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Shows & fairs, 1937

4,538 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 227

Two Australians In London Show

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 January 1937 · page 11

LONDON'S Coliseum pantomime, "Cinderella," has two Australian principal boys in its cast. Madge Elliott is starring, of course,…

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Show News Returns To 1937

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 January 1937 · page 11

PRESSURE of unreleased productions necessitates the withdrawal from the St. James on Thursday night of…

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Startling Pictures. George Finey's Exhibition. Sur-realist Influence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1937 · page 8

Mr. George Finey, has long been recognised as one of the most unorthodox of local cartoonists. In much of his work there is an over-emphasis, which verges on cruelty. But…

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23rd Show Soon Continues in Sydney

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 5 January 1937 · page 3

SYDNEY.—Invitation performances of “Tin the Day I Die,” which have been discontinued over the Christmas holidays, will be resumed shortly, reports…

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The Moving Picture Show Cure For Mirth

The Sun · Tuesday 5 January 1937 · page 6

A young woman of London, scorning medical advice, saw a Chaplin film and laughed so heartily that she went to sleep and had to be…

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Two Airscrews, Twin Tails Radical Designs at Show

The Sun · Tuesday 5 January 1937 · page 11

Two airscreivs set one behind the other, and rotating in opposite directions, can make an aeroplane easier to fly…

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The Mad Wit Of Finey Strangest Show Opens Today

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 January 1937 · page 4

IN his exhibition of cartoons, caricatures, and enamel paintings at David Jones', George Street, Mr…

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Life Membership. Royal Agricultural Society

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1937 · page 11

The Council of the Royal Agricultural Society, as a token of appreciation of the valuable services rendered by Mr. H. C. Stening, H.D.A., over many years to the…

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Marriage Fair

The World's News · Wednesday 6 January 1937 · page 15

Apparently the prospect of their impending marriage is the reason for their gray mood—and yet, the married Tobbo woman's life is one of never ceasing work!…

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Each Month a Marriage Fair

The World's News · Wednesday 6 January 1937 · page 14

NASSA LAND, in the Tanganyika territory, is one of the few places in Africa where old manners and customs have been preserved uncontaminated by foreign influences. The Tobbos, a branch of the Nyhan negroes—intelligent…

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Going to the Fair I.

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 6 January 1937 · page 12

HEAR the tinkling music mingle with the air, Jingle of the harness going to the fair. Breezes so embracing, smiles that would ensnare Lighten feet for dancing—none are dull with…

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Country Players In Tennis Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 January 1937 · page 9

DOWN from station homes and distant country centres, enthusiastic tennis players are gathered daily at the New South Wales Lawn Tennis Association's grounds at Rushcutter's Bay for the carnival…

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Lawn Tennis—country Carnival. Dubbo Women Beaten

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1937 · page 18

The surprise in the second day of the country carnival at the Lawn Tennis Ground yesterday, was the defeat of Dubbo women by Sunshine (Lithgow). Miss I. Webb and Miss L…

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George Finey's Art Exhibition. Mr. S. Ure Smith's Praise

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1937 · page 8

Mr. Sydney Ure Smith, in declaring open the exhibition of the art of George Finey yesterday, said that the artist was a first-class caricaturist, who, fortunately, had remained…

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The Moving Picture Show Quite Customary

The Sun · Wednesday 6 January 1937 · page 10

Customs revenue for the last reported period shows an excess of approximately £ 1,000,000 over the estimates. When the gentlemanly burglar goes…

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Show News Gable Equals Muni Plus Howard

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 January 1937 · page 6

It takes more than money to borrow a star. When Warner Bros. wanted Clark Gable for a film, they had to lend two actors…

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Carnival Was Big Success Record Surf Crowd at Cron[?]lla

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 6 January 1937 · page 3

Cronulla's annual surf carnival on Saturday was one of the most successful ever staged by the club. The gate takings exceeded All records, and the seating…

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Fine, Sultry Day Chance Of Shower At Night BAROMETER 29.80 Indicator Fair

The Sun · Wednesday 6 January 1937 · page 6

City Forecast.--Mostly fine, warm and sultry, with passing clouds, but a tendency at night or early morning to a light shower; S.E. to E. breeze in…

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A Fair Request

The Sun · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 14

Federal Assistant Minister Thorby, in reply to the irate motorists who ae protesting against the Federal filching of their petrol taxes, explains that motorists still benefit, even though some of the money is spent on afforestation schemes. Irate Motorist (to Thorby): "Stop making the trees so beautiful, and spend my taxes in improving the roads, and the old 'bus won't be so fond of trying to go birdnesting!"…

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Jamisontown Autumn Fair

Nepean Times · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 2

The Jamisontown Methodist Ladies' Church Aid Autumn Fair will be held on Saturday, 6th March…

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