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Shows & fairs, 1921

3,216 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 161

Carnival at Bondi

Sunday Times · Sunday 16 January 1921 · page 2

A carnival will be opened next Friday evening, at the tram terminus, Bondi, in aid of che funds of the Eastern Suburbs District N.S.W. Ambiance Service and…

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Give Us a Show. Her Majesty's

Truth · Sunday 16 January 1921 · page 11

"The Pirates of Penzance" was revived at Her Majesty's Theatre last evening, and was received with tremendous enthusiasm by a packed audiences…

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Hawaiians' Double Langer and Kealoha Win Beaurepaire Beaten in Half-mile Record Attendance at Carnival

The Sun · Sunday 16 January 1921 · page 5

Lady Langer and P[?]a Koaloha, the Hawaiians, won the half-mile and 100 yards State swimming titles at the Domain Baths yesterday afternoon. This is the first time in Australia that two oversea champions have won both their races on the one day A record attendance…

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Hawaiians Win Easily Langer Ties Half-mile & Kealona the Sprint Record Crowd at Swimming Carnival

Sunday Times · Sunday 16 January 1921 · page 9

An assemblage of 6000 people at the Domain Municipal Baths yesterday paid swimming the greatest compliment it has ever received in the history of the sport…

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Horse Carnival Big Prizes Offered

Evening News · Monday 17 January 1921 · page 9

The best [?] in the State will be competition at the Great Australian Horse Carnival, to be held nightly at the Agricultural Ground from [?]…

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Country Tennis Carnival. Eldershaw's Championship. Some Fine Contests

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 January 1921 · page 9

It Is not very often that it falls to the lot of one player to annex three events in one tournament, but J. Eldershaw (Wagga) accomplished this feat at the Country Tennis…

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The Moving Picture Show College Bolshevism

The Sun · Monday 17 January 1921 · page 4

A "charming genius" has been expolied from Oxford because he could not keep Bolshevism out of his examination papers. The Persnurkus wireless has received…

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Motor Show. Ten Days' Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1921 · page 8

Easily the biggest motor show over held in Australia will be opened at the Skating Rink; Moore Park, on Saturday at 1.30 p.m. This will mark the public opening; there will be a…

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Sailing. Inter-state Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1921 · page 7

The Queensland boats. Vision and L.F.H. arrived per R.M.S. Orsova from Brisbane yesterday morning, and are now in Taylor's shed. Lavender Bay. A great number of northern sailing men also came down, and…

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Another Hyde Park Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1921 · page 3

The health and by-laws committee of the City Council yesterday agreed to allow the St. John Ambulance Brigade the use of portion of Hyde Park, at the corner of Elizabeth and…

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Increase and Reduction Fair Rent Vicissitudes

Evening News · Tuesday 18 January 1921 · page 1

Francis Seghers Jackson, an officer of the Attorney-General's Justice Department, approaches the Fair Rents Court to-day to have determined the fair…

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Platform Collapses Nine Children Injured. Accident at Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1921 · page 9

Nine children were injured through the collapse of portion of the platform of the "slippery dip" at a carnival at Rosebery last night…

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Open Boatmen Lord Mayor's Welcome The Interstate Carnival

Evening News · Tuesday 18 January 1921 · page 8

Sunburned and otherwise wealtherbeaten faces were much in evidence at the Sydney Town Hall to-day, when the Lord Mayor of Sydney, Alderman Lamberi…

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The Moving Picture Show The Whip

The Sun · Tuesday 18 January 1921 · page 6

"After to-morrow," said a member of the A.I.P. Executive, "the big whip of the Executive will be put away in a glass case within view of all politicians. It will…

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Staging Collapses. "Slippery Dip" at Carnival. Nine Children Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1921 · page 5

The staging of what is known as a "slippery dip" collapsed at a carnival at Rosebery last night, and a number of young people were Injured. They were conveyed to the South…

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Country Carnival

Referee · Wednesday 19 January 1921 · page 16

The finals of the country week were played on Saturday. In the early morning A. Sieler put out R. Spencer in two sets straight, 6-1, 6-1, a result that came…

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Manly Carnival Big Programme Arranged

The Sun · Wednesday 19 January 1921 · page 10

The Manly Carnival will start on the evening of January 28 and end some time on the night of February 12. On each night there will be fresh…

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Country Tennis Carnival in Sydney

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 19 January 1921 · page 29

PICTON PLAYERS WHO WON THE LADIES' TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIP, DEFEATING NARROMINE IN THE FINAL. Some of the Results;—Men's Singles Championship: J. Eldershaw (Wagga); runner-up. A. L. Sieler (Maru[?]an). Men's Doubles Championship: R. and C. Spencer (Barraba); runners-up, A. and O. Sieler (Marulan). Ladies' Singles Championship: Miss A. Gray (Goulburn); runner-up, Miss M. Cox (Narrandera). Ladies' Doubles: Misses J. and G. Scott (Narromine); runners-up, Misses A. and G. Gray (Goulburn). The City v. Country match was won easily by the Metropolitan team…

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Swimming Championships. To-night's Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1921 · page 12

To-night at the Domain Biths the State swimming championships will be continued. The programme is a particularly intersting one, for it holds not only the "blue riband" of our…

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The "Footers." Australian Sailing Championship. Inter-state Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 January 1921 · page 12

The race for the Australian championship of the 18-footers" class will be sailed on Saturday afternoon, when eight boats, representing three States, will take part…

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