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Shows & fairs, 1925

4,559 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 228

Picture Show Influences

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 January 1925 · page 6

Protests which have been expressed in our columns from time to time against the baneful influences of imported cinematograph pictures have focussed public…

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The Carnival Huge and Attractive Programme

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 January 1925 · page 6

Manly will begin a fortnight of joyous mirth and revelry on Friday. The fourteenth annual Venetian Carnival will make it the Mecca of scores…

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Queen of Dee Why Successful Carnival

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 January 1925 · page 3

The crowning of the Queen of Dee Why last Monday night was the final effort of the Dee Why Improvement League and…

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Romantic Rise of Australia's Playground Venetian Carnival Opens on

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 January 1925 · page 6

Known the world over as Australia's premier seaside resort, Manly is a name to conjure with. A recent Californian visitor temporarily lost his breath when he gazed upon its unrivalled beach. A most…

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£50 a Point Rain at St. Ives. Show Committee Wins

The Sun · Sunday 18 January 1925 · page 2

Although there were none of the ordinary contests in the ring at the St. Ives Show yesterday, there was one event that provided the committee at…

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68 GOVERNMENTS To Show at Wembley in May LONDON

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 January 1925 · page 1

The Duke of Devonshire, speaking at Chesterfield, said when the Empire Exhibition was re-opened in May 68 Governments within the Empire would…

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Backers Show Slight Profit at Rosehill Ignition Appears in a New Role Good Performance by Janitor in Flying Peeka Adds Further to Trainer Booth's Change of Fortune Rosehill Is Not Unlucky Favored by a Fair Afternoon

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 January 1925 · page 9

Rosehill raced yesterday; Ascot did not Reports from Rosehill were to the effect that less rain had fallen there than in the city, but at about…

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Wouldn't Gallop a Yard Greendale's Sorry Exhibition When Made Favorite Why the Change of Jockeys

Truth · Sunday 18 January 1925 · page 2

GREENDALE was expected to win the January Handicap at Rose hill yesterday, and he was backed down to favoritism at threes, but he ran a poor race, and finished second last in a field of seven…

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A Rosehill Rodeo No Snowy Thompson About Jockey Orrell Chucked by Chilo, He Stayed Off "THAT was fair, all right."

Truth · Sunday 18 January 1925 · page 2

THIS was Orrell's verdict after the two-year-old Chilo had thrown him in the Saddling Paddock at Rosehill, when mounting for the Two-Year-Old race. SOME of the onlookers tried to persuade Orrell that he hadn't had…

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Week of Country Tennis Discovers Promising Young Players Country Tennis Carnival Rain Interferes With Play New Draw for To-morrow

The Sun · Sunday 18 January 1925 · page 8

Keen disappointment at the continuation of the rain was heard on every hand yesterday, not only from the players, but also from many who…

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Birmingham Fair

Evening News · Monday 19 January 1925 · page 7

Mr. A. Simpson British Trade Commissioner at Sydney has received advice from the Imperial Government to the effect that the London section of…

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British Industries Fair

The Sun · Monday 19 January 1925 · page 11
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

Mr. A. Simpson, H.M. Trade Commissioner at Sydney, has received advice from the Imperial Government that the London section of the British…

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Is It Fair?

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 January 1925 · page 6

Sir,--Permit me space through "The Daily Telegraph" to complain of the running of the 7:10 a.m. train from Campbelltown to Sydney. The…

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British Industries Fair Suspended

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 January 1925 · page 6

Mr. A. Simpson, H.M. Trade Commissioner at Sydney, has received advice from the Imperial Government to the effect that the London section of the…

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Country Tennis Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 January 1925 · page 7

Competitors in the country tennis carnival were out of luck on Saturday, when play was postponed again on account of the rain. The turf courts were saturated, while little…

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Nepean Show

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 January 1925 · page 2

The Nepean A., H., and P. Society has decided to hold the annual exhibition on March 20 and 21, and Mr. F. A. Chaffey (Minister for Agriculture)…

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Lawn Tennis. Country Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 January 1925 · page 8

Much disappointment was experienced on Sa[?]ay when it was found compulsory to postpone the c[?]ry carnival for the second day in succession, but the courts were so sodden by rain that no other course…

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Empire Exhibition. London, Jan. 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 January 1925 · page 11

The High Commissioners are negotiating with the board of the Empire Exhibition to allow the dominions the right to sell single bottles of liquor, and conduct their own…

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They Must Have a "Fair Deal."

The Labor Daily · Monday 19 January 1925 · page 4

The Shipping Ring is a highly influential power, as is evidenced by the vitriolic vilification of the seamen which fills the columns of the capitalist Press. Some of this abuse is even blackguardly and disgusting. Figures of speech that…

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