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Sydney · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1939

3,516 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 176

Good Exhibition of Dairy Cattle at Wollongong Show Main Honors to Friesians

The Land · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 8

WOLLONGONG A.H. and I. Society was founded in 1844 and, accordingly, ranks as one of the oldest in the State…

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Cessnock Fight Carnival

Daily News · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 13

BANTAMWEIGHTS Roy Underwood and "Snowy" Means provide the feature bout at the boxing gala at…

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Farm Boys for Show

The Land · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 24

The Royal Agricultural Society has decided to extend invitations to 30 members of the N.S.W. Junior Farmers' Clubs, 10 members of the…

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New Stunts at Police Show

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 5

Eight hundred police are preparing to participate in the annual Police Carnival, at the Showground, on February 25…

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Wollongong Staged Good Diary Cattle Show

The Land · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 9

Mr. Athol Richardson (Minister for Social Services) at Wollongong Show presents to Mr. V. J. Lanmond a silver cup, donated by J. N. King and Sons, for the best dairy cow, any breed, in the Show. The winner was Mr. Lamond's Friesian cow, "Brundee's Why Not 3rd." Champion Australian Illawarra Shorthorn cow at…

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Lord Gowrie to Open Royal Easter Show

The Land · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 26

The Governor-General (Lord Cowrie) will ofllcially open the Royal Sydney Show at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, April 5…

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Left Hooks and Headlocks International Stars At Wylie Park Carnival

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 4

A gala sporting carnival will be held on Tuesday, February 7, at Wylie Park, Lakemba, at 8 p.m. Proceeds are to go to the Port Kembla waterside workers…

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Women's Industries a New Section at Easter Show

The Land · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 15

SYDNEY'S Royal Easter Show this year will give the fair sex more opportunities than in the past to demonstrate their talents in an…

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Aldermen to Swim. Kogarah’s Team For Local Govt. Swimming Carnival

The St George Call · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 1

Kogarah Council has selected Alds. Lobb, Harslett aud Poulton, as its team to take part in the Local Government swimming carnival, to be held at…

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Police Rehearse for Carnival — Training R.a.a.f. Pilots for Coastal Patrol — British Torpedo Boats

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 14

Members of the New South Wales Police motor cycle squads (above and left) rehearsing their trick riding…

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Kingfish Dixon Stole Arena Show Olin Courageous, But Lacked Skill Gus Lesnevich Tolerant To Former Star

Daily News · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 14

AMERICAN Negro "Kingfish" Dixon stole the Arena show last night, knocking out Sid Sloane in the third round with the sweetest right uppercut delivered in a Sydney ring since the retirement of…

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Beehive Villa The Beehive Write on one side of the paper only. Letters should show [?], addresses, and pen-names of each Bee, and state whether Young or Associate Members The Beehive is an association of "Land" readers for social entertainment and 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 thier elders opportunities for self expression and opens avenues The Queen's Letter to the Bees

The Land · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 17

My Dear Buzzers,— This week I have had the pleasure of meeting two of my Young Dubbo Bees, Lady Sunshine and Puddleholes, who, with their mother, found their way to Urgent Street one day. They have been staying at Manly. Another visitor was Far West One, of…

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Swiss Industries Fair

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 February 1939 · page 9

The 23rd Swiss Industries Fair will be held at Basle from March 18 to 28. The fair is the most important undertaking of its kind in Switzerland and a wide range of…

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Harbour Bridge Pylon Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 February 1939 · page 6

The exhibition at the south-eastern pylon on the Harbour Bridge is open daily from 10 a.m. till [?].20 p.m. The lens of the giant electrically-operated camera obs[?]ra enables any scene within…

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For Wollongong Surf Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 February 1939 · page 20

The North Cronulla crew will compete In today's surf carnival at North Wollongong. They will row in a boat lent by the…

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International Art Show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 February 1939 · page 6

Among the colour reproductions in the international art exhibition at David Jones's Gallery, the French impressionists have found by far the readiest sale. Forty-one of the 50…

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Ramsgate L.s.c. Carnival

Daily News · Saturday 4 February 1939 · page 10

Prominent boxers, including Ron Richards, "Kingfish" Dixon, Joe Smallwood and Fred Henneberry are to attend the Ramsgate Life Saving Club's annual carnival…

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Governor-General To See Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 February 1939 · page 20

The Governor-General (Lord Gowrie) has accepted the invitation of the Surf Life-Saving Association to attend the Australian surf championship carnival…

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Wool for Oversea Exhibition. Junee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 February 1939 · page 7

The Junee branch of the Graziers' Association is seeking the co-operation of members so that samples of fleece wool may be sent to the San Francisco Exhibition…

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Fine Displays Arranged Police Carnival Attractions

The Sun · Saturday 4 February 1939 · page 2

With the idea of building up the condition of the younger men in the force, physical displays will play a prominent part in this year's police…

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