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Shows & fairs, 1935

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Worthy Aim Big Cycling Carnival at Hurstville

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 3

Efforts are being made to make the Charity Cycling Carnival at Hurstville Oval on Tuesday, February 12, the biggest sporting event ever seen on the Illawarra line…

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The Suburbs. Ryde District Show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 13

A show will be held in Rule Park to-morrow for the first time for many years. The event is being conducted by the Ryde and District Agricultural and Horticultural Society…

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Sydney's Jubilee Carnival Famous Swimming Club's Big Day

The Labor Daily · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 4

PAST and present stars of the Sydney Swimming Club are to meet at the Domain Baths on Saturday to commemorate the club's…

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Another Wash-out Country Tennis Carnival Behind Schedule

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 3

Rain has played havoc this week with the country tennis carnival. Play was washed out on Monday and again yesterday…

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The Moving Picture Show Whizz- Bang!

The Sun · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 8

The acting- president of the Housewives' Association declares that evidence will be produced proving that the price of bread should never in any circumstances exceed…

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Brussels Motor Show. Novel and Unorthodox Exhibits

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 7

The Brussels motor show, which was held towards the close of last year, is reported to have been a very instructive exhibition, not so much on account of its magnitude, for it…

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Dapto Show Excellent Display of Stock Outstanding Dairy Cattle

The Land · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 10

BOTH for quality and quantity of the exhibits the 78th Annual Show at Dapto last Week, more than favorably compared with those of…

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Bridge Pylon Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 10

The camera obscure is proving a popular attraction at the exhibition in the soulh-eastern pylon of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, and will be open to-day and to-morrow from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m…

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Luddenham Show

Nepean Times · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 5

After a lapse of seven years Luddenham Show will again be held this year—on Friday and Saturday, March 8 and 9. Schedules are how out, and…

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Cycling Carnival at Hurstville

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 2

Hurstville Oval should present a busy scene to-night, when the St. George Amateur Cycling Club will present another programme of entertaining events…

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Wallacia Golf Associates Annual Water Carnival

Nepean Times · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 3

Wallacia Associates Golf Club held its second annual swimming and water carnival at "Riverview" reserve on 9th inst., and there was a large…

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Tennis Country Week Carnival Penrith Players Prominent

Nepean Times · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 5

A feature of the Country Week tennis carnival at Rushcutter Bay, as fur us this district is concerned, was the fine stowing of the Penrith team…

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Penrith Show Sports Anniversary Day

Nepean Times · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 4

A day's sports, commencing at 11 a.m., will, be held on the Penrith Showgrond on Monday, 28th inst (Anniversary Day) under the auspices, of the…

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Country Carnival. Orange I. Victorious. Women's Final Tie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 19

Orange won the —country teams' championship at the Lawn Tennis Ground, Rushcutter Bay, yesterday, defeating Cessnock Rovers in the final. It is the first occasion on which these two teams…

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The Moving Picture Show Big Game Hunt

The Sun · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 4

Tiger, the big rat out at a Parramatta institution, objects to cats, which are rude to him, when he is roaming the corridors on business…

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Around the Surf Beaches Coogee Carnival Will Attract Crowds Club Notes

The Labor Daily · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 3

COOGEE Surf Life Saving Club last year decided on the innovation of holding a night carnival in the shark-proof fence, area. The…

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Pictures on Rocks. Mystery of Aborigines. Do They Show a Common Origin?

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 15

Mr. C. P Mountford, in an address to the anthropological section of the Science Congress, emphasised the very interesting fact that many primitive pictures painted and…

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Suburbs Show Them How Palmer and Henneberry Booked by Suburban Resort Champions Going Rusty

Sydney Sportsman · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 15

ACCREDITED all over the world as outstanding boxers in their division, Ambrose Palmer and Fred Henneberry are kept so much out of the public gaze that one could be pardoned for not knowing that we have two…

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Back to 1885 Jubilee Carnival Incidents

The Sun · Sunday 20 January 1935 · page 48

Youngsters of 1885 mingled at the Domain Baths yesterday afternoon with the lads of 1935, and, in exuberance, the carefree youths of to-day…

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At the Lunch and Judy Show

The Sun · Sunday 20 January 1935 · page 3

Purple Certificate to V. Mag[?]ire, D.O.S., L.D.P., [?] Balmain[?]rd., Leichhardt…

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