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Shows & fairs, 1936

5,219 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 250

Wheat at the Show Full Recognition of Importance; District Exhibits to Excel

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 14

Agriculture is well catered for in the schedule issued by the Royal Agricultural Society of N.S.W. for its Royal Easter Show to be held from 6th to 15th April this year. An increase has been made in the prize money and organising expenses for the District…

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Crawford Was On The Run But Grinstead No Match Bromwich's Show Of Temperament

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--Fancied players won again when, the Australian Championships were continued to-day, but Jack Crawford…

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Dairy Cattle at Albion Park Typical Exhibits of A.I.S. and Jerseys on Show

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 4

Outstanding exhibits at the 48th annual show at Albion Park were in the dairy cattle classes. Competition was keen among A.I.S. breeders, but in the Jerseys was restricted to Mr. T. Grey, "The Meadows," Albion Park, and Mr. C. Brown, "Wollingurry,"…

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Proposed Carnival

The St George Call · Friday 24 January 1936 · page 1

St. George District Hospital are seeking Hurstville Council’s permission to run a carnival between 30th January and 15th February, on vacant ground…

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Cycling. Carnival Postponed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 January 1936 · page 17

In accordance with the policy of sporting organisations to suspend importent operations until after the funeral of the late King George V[?] two carnivals announced for the week-end have both…

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Horticultural Show

The Labor Daily · Friday 24 January 1936 · page 16

The New South Wales Railways Institute Horticultural Society will hold Its autumn exhibition in the Railway Institute, Devonshire Street,…

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Granville Show

The Sun · Friday 24 January 1936 · page 10

Record entries in all sections are reported by the secretary (Mr. H. R. Mather), of the Granville Agricultural Society, the annual show of which…

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Athletics. Maitland Cl[?] Carnival. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 January 1936 · page 15

Maitland Athletic Club, at a meeting this week decided to invite leading men and women athletes, including Australian and State champions to attend a big carnival, to be held at Maitland Park…

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The Moving Picture Show Shrink Or Stretch

The Sun · Friday 24 January 1936 · page 8

"How clever of the Wool Industries Research Association!" said Amelia. "I see they've made progress with a process to check shrinkage in wool…

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South Coast Dairy Stock on Show at Albion Park

The Land · Friday 24 January 1936 · page 9

Judging the Grand Champion groups of dairy cattle for the Albion Park…

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Shocks in Country Carnival Holder of Women's Singles Is Beaten Nearing End

The Labor Daily · Friday 24 January 1936 · page 2

BEFORE the semi-final and final stages in the various Country tennis championships at the White City courts had been reached…

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A Section for the Poultry Farmer— Parramatta Society Staged First Show of Iff

The Land · Friday 24 January 1936 · page 21

THE honor of staging the first show of the 1936 season falls to the Parramatta and District Poultry Society, which conducted its fourth Annual Young Bird Show at the Granville Agricultural Showground, Clyde, on Saturday last…

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Will Be Bigger and Better Than Ever Many New Features This Year at Royal Sydney Show; £16,000 Prize Money

The Land · Friday 24 January 1936 · page 10

THE schedule issued by the Royal Agricultural Society of N.S.W. for the 1936 Royal Easter Show, to be held from April 6 to 15 next, effectively demonstrates the effort that is being made to achieve even greater success than that so conspicuously associated…

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The Beehive Write on light, cheap paper, and on one side of the paper only. Letters should show names, addresses, and pen-names of each fee, and state whether Young or Associate Members. The Beehive is an association of "Land" and "Countrywoman" readers for social entertainment and for community service. The children up to sixteen years of age are in one class, and all over sixteen are in another, and are called Associates. The Hive is the foe of country loneliness; it gives country children and their elders opportunities for self expression and opens avenues of social usefulness. Life membership badges are 6d., post free. The Queen's Letter to the Bees

The Land · Friday 24 January 1936 · page 20

Dear Buzzers,— Have any of you ever had the luck to work or be present at the working of an amateur wireless station? Just recently I stayed at a home where there is a station, VKHR. There are hundreds of such stations all over the world, and it is nothing to talk to…

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Pylon Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1936 · page 12

The exhibition at the south-eastern pylon on the Harbour Bridge is open daily from 10 a.m. until 5.30 p.m., except Saturdays and Sundays, on which days the closing hour is extended to 10…

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Swimming. Carnival Dates

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1936 · page 22

The new amateur house club, that connected with the Australian Gas Light Co., has been granted [?] by the Amateur Swimming Association to hold its first carnival on March 19. Other…

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Show Grandstand

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 January 1936 · page 7

CESSNOCK, Friday.--Cessnock Show committee has purchased the grandstand from the Heddon Greta racecourse. It is proposed to…

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Harry Langdon's First Show

The Labor Daily · Saturday 25 January 1936 · page 6

"Ruddigore" will replace "Patience" at the Theatre Royal. this evening. Gilbert and Sullivan lovers place this opera high on the list of…

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Show Will Be Held

The Labor Daily · Saturday 25 January 1936 · page 7

There will be no postponement of the Granville and District Agricultural Society's -16th annual show, which will commence at the Granvllie…

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Surf Deciding on New Carnival Dates

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 January 1936 · page 2

COMPETITIVELY, surf clubs have an easy week-end ahead, but a re-arrangement of carnival dates will keep several sets of officials busy…

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