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Sydney · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1934

4,879 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 244

The Moving Picture Show Peter's Choice

The Sun · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 8

So many people are selecting Test teams these days that Peter, having tried several times and failed to interest the official selectors, is having…

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Singer Nines Show Speed In New Zealand

The Sun · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 14

In beach races at Christchurch (N.Z.) last month. Singer "Nine" cars captured almost every place. They were placed, first, second and fastest in a six-miles handicap,…

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Exhibits Gutted Wheat Samples for Sydney Show Lost

The Land · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 4

A large collection of material for the Central Coast and Tablelands district exhibit at the Sydney Show was destroyed when fire gutted a…

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I Gazed Upon a Garden Fair. "Propeller" Special Verse Prize. Under 18 Years

The Propeller · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 8

I gazed upon a garden fair Where flow'rs were blooming everywhere Of fragile beauty, rich and rare,…

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Rockdale Young Citizens' Association. Opening of Carnival. Grand Procession and Displays

The St George Call · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 6

The Carnival organised by the committee of the Rockdale Young Citizens’ Association which is being conducted at the Rockdale Municipal Safety…

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I Gazed Upon a Garden Fair. "Propeller" Special Verso Prize. Over 18 Years

The Propeller · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 8

I gazed upon a garden fair, Where roses grow so wild and sweet, I wander'd in the garden there. And pluck'd a rose, with sudden beat…

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I Gazed Upon a Garden Fair. A. L. Blackshaw Verse Prize. Linder 18 Years

The Propeller · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 8

I gazed upon a garden fair, Roses and pansies blossomed there, Shy violets of the deepest [?]e, Forget-me-nots, and lilies too…

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Labor at the Top of List Parlt. Attendance Show Many Nats. Were Absent the Divisions

The Labor Daily · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 7

ONLY one member of Parliament, Mr. M. O'Sullivan, the Labor Party Whip, attended all of the 164 divisions in the House,…

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Cabra-Vale Carnival

The Sun · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 4

In aid of the Cabra-Vale Band and Boy Scouts, a carnival will be held in Cabramatta Park on Anniversary Day, January 26, and Saturday,…

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Granville Show

The Sun · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 3

Preparations are well in hand for the annual show of the Granville and District Agricultural Society, which will be held at the society's…

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Early Entries for Royal Show

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 3

The support for sections of the coming Royal Show for which entries close early are most satisfactory. In the Royal export butter…

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Show Jumpers of Other Days

Nepean Times · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 1

AMONG the various accomplishments A of the late Mr T. W. K. Waldron was that of horsemanship. It ualifld him for enlistment in the Bushmen's…

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Dairying Industry. Comments at Albion Park Show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 13

At the Albion Park show yesterday, reference was made to a disturbing decrease in butter quality in New South Wales, and support was offered for the Metropolitan Milk…

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Test Team Barometer To Show Public Choice

The Sun · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 5

Following on the discussions in "The Sun" and also over the air from Station 2UE, readers and listeners are daily sending along their…

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Sans Souci Carnival League Swimming Titles 220 Championship Ladies' Team Race Medley Relay

The Labor Daily · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 3

RAMSGATE League of Swimmers holds its annual carnival at Sans Souci Baths, Kogarah, this afternoon…

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Heard by the Way Show Jumpers of Other Days—Theories About Eels— Bare-Knuckle Days—St. Marys Water Scheme—Born in a Milk Cart, etc., Starts 5000 Miles Trip

Nepean Times · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 1

CALLED Panrith on Tuesday Mr Frederick J. Thwaites, novelist and publisher, who had started that. day in a single-seater car on a 5000…

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Coogee Carnival

Truth · Sunday 21 January 1934 · page 17

THE carnival opposite Coogee Beach in aid of the Eastern Suburbs District Ambulance Service is open every night. All the latest amusements for adults as well as children…

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Brighton Carnival

Truth · Sunday 21 January 1934 · page 8

A BOUT 4000 people attended the first annual night carnival held by the Brighton Life Saving Club last night, under the auspices of the Royal…

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Show Will Boom

Truth · Sunday 21 January 1934 · page 17

EASTER'S coming and so is the Royal Show, which this year, with returning prosperity, promises to be bigger, better and brighter than ever before. Things are looking up in…

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Four Teams In Women's Cricket Carnival

The Sun · Sunday 21 January 1934 · page 22

Only four teams--Newcastle, Illawarra I. and II., and Central South Coast-- will compete in the New South Wales Women's Cricket Association country week carnival…

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