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Sydney · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1919

2,422 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 122

Autumn Carnival Public Fancies Doncaster and Cup

The Sun · Thursday 8 May 1919 · page 8

Since the announcement of the raising of restrictions a more settled market on the Doncaster Handicap and Sydney Cup has been established…

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The Moving Picture Show Untempted

The Sun · Thursday 8 May 1919 · page 6

"I see," said the Count Demain, "that the Kawasaki Dock Company has presented to its president, Mr. K. Matsukata, a cheque for £500,000 as a…

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The Week in London (By Our Special Correspondent.) Australia at the Lyons Fair. LONDON, March 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 May 1919 · page 10

The trade fair at Lyons is an exhibition of the products and manufactures of any country whose representatives care to avail themselves of such an opportunity to display…

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Tenterfield Show

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 May 1919 · page 11

TENTERFIELD.--The local Agricultural Society and Poultry Club combined in holding a successful two-days' show, taking to some extent the place of the annual agricultural…

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Cobargo's Peace Show

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 May 1919 · page 10

COBARGO, Thursday.--The Cobargo Agricultural Society's Peace Show opened yesterday in fine weather. There was a large attendance. The feature of the day was the parade and…

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Poultry and Dog Show

The Land · Friday 9 May 1919 · page 7

At a meeting of the poultry and dog committees of the Royal Agricultural Society of N.S.W. it was resolved that a poultry section. and a dog section…

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Picture Show Tax "Penalising-a Section"

The Sun · Friday 9 May 1919 · page 7

Mr. A. H. Humphreys, 147 Underwood-street, Paddington, writes:-- A prominent feature of the National Party's policy at the last Federal…

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Royal Sheep and Horse Show Schedules Circulated

Evening News · Friday 9 May 1919 · page 4

Schedules for the Royal Sheep and Horse Show, which will be held at the Show Ground, Sydney, during the first week in July next, have been wldety [?]…

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The Soil. Royal Show Wheats. the Prizewinners

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 May 1919 · page 11

The wheat exhibits for the Agricultural Society's Easter Show having been delivered before the decision to abandon the exhibition was announced, the judging…

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The Moving Picture Show The Ok Unmuzzled

The Sun · Friday 9 May 1919 · page 4

I would like to point out that the City Council had control of the fish trade of Sydney for about 50 years prior to 1908; in that year it made new regulations…

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The Passing Show Caning Abolished in the Navy

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 9 May 1919 · page 6

It has been decided by the Acting Minister for tho Navy, Mr. Poynton, to abolish the regulations which permit of the caning of boys training for the…

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The Passing Show: "How the Railways Help the Farmers."

The Land · Friday 9 May 1919 · page 8

Mr. R. T. Ball (Minister for Works and Railways) writes: Dear Sir,—I have under notice the leading article in your issue of 2nd…

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Sheep and Horse Show. the R.a.s. Preparations

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 May 1919 · page 11

Tho schedule for the Royal Agricultural Society's Sheep and Horse Show, which will he held at the Show Ground, Moore Park, during the first week in July next, have been widely…

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Winter Dairy Show Influenza Restrictions Will Not Affect Judging. Prizes to Be Awarded

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 May 1919 · page 6

In connection with the winter dairy-show, Mr. George Searl, the secretary of the Co-operative Dairy-factory Managers' Association, states that it is…

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Police and Firemen's Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 May 1919 · page 9
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The last three weeks for the sale of art union tickets in connection with the police and Firemen's Carnival, an effort to raise money to help the public hospitals of Now…

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Pastels of Beauty. Cumbrae Stewart's Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 May 1919 · page 8

Criticism of the recent work of Miss Cumbrae Stewart's exquisite pastels halts before the beauty of these renderings of the human feminine figure. The touch of this young…

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The Moving Picture Show The Aussie Caesars

The Sun · Saturday 10 May 1919 · page 4

"The Australians resemble the heads on the old Roman Coins, with the hooked nose and ancient imperial look," says "The Times." That comes, no…

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Exhibition of Pastels

The Mirror · Sunday 11 May 1919 · page 1

Mr. Gayfield Shaw opens an exhibition of pastels by Miss Cumbrae Stewart at Penrance Chambers, 29 Elizabeth-street, on May 12. Miss Stewart is one of the…

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Police and Firemen's Carnival

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 May 1919 · page 3

The committee of the Police and Firemen's hospital art union have entered on the last three weeks for the sale of art union tickets in their effort to…

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