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Shows & fairs, 1928

4,538 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 227

Exhibition Site Centennial Park Is Offered

The Labor Daily · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 6

The Federal Government, as a result of the State Cabinet decision, is to be offered the Centennial Park site for the British Empire Exhibition…

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The Smiling Ball Boy--- Country Carnival Snapshots

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 40

WON IN STRAIGHT SETS.-- Miss B. O'Donnell (South Coast). THE CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS of the…

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Park Site. for the Exhibition. Offered by the State

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

The State Government yesterday decided to offer to the Federal Government the Centennial Park site on which to hold the proposed British Empire Exhibition…

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Big Motor Show Opening To-morrow

The Labor Daily · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 5

The Motor Show under the auspices at the Motor Trader Association will be officially opened by the Acting premier to-morrow, and will continue in daily sessions…

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The Moving Picture Show The Home-wrecker

The Sun · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 12

Hollywood husbands haying beaten a Hindu who calls himself a Swami, and had been teaching ladles on top of a high Californian mountain, for a fee at £10,…

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Worth £1,000,000 Motor Show Exhibits Opening Tomorrow

Evening News · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 19

THE Motor Show which will be held under the [?]pices of the Motor Traders' Association o N.S.W. will be officially opened by the Arting-Premier…

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Setting Stage for Auto Show-- Striking Country Tennis Studies

The Sun · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 24

PREPARATIONS ARE GOING AHEAD at the Show Ground to make the Motor Exhibition which opens on Friday the finest of its kind ever held in the State. MANLY ON THE MURRUMBIDGEE. A…

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"Used Cars" Now No "Second Hand" Motor Show Exhibit

The Sun · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 12

The motor trade has decided to eliminate the word "second-hand" from its dictionary. It is considered that a car which has been used for a…

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Motor Traction Indispensable to the Merchant the Sydney Motor Show

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 5

On the 13th instant Hie best motor show Australia has so far seen will open at the Sydney Royal Agricultural Grounds, at Moore Park. The display…

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Motoring News the Show. What it Represents. Opening To-morrow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 6

The fifth annual motor show of the Motor Traders' Association of New South Wales, which is to open at the Royal Agricultural Grounds to-morrow, will be more than a…

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Centennial Park Foe Big Exhibition No Destruction of Amy of Its Natural Beauties, Cabinet's Decision

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 7

The State Government has decided to allow Centennial Parle to he used as the site for the great exhibition which is planned for…

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Gloom Settles Over New Zealand Hopes Dashed Despite Fair Reports Stories of Lights Seen But 'Plane Had None How Details Differ Warship Joins Search

Evening News · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 1

AMALGAMATED Wireless, Ltd., were informed from Wellington at 5.15 p.m., N.Z. time, that there was no trace of Lieut. Moncrieff and Capt. Hood, who left…

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£250 for Two Minute's Work --- Fascinating Problem Show These Cricketers Where They Can Find the Ball! Gregory Looks as if He Hoped to Take a Catch--But Has He Really Got Any Chance? Mark the Spot -- £250 in Prizes to Be Won

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 3

Thousands of eager "Pictorial" readers are joining in the search for the missing cricket ball. The batsman has hit the ball--not to the fence; really, not so very many yards from the wicket, but it has vanished into thin air…

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Fair Marauders

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 7

The belief that our young beach girls are getting more adventurous is confirmed by an embarrassing experience which befell a respectable family man…

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Coogee Carnival

The Labor Daily · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 8

The Coogee Christmas carnival will definitely close down to-morrow night. The carnival is being held with a view of augmenting the funds of the…

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Plea for Fair Treatment

Evening News · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 8

Sir.—Regarding the letter of "Lavage" on the cost of no-Saturday work (E.N. 11/1/28): There is still another angle. Most civil servants and municipal employees use season tickets, weekly,…

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[?]ountry Tennis Carnival

The Land · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 18

[?]semi-final round of the men's [?]n was played on Tuesday. Bar[?] had an easy win over Binalong. [?] ee had a victory against…

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Fancy Fair For the Ambulance

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 7

On Monday night, a public meeting, presided over by his Worship, the Mayor of Holroyd (Alderman A. J. Webb. was held In Guildford School of Arts…

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Radio and Electrical Exhibition, 1928

The St George Call · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 2

In reference to the above the County Clerk reported to Council last Friday night that a letter had been received from the organiser requesting the…

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For the Show

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 2

Workmen at the Show Ground were busy yesterday putting the final touches on the exhibits at the big Motor Show, which opens…

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