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Shows & fairs, 1936

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

SWIMMING Hooper Got 220 Title, But Ryan Appeared To Touch First Drummoyne Carnival Upset

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1936 · page 3

THE 220 yds. State swimming championship at the Drummoyne baths last night provided sensations. Phil. Hooper, of Lismore, who was,…

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Lansdowne Show and Carnival

The Biz · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 3

The officers and committee of the Lansdowne School of Arts are to be congratulated on the energy and enterprise being shewn to place the institution on a…

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Fair Wagering On C. Park Doubles

The Labor Daily · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 2

WITH the Canterbury Handicap as, the second "leg" of doubles beginning with each of the two divisions of the Flying Welter, double…

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The Moving Picture Show Warrior Scars

The Sun · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 8

"What did you do in the Great War, Daddy?" "War? Silence, child! Your Daddy is a pacifist, who brooks no…

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Royal Show Big Prize List in Wheat Section

The Land · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 14

ENTRIES for the wheat classes at the coming Sydney Royal Show close on Wednesday next. Particulars of the classification, full particulars…

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No Race for Kogarah Aldermen Too Old To Run in Carnival Event

The St George Call · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 6

Kogarah Council decided at last Monday night's meeting to inform the St. George District Amateur Athletic Club that the aldermen of Kogarah Council…

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Big Card At Canterbury Park To-morrow Afternoon OPEN Flying Events Handicap Fields Are Fair

The Sun · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 2

Divisions have extended tomorrow's programme at Canterbury Park to ten races, and a start will be made at noon…

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Methods of Judging Merinos "Per Commercial Basis" Mr. Watson's Proposal Opposed by Another Show Judge

The Land · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 7

MR. E. U. WATSON'S proposal to have a section in the sheep shows for rams, to be judged on a…

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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, 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 10 January 1936 · page 19

My Dear Buzzers,— My New Year mail had two very, very pleasant surprises. The first was a box of beautiful cherries, black ones and red ones, too, from Catherine the Great, of Batlow. I always knew that Batlow grew good fruit, but until this week I was not aware that…

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Only Fair

Sydney Sportsman · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 3

FORTALAUS is no crackajack. She struck fairly weak opposition in the second division of Wednesday's 14.1…

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Pylon Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 10

The giant electrically operated Camera Obscura, the lens of which show any scene within its range in natural colours and motion, is the principal attraction at the South-eastern Pylon Exhibition…

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Cycling. Open Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 19

Open a racing will be resumed after a short suspension, at Henson Park, Marrickville, where the last meeting will be held at which riders selected to represent the State at the forthcoming…

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Postponed Carnival at Velodrome

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 2

Postponed from last Sunday, owing to rain, the match race between Colin Platt and Jack Fitzgerald will be the main attraction at Canterbury Velodrome cycling…

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Favorably Placed Tremayne Fair Stayer the Handicap

The Labor Daily · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 1

HIS last-start failure over the 13 furlongs of the Summer Cup notwithstanding, Tremayne is un questionably a very fair stayer and…

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The Moving Picture Show Harbor Mystery

The Sun · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 4

"Isn't Constable Bill Moulden a friend of yours, Holmes?" said Dr. Watson, fussing with his tie. "Yet you stay supinely here, doing just…

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Preparing for the Show A.H. AND I. Society Meeting

Nepean Times · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 1

Preparations for the Nepean Show to be held on March 6 and 7 were further advanced at a meeting of the committee of Nepean A.H. and J…

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Children at Police Carnival

The Sun · Sunday 12 January 1936 · page 27

It has been decided that children will be admitted at half price to the police carnival to be held on February 20 at the Sports Ground, Adults…

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Indians Show Fight Lahore

Truth · Sunday 12 January 1936 · page 6

PERFECT weather and 600O people, including the Governor, greeted Tarrant's team when the match with India was continued…

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Wore Down His Rivals Jovial Son Helps Fair Sex

The Sun · Sunday 12 January 1936 · page 48

Women owners play a very big part in racing these days. New South Wales among its…

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Musical Show As Vehicle for New Stars

Truth · Sunday 12 January 1936 · page 31

ELABORATE preparations are being made by J.C.W., Ltd., for the staging of "Anything Goes," which promises to be one of the…

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