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THE CIRCUS—AND RAIN DAMPING THE CLOWN'S JOKES.

7 October 1926, The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate (NSW : 1898 - 1928), page 2

…In the remote town of Gundagai in 1879, a newspaper editor found it necessary to admonish a visiting circus with the remark that 'the public do not care to listen to the one thing over and over again'. Again in 1926, a reviewer in Gundagai was not impressed by the clown jokes. However there had been favourable reviews of the Danish clowns in Bostock and Wombwell's Novelty Circus in 1906 and Lloyd's Circus clowns in 1922 .…

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BIG CIRCUS.

29 August 1906, The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate (NSW : 1898 - 1928), page 2

…In the remote town of Gundagai in 1879, a newspaper editor found it necessary to admonish a visiting circus with the remark that 'the public do not care to listen to the one thing over and over again'. Again in 1926, a reviewer in Gundagai was not impressed by the clown jokes. However there had been favourable reviews of the Danish clowns in Bostock and Wombwell's Novelty Circus in 1906 and Lloyd's Circus clowns in 1922 .…

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CIRCUS COMING.

24 February 1922, The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser (NSW : 1868 - 1931), page 2

…In the remote town of Gundagai in 1879, a newspaper editor found it necessary to admonish a visiting circus with the remark that 'the public do not care to listen to the one thing over and over again'. Again in 1926, a reviewer in Gundagai was not impressed by the clown jokes. However there had been favourable reviews of the Danish clowns in Bostock and Wombwell's Novelty Circus in 1906 and Lloyd's Circus clowns in 1922 .…