Black Marketeers Want Fair Trial LONDON
The Rome correspondent of “The Times” reports that a delegation representing the city’s black market is seeking an interview with the Prime…
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Thousands Welcome New Year At Albury Carnival Atmosphere Among Lighthearted Crowds Celebrations Larger, Louder And Lustier Than For Many Years
Thousands of merrymakers saw the old year out and the new year in at Albury last evening with exuberance not seen since before the war. Celebrations were longer, louder, and lustier [?] years. The crowds were truly lighthearted, and paper [?] were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →“Britain Can Make it” Exhibition Popular LONDON
Total of 1,432,544 people “visited the “Britan Can Make It” exhibition, which closed last night. The last visitor, a woman, received as a souvenir…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Service Queen Carnival
The Christmas carnival, organised by the Service Queen Committee on Friday, December 20, was highly successful. A large attendance entered…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Film Star at British Exhibition
Joan Greenwood, British star of “A Girl in a Million,” accompanied by Dennis Price, who is now playing leading roles in two new Sydney box productions “Dear Murderer” and “Holiday Camp” pictured in the “Toy Section” during their visit to London’s “Britain Can Make It” exhibition. Joan Greenwood is now appearing opposite Michael Redgrave in the newly completed British technicolor [?], “The Man…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tonight’s Point-Score Carnival
Postponed from last week, the fourth unit in the weekly series of point-score carnivals will be conducted by the Albury A[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Success of Gala Carnival: £300 to Date
Proceeds now exceed £300 for the Gala Carnival, which concludes to-morrow night. The best feature to date was the fire works display at the Edwards street…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The War Memorial Carnival Monster New Year Celebration
BY general vote, the Hay New Year celebrations can be said to be the brightest seen in Hay for very many years—certainly the brightest in Hay in the recollection of many old residents, and the organiser of the street carnival, Mr. Max…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Technicolor Fun Show
Joining Mary Martin and Dick Powell in “Happy” Go Lucky” the bright technicolor musical now showing at the Plaza are Betty Hutton and Eddie Bracken who supply…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SWIMMING Carnival at Merriwa WANGARATTA
The Merriwa Swimming Club held its opening carnival last night to a good attendance. The carnival had been twice postponed owing to wet weather…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tennis Kramer-schroeder Beaten Exhibition Matches in Sydney Sydney
John Bromwich and Billy Sidwell heat Jack Kramer and Ted Schroedor, U.S.A., 6-3, 9-7 in a hardcort exhibition match at Rockdale tennis courts today…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australia Day Carnival
At a meeting of the Cycling Club last night it was decided to conduct a cycling carnival in aid of the proposed War Memorial on Australia Day,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Swimming Gala Carnival Next
The weekly point-score swimming carnivals conducted by the Albury Amateur Swimming Club will be continued on Friday next, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fair Rents Boards Abolished
By amendments of National Security (Landlord and Tenant) Regulations, which have been gazetted, all Fair Rents Boards have been abolished, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Jet Engines on Exhibition
Jet engine exhibition by the Ministry of Supply at Charing Cross underground station. A corner of the exhibition. The jet near camera is a Metro-Vick F. 2/3 and next to it is the De Haviland “Ghost.”…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Swimming Tonight’s Gala Carnival Should Appeal
With every prospect of being favored with satisfactory weather, Albury Swimming Club officials eagerly look forward to tonight’s point-score…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →“Only an Apology” Criticism of Country Carnival Sydney
“The 1947 Country Week tennis carnival is only an apology compared with what it was in pre-war years,” said Mr W. Rodgers, president of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Country Carnival a Mild Shock Forbes Women’s Team Disqualified Albury Men Win Again: Women Lose SYDNEY
Country tennis carnival received a mild [?] today when Forbes women’s team was disqualified, apparently without reason. Later the N.S.W. L.T.A. secretary (Mr. V…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Carnival Takings
Gross takings for the Christmas Carnival conducted by a joint Appeals Comuuttee over the Christmas and Year holidays amounted to £408…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cycling Carnival on Friday Night
Entries have now closed for all cycling events for the carnival at Albury on Friday night. Fields for all events will be large and…
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