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Shows & fairs, 1934

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U.S.A. Just One Big Birthday Party Huge Show Honors Roosevelt New York

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 1

PRESIDENT Roosevelt's 52nd birthday to-morrow will be celebrated throughout the nation in a spectacular and typically…

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Surf Life-saving. Night Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1934 · page 18

The fifth annual night carnival of the Coogee Surf Life-saving Club will be held to-night in the enclosed safety bathing area at Coogee Beach. The first event will start at 8 o'clock…

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Dominion Industrial Exhibition Australian Display Invited

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 31 January 1934 · page 10

The Minister for Commerce (Mr. Stewart) stated on Thursday that he had received a communication from the Weillngton…

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The Moving Picture Show Shocking 'Em

The Sun · Wednesday 31 January 1934 · page 12

Mr. C. R. Chad[?]eld has conducted experiments which prove that flies and mice may be killed by high-frequency electrical oscillations between two copper plates 24…

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Old Grey Has Fair Form Welter Field Is Not Good

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 January 1934 · page 1

ETON BLUE found his age and the higher class against him in the Paddington Handicap at Randwick ten days ago, but he has not…

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Doonbeg in Fast "Four" Australia Fair Doing Well Valoria Fit

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 31 January 1934 · page 4

FAST gallops were few and far between at Randwick yesterday morning, the outstanding trial being credited Doonbeg. Jack kings'…

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Kyogle Show Committee. Discusses Guernsey Breeders' Action

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1934 · page 11

KYOGLE, Tuesday.—A meeting of the show committee discussed a communication from the Guernsey Breeders' Association, stating that Ewing Cooke's explanation of the…

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The March-past at the Manly Surf Carnival on

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 31 January 1934 · page 33

There were ten teams in the march-past, which was won by Bronte, with North Bondi second and Queenscliff third…

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Wheat Is Slightly Improved Chicago Options Show A Rise

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 31 January 1934 · page 10

Following reports of, a firmer market for wheat in Chicago there was a slightly improved tone on the local market…

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Close the Show for Gd. Friday Petition Requests State Govt. Will Confer

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 31 January 1934 · page 5

THE State Cabinet had before it yesterday a petition, said to contain many thousands of signatures, asking the Government to…

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Anthropological Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 February 1934 · page 10

A valuable hei—tiki, once the property of King Tawhiao, a famous New Zealand chieftain, is not the least interesting among the collection of objects of ethnological…

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Vigoro Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 February 1934 · page 11

Vigoro players who hope for a place in the State team to compete in the All Australia Carnival in Queensland in March are eagerly awaiting the…

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Is It Quite Fair?

Referee · Thursday 1 February 1934 · page 3

Publication, before the weights are issued, of the order in which horses are allegedly fancied for important handicaps has always struck me as…

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Merrylands Exhibition Electrical Cooking

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 1 February 1934 · page 2

An electrical cooking and electrical exhibition will be held at the Masonic Hall, Merrylands, to-day and to-morrow afternoon and evenings…

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Show Societies Morriwa

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 1 February 1934 · page 14

The Morriwa Agricultural Association has fixed the annual show for 3rd and 4th May. Innovations included in the schedule are a junior cattle-judging competition and £13 in…

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Sarinch As a Hurdler Poor Exhibition

The Labor Daily · Thursday 1 February 1934 · page 2

SARINCH, who heads the weight for the Maiden Hurdle at Rosehill on Saturday, was taken to Handwick yesterday morning and…

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Conditions in Country Only Fair Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Thursday 1 February 1934 · page 4

According to a report of the State orgainser of the Amalgamated Engineering Union, Mr. T. B. Ward who has returned to Newcastle…

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Surf Life-saving. Coogee Night Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 February 1934 · page 16

The Coogee Surf Club's fifth annual night carnival in the safety enclosure at Coogee beach last night was marred by heavy rain, but the events were all carried out. Ten teams took part in the march…

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Record Crowd South Auburn Carnival Dance

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 1 February 1934 · page 3

A record crowd attended the carnival dance arranged by the South Auburn Progress Co-operative Co. in the Free Lance Hall on Saturday…

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"Not Fair to Others" Bag Humpy Wentworthville Structure

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 1 February 1934 · page 7

“It council allow it, we shall soon find the municipality over-run with a similar class of structure,” said the inspector (Mr. Haigh) recommending to…

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