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Shows & fairs, 1925

4,559 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 228

To-nights Show M. Moscovitch

The Labor Daily · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 7

MAURICE MOSCOVITCH the celebrated Russian actor caught his first glimpse of Sydney yesterday when he stepped off the Melbourne…

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Sydney in 1930 Proposed World Exhibition Opening of Bridge

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 11

Representatives of various institutions held a meeting at the Chamber of Commerce rooms yesterday to consider the question of inaugurating a…

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Buried in London or Calcutta? Problem of Fair Leonora's Sailor Husband

The World's News · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 7

The case for Sir Edward Hamilton Seymour is, briefly, that the chief parties in the Lincoln's Inn Fields drama—Colonel Francis Compton Seymour and Leonora…

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The Moving Picture Show Helping Mr Kell

The Sun · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 4

To the non-distribution of the Commonwealth Treasury surplus, which at December 31 amounted to £9,106,000, is attributable the accumulation of…

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Her Last Swim Miss Wehselau at Manly Newcastle's Big Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 13

Miss Mariochen Wehselau will make her final appearance in Sydney this afternoon at the woman's championship carnival, at the Manly Baths…

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THE Enchanted Castle "Fair to all, favor to none."--Castle Motto. "Molly" Stops a Melbourne Tram

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 4

Last Wednesday I had an appointment with the dentist. We were fairly late, as we had had visitors in the morning, and they detained us. I was ready, and…

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Royal Show Schedule £12,000 Prize Money. Cups, Trophies, and Medals

Nepean Times · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 3

The schedule of prizes for the Royal Sydney Show, 1925, has been issued. The book is attractively got up, the cover, in three colors, depicting a…

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Plain Request to Mr. Ball Refuses to Show Clause Harbor Bridge Contract

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 1

An extraordinary attitude has been adopted by Mr. Ball, Minister for Public Works and Railways, with regard to Messrs. Dorman,…

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Cessnock Bowlers Carry Two Finals Country Week Carnival Nears the End Play Watched by Big Gathering on City Green

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 13

Cessnock men were victorious in the finals of the single-handed four- bowl championship and the consolation pairs in the Country Week Bowls Carnival, which was continued on the City Green yesterday…

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Vanity Fair

Truth · Sunday 8 February 1925 · page 7

A LARGE number of friends and admirers congregated at the Carlton Hotel on Monday to give the hand of welcome to their old friend. Mrs. J…

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Penrith Carnival Baroness Avanzo to Appear

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 February 1925 · page 9

The W.S.M.C.C. track committee notify all intending competitors that entries close at 10 a.m. to-morrow for all events at Penrith on Saturday…

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Christie Again Half=Mile Championship Newcastle Carnival

The Sun · Sunday 8 February 1925 · page 13

Moss Christie added another win to his list at Newcastle last night, by gaining first place in the 880 yards championship of the State. He won very…

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Gala Day Great Surf Carnival at Newcastle Ward's Wonderful Swim NEWCASTLE

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 February 1925 · page 1

Yesterday might well have been termed Natation Day at Newcastle. The carnival of the Newcastle Surf…

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Apprentice Crowe's Rich Pickings Over £500 in Twelve Months Rode Sydney Cup and Gimcrack Stakes Winners Amongst Others and Says He Did Not Get a Fair Spin

Truth · Sunday 8 February 1925 · page 6

"GO on the land, young man," is the advice that used to be given to the ambitious youth, but after listening to the evidence of John Robert Crowe, an apprentice jockey, at the Parramatta Court on Thursday, said ambitious youth would be more…

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Manly Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 12
Also in The Daily Telegraph

The Manly Venetian Carnival, which was opened a fortnight ago, was concluded on Saturday night with a harbour water pugeant. Manly Cove was bright with decorations and illuminated craft, from the decorated…

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£900 from Carnival

The Sun · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 14

The carnival in aid of Ryde and District Soldiers Memorial Hospital, which concluded on Saturday night, was a big success. Over £900 was…

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Shoalhaven Show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 7

The Mat annual show of the Shoalhaven Agricultural Society will be held next Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, on the Nowrs Show Ground. Its prize shedule covers £1000, and of this amount £330 is…

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Manly Carnival Record Establishel

Evening News · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 11

DURING the 14 of the [?] Carnival, which [?]sed or [?] day night not one accident [?] cerded. The closing[?]…

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War Museum. Exhibition in Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 8

The transfer from Melbourne to Sydney of the Australian War Memorial Museum, consisting of relics, records, pictures, models, photographs, etc., has commenced, the first…

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