"A Fair Man" Praise for the Police Chief SYDNEY
The statement made by Superintendent Collings that the Commissioner of Police (Mr. W. J. MacKay) was a business man who had saved the department…
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Shows & fairs, 1937
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Little Princesses Excitement at Toy Fair "Mummy, Do Look at This" London, December 16
Queen Elizabeth took Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret Rose to a departmental store toy fair where they shook hands with the fairy princess nod…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Australian Art Exhibition
Detectives and attendants will guard day ant night the Coronation robes of King George and Queen Elizabeth and the valuable collection of Australian art…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Maitland Bird Show
The Maitland and District Canary and Cage Bird Society held a two-bird show at Mr. C. L. Cummins's home, Campbell's Hill. The birds selected for display were…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →American Fight For Tommy Fair LONDON
Tommy Farr, the welsn contender for the world boxing title, has left for America, where he will meet Braddock on January 21. After that he hopes…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Australia and World Fair
New York, December 20.—It is understood that the Commonwealth Government is taking space at the World Fair. The official Secretary (Mr. D. M. Dow)…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Draw for Christmas Bowling Carnival Play on Five Greens Rink Competition on
The Christmas bowls carnival will begin on Saturday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock, when two games will be played vin the rink…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Big Death Roll Stampede During Fire in Japan Film Show at School Tokio, December 21
Five hundred people stampeded when fire broke out in a primary school at Wakayama during the showing of a news-reel to-day. So far 78 bodies, of which…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Opening Historic Exhibition Mr. Lyons May Accept
The Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) is hopeful of being able to accept the invitation of the Mayor (Ald. H. Fenton), to open on February 14 the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The New Art Surrealist Exhibition Bewildering Display (Special Correspondent: Air Mail.) LONDON, December 3
Shortly after midnight one day last week, while London slept or made merry, while politicians worried the dark hours away, and the yellow fog crept along…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Radio Exhibition
Performances by the National Military Band and prominent artists in a specially constructed broadcasting studio at the Town Hall will be one of the novel…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Nobbys Beach Carnival Opening Ceremony To-night
Nobbys Beach carnival, which will extend to the New Year, will be officially opened by the Mayor of Newcastle (Ald. H. Fenton) to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Christmas Bowls at Newcastle Carnival Games To-morrow
The annual bowls Christmas carnival will begin to-morrow afternoon with the rink competitions…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bowls Begin To-morrow Christmas Carnival Arrangements for Week
The Newcastle Bowling Association's 10th Christmas carnival will begin at 2.30 p.m. to-morrow on the B.H.P., Wickham, Lambton, Wallsend, and City…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Restful Day Sportsmen Without Sport Bowls Carnival Begins
To-day will be restful for Newcastle sportsmen. On the district's bowlers will have cause for concern at the lassitude which Christmas dinner is said to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →To-day's Sport Important Programme Bowls, Regatta, Surf Carnival
Newcastle will awaken from its Christmas sporting lethargy to-day. Only bowlers took part in competitive games on Saturday, but to-day's programme is a full…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nobbys Surf Carnival Old Rivals Tie in March Past
In ideal weather and with a good surf running, the 13th annual carnival of the Nobbys Surf Club was held at Nobbys…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Swansea Surf Carnival Cook's Hill Leads Point Score Table
Cook's Hill was the outstanding surf club at Blacksmiths Beach yesterday, when the Swansea Surf Club held the first surf carnival of the season. Cook's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Baths and Beaches First Carnival Eight Clubs Compete at Swansea Newbiggin's Great Race
The first surf carnival of the season, organist by the Swansea Surf Life-saving Club, at Blacksmiths (Nine-mile) Beach yesterday afternoon, attracted a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Easter Tennis Carnival
The Newcastle District Lawn Tennis Association is making preliminary arrangements for its third annual Easter tournament, which opens at…
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