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Shows & fairs, 1938

4,136 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 207

Art Exhibition. Opening in Gloom. Trustee's Apology

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 13

The Governor, Lord Wakehurst, opened the exhibition of 150 years of Australian art in the National Art Gallery yesterday afternoon, when the rooms were in semi-darkness, and…

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Champion at Albion Park Show

The Land · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 35

The champion draught mare at Albion Park Show (South Coast), bred and exhibited by P. Knight, of Albion Park. PHOTO: THE LAND…

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Progress of the Show Movement

The Land · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 17

AGRICULTURAL shows have been staged since the early days of settlement and these shows have played no mean part in fostering…

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Q'land Star to Compete Women's Athletic Carnival

The Labor Daily · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 4

THE Australian women's broad Jump champion and record holder, Mrs. Thelma Feake, of Queensland. is In Sydney awaiting the official…

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Tivoli Show Is Bright Varied Entertainment

The Labor Daily · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 9

Frank Nell's 150th Centenary entertainment at the Tivoli Theatre certainly Justines its claims of providing outstanding talent and sparkling…

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Show Conditions For T.B. Tested Cows

The Land · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 42

The Cumberland group of show societies have been notified by the Chief Veterinary Surgeon (Mr. Max Henry) that where cattle tested under…

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C.P. Ball Attraction for Show visitors

The Land · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 28

IN view of the 150th Anniversary: Celebrations and the large number of visitors, both from the country and v overseas, expected to be in…

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Albion Park Staged Fine Cattle Display at Fiftieth annual Show

The Land · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 31

Dairy cattle made the usual fine display at Albion Park's fiftieth annual Show, with the…

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A Section for the Poultry Farmer, Conducted by an Expert Poor Support for Some Classes at Parramatta Young Bird Show

The Land · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 41

IT is to be hoped that the clashing of show dates, which occurred last Saturday, will not be repeated throughout the season, as entries at the various shows are certain to suffer. Parramatta Poultry Club's annual young bird show was held at Granville…

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Fashion Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 January 1938 · page 18

The "Fashion Exhibition of 1938," which will take place at the Trocadero on March 3, has been arranged by a committee of wellknown women, in aid of the Children's…

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Fair Spin for the Sesqu[?]

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 29 January 1938 · page 4

A NOBLE and patriotic gesture, God wot. Cheers for the cutpurse of Cairo. Hip, hip, Gyppo ray. Already the magnificent gesture has borne fruit. The Sydney underworld has agreed to collaborate with the…

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BOWLS. Australian Carnival. Singles Championship

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 January 1938 · page 16

The Australian Bowling Carnival was carried through another stage yesterday. Two postsectional rounds of the singles championship were played at Burwood, Mosman. Chatswood…

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Splendid Surf Entries Manly Carnival

The Labor Daily · Saturday 29 January 1938 · page 2

To-day's surf carnival to be conducted at South Steyne by the Manly Club will be the last in the metropolitan area before the Australian…

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Shower of Light on Harbor Carnival Arrangements

The Sun · Saturday 29 January 1938 · page 3

A "snowstorm" of white fire, shot through with a rainbow of colors as it falls, will be a pyrotechnic novelty at to-night's Harbor gala. The celebrations will rise to new heights in the…

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Empire Games. Solid Training. Exhibition Rows To-day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 January 1938 · page 15

The English, New Zealand, Canadian, and Australian crews in training for the British Empire championships on the Nepean River on February 9, will give exhibition rows this…

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Today's Big Events. Lavish Scale. Military Review. Carnival at Night

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 January 1938 · page 11

The two treatent spectacles of the Anniversary celebrations since the brilliant opening day pageantry on Wednesday will be seen to-day…

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Poster Exhibition

The Sun · Sunday 30 January 1938 · page 4

AN exhibition of English posters illustrating a tour of Britain will be held at Farmer's Blaxland Galleries from 10 a.m. on Tuesday until…

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Americans Show Us How! Broadside For City Team In Fine Baseball Exhibition

The Sun · Sunday 30 January 1938 · page 23

Baseballers from the visiting American cruiser Louisville proved too good for City Houses Association in the…

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Venice Out-Veniced In Colorful Carnival

The Sun · Sunday 30 January 1938 · page 3

As jewels of light fell In rich cascades last night on Sydney's greatest Venetian carnival, half of Sydney sang and joked as one happy family round Farm Cove. Formality vanished. Everybody knew everybody else and they all got together in a choir that numbered scores of thousands…

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GARDENING Get Ready For The Show

The Sun · Sunday 30 January 1938 · page 23

SEED of sweet peas, Iceland poppies, ranunculus, and what-not, which are going to make exhibitions of themselves at the local…

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