Show May Give £300 To Fighting Forces Fund
Barrier Miner · Monday 19 August 1940 · page 1
ALTHOUGH the total amount will not be known until later in the week it is expected that Saturday's Silver City Show will result in about £300 being handed to the Fighting Forces Comforts Fund. Gatetakings alone amounted to £194/17/-…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Queen of Navy" Carnival
Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 August 1940 · page 2
An attraction that has not been attempted for a quarter of a century will be presented next Wednesday week, August 28. when the "Queen…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Union Badge Show
Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 August 1940 · page 1
A badge show amone members of unions affiliated with the Barrier. Industrial Council was held today. Stewards on the mines and other…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soviet Air Show (Special to "The Miner.") MOSCOW, August 18
Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 August 1940 · page 4
The Soviet Annual Air Show demonstrating "Russia's safety from aerial invasion," was opened at Tushino airport in the presence of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Chapple Street Baptist Fair
Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 August 1940 · page 3
Red, white and blue streamers comprised the color scheme of the Chapple Street Baptist Church Fairheld in the church hall this after…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fair For Queen Of The Air
Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 August 1940 · page 3
A fair conducted by the staff of Pellew and Moore Ltd. was held in the Girl Guides' hall this afternoon. The proceeds were in aid of the Queen of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Soviel Bambers At Air Show
Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 August 1940 · page 4
MOSCOW, August 20.—The annual Soviet air show, declared to demonstrate Russia's safety from aerial invasion, was opened at the Tushino…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Child Steals Show From Bette Davis Little Richard Nichols ls Natural And Appealing By DIRECTOR
Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 August 1940 · page 5
CHILDREN often steal scenes from the stars Richard Nichols, a four-year-old, has begun his film career by taking the limelight from Bette Davis, the First Lady of the Screen, in "All This and Heaven, Too." Several…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fair Weather to Order
Western Grazier · Friday 23 August 1940 · page 1
In the progress of mankind we shell take more and more things under our control, Sir Oliver Lodge paid at a University College…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Queen Of Navy" Carnival
Barrier Miner · Friday 23 August 1940 · page 2
It is many years since Broken Hill has seen a procession of the magnitude of the one being prepared by supporters of the "Queen of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Street Carnival Broadcast
Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 August 1940 · page 7
BY the courtesy of the manufacturers of Bex A.P.C. Powders, 2BH will be able to take a complete relay of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Photos Show R.A.F. Toll
Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 August 1940 · page 4
LONDON, August 22.—Photographs that the entire world is waiting to see, depicting the tremendous trail of havoc caused by the R.A.F's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CYCLING Road Season Draws Towards Close Good Reception For Cycling Events At Show
Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 August 1940 · page 8
UNDER what could be classed as perfect cycling conditions, the Broken Hill Cycling Club conducted one of its closing road racing meetings for the season on the Cockburn Road last Sunday afternoon. Junior riders competed over ther six-mile course,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sydney Show Will Take Place
Barrier Miner · Friday 30 August 1940 · page 3
SYDNEY, Friday.—It is anticipated that at a meeting of the Council of the Royal Agricultural Society today an announcement will be made that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£600 Race Carnival In November
Barrier Miner · Saturday 31 August 1940 · page 6
OFFERING stakes of £600 the Silver City Racing Club and the Broken Hill Turf Club will stage a racing carnival at the local racecourse…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sports Carnival Is Big Day at Local High School Records Compare Well With Other Schools
Barrier Miner · Saturday 31 August 1940 · page 6
STUDENTS of the Broken Hill High School look forward with particular pleasure to the day of their athletic carnival. Keen interest is displayed by all students in the carnival, and many of them commence serious training two or three months beforehand…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wizards Of The Wheel Five Champions For Broken Hill MonsterComfortsCarnival On September 22
Barrier Miner · Saturday 31 August 1940 · page 6
FOR one of the biggest sporting ventures ever to be staged in Broken Hill, the Broken Hill Cycling Club has secured the services of Billy Guyatt, Bill Moritz, Lennie Rogers, Keith (Ajax) Thurgood and E. G. Moore, of Tas…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Exhibition Tennis
Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 September 1940 · page 2
An excellent exhibition of tennis was provided at the Broken Hill District Tennis Association's courts on Sunday, when past and present…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australia Day At World's Fair
Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 September 1940 · page 5
OVER 540,000 persons visited the Australian Pavilion at the New York World's Fair between the opening on May 11 and June 30, states,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Unusual Fair At St. Philips
Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 September 1940 · page 5
RED, WHITE AND BLUE was the color scheme of an unusual fair held at St. Philip's Church of England today. The fair was entitled,…
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