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Shows & fairs, 1919

2,422 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 122

Surf Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 9

The Wollongong surf carnival has been abandoned…

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League's Carnival

Arrow · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 2

The League of Wheelmen will hold a carnival at the Sports Ground on Mon-day evening at which some good sport is promised. The feature event is the…

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Cycling Carnival Off

Evening News · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 5

Owing to insufficient entries having been received, the League of N.S.W. Wheelmen has abandoned us [?] fixed for Monday evening next at the…

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Big Motor Carnival

Evening News · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 6

The sates and epidemic willing Sydneyites will have in a month or so, the opportunity of thanking the pro[?]ters of the above Mr. J. Joy[?] Saith…

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Western Show Conference

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 6

At a conference of delegates of several show societies in the mid west, hold at Dubbo, the following dates were allotted for the holding of shows:…

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Upper Manning Show Abandoned

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 3

At the meeting of the committee of the Agricultural Association, it was resolved to abandon the Upper Manning Show on account of the influenza…

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Hurstville Flower Show Beautiful Display of Dahlias

The Propeller · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 1

At the special monthly meeting of the, St. George Horticultural Society, held in Colvin's Hall last week, Hurstville was responsible…

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The Passing Show Big Liner for Australia

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 6

Advice has been received that the big Cunard-Australian liner Port Denison is on her way from Britain with troops for Adelaide and cargo for…

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The Passing Show: The Fallacies of the "Fighting Line."

The Land · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 8

The "Fighting Line"proclaims its hopeless enslavement by, and equally hopeless subservience to, the party machine:…

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The Moving Picture Show a Sign of the Times

The Sun · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 4

While two men were cutting up the carcase of a bullock at the killing yard. Dandenong, yesterday, one of them was kicked in the nose by the dead beast…

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Royal Show Awards Wheat, Wine and Butter Sections to Be Judged. Results to Be Published

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 5

It has been arranged by the Royal Agricultural Society of N.S.W. to award the scheduled prizes in a few sections of the abandoned Easter…

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Royal Show Wine Awards

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 April 1919 · page 14

The Royal. Agricultural Society yesterday corrected the champion awards for wines as Issued on the previous day. The honors for port type should have been credited to Gehrig…

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Sheepbreeders' Show. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 April 1919 · page 15

The annual show of the Australian Sheepbreeders' Association will be held in Melbourne on July 28 and July 29…

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The Moving Picture Show Trespassers

The Sun · Saturday 12 April 1919 · page 4

Replying to a complaint by Doctor Mary Booth about the conduct of meetings at the Town Hall, the Town-Clerk concluded with the statement: "A…

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Winter Dairy Show. Exhibits to Be Judged

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 April 1919 · page 14

The secretary of the Co-operative Dairy Factory 'Managers' Association (Mr. G. Searl) advises that good progress is being made with preparations for the 1919 conference, and…

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Must Pay Fair Rents. Crown Has Trouble with Its Landlords. London

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 April 1919 · page 11

The Court of Appeal ha decided that the Crown Is legally bound to pay fair rent for an hotel commandeered for Government departments. The decision affects 20 of the largest…

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The Soil. Lavington Fruit Show. Remarkably Fine Display

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 April 1919 · page 14

ALBURY.--Remarkable success attended the first annual fruit show held at Lavington, there miles from Albury, on, Wednesday and Thursday There were nearly 700 exhibits, but…

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Exhibition Golf at Concord

The Sun · Sunday 13 April 1919 · page 8

Soutar sinks his putt, and incidentally gives Apperly something to think about…

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CYCLING League Carnival Abandoned

The Sun · Sunday 13 April 1919 · page 7

The proposed League carnival, which was to be held on Monday night, has been abandoned, on account of insufficient entries, and the influenza epidemic. But the…

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