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Shows & fairs, 1919

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League Carnival

Sunday Times · Sunday 19 January 1919 · page 7

The League of Wheelmen have decided to promote a night carnival on February 24 at the sports Ground. The programme will comprise a half-hour's teams' race, half-mile handicap, l½…

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Manly Surf Carnival

Sunday Times · Sunday 19 January 1919 · page 7

The Manly Life saving Club will hold the first surf carnival since the war next Saturday. The principal events will comprise a rescue and resuscitation open championship, for two teams…

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Police and Firemen's Hospital Carnival

Sunday Times · Sunday 19 January 1919 · page 5

With the object of raising £30,000 for distribution amongst the public hospitals of the State, the Police and Firemen's eighth annual carnival and hospital art…

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Bandmen's Carnival at the Sports Ground

Sunday Times · Sunday 19 January 1919 · page 2

The entries for the Interstate Band Contest, to be held under the auspices of the New South Wales Band Association, to begin on Wednesday, are very…

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Vice-royalty at Show Bathurst Considers the Cost Invites Cheaper Personality BATHURST

The Sun · Sunday 19 January 1919 · page 2

At a meeting of the Bathurst A.H. and P. Association Committee a spirited discussion took place on the question of whom should be invited to open…

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Vengeance of the People on German Rebel Leaders Liebknecht and Rosa Luxembourg Killed Order Now Restored in Berlin, and Progress Election Returns Show Heavy Defeat of Extremists—Government in Full Control LONDON, Friday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 19 January 1919 · page 1

A Berlin message says that soldiers killed Herr Liebknecht in the act of escaping from custody. An unknown person shot Rosa…

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Shoalhaven Agricultural Society

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 January 1919 · page 5

NOWRA.—The Shoalhaven Agricultural Society, by deputation, interviewed the Nowra Council with a view of obtaining their consent to the society's grounds being vested…

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Proposed All-australian Exhibition

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 20 January 1919 · page 4

The South Australian Chamber of Manufactures has decided to hold an exhibition for eight weeks in the Jubilee Exhibition Building from…

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Band Carnival. Entries for Three Grades

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 January 1919 · page 6

The promoters of the carnival under the auspices of the New South Wales Band Association have received the following entries for the competitions to begin on the Sports Ground…

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Bathurst Show. Official Visitor Selected

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 January 1919 · page 6

BATHURST, Sunday.--The question of who is to be invited to perform the official opening of the Bathurst Show formed the subject of a debate at a meeting of the Bathurst A.H.P…

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Police and Firemen Annual Carnival Launched Ceremony in City

The Sun · Monday 20 January 1919 · page 6

Since the commencement of the war, the police and firemen have raised £36,100 for charitable and patriotic purposes. Last year they…

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The Moving Picture Show The Mesmeric Eye

The Sun · Monday 20 January 1919 · page 4

"The most approved advice is--if a leopard crouches to spring at you, try to run away, try to fly up into the air, dive into the sea, draw a gun and shoot…

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Launched Police and Firemen's Carnival In Aid of Local Hospitals

Evening News · Monday 20 January 1919 · page 2

Police! Fire! Help! One or other of there is the usual call of the individual when he is in trouble, and never does his call to go unheeded…

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Proposed All-australian Exhibition

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 14

The South Australian Chamber of Manufactures has decided to hold an exhibition for eight weeks, in the Jubilee Exhibition Building from…

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Kyogle Show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 5

The Kyogle P.A. and H. Society's Show will be held on March 26 and 27…

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Police and Firemen's Carnival

Evening News · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 3

POLICE PROCESSION ENTERING MARTIN PLACE AT MONDAYS INAUGURATION CEREMONY…

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Sailing. Interstate 16Ft Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 8

Thelma [?]. one of the Queensland boats that will compete at the above carnival, commencing next Saturday, arrived in Sydney yesterday by the Wodongs, accompanied by five of her crew. The other two craft…

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The Surf Carnival Next

The Sun · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 4

After a lapse of four years, surf carnivals are to be held again. The Manly Life Saving Club will lead off next Saturday, when the club…

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Hospital Carnival. Police and Firemen Start

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 4

By way of advertising the Police and Firemens' carnival, to be held on March 11 in aid of the hospitals, Mr. Fuller, the Chief Secretary, in Martin Place yesterday declared the…

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