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Shows & fairs, 1936

5,219 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 250

Where Women Rule Athletic Carnival Officials and Teams

The Sun · Saturday 4 January 1936 · page 8

ALTHOUGH the move to form the Women's Amateur Athletic Union of Australia, free from the control of the men's associations, originated in Victoria, it has been left to New South Wales to carry the idea beyond…

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Cycling Carnival Off Insufficient Entries for Pratten Park

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 January 1936 · page 3

Owing to insufficient entries the amateur open cycling carnival to have been held at Pratten Park, Ashfield, to-night, has been abandoned…

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Cronulla Surf Carnival To-day Big Programme Is Provided

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 January 1936 · page 3

THE annual carnival of the Cronulla Surf Life-Saving Club, which will be held to-day, promises to be an outstanding one in many respects. A huge programme of…

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The Moving Picture Show a Winner's Cheer

The Sun · Saturday 4 January 1936 · page 4

To celebrate his diamond jubilee, the Gaekwar of Baroda has placed £750,000 in a fund for the betterment of his indigent subjects…

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Garden Craft Glorious Gladioli for Autumn Show

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 January 1936 · page 10

Gladioli are good-natured subjects which adapt themselves to most good soils and conditions, and give a good account of…

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Derby Winner? Golden Bobbie On Show At H.P.

Sydney Sportsman · Saturday 4 January 1936 · page 5

THIS year's winner of the pacing division of the Sydney Trotting Derby is likely to be seen in action at Harold Park…

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Dentist And Inquest Why He Didn't Attend Busy With Cricket Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 January 1936 · page 8

GOSFORD, Friday. -- "I was connected with the organising of the biggest cricket carnical in N.S.W., and on that…

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Meet Mr. Denning He'll Show You How to Make Money

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 4 January 1936 · page 2

IF the Premier, Mr. Stevens, really wants to beat the depression then he had better get in touch with old George Denning, of Shorter Avenue, South Lakemba…

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Through "Smith's" Private Projector What Does the Big Show of 1936 Hold in Store? Looking Back Over a Record Year Of Pictures

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 4 January 1936 · page 22

SO another film is clapped into the rack. The Operator yawns, perhaps, up in his Projection-Room. Farce or tragedy, laughter or tears, the old show is over. But the session goes on. The new film--is it farce…

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"Fair All Round" Support for Stool Suggestion

Truth · Sunday 5 January 1936 · page 4

IN a letter to "Truth," a reader, "Chaos," of Vaucluse, warmly applauds the suggestion published last Sunday thai stools should…

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Gilbert No Larwood Says Moyes Batsmen Hurt by Perfectly Fair Deliveries

The Sun · Sunday 5 January 1936 · page 1

THE clamor about Eddie Gilbert's bowling has broken out again. First of all it was: "Does…

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Has Lauriot an Iron Jaw? Kelly Will Show

Truth · Sunday 5 January 1936 · page 7

LIGHT heavyweight champion of France, Marcel Lauriot, will have to live up to all that has been said about him to take…

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Women's Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 2

Mrs. Chambers guarantees a bright night on Tuesday at Coogee Aquarium, when the first women's State carnival of the season is staged. Tit-bit of the…

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Surf Life-saving. Cronulla Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 15

Dull weather did not prevent large crowds attending the annual surf carnival of the Cronulla club on Saturday afternoon. The Maroubra club was again successful in the…

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The Moving Picture Show Serious, Indeed!

The Sun · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 6

"Them Cape upstarts oughter be ashamed o' themselves!" Weary Willie exclaimed. "Mr. Menzies is dead right-- it's a reel serious affair,…

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Is Swimming Carnival Bungled Postponement Came As Bombshell Late Decision

The Labor Daily · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 10

REPERCUSSIONS are expected at the next meeting of the New South Wales Swimming Association as a result of the action of the…

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Beaches Infested by Sharks Monsters Were Seen At Cronulla Carnival Surf Danger

The Labor Daily · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 5

WARNINGS of the presence of large numbers of sharks, which at this season of the year, are exceedingly vicious, and…

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Carnival Postponed

The Sun · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 2

The T. P. Carr athletic carnival, which was to have been held to-night at the Sports Ground, has been postponed owing to rain, till a date to be fixed…

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Country Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 14

The country carnival will commence at the Lawn Tennis Ground Rushcutter Bay, on Monday, with a record entry in the teams' competition matches. Commencing on a small scale in 1910—Goulburn…

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To Close Soon "Sun" Exhibition

The Sun · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 9

Although 15,000 people inspected "The Sun" Photographic Exhibition before it was transferred to the new George-street store of David Jones…

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