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Shows & fairs, 1924

5,068 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 250

Empire Sports Ambitious Effort Exhibition Programme

Evening News · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 10

One of the chief attractions of the British Empire Exhibition in London will be the events to be staged in the gigantic Empire…

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Money-box Scheme Banking at the Fair

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 4

Another public institution fittingly represented. is the Government Savings Bank of New South Wales. This is no mere pictorial exhibit, but a…

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Town Hall Fair Interesting Displays Prize for Essays

The Sun · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 8

The Monster Empire Fair in the Town Hall should attract Hundreds school children, armed with notebooks and pencils, during the next week or…

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RINDERPEST Stops Exhibition Sheep No More Cases MELBOURNE

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 8

Owing to the outbreak of rinderpest in West Australia, the arrangements tor the despatch of 50 merino sheep to the Empire Exhibition in London have…

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Empire Exhibition. No Australian Sheep. Rinderfest Interferes. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 10

Owing to the rinderpest outbreak in Western Australia it has become necessary to cancel the exhibit of merino stud rams at the British Empire Exhibition…

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The Moving Picture Show Turkish Trams

The Sun · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 6

Peter commends to Mr. Doran the recent reform in the trams of Turkey, allowing Turkish women to sit next to men in tramcars, instead of…

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Empire Fair. to Promote Trade. Opened by the Lord Mayor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 8

The Empire Fair, in continuation of the recent Empire pageant, was officially declared open by the Lord Mayor in the Town Hall yesterday afternoon…

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Empire Exhibition King Will Open Kipling Naming Roads London, Thursday Night

The Sun · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 1

Lieutenant-General Sir Travers Clarke (Quartermaster-General to the Forces) presiding at a dinner of the chiefs of the British Empire…

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The Passing Show. The Relative Importance of Things

The Land · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 8

In England they have been taking a vote on the question of the most popular men in the country. The results are significant, if nothing…

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Trade in Empire Goods Fair Opened Interesting Exhibits the Message to the King

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 4

"To encourage people to trade in Empire goods, to tighten the silken bonds of kinship which bind together the…

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Interstate Junjors' Carnival Victoria Defeated by New South Wales at Adelaide

Arrow · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 9

A regular carnival of junior cricket was played in Adelaide during Christmas week, with Victoria, N.S.W., and South Australia competing…

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ABERDEEN-ANGUS Fat Stock Show Tests, Outstanding Wins (Contributed.)

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 7

It was to the "verdict of the butcher's block" that Mr. McComble, the famous Aberdeen Angus breeder, appealed when he set about striving…

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THE R.A.S. Increased Interest Next Year's Royal Show

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 10

At a meeting of the council of the Royal Agricultural Society last week, a review of the works in progress at the showground and the prospects for…

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News in PICTURE--The Empire Fair at the Town Hall. Snapshots at the Quarantine Station. Rapville Schoolboys at Tweed Heads

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 12

VIEW OF THE NEPEAN RIVER AT THE FOOT OF THE KURRAJONG MOUNTAINS, showing the stumps of the old bridge Just above the level of the water. On Sundays and holidays. It is a great bathing resort for people from Richmond and the surrounding district BOYS FROM THE RAPPVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL IN CAMP AT TWEED HEADS.--Those boys, who had…

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The Show Ground and Football Bodies the Lion and the Lambs Are Now in Accord

Arrow · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 12

It looks as though the various football bodies have been brought into line for their mutual interests. The two Rugby…

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Riding Out Rule Infringed by Jockeys at Randwick [?] Outstanding Sprinter of Summer Carnival: Newmarket Straight Six Suits Non-Stayers

Arrow · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 1

Master Cagon won the Tattersall's Jap with his ears pricked. He is a [?]tty good little stayer, and was in th a weight that he can handle, but…

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International Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 16

One of the best programmes of the season will be presented at the international carnival at the Sports Ground to-night, when the principal attractions will be a motor-paced handicap, in which six international…

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Empire Fair Beauty Competition

The Sun · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 4

The winner in the beauty competition at the Empire Pageant and Empire Fair in the Town Hall will be chosen to-night. Fifteen girls were selected from the…

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CYCLING To-night's Carnival

The Sun · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 2

Patrons of cycling will have a feast of food racing at the Sports Ground to-night, when the top-notohers in the sport will be in action. The main attraction is the…

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Empire Fair Many Attractions Effective Displays

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 7

Bright color schemes, dazzling lighting effects, a wide range of exhibits of local manufacture effectively displayed, hosts of pretty girls as attendants are the…

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