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Shows & fairs, 1938

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Dee Why Carnival To-day All Leading Surf Men Engaged Big Entries

The Labor Daily · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 3

DEE WHY Club's carnival will see all the leading surfers engaged to-day. A start will be made at 10.30 a.m. with the rescue and…

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Cycling Carnival at Henson Park

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 15

An open cycling carnival, at which several of the Australian Empire Games men will compete, will be held at Henson Park, Marrickville, on January 17…

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Bowls. Cronulla Carnival. South Africans at Chatswood

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 12

The Cronulla bowls carnival was concluded yesterday, with the finals of the singles pairs and fours. A consoletion fours tournament was played in the afternoon…

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Surf Life-saving. Deewhy Carnival. North Narrabeen Surprise

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 12

Conditions were excellent for the De[?]why club's surf canival yesterday, and there was a splendid attendance, more than £[?] being taken at the gates. A long programme was decided expeditiously…

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Surf Carnival at Dee Why Pole Vaulter Soars Photonews

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 5

SWIRLING to victory on the crest of a breaker, the North Steyne boat (left) leads Queenscliff, just catching a comber, in the second heat of the surf-boat race at the carnival at Dee Why yesterday. A. S. DU PLESSIS, pole vaulter of the South African Empire Games team, gets a bird's-eye view of the Empire Village as he…

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Lawn Tennis Magnificent Exhibition by Cramm

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 29

AUSTRALIAN enthusiasts during the past ten years have seen many champions, including Jack Crawford, Jean Borotra, H. E. Vines, Fred…

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Exhibits Not On Show

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 4

Sir. -- Why all this circus-like celebration of our 150th anniversary? Is it an attempt to create an artificial stimulus and a period of gaiety in…

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98 Teams Enter Big Tennis Carnival

The Sun · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 22

MINETY-EIGHT teams have entered for the country tennis carnival, commencing at Rushcutters Bay next…

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Wheats at the Royal Show

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 45

THE Royal Agricultural Society is making every endeavour to surpass all records both in the number of entries and exhibitors in the wheat section at Sydney's…

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Rough Seas at the South Curl Curl Surf Carnival on

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 31

The heavy seas caused the abandonment of all the swimming events. A start was made with the surf-boat races, but the seas again took control, and only one boat out of the seven finished. There were exciting scenes, and a number of daring rescues with the reel and belt were necessary. SOUTH CURL CURL, WINNERS OF THE MARCH PAST AT THEIR ANNUAL CARNIVAL…

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Fall in Holiday Road Toll Figures Show 18 Deaths

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 8

Christmas and New Year holiday deaths from road accidents this year were below those for the same period in 1936-37, according…

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Inquests In 1937 Show Many Causes Of Death Two Sleepwalkers Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 7

TWO sleepwalkers were accidentally killed during the year, the City Coroner's register of inquests disclosed yesterday…

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Cathedral Plans Are on Exhibition

The Labor Daily · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 4

A private exhibition of the designs entered for the extension to St. Andrew's Cathedral was held at the Blaxland Galleries yesterday. The…

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St. Andrew's Exhibition of Designs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 8

A large number of people visited the Blaxland Galle[?]es yesterday to see an exhibition of the designs for the new St. Andrew's Cathed[?]al Mr. B. J. Waterhouse gave a…

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Designs for Cathedral. Exhibition Yesterday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 19

A preview of an exhibition of competitive designs for the extensions to St. Andrew's Cathedral, held at the Blaxland Galleries was attended yesterday…

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North Cronulla Surf Club. First Annual Carnival

The Cronulla-Sutherland Advocate · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 3

The early sale of tickets, and the many enquiries concerning the First Annual Carnival, gives the organisers reason to believe that our first effort…

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Liverpool Show Effect on Shopkeepers

Liverpool News · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 1

It has been definitely established that Liverpool show has a stimulating effect on business for shopkeepers. Proof has been established, through increased sales…

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Montague Show "The Four Blenders"

The Labor Daily · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 8

"THE Four Blenders," who provide some of the bright harmony in The Greater Montague Show, now playing at the Mayfair Theatre, were…

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National Gallery In Complete Disorder. Preparations for Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 8

Times have changed at the National Art Gallery. Last year, visitors arriving to see Mr. Will Ashton, the director, found him sitting quictly in his large room, presiding over…

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Budge Gets Ovation Exhibition Match a Great Success

Referee · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 19

THE sequel to the Budge-von Cramm exhibition farce was the sporting gesture of world's champion Donald Budge, who asked the N.S.W.L.T.A. that he be allowed to play a special exhibition match against Jack Crawford on the…

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