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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1939

230 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 12 of 12

Quartette; Club Minstrel Show

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 December 1939 · page 4

Broken Hill residents will see members of the Broken Hill Quartette Club in a different role when they present "The Nigger Minstrels"' at the Town…

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Nigger Minstrel Show

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 December 1939 · page 2

After weeks of preparation the Broken Hill Quartette Club will present "The Nigger Minstrels" in the Town Hall at 8 o'clock tonight. The…

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Quartette Club's Minstrel Show

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 December 1939 · page 4

PRESENTING a performance entirely different to their usual concerts members of the Broken Hill Quartette Club scored…

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Championship Swimming Carnival On

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 December 1939 · page 36

A highly entertaining programme has been arranged by the Silver City Swimming Club for its carnival in aid of the Youth Welfare Movement to be held at theBaths tomorrow night…

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Semaphore to Take on Gay Carnival Regalia Preparations For Influx Of Barrierites

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 December 1939 · page 34

SEMAPHORE will soon begin to don its gala regalia for the annual carnival to entertain Broken Hill visitors for the 10 days from December 23 to New Year's Day. The festivities, costing £300, will provide the highlight…

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Successful Baby Show

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 December 1939 · page 4

The Congregational Girls' Club held a baby show in the Church Hall on Saturday last. Despite the heat there was a fair attendance. The…

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Great Show Of Eight By Finns Soviet Troops Held At Bay Big Offensive Is Imminent

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 December 1939 · page 3

HARD fighting occurred all day on the Russo-Finnish front, the Finns holding up the reinforced Russian, army. They stopped the advance on the Karelian Isthmus in the south and halted a powerful offensive on the…

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Hospital Patients Show Improvement

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 December 1939 · page 4

The condition of William Tempelow (75), who was admitted to.Ward 1 at the Hospital with neck injuries, has shown slight improvement. It wns…

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Give Foreigners A "Fair Deal" SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 December 1939 · page 1

THE Minister for the Interior (Senator Foll) appealed to the public yesterday to give foreigners a fair deal. He said that because of…

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Fair Start for Victoria Game With N.S.W. Interrupted MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 December 1939 · page 3

THINNING the toss Barnett decided to bat when the Sheffield Shield match against New South Wales began today in fine, cool weather…

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Glad Russia Out of World's Fair

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 December 1939 · page 3

NEW YORK, December 22.— Mr. George Harvey, president ot Queen's borough, in which the World's Fair is located, has proclamied a half…

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"Suicide Company" Of' Finns Show Daring (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, December 29

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 December 1939 · page 5

A REPORT from Rome states that a "suicide company" of Finnish troops broke through the Russian line on the Salla front and destroyed part of the Murmansk-Leningrad railway. This is ia single line track, and…

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