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Shows & fairs, 1921

3,216 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 161

An Anglican Protest. Good Friday and the Show

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 March 1921 · page 8

Archbishop Wright has again written the council of the Royal Agricultural Society expressing the earnest hope that the gates at the show ground will not be thrown open to the…

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The Show. Good Friday Controversy. Archbishop Wright Again Protests

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 March 1921 · page 13

The Archbishop of Sydney, the Right Rev. Dr. Wright, has this year again written to the Royal Agricultural Society, urging that the annual show should not be open on Good…

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Bowls Easter Carnival Teams Chosen Composition and Wood: New Zealanders on Way to England

Referee · Wednesday 9 March 1921 · page 14

The wet weather on Wednesday and Saturday last dislocated completely arrangements for deciding the finals of the single-handed championship of the State…

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Q. Sport Aftermath of the Year's Big Cricket Rugby League Loses Exhibition Ground : Visiting Swimmers Do Well

Referee · Wednesday 9 March 1921 · page 14

Queensland's big cricket of the year have been a mixed quantity. With four games for several of our men, and three for the rest, they have been well catered…

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SWIMMING Beck's Hundred : The Carnival Season Booming : East Sydney and Drummoyne Cadets To-night : Notes from Everywhere

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 9 March 1921 · page 10

Well, our boys have returned from their attempt to recover the Kieran Shield in Hobart and Melbourne. Beaten, but not disgraced, are they. Although…

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Architectural Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 March 1921 · page 7
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The Director of Education, Mr. Peter Board, will this afternoon open an exhibition which has been arranged at the Art Gallery in the Education Department by the Institute of…

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Fair Rents Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 March 1921 · page 5

The first case in which a houseowner has been prosecuted under the new Act for exacting a higher rent than was legally fixed was heard by Mr. Jamleson on Tuesday…

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Easter Carnival. the Royal Show. Revel in Rivalry. Eclipsing the Past

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 March 1921 · page 4

Bigger and better than ever! Such is the promise for the Royal Show, which will be under way ten days hence. Monday week is the first day, and the Governor-General will…

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St. Peters Carnival

The Sun · Thursday 10 March 1921 · page 8

SL Peters will be en fete tomorrow and Saturday, when a big carnival, arranged by the Mayor, for the Industrial Blind Appeal, will be held in…

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Royal Life-saing Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 March 1921 · page 8

The Royal Life-saving Society's carnival, postponed from last Saturday, will be held next Saturday at the Domain Baths, when the second and final section of the Australian Cup (life saving) competition will be…

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Parkes St. Patrick's' Carnival

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 10 March 1921 · page 30

Preparations for the picnic and sports carnival on the showground on the 16th inst. are approaching finality, and everything points to a very…

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Architectural Exhibition A Remarkable Display

Evening News · Thursday 10 March 1921 · page 7

"Some may suspect the Americanisstion of our architecture, but there are evidence of the evolution of an Australian style."…

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The Show. Good Friday Controversy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 March 1921 · page 6

From the acting secretary of the Sydney Diocese we have received a copy of a letter received by the Archbishop of Sydney in reply to that written by him to the Royal…

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Sane Styles Show. Exhibit of Models of Women's Apparel

The Catholic Press · Thursday 10 March 1921 · page 6

Models of women's apparel which meet the approval of those who object to certain recent styles were displayed at St. Agnes Hospital, Philadelphia, from January 31…

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The Moving Picture Show Go to the Court, Boys!

The Sun · Thursday 10 March 1921 · page 6

Mr. Dooley declares: Throughout the whole of my life I have always advocated that, in the event of Industrial upheaval, the men should abida…

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Tenterfield Show Sales

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 11 March 1921 · page 11

A. H. Bonner and Company make the following report on the Tenterfield Show Sales held on March 4 and 5:— About 1700 cattle were yarded, comprising…

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Royal Easter Show

The Land · Friday 11 March 1921 · page 15

The coming Easter Show of the Royal Agricultural Society will, it is claimed, be bigger and better than ever…

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