The Moving Picture Show Going Slow
The discovery by Abbe Moreaux, a French scientist, that light does not travel as quickly as it used to, does not surprise Peter a bit. It is due to…
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4,538 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 227
British Industries. Forthcoming Fair. (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, Jan. 22
All space in the London section of the British industries Fair, to be opened at White City next month, has now been taken by manufacturers, and the Department of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Parachute Drop Times Arranged Y.a.l. Carnival Thrills
Further details have now been arranged for Lieut. Haakon Qviller's parachute descents, which are to thrill Sydney and so advertise the Young…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Manly Carnival
THE Manly Venetian Carnival will be officially opened to-night by the Mayor. AW. A. T. Keirle. and will continue until Saturday. February 11. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Manly Venetian Carnival
The Manly Venetian Carnival will open to-night and will continue until February 11. These annual carnivals have raised £40,000 in 14 years for local charitable institutions, the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Wyalong Wheat Wins at Chicago Exhibition
WEST WYALONG. -- In April last Messrs. D. and J. Gagie, of Spy Hill, West Wyalong, forwarded an exhibit of strong red wheat to the Chicago…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Failed to Show Up
Vallino (J. Coutts) added to her failures on Saturday when she failed badly in the January Handicap, Dot finishing in the first half-dozen…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tonight's the Night Manly Venetian Carnival
All roads will lead to Manly tonight, when the Mayor (Ald. A. T. Keirle) will open the Manly Venetian Carnival at 7.45…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Balmain Swimming Carnival Annual Championships To-night
The Balmain Swimming Club will hold its annual championship carnival at the Elkington Park Baths to-night, at 8 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →Pool at Medlow Edna Davey to Give Exhibition Swim
A MAGNIFICENT swimming bath, measuring 120ft by 70ft with a depth of 25ft. has recently been complected at The Hydro, Medlow Bath…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Moving Picture Show The Inchcape Myth
Lord Incheape, in addressing the stockholders of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, said that the so-called "Inchcape Group" of shipping…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Carnival Nights Coo-ee City's Promise 200,000 Candle Power
The Sports Ground will be illuminated by lights of 200,000 candle power for Coo-ee City's carnival nights…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Katoomba's Day First Show Opened Gov.-general Present Katoomba
Katoomba's first show was opened by the Governor-General (Lord Stonehaven) today. A big crowd, which filled the ground…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Is He a Champion? Soulton's Promising Queensland Form May Come to Sydney : Fair Exchange Takes Flying Handicap
Soulton, a three-year-old gelding by Taddington from Evelyn Soult, looks like developing into one of our best horses. He made a name for himself on Saturday at Ascot by running to victory in the Foundation Handicap, the chief event of the Q.T.C. January meeting, and equalled…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"To Show the Flag." R.a.f. Flying Boats. Visit to Colombo
A correspondent of the "Herald" at Colombo wrote as follows on January 6:- Large crowds witnessed the arrival of the four Royal Air Force flying boats in Colombo…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Three States Expect to Win Kieran Shield Brisbane's Record Carnival Crowd Fine Performances by Jones, Boast and Barrass: To-night May Decide Issue
Saturday was a great day for swimming enthusiasts. The biggest crowd that ever watched a carnival in Queensland was present at the City. Baths to see the first series of Australian championships. They were rewarded with n splendid afternoon's sport. The outstanding performance…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →French Tennis Players Make Their Australian Debut Bounding Basque Lives Up to His Reputation Frenchman Borotra Delights in Exhibition with "J.o." Gerald Patterson in Form
FRENCH TENNIS CHAMPION, JEAN BOROTRA, and team mates, Brugnon and Boussus, made their initial bow to a Sydney crowd at the White City Courts late yesterday afternoon. BOROTRA LIVED UP TO HIS SOBRIQUET of the "bounding Baasque." A…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →So This Is Manly! Serene in Her Healthy Gaiety, Sydney's Carnival Suburb Tosses a Jest at the Customs and Conventionalities of the Cities. Some Impressions
MANLY always appears to be en carnival. It has a perpetual festive air about it that makes it seem disinclined to take life seriously. I have approached it by land and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Honolulu Territorial Fair
The Honolulu Territorial Fair will this year take place between April 30 and May 5. The American fleet will be visiting Hawall at the lame time for annual manoeuvres…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mosman Carnival
Balmoral's defeat of the Spit in the first of the triangular contests for the Lyons Cup has invested the second meeting of these…
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