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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1934

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Royal Show Gate Takings

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 April 1934 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Royal Show gate receipts for nine days and six nights amounted to about £36,300, which is approximately £6000 more…

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Lord Mayor's Show Proposal For Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 April 1934 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Saturday.—On November 9 next Melbourne may be treated to an elaborate spectacle by a Lord Mayor's Show, in which the…

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More Robberies From Show Cases

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 April 1934 · page 2

Robberies from show cases outside business premises in the city are becoming prevalent. The theft of over £4 worth of goods from a case last…

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Beer-making Exhibit at Royal Show

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 April 1934 · page 6

The working models displayed in Tooth's exhibit at the Sydney Royal Show Illustrated how been is made. The glass vessels used in the exhibit…

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Barrier Miner Tuesday, April 17, 1931. A Fair Deal For The Aborigines

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 April 1934 · page 2

THE pitiful exhibition of terror by five Caledon Bay aborigines on their first appearance in the Darwin Police Court on charges of murder…

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Melbourne Horses for Carnival Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 April 1934 · page 4

W. Homann's horses, Croden Lad, Opera Bag, and Silvernus, reached Adelaide to-day. Homann won the last Goodwood Handicap with Opera…

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Fair Girl Bigamist Why She Took Long Walks "Six Meals a Day"

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 5

The worries of Rita Gentry, a pretty girl who married one map to please herself and another to satisfy her mother, are at least temporarily…

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Fancy Dress Skating Carnival

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 May 1934 · page 3

The fancy dress skating carnival held last night at the Skating Rink was a most successful entertainment, there being a large attendance of…

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High School Play Day Public Show On

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 May 1934 · page 10

The second annual Play Doy for pupils of the High School was held at the school yesterday when plays were presented by each class in the…

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High School Play Day Public Show On

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 May 1934 · page 2

The second annual Play Day for pupils of the High School was held at the school yesterday when plays were presented by each class in the…

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Fair Play Wanted

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 May 1934 · page 9

At the ovals to-day officials of the League spoke to players in both dressing rooms pointing out what the Umpires' Tribunal will take into…

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Stalwarts Of The 1924 Carnival Team

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 May 1934 · page 8

Some Of Last Year's Carnival Team…

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Unionists' Badge Show on May 22

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 May 1934 · page 3

The next badge allow of the Industrial Council will be held on May 22 All union secretaries are now distributing badges to financial unionists…

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Unionists' Badge Show on May 22

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 May 1934 · page 11

The next badge show of the Industrial Council will be held on May, 22. All union secretaries are now distributing badges to financial unionists…

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Wool and Handicraft Exhibition

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 May 1934 · page 2

The annual wool and handicraft exhibition arranged by the Country Women's Association in conjunction with several leading business firms,…

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Wool and Handicraft Exhibition

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 May 1934 · page 4

Entries for the baby show section at the Country Women's Association wool and handicraft exhibition in the Town Hall next week will close…

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Carnival at Skating Rink

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 May 1934 · page 4

A successful sports and novelty carnival was held at the Skating Rink last night when the first heats of the men's half-mile and mile…

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Union Badge Show

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 May 1934 · page 4

The quarterly badge show arranged by the Industrial Council will begin to-night at midnight on the mines and at the Globe Timber Mills…

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Unionists' Badge Show

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 May 1934 · page 2

The quarterly badge show conducted by the Industrial Council to ascertain whether all men working on the mines and at the Globe Timber…

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Wool and Handicraft Exhibition Successful Staging By C. W. A. At Town Hall

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 May 1934 · page 1

The wool and handicraft exhibition arranged by the Country Women's Association and opened in the Town Hall by the Mayor this afternoon is considered the most successful yet staged. With plenty of space in the Town Hall building to display the…

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