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NOMINATIONS for the Silver City Swimming Club carnival next week end will close at the Baths to-morrow morning. A record field is expected in the 220 yards handicap, the nomination fee for which is 2/6. All…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tomorrow night the Silver City Swimming Club will start its big two nights' carnival. With the weather warming up, everything points to a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →TONIGHT marks the opening of the Silver City swimming Club's most ambitious carnival, which will be continued tomorrow night. With prize money totalling £60, the club has been involved in considerable expense,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE secretary of the Silver City Swimming Club (Mr. Jack Gough) wishes to inform all competitors who competed in the carnival…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SINCE the Tasmanian National Football League decided to continue its activities during the war period, preliminary arrangements have been well advanced for the Australian carnival at Hobart in August…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →AT her marriage last Wednesday afternoon to Mr. Arthur Reid, Miss Mary Aldrich was attended by her three fair-haired sisters, who made…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE way is clear for the Silver City Swarming Club to hold its championship carnival at the Baths on on Sunday night, although a move…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The date for the Silver City Show this year has been tentatively fixed for Saturday August 31. The annual meeting of the show committee, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →TWELVE swimming championships are to be decided at the championship carnival to be held by the Silver City Swimming Club at the Baths tomorrow night, the main event being the 110 yards State Championship…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →GRATIFYING figures concerning the financial activities of the, Football League during 1939 were revealed by the secretary (Mr. F. H. Thomas) in his report presented at the league's annual meeting last night The league wiped out an overdraft of £411 and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY, Thursday.— The attendance at the Sydney Show yesterday and last night wag 63,044 and takings were £2734, being a slight decrease on the same day of last year…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →AT the official luncheon at the Sydney Show today the Premier (Mr. Mair) said that this year's exhibition was proof…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In the progress of making we shall take more and more things under our control, Sir Oliver Lodge said at a University College…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Last Saturday, Jim Jones, former West Australian roughrider champion held his buckjump show hero in town. A large crowd attended and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON Good Friday the Zinc club staged their first big cycling carnival, and the racing was full of thrills and, unfortunately, some spills. The referees and stewards were very busy all day and two riders were fined 10/-each for being implicated in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →UNDOUBTEDLY the biggest surprise of last Sunday's championship, carnival conducted by the Silver City Swimming Club was Peggy Thomas' win in the 55 yards junior girls' championship when she defeated the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BIDDING was brisk for a few articles only at the police auction sale held today. Goods offered had been at the Police Station for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →YOUR eyebrows and lashes are an important beauty problem, and therefore they must receive their full share of attention. You can do much to make them an attractive frame for your eyes, and thus enhance your beauty…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"I carry all my gear in my car, and if my success continues I shall stay here. If not, I shall tour villages where they have no cinemas…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The committee of the Ladies Kennel Club held a meeting on Thursday last to make arrangements for the fifth two-point championship show on…
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