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Shows & fairs, 1936

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Surf Life-saving. South Curl Curl Carnival Exciting Surf Boat Race

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 12

Record entries and a record attendance was the South Curl Curl Club's happy experience at the annual carnival yesterday, and the patrons had delightful weather and good sport. The programme…

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Thrill at Surf Carnival Boat Overturned, Race Re-rowed Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 7

Spectators at the cook's Hill Surf Club's annual carnival, held at Bar Beach this afternoon, witnessed a thrilling incident during the running of the boat race…

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A.I.S. STRONGHOLD Mr. Mitchell's Comment on Alstonville Show

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 5

MR. E. MITOHELL, secretary and inspector of the Mid-Rivers branch of the A.I.S. Society, reports having judged the Illawarra section at the recent…

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Big Swimming Carnival Should Be Full Of Thrills Our Stars And N. Zealanders Title Contests at Manly

The Sun · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 2

The first appearance of the brilliant New Zealand freestyle and backstroke swimmers, Jarvis and Mathieson, has invested the…

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MOTORS and Motoring Australia's Motors New Vehicle Sales Show Big Increase; but Obsolescence Increases

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 7

Latest statistics covering the motor vehicle position in Australia the end of the last fiscal year, show that on 80th June, 1039, the…

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A. J. C. Committeeman Sets Colleagues An Example Mr. P. Osborne's Protest Punters Given 'Fair Go' Interference Contributed To Defeat of Chaos

The Labor Daily · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 2

In allowing a protest to be entered on behalf of his filly, Chaos, after she had been beaten into second…

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N.S.W. AUSTRALORPS Major Prizes Won at Grand International , Show in London MR. W. M. Mulliner's Outstanding Success

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 10

AN Australorp cock, hatched in 1934 at the N.S.W. Government Poultry Farm, Seven Hills, won first prize in its class at the Grand international Show,…

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Going Well in Their Work for Moorefield Randwick Candidates Show Speed In Their Track Trials Jeanne D'arc in Smart Seven

Referee · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 7

WHILE the notabilities of the Turf have been disporting themselves in races during the week, the lesser lights have been recording good gallops at Randwick, indicating chances either at Moorefield on Saturday or in other immediate racing engagements…

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Third Australian National Games Will Be Miniature Olympiad South Australian Authorities Plan Impressive Opening To Centenary Festival Olympic Prospects on Show

Referee · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 24

SOUTH AUSTRALIA plans to make a miniature Olympiad of the third Australian National Games, which will be held in Adelaide from January 25 to February 1. Features usually associated with the…

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The WORLD of SPORT Successful Axe Show At Clifton Gardens Likely Crews For Big N.S.W. Event Getting Ready for Big Regattas May Be Change In the Police Eight

Referee · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 14

THE amateur Bide of rowing is at a temporary halt in Sydney, that is, as far as racing is concerned. But training movements are taking a…

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Narooma Surf Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 8

NAROOMA, Thursday.--Mr. H. J. Bate[?] M.L.A., opened the new clubhouse at Narooma Surf Club, prior to the carnival on New Year's Day…

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Tenth Interstate Carnival

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 7

The Annual Interstate Sports Carnival held in Sydney, after months of preparation by the Maccabean Sports Committee for the entertainment of the members of…

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Surf Life-saving. Cronulla Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 13

Clubs competing at the Cronulla surf carnival to-morrow in the grand parade and march past, the open, novice, and junior surf races, the senior surf belt race, the junior and senior surf boat…

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Henri Cochet. Exhibition Match in Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 13

The N.S.W. Lawn Tennis Association announced that Henri Cochet will play in exhibition tennis matches at the White City Courts, Sydney, on Saturday afternoon, January 11, instead of on…

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The Moving Picture Show Most Amazing Tubby

The Sun · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 6

Walking in a daze, Miss Topsy Turvy jayed her unsteady way through the traffic and flopped down on the doorstep of the Pig and…

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Australia's Champion Pacer May Miss Perth Carnival Walla Walla and N.Z. CANDIDATES

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 2

Unless shipping space is found within the next few days, Australia's champion pacer, Walla Walla, may have to forego his engagement in the…

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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 Bee, nnd 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 3 January 1936 · page 19

My Dear Buzzers,— The holidays are now all over, at least for a month or so, and we can at last settle down to our usual tasks, in our case, the Beehive COT FUND. The total is only £12/5/4, which is very discouraging when it is remembered that we started six months ago with £5…

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Pylon Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1936 · page 10

The Crown jewels and the camera obscura, giving a picture in natural colours of Sydney Harbour and its surroundings, are the two chief attractions at the exhibition at the south-eastern…

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Warren Hospital Carnival. Warren

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1936 · page 19

The annual sports carnival in aid of the district hospital was most successful. Programme races for station horses and hacks attracted keen competition. Miss Phyllis McKeachie, a well-known…

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Titles Big Carnival at Manly N. Z. Champions

The Sun · Saturday 4 January 1936 · page 7

THE first of the State championship series of swimming carnivals of 1936 will be held at Manly Baths…

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