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Shows & fairs, 1931

3,816 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 191

Dapto Carries on As Usual Seventy-fourth Show One of the Best

Daily Pictorial · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 14

DAPTO, Friday.--The depression, seemingly, has not hit Illawarra. For the Dapto A. and H. Association's 74th annual show, which…

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Amateur Cyclists State Championship Carnival

Evening News · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 2

N.S.W Cyclists' Union officials art leaving no stone unturned to mike the Stale track championship on January 17 and 24 at the…

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Lawn Tennis. Country Carnival. City Beats Country

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 13

Twenty eight team' took part in the annual match between the city and the combined country at Rushcutter Bay on Saturday and at close of play the city representatives had won eleven of the…

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Dapto Show Results Dapto

The Labor Daily · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 6

Dapto show was officially opened on Friday by Mr. H. Paine. president of the Berrim[?] District Agricultural Society. T[?] was a good attendance on the…

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Ball Boys Strike Stir at Big Tennis Carnival

Evening News · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 5

RUSHCUTIER'S DAY teams courts are the scene of the latest "strike." Nineteen of the 30 bell-boys engaged for the "Country Week" carnival…

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Our Pride in Guy Menzies Show It!

The Sun · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 7

Is Sydney proud of Guy Menzies? It is proving Its pride each day in the only practical way…

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When Employers Show "Sympathy" Let's All Beware

The Labor Daily · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 5

SOME city [?] have adopted a unique method of defeating the objects of the unemployment relief tax…

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Country Tennis Carnival Newcastle Women Win Final One Match Tied

Evening News · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 6

THE "Country Week" tennis carniva was continued at the Rushcutter's Bay courts to-day. There were further teams matches, and a start…

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Bob Thornton Has Class Stadium Thriller Promising Boys Show

The Labor Daily · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 3

STADIUMS, LTD.'s innovation of staging four ten-rounders between local boys proved a great success, the fighting and the crowd…

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Australians to the Rescue Capitol Show Saved More College Romance

The Labor Daily · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 7

IT is left to an Australian actor, Leon Errol, and Stuart Erwin to make Social Errors," at the Capitol something more than a…

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Murder of Czar. House Now a Museum. Grim Relics on Show. London, Jan. 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 9

A curious light on Russian mentality is the fact that the house where the Czar and his family were murdered at Ekaterinburg has been turned into a museum of the…

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POP Fair and Warmer

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 13

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Surf Carnival North Bondi's Gala

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 3

NORTH BONDI. SURF CLUB holds its annual carnival on Saturday, Jan. 24. There should be keen interest in the placings in the surf events, as it is only…

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Surf Life-saving. North Bondi Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 13

North Bondi Surf Club will hold their annual carnival on Saturday, January 24. There should be keen interest in the placings in the surf events, as it is only a few weeks now before the Surf Lite…

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Lawn Tennis. Country Carnival. Newcastle Women's Team Wins

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 13

Newcastle won the country women's teams premiership at the country carnival at Rushcutter Bay for the first time, yesterday, when its representatives beat Willow Tree's team in the final…

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The Moving Picture Show That Appointment

The Sun · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 8

When informed that a legal opinion had been expressed that there was a flaw in the appointment of the new Governor-General, Mr. Scullin smiled. He…

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Ring Loses on All Races Fair Crowd at Victoria Park Stewards Busy

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 2

Bookmakers experienced a torrid time at Victoria Park yesterday, when well-backed candidates won all of the seven races decided. Two outright…

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Concrete Products Exhibition Decided Upon

Construction and Real Estate Journal · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 6

The Concrete Products' Association at its meeting last night decided to open its exhibition of concrete products in O'Brien House on the 24th February, five weeks before the…

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Blank Day in Tennis Carnival

Evening News · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 3

THE morning rain prevented [?] to-day in the [?] tennis carnivol at the [?] Bay court. It was hoped play would…

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Swimming Records Are in Danger Drummoyne Carnival

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 3

ALL road for swimming enthusiasts to-night will lead to the Drummoyne Baths, where competitors from all Australian States are making a bid for national titles. Great interest attaches to the 220 yards Australian championship, in…

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