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Sydney · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1929

4,381 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 220

Boxing a 15-Rounder Show at Stadium Delaney v. CONNORS

Evening News · Wednesday 9 January 1929 · page 4

AN attractive 15 rounds contest has been arranged for to-night's entertainment of boxing and vaudeville. The principals will be Bobby…

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Cage and Dogman Fall 60 Feet-- Lake Bed As 'Drome--ready for Manly Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 January 1929 · page 14

MISS P. WURTH was out to win for Nepean in the Country Tennis Tournament yesterday. Her team scored 5 sets 38 games to Pentland's 3 sets 33 games. KIDDIES FROM THE FAR WEST had another great day to…

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Attractive Bout at Stadium Delaney and Connors To-nights Mixed Show

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 9 January 1929 · page 3

PROGRAMMES at the Stadium since Ossie Imber has taken charge or the matchmaking have been very attractive, and sonic great matches…

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Guildford Carnival

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 6

A meeting of the committee of Guildford Memorial School of Arts will be held on Tuesday, January 14, at Guildford School of Arts…

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"Only Fair" Bowser Fees Remitted

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 7

Mr. O. C. Brown, garage proprietor and motor accessories merchant, who had a big business in Sydney-road, wrote to Holroyd Council, explaining that since…

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Lawn Tennis. Country Carnival. Teams Matches Continued

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 15

The third and fourth rounds of the teams matches were contested yesterday at the New South Wales Lawn Tennis Ground at Rushcutter Bay, where the Country carn[?]val…

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The Moving Picture Show Procedure is Important

The Sun · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 12

Peter is astonished to see that correspondents still bewail the butchery of Mr. Richardson by putting him in first. It is a well-known fact that all…

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Country Lawn Tennis Players Defy Heat Wave in Their Annual Carnival at Rushcutter Bay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 14

THE THIRD AND FOURTH ROUND MATCHES WERE DECIDED YESTERDAY…

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Still Smiling Sun-tanned Enthusiasts Tennis Carnival Bare Legs Are All the Rage To-day

The Sun · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 14

Country tennis players came up smiling for the fifth and sixtht rounds of the teams championships at the White City Courts to-day. Beyond sunburn, there was little to suggest the…

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The Motor Show Eighty Stands With a Million Pounds' Worth of Cars

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 15

The development that the motor industry has made during, the past year, the reliability of the cars, lorries, buses and motor cycles produced, and the…

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Armed Italian Sailors Rush Shanghai Movie Show "Talkie" Film Burned 'Street Angel' Causes Ruction Police Reserves Called Out Shanghai

Evening News · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 1

ARMED with knives and pistols, 30 Italian sailors from a gunboat stationed here raided the Capitol theatre during a matinee performance this afternoon, and seized the movietone film, "Street Angel."…

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Coogee Carnival

Evening News · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 5

Eastern Suburbs Ambulance needs every penny it can raise to carry on [?] humanitarian work During [?] last 12 months it has handled more than 7000…

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Coogee Ambulance Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 10

The carnival being held in the Amusement Park at Coogee to augment the funds of the Eastern Suburbs Ambulance will close tomorrow evening. During the past 12 months…

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Passing Show

The Land · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 2

A social writer skates that it is safer to marry a widow than a spinster because the widow lias had more wifely experience. Well, anyway, dead men…

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The Show Committee

Evening News · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 11

The members of the show committee are— M[?] E M Dur[?]brell, president and chairman S R Lo[?] Boyd Edkins, W B Hips[?] P As[?] C H. Cooper, J E Hill…

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Willie's Show Week Dream

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 18

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Features of the Show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 8

Opex car lacquer. Stand 5. Internal electric light display. Stand 7. Powerplus luggage grip. Stand 7. Karcare products. Stand 8…

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At the Country Lawn Tennis Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 16

Left to right: Miss Dulcie Evens (West Wyalong), Miss Eileen Read (Canberra), Miss Olive Teather (Canberra)…

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1929 Motor Show Big Displays

Arrow · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 15

On Friday next, the annual motor show, organised by the Motor Traders Association, will open at the Agricultural Ground. The official opening will…

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Prices Up When Show Finishes

The Sun · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 23

Mr. D'Arey Ryan, general manager of British Motors, Ltd., advises that the prices fixed for the new two-ton Harrier speed truck and the new one-ton Diamond T were too…

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