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Shows & fairs, 1928

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Bondi Carnival

Evening News · Thursday 26 January 1928 · page 3

To help the funds for "Hospital Saturday's carnival is now in full swing nightly at the Tramloop, Bondi. One of the chief amusements is the troupe of…

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Bathurst Hospital Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 January 1928 · page 13

The N.S W. Amateur Athletic Association has received an invitation from the Bathurst Hospital carnival committee to send a team of athletes for the sports to be held there on February l8. It has been…

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Manly Carnival Grilliant Opening

The Labor Daily · Thursday 26 January 1928 · page 4

YESTERDAY evening Manly which was being in semi-darkness suddenly blazed cut in the flow of many colored flights, when Ald A. T. Keirie…

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Art Collection. M. Ratzkowski's Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 January 1928 · page 14

M. Jules Ratzkowski, who has interested himself in art in Europe for many years, is now in Sydney, and proposes to exhibit shortly to the public an art collection described as…

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"Sun" Cup Freshwater Carnival Rescue Competition

The Sun · Thursday 26 January 1928 · page 5

There were 617 competitors, 617 of the State's fittest specimens of youth and mannood battling for supremacy to-day at Freshwater in…

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Thrills Aplenty "Coo-ee City" Carnival

The Labor Daily · Thursday 26 January 1928 · page 7

Those who like to pick and choose their amusement from a hundred or more varled assortments of entertainment will revel in the Coores City Carnival which opens…

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Manly Carnival. 20,000 People at Opening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 January 1928 · page 14

Twenty thousand people congregated in the Corso at Manly last evening to witness the opening of the Manly Venetian Carnival by the Mayor (Alderman A. T. Keirle). Those…

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Opening the Blue Mountains Show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 January 1928 · page 12

THE CEREMONY WAS PERFORMED BY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL AT KATOOMBA YESTERDAY…

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League Swimming £100 Carnival at Adelaide: Club Notes and Events

Arrow · Thursday 26 January 1928 · page 6

A letter from Balmain Club's live-wire secretary, T. Vaux, mentions that the club is going along steadily, but that he would like a little more support from some of the…

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The Moving Picture Show The Day We Celebrate

The Sun · Thursday 26 January 1928 · page 8

From "Peranurkus's History of Australia." In 1770 Captain James Cook discovered Botany, the road running to which…

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Surf Gala at Haxbord Freshwater Club's Big Carnival. To-day's Programme

The Labor Daily · Thursday 26 January 1928 · page 3

ALL the best surf simmers and britmen will be engaged in the freshwater Club's surf gals and beach [?] at liarbord to-day…

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G.G. at Katoomba Opens New Show Grd. Katoomba

Evening News · Thursday 26 January 1928 · page 3

"ONE hundred and fifteen years is not a great span in the life of a nation. but consider the progress that has been made since those intrepid explorer,…

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Fine Dairy Cattle at Coff's Harbor Show Ayrshires Have Champion Group

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 January 1928 · page 12

COFF'S HARBOR, Wednesday. -- The weather cleared for the opening of the show to-day. The cattle especially were high-class, and competition keen…

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Shaped Like a Stayer Clargull Fancied for Nursery Black Dina Might Show to Advantage

The Labor Daily · Thursday 26 January 1928 · page 2

WHEN Clargull canto from a long way back, in Boor cello's race at Tat's meeting to gain second place, racegoers opened their eyes…

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Mile Was Too Short St. Eaton Should Show Up Better at 10 FURLONGS Has Poilena Improved Sufficiently to Merit Consideration

Arrow · Thursday 26 January 1928 · page 2

In the Moorefield Carlton Mile, run over a mile, a fortnight ago, St. Eaton found the trip a bit too short for him, and he was…

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Red Cross Fair. Boys' and Girls' Exhibition

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 15

The Junior Red Cross Exhibition and Fair will be held in the Sydney Town Hall on 31st May and 1st June, and young people are reminded that…

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HANDICRAFTS Planning Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 22

THE Women's Handicrafts Association, which was unanimously dissolved at the end of last year, has now been re-organised under a new…

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Billiard Room Exhibition Match

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 5

Members are urged to be in attendance on Tuesday, January 31, at 8 p.m., when an exhibition match will be played between Mr. Jim Black and Mr. Alf…

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Trotting. Lidcombe Show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 15

There were 180 entries at the trotting at the annual show and sports meeting of the Lidcombe Agricultural Society, held at the Lidcombe showground yesterday. There were [?]3 entries in the Lidcombe Flying Trot[?]…

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The Passing Show

The Land · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 1

After it very dull period, business generally appears to be brighter. The more prosperous conditions in the country are enabling storekeepers…

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