Royal Jubilee Show. Why It Was Abandoned Official Statement

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 1 April 1919 · page 4

The President and Council of the Royal Agricultural Society having given consideration to the gravity of the position which has arisen through the…

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The Passing Show 48-Hour Week and No Overtime

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 1 April 1919 · page 4

It is stated that the British Industrial Conference committee has reported in favor of a 48-hour week and' the discouragement of overtime…

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Woman's World Conducted by Aunt Merrythought Show the Colors Flag Displays for the Home-coming of the Boys. Aunt Merrythought's Prices

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 1 April 1919 · page 10

What a tide of pride wells up in the hearts of mankind at the sight of a bit of bunting. What inspiration comes to British hearts from the…

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Land Settlement and Railway Development Settling Soldiers on the Land Do the Blocks on the Clinton Area Estate Yield a Fair Return to the Soldiers in Possession. Divergent Views Among the Settlers

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 1 April 1919 · page 4

The unattractive picture of the conditions of the Returned Soldiers' Settlement at Clinton (N.S.W.) presented in a letter signed…

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N.s.w., Agricultural Society's Show

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 2 April 1919 · page 30

The entry is a good one, and the quality of exhibits is as satisfactory as the numbers. Much good stock was shown at Maitland and from there four…

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No Show at Sydney. Jubilee Exhibition Abandoned. by Order of the Government

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 2 April 1919 · page 6

£700 (less a liver) was to be won prizes by owners of trotters and pacers at the Sydney Show this month, the abandonment owing to the flu…

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Swimming. Ladies' Championship Carnival

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 2 April 1919 · page 6

After a couple of postponements caused by the 'flumonia. the New South Wales Ladles' Swimming Association held its State championship at the…

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Eathurst. Spring Show

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 2 April 1919 · page 14

At a meeting of the Bathurst A., H., and P. Association it was decided to bold a two days' spring show on October 29 and 30 this being the last of a series of such…

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