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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1943

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Local Swimmers Perform Well In Sydney Carnival

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 March 1943 · page 2

MEMBERS of the party of Broken Hill swimmers who went to Sydney last week to compete in the State championships met with marked…

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Show Girl's Claim Against Retired W.A. Barrister

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 March 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY.—An admission that she had not seen Reginald Cooper, nor a photograph of him before she landed in Australia, was made in the Supreme Court by Peggy Stacey, English show girl who is claiming £1000 damages from Cooper, retired barrister of Western Australia, for alleged…

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Schools' Swimming Carnival

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 March 1943 · page 2

The annual swimming carnival organised by the Public Schools' Amateur Athletic Association will be held at the Baths on Friday afternoon…

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High School Swimming Carnival on

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 16 March 1943 · page 2

The annual swimming carnival of the High School will be held at the Baths on Thursday afternoon. In addition to the school championship handicap…

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Straws Show Goebbels on Jews London, March 14

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 16 March 1943 · page 1

The Germans are not opposed to the creation of a Jewish State, declared Goebbels in a speech broadcast by the Parts radio today on the tenth…

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Silver City Show

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 March 1943 · page 2

Business at the annual meeting of the Silver City Show committee to be held tonight will include the election of officers, presentation of the…

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Annual Meeting of Silver City Show

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 18 March 1943 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Silver City Show Committee will be held tonight at the Buffalo club rooms. All members are request to attend…

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Picture Shows New Show At Ozone

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 19 March 1943 · page 3

"One of Our Aircraft is Missing [?] the title of the main attraction to be shown at the Ozone Theatre tonight. This is a picture dealing with the…

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Marist Bros. Make Bad Show Against North

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 March 1943 · page 8

MARIST BROTHERS opened badly against Norths and lost then opening batsmen with only 16 runs on the board. McDonough scored…

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Show Committee Is Financial; Annual Election of Officers

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 March 1943 · page 8

THE annual meeting of the Silver City Show committee was held at the Buffalo Club on Thursday evening Mr. Geo. J. Adkins presided over a large attendance of members. The secretary (Mr. R. Hempel) read the [?]…

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Greyhounds Championship Carnival on

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 23 March 1943 · page 4

Nominations will close at 8'o' clock this afternoon for the Broken Hill Greyhound club's championship carnival at the Cricket Ground on Saturday…

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Donetz And Smolensk Battles In Russia Show No Signs Of Waning

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 March 1943 · page 4

LONDON, March 26.—The intense battles on the Donetz and Smolensk fronts in Russia show no signs of waning. It is a race against time and the season, and each side is throwing in great strength to exploit the full…

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Ozone Show to End

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 1 April 1943 · page 3

"Professor Mamlock." concluding [?] season at the Ozone Theatre tonight is the first full-length Soviet made picture to teach Australia. The…

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Exciting Show at Johnson's

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 1 April 1943 · page 3

Starring honey-haired Veronica Lake and pensionable Robert Preston. "This Can for Hire" now at Johnson's Theatre features in its impressive cast…

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Ben Bowyang— One-Man Show!

Barrier Miner · Thursday 1 April 1943 · page 2

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Cycling Carnival At Western Oval

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 April 1943 · page 8

Tomorrow afternoon the B.H.C.C. and Z.C.C. will combine to conduct a programme of 12 events at the Western Oval. This will be the last…

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Cycling Wickham Memorial Carnival Tomorrow

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 April 1943 · page 1

TOMORROW afternoon at the Western Oval the Broken Hill Cycling Club will conduct the fifth Harry Wickham Memorial…

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New Show at Ozone

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 13 April 1943 · page 3

Melvyn Douglas and Norma Shearer, two ne[?]er do wells living on the generality of friends, find themselves in love. In the main attraction at Ozone…

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New Show At Johnson's

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 14 April 1943 · page 4

The story about men who tear down so that others may build. "Wrecking Crew." which opens at Johnson's tonight, presented a major problem to Paramount…

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How Germans Will Show Repentance

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 April 1943 · page 1

LONDON, April 12.—The murder of Hitler and some of his associates at the behest of the German military leaders was prophesied by Lord…

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