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Shows & fairs, 1920

2,710 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 136

The Royal Show

The Land · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 5

The council of the Royal Agricultural Society has found it necessary to increase the charges at the gates for the Royal Show in order that additional revenue…

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Royal Show. Wine Awards

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 5

The wine awards in connection with the Royal Agricultural Society's Easter Show are announced as follows:- Vintage, 1919.—Light white wine, hock type: F. P…

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Passing Show: Why Surprise?

The Land · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 8

Nationalists and others were surprised at the results of the State elections. It is difficult to understand why. Did the Holmanised Nationalists suppose for one…

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Hurstville Carnival. Winners of the Raffles

The Propeller · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 3

The following are winners of the various raffles in connection with the recent Hurstville Carnival:-- Camisole, raffled by Mr. Tait,…

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Passing Show: Evading Awkward Questions

The Land · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 4

At a meeting at. Wagga last week an elector seems to have got Mr. R. T. Ball (Minister for Works and Railways) into a corner with the following question:…

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The Moving Picture Show Stiff!

The Sun · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 4

"It has been amply proved, said Mr. Napier, "that refrigeration will suspend certain forms of life for an indefinite period." He anticipated the time when…

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Stage, Song, and Show Opera Season

The Sun · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 7

At the theatres of the J. C. Williamson management "The Passing Show of 1920" is playing to big houses at Her Majesty's, and the Grand Opera…

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Aunt Merrythought's Page an Autumn Show a Galaxy of Wonderful Color in Sydney Shops. Oriental Effects

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 8

Sydney is being educated. She is being made to realise the wealth and the beauty of color, not the soft blendings that the bush folk know, but…

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Agricultural Society Electioneering Literature. the Financial Position

Nepean Times · Saturday 27 March 1920 · page 4

A meeting of the committee of the Nepean A. H. and I. Society was held at the Exchange on Wednesday evening. Mr. D. Fitch presided, and there was a…

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The Carnival

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 27 March 1920 · page 1

The carnival, in aid of the Soldiers' Memorial and P.D. Hospital is over, bar the shouting, and that will take place at the big concert and the crowning of the…

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Carlton Carnival

The St George Call · Saturday 27 March 1920 · page 2

The citizens of Cartton are holding a carnival on Friday, 16th April, and the following afternoon and evening, in the Railway Square, Carlton. The object…

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Coogee Easter Carnival

The Sun · Saturday 27 March 1920 · page 5

The chief event at the Foster Carnival, Coogee, this afternoon, in aid of the Randwick Soldiers' Memorial Fund, will be the competition between nine…

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Coogee Surf Carnival

Evening News · Saturday 27 March 1920 · page 5

The surf Carnival at Coogee in aid of the Randwick soldiers Memorial Fund was held this afternoon in the presence of a large crowd. the surf was exceedingly rough owing to the easterly gale, but the…

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The Coogee Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 March 1920 · page 15

The Coogee carnival, in aid of the Randwick Soldiers' Memorial Fund, will be continued with this afternoon's Rose shield competition, surf festival, and Aviator Taylor's aerial act. To-night fancy dress teams will…

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Baby Week. Mothercraft Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 March 1920 · page 12

Lady Helen Munro Ferguson has intimated that she will visit the Mothercraft Exhibition at the Town Hall on Thursday next, instead of Tuesday, as announced. The exhibition will be…

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Lavington Fruit Show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 March 1920 · page 11

ALDURY'—The fruit show at Lavington, the northern suburb of Albury, was the most successful exhibition of the kind ever held in the district. Although the winter was the driest on record, and…

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Mr. Coffey's Show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 March 1920 · page 7

Mr. Alfred Coffey opens to-day at Swiain's Australian Artists' Gallery his exhibition of paintings and etchings. Visitors will note the unusual range of this…

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St. Marys. A.i.m. Exhibition Sale

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 27 March 1920 · page 6

An exhibition sale was held on Saturday in the Protestant Hall in aid of the Australian Inland Mission. Rev. G. Milne presided. The superintendent of the A.I.M., Rev. J. Slynn, who opened…

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Peace Exhibition. Opened in Adelaide. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 March 1920 · page 14

The All Australia Peace Exhibition, which is the most comprehensive display of Australian-made goods yet provided in the Commonwealth, was officially openod by the Premier…

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Baby Show at St. Marys

Nepean Times · Saturday 27 March 1920 · page 5

A meeting, convened by the Mayor (Ald. W. Morris) in connection with the Baby Week movement, was held in the Protestant Hall, St. Marys, on…

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