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Shows & fairs, 1938

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Hospital Carnival Fine Attendance on First Night Entertainment and Gaiety

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 4

Last night the Wagga Base Hospital annual carnival was opened in the School of Arts' grounds in Johnston-street…

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Tumut Swimming Carnival

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 27 January 1938 · page 2

The swimming yesterday at Tumut was held at the picturesque pool on the river. The attendance was not as large as in former years there being…

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show Holiday

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 27 January 1938 · page 2

Notice appears in last week's Government Gazette that a public holiday in Tumbarumba for March 11, the second and principal day of…

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Hospital Carnival Stall-holders Do Well in Spite of Weather Baby Show Featured To-night

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 January 1938 · page 10

The hospital carnival was continued last night, when, owing to the weather, the attendance was not so good as on the previous night. However, the…

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Junee Sports Night Session of Carnival Abandoned

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 27 January 1938 · page 3

R. Mangan, of Cootamundra, won the first heat of the half-mile cycle handicap of £12 at the Junee sports yesterday…

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Albury Guarantees Rain by Holding a Carnival

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 January 1938 · page 8

It would appear that Albury has the happy, or unhappy knack, of being able to arrange rain. The annual carnival at Noreiul…

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Gundagai Swimmers Success At Yesterday’s Tumut Carnival Very Poor Attendance

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 27 January 1938 · page 5

A very poor crowd attended the annual swimming carnival at Tumut, yesterday.. Gundagai competitors, W. Sullivan and J…

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Hospital Carnival Excellent Attendance Last Night Baby Show Results

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 8

A very large crowd attended the hospital carnival last night in the School of Arts' ground, in Johnston-street, and the stalls did excellent…

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Narandera Swimming Carnival Neville Bloomfield Wins 440 Title

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 8

THREATENING clouds, which later burst with a torrential downpour of rain, again deprived the Narandera Swimming Club…

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Bowls Sidney Carnival Wagga Players Defeated in Pairs Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 3

In the second sectional round of the pairs championship of the Australian bowls championship carnival to-day, P. Hutton and H. Mildren (South…

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Tumut Swimming Carnival Not Largely Attended Three Championships to Tumut Swimmers

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 2

The annual carnival of the Tumut Swimming Club was held at the pool on Wednesday. The attendance was poor, due largely to the…

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Wagga Show Ball

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 January 1938 · page 8

A meeting of ladles interested in the show ball will be held at the M.P. and A.A. rooms on Thursday next, at 3 p.m…

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Hospital Carnival Final Session To-night

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 January 1938 · page 6

The carnival in aid of the Wagga Base Hospital was continued last evening and there was a large attendance, the stallholders reporting good…

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Young Carnival

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 31 January 1938 · page 4

Cootamundra swimmers did well at the annual championship carnival at Young. One of the outstanding swims of the…

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Adelong Swimming Carnival

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 31 January 1938 · page 4

Yesterday; the annual carnival of the Adelong Swimming Club was held in the Adelong swimming pool. The weather was ideal, and a good crowd…

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Carnival Dates S.w. Swimming Clubs

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 31 January 1938 · page 4

Temora, February 9, 1938. West Wyalong Feb. 23. 1938. The programme for the South-western championship events for the…

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Base Hospital Carnival Successfully Concluded Juveniles Assist with Concert Programme

Daily Advertiser · Monday 31 January 1938 · page 5

The annual carnival of the Wagga Base Hospital was brought to a successful conclusion at the rear of the School of Arts building, Wagga, on…

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Adelong Swimming Carnival Held in Delightful Weather Excellent Attendance

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 2

The annual Swimming Carnival of Adelong Club was hold at the Adelong Pool on Sunday under ideal weather conditions and an excellent…

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Carnival Dates S.W. Swimming Clubs Temora, February 9. West Wyalong, February 23

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 4

The programme for the South-Western championship events for, the different carnivals is as follows:— Temora: 400 metres men's freestyle…

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German Press Angry French Anti-nazi Exhibition Berlin

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 2

The German press is angry regarding an exhibition in Paris depicting "Seven Years of Hitler Regime," presenting Nazism in a critical light. It…

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