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Shows & fairs, 1938

4,136 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 207

Big Range on Show New Flying Standards

The Sun · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 14

With a well-tailored, alert appearance, and attractive design generally, the 1938 Flying Standards announced in…

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Australian Bowls Championship Carnival. Pairs Begin. More Than 1,050 Players. Results of Three Rounds

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 16

The Australian Bowling Carnival was continued yesterday, with the pairs championship. The entrants numbered 560 pairs, of which about 20 falled to appear, and lost their games…

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Final Rehearsal For Games Special Carnival Arranged Visiting Teams To Compete On Saturday at Sports Gd

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 10

OVERSEAS and local Empire Games athletes will have a final try-out under competitive conditions next Saturday…

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Sydney in Carnival Dress. Eager Preparations for To-morrow. Naval Vessels Arrive To-day. Passenger Ships Bring Hundreds of Visitors

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 11

Hour by hour yesterday, Sydney took on a brighter and gayer carnival appearance. Encouraged by fine weather and bright sunshine, men were busily engaged putting up decorations throughout the city. At night, many illuminations were tested…

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Freshwater Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 18

Record entries were received for Freshwater Club's annual carnival to be held this afternoon and it is anticipated that there will be at least 1500 individual competitors. All the…

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Night Surf Carnival

The Sun · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 4

Randwick Council last night granted the Coogee Surf Lifesaving Club permission to stage a night surf carnival on Coogee beach on…

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Australian Woods At Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 4

"A nation that destroys its trees destroys itself," said Mr. R. S. Vincent (Minister for Mines and Forests), opening the Australian Homes Exhibition at…

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ATHLETICS. Manly Club Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 17

The Empire Games representatives invitation carnival arranged by the Manly Amateur Athletic Club attracted a large crowd including many of the visiting athletes, at Manly Oval last night…

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Northern Suburbs Show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 11

The hon. secretary of the Northern Suburbs Agricultural and Horticultural Assoicatlon stated yesterday that the name of the owner of the champion cow at the St. Ives Show was incorrectly…

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Sydney's Garden Palace Exhibition Building in 1879

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 65

This building was erected in the Botanic Gardens, to house the International Exhibition of 1879. It faced the section of Macquarie Street between Bridge and Hunter Streets, and was a rendezvous for tens of thousands of people while the exhibition lasted (from September 17, 1879, to April 2, 1880). Later it was used as Government offices, and many historic records were stored there, but fire destroyed both the building and its contents in 1882. The position of the centre of the building is now marked by a sunken…

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Lawn Tennis. Country Carnival. Rodgers Wins Singles

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 17

J. Rodgers won the Country lawn tennis singles championship at Rushcutter Bay yesterday, beating J. O'Donnell after the poorest display seen in. finals of this event. It was more or less a game of…

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Australian Art. Great Historical Exhibition. More Than 800 Pictures

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 9

To-morrow afternoon, the National Gallery will throw open its doors to reveal "A Hundred and Fifty Years of Australian Art."…

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Facts About Fisticuffs Next Sports Ground Show

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 9

THE next Sydney Sports Ground show, will be staged on February 15—three Tuesday nights hence—when Ambrose Palmer is down to debate…

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Me Mel Herefords for Show Successful Sires

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 10

MESSRS. C. S. Rowntree and Son, Me Mel Hereford stud, Quirindi, have some beautiful calves coming on by Eyton Brigadier (imp)…

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Australian Bowls Championship Carnival. 71 Pairs Qualify for Playoff. All Stales and Three Oversea Countries Represented

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 18

Every Australian State and three oversea Empire countries are represented among the 71 pairs, who, after six preliminary rounds, qualified yesterday for post-sectional play in the pairs championship at the Australian Bowling Carnival. Post-sectional play will begin to-morrow…

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Day of Joy for Everyone Unleash Spirit of Carnival, Urges Minister Planes Ban to Ensure Crowd's Interest

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 4

THE Minister-in-Charge of the Celebrations (Mr. (Dunningham) issued his Pageant eve message last night. "Let everyone enjoy the spirit of the carnival, the great…

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Foreign Warships Added To Gaiety Of Carnival Eve American Officers at Cheery Party Given Warm Welcome By Their Compatriots

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 11

THE Fleet's in! And if Sydney needed a final touch to the gaiety of its celebrations, the arrival of warships of five nations yesterday provided it. No sooner had the ships reached port, than their officers came…

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Sydney in Grip of Carnival Fever Crowds Gather on Route of Pageant Long Before Dawn Many Night Campers In Domain: Trek To City From All Points

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 2

THE great crowd which will watch today's great Anniversary Pageant started assembling from midnight last night. At that hour, scores of people had started to take up positions around the spot where the landing pageant will be held this morning…

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Luddenham A. and H. Society

Nepean Times · Thursday 27 January 1938 · page 1

A special meeting of Luddenham Agricultural and Horticultural Society was held in the Luddenham Hall on Tuesday evening, when the attendance…

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Homes Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 January 1938 · page 13

The exhibition of Australian homes and woods, which was opened in the George Street store of David Jones, Ltd., on Tuesday, includes mainly Australian timber types and…

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