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Shows & fairs, 1927

5,125 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 250

Quiet Work McCLINTOCK EXHIBITION

The Sun · Tuesday 1 February 1927 · page 18

Scenes of quiet pastoral beauty, glimpses of wood and water, and studies of sea and sky are the dominant features of the exhibition of…

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North Bondi Carnival Exciting Contests

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 1 February 1927 · page 6

OVER 1014 entries, almost a record, have been received for the postponed carnival of the North Bondi Surf Club, which will take place at Bondi…

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T.B. SETTLEMENT Marrickville Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 February 1927 · page 2

There is wide Interest in Banks town district in the Picton Lakes T.E. appeal, conducted by the Mayor of Marrickville (Aid, Jarvie, M.L.A.)…

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Cycling. Night Carnival Pratten Park Events

Evening News · Tuesday 1 February 1927 · page 2

Professional cycling and motor racing will be held at Pra[?] Park, Ashfield, to-morrow night. A large entry has been received for the two open handicaps…

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Swimming for Renown Men Suggested Carnival

Evening News · Tuesday 1 February 1927 · page 3

THE MEETING of the Council of the N.S.W. Amateur Swimming Association, held last night, was well attended by delegates and [?]…

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Art Exhibition. Mr. McCLINTOCK'S WATER-COLOURS

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1927 · page 15

The late Alexander McClintock, who died in Melbourne in 1922, had a poetic appreciation of the beauty of Australian landscape scenery, and the tenderness and delicate imaginative…

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Docket System. Growers' Favour Fair Trial. Bowral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1927 · page 12

A representative gathering of vegetable growers attended a meeting convened by the Burrawang and District Market Gardeners' Co-operative Society for the purpose of…

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City Aldermen. Exceed Privileges. Recent Swimming Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1927 · page 11

That certain aldermen of the City Council attempted to exceed the privileges granted them by the New South Wales Amateur Swimming Association, at the recent international…

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Exhibition of Water Colors The Late Alexander McClintock

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 February 1927 · page 5

At the Gallieries of Anthony Hordern and Sons an exhibition of the work of the late Alex. M' Clintock is to open to-day at 3 p.m. Mr. M'Clintock…

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Their Own Little Show Lidcombe's Intention

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 1 February 1927 · page 7

"There are of thousands of parents in these industrial areas who cannot afford to take their children to the Royal Show in Sydney each year, and we are…

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Two of the Australian Landscapes at the McCLINTOCK EXHIBITION

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1927 · page 14

AMONG THE SCRUB. THE POMEGRANITE TREE…

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The Moving Picture Show The Dog Traffic

The Sun · Tuesday 1 February 1927 · page 10

The dog traffic, according to the police, is on the increase. Last year over one thousand dogs were stolen in Sydney…

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Swimming Barrass' High Dive Ettie and the Bold Bulldog Ants League to Hold Carnival

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 1 February 1927 · page 7

BARRASS' win in the high diving championship of Australia puts N. S. W. in a better light in the Keiran Shield contest, but the destination of that trophy for this season is not nearly settled yet…

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Carnival Extended

Evening News · Wednesday 2 February 1927 · page 11
Also in The Labor Daily

Owing to the Inclemency of the weather experienced during the first, week of the Manly Venetian Carnival. It has been decided to catena it for…

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North Bondi Surf Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 February 1927 · page 6

The committee of North Bondi Surf Club is making preparations to provide for a large crowd at the surf carnival to be held at North Bondi bench on Saturday…

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Tennis : Country Carnival and Australian Championships

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 2 February 1927 · page 39

Rain prevented, the country carnival in Sydney from being finished as arranged, but the weather on Monday of last week made amends, being fine…

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Show Ground For All Football

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 February 1927 · page 6

At the monthly meeting of the council of the Royal Agricultural Society, Sir Samuel Hordern presiding, it was decided to make the Showground available for the football season to all…

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Royal Show More Ground Improvements

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 February 1927 · page 11

At the last monthly meeting of the Council of the Royal Agricultural Society, Sir Samuel Hordern presiding, reports were submitted…

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The Moving Picture Show Their Revenge ?

The Sun · Wednesday 2 February 1927 · page 8

Some members are disappointed with Mr. Piddington. It is considered ironical that the export, who inspired Labor members with so much hope, should have created a…

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