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Shows & fairs, 1925

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Carnival Spirit Manly's Gay Night Noise and Fireworks

The Sun · Sunday 25 January 1925 · page 5

The Manly Corso was a fairyland of twinkling lights and glowing lanterns last night for the second stage of the annual Venetian Carnival…

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The Wheelbarrow Race at the Manly Surfing Carnival Yesterday

The Sun · Sunday 25 January 1925 · page 9

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Lawn Tennis the Australasian Tennis Championship Davis Cup Players Show Good Form Some Interesting Games

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 January 1925 · page 9

The sky was blue, Here and there the white feather of a cloud. There was Just enough sun to make conditions ideal for good play. The stands were only sparsely…

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What Delayed Bernesk? Punters' Prodigy Punctured and Missed a Place Anniversary Running May Show the Form to be Wrong

Truth · Sunday 25 January 1925 · page 3

PUNTERS got the shock of a life-time when they saw the rotten race run by the four-to-one favorite Bernesk in the January Handicap yesterday. AFTER jumping out fairly well she seemed to lose all her dash, and…

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Picture Show Pests Have Night Out at North Sydney Usher's Jaw Broken By Lout Apparently Seeking Revenge for Mate's Arrest Magistrate Laidlaw Acts Leniently

Truth · Sunday 25 January 1925 · page 13

Every age brings Its new type of pest and ruffian, though in some respects at any rate there is a similarity between them all. In the Stone Age, thousands of years ago, the prohistorio hoodium stood on the top of a hill and rolled down boulders to annoy the…

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Mania Carnival

Evening News · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 2

To-night the [?] Carnival will continue the main item on the programme going the [?] parade. To-morrow at 4 p.m. there will be a grand trade and…

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Manly Venetian Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 9

The Manly Venetian carnival, in aid of the cottage hospital and local charities, was continued on Saturday. In the evening the brilliantly illuminated Corso attracted thousands…

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Manly Venetian Carnival Illuminations on Corso

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 5

All day on Saturday, and far Into the night. Manly was thronged with thousands of visitors, and the Venetian Carnival sideshows reaped a rich harvest. Most…

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Saturday's Sport in Pictures Manly Surf Carnival -- Tennis -- Cricket

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 10

Went down to F. Kalms (N.S.W.). -- S. Wertheim, the Victorian tennis representative. A place in the test for him. -- Rock (187 not out) sends one to the fence in the match against Victoria…

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The Moving Picture Show The Red Rebel

The Sun · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 6

"Things is gettin' too dangerous are to last!" said Weary Willie. "Capitalism as fair got us be the throat. Count, an the time as come when us pore…

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Surf Carnival. Manly's Big Day. North Narrabeen Wins Alarm Reel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 10

The Manly Surf Life Saving Club's annual carnival which was held on Saturday afternoon, is, regarded [?] the premier event of the surf world, and time were about 400 competitors in the various events. There…

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Kiama Show Opened by Premier Congestion and Finance

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 2

After a week of thunder showers the Kiama Show Was opened to-day in splendid weather. The Premier (Sir George Fuller) had an…

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In the Surf Brilliant Manly Carnival Cook's Hill Takes March Past

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 7

The surf carnival at Manly on Saturday was excellent, and the manner in which it was conducted by Captain Holmes and his assistants should form an example for other life saving…

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Manly Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 11

The feature of last night session of the Manly carnival, in aid of the local hospital and charities, was a lantern procession, in which several hundred people participated…

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Uralla Carnival

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 8

The Back-to-Uralla, week celebrations will commence on February 22. There will be three days' show, rifle shooting, tennis, and golf matches, dances, and…

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Cycling. Lidcombe Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 12

The cycling events at Lidcombe sports yesterday, held by the New South Wales Cyclists' Union, attracted large entries. Results:—…

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Ryde Hospital Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 11

The carnival in aid of the Ryde Sold Soldiers' Memorial Hospital was continued yesterday. The day's events included a procession, the principal prizes being awarded as follows:—…

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Manly Venetian Carnival

The Sun · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 8

The Manly Venetian Carnival has proved a great draw up to the present, and the promoters are bent on providing feature's for each day of the…

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State Exhibits. the Empire Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 7

Mr. Farrar, M.L.C., Minister for Labour, and chairman of the State Commission of the Empire Exhibition, presided at a well-attended meeting of the commission held in…

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