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Shows & fairs, 1935

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Swimming. Taris Wins Mile. Chinese Successful. Melbourne Carnival. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 4

Rushing to the front at the sturt of the mile championship of Australia, at. the Olympic Pool on Saturday, Jean Taris (France) swam with long effortless strokes always ten…

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Granville Holding Big Show Feast Of Thrills On Saturday the Awards

The Labor Daily · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 7

THE Granville and District Agricultural Society's annual show which opened at the society's Ground at Clyde on Saturday,…

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Fair to Both Sides

The Sun · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 7

London, Monday.--In the Commons Mr. Thomas said that the coal-cattle agreement with the Irish Free State was satisfactory to both sides, and…

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Four Fashions in Fair Hair

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 2

Above: R[?]ent of Victorian days is the style of [?]ssing worn by As[?]d [?]ya, of Fax its…

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Centenary Carnival. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 14

Life-saving clubs representative of four States made an impressive display at St. Kilda to-day in the centenary surf carnival, under the auspices of the Royal Life-saving Society. The New South…

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Surf Life-saving. Freshwater Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 14

Favoured by excellent weather, the 25th annual surf carnival of the Freshwater S.L.S. Club at Freshwater yesterday was highly successful. The march past, which was particularly Impressive In…

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Tote Figures Show Increase

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 2

The attendance at Randwick yesterday was officially estimated at 28,000. The amount invested through the…

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Big Dog Show Next Month

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 6

The eleven branches of the Canine Corporation of Australia are combining to make a success the first grand annual gain dog-show on…

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Surf Rescues At Evans Head Carnival. BALLINA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 10

The formation of a deep gutter, with a strong current, necessitated the abandonment of the main surf events at the Evans Head surf carnival yesterday afternoon. Instead,…

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Flew Pacific To Show His Critics

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 7

ONE reason that Sir Charles Kingsford, Smith undertook his recent trans-Pacific flight was to "show" his critics…

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The Moving Picture Show At last

The Sun · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 6

"A Taree woman has gone one better than all your friends in the Anglers' Club," said Amelia, putting on the Mona Lisa grin with…

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Melbourne Swimming Carnival

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 12

THE feature of the swimming carnival in Melbourne last week was the performance of the 15-year-old W.A. representative, Percy Oliver, against…

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Royal Easter Show

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 38

THE schedule for the 1935 Royal Easter Show, to open on April 15 next and close on April 24, has now…

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Goulburn Cycling Carnival. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 18

"Dune" Gray. P. Grunsell, W. Docksey. and L. Handley, who will represent Goulburn Club in the coming State championships, met in an alternate match race at the Goulburn weekly cycling carnival,…

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Posters From Many Countries. Attractive Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 9

More and more, as time goes on, the poster is transcending its purely commercial origin, and taking on the character of a genuine independent art. When Millais painted…

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The Moving Picture Show Overheated

The Sun · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 12

"Well, well! Wot's this blowin' acrost the grass!" Willie exclaimed. "Strewth! it's little Topsy, an' lookin' blacker than ever."…

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Surf Going North Newcastle Carnival Draws Sydney Surfers

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 2

NEWCASTLE beach will be the surfers' mecca on Saturday, when 25 teams from the Metropolitan, Northern, and Mid- North Coast…

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Associates Golf at Blackhealth: Police Carnival Rehearsal Sheefield Ship Cricket

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 16

Above: The [?]ene from the Blackheath clubhouse during be first day's play of the [?]ssociates championship of the…

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European Art. Excellent Reproductions. Show at Anthony Horderns'

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 8

The Piper and Medici prints have been a great boon to art-lovers in Australia. The work of British painters has been seen in Sydney from time to time; but there seems…

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Northern Carnival Is Next Preparing For The Championship Events Club News

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 3

NEWCASTLE will he the rendezvous of many metropolitan surf clubs oft Saturday, for the annual carnival of the north will take…

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