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Shows & fairs, 1939

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The Beehive Letters from Young Bees the Two Best Letters Write on one side of the paper only. Letters should show names, 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 callcd Associates. The Hive is the foe of country loneliness; it gives country children and their elders opportunities for self expression and opens avenues of social usefulness. Life membership badges are 6d, post free

The Land · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 16

The gifts this week go to: Crackles, Toogong; and Mignonette, Ungarie. Crackles, Toogong, 13/12/38: We did not have a long harvest this year. We had good…

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Cronulla Surf Carnival

Daily News · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 9

Aspirants for State swimming titles to-night, Rothe Bassingth waite and Ashur Hart, do not believe in reserving their energies…

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Harbour Bridge Pylon Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 11

The exhibition at the south-eastern pylon on the Harbour Bridge is open daily from 10 a.m. till 5.30 p.m. The lens of the giant electrically-operated camera obscura enables any scene within its…

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Bowral Horse Show. Bowral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 10

The 13th annual show of the Bowral District Horse Show Society opened to-day in beautiful weather and will be concluded to morrow night. To avoid clashing with other adjacent shows, the…

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Country Tennis Carnival. Start on Monday. Championships and Teams Matches

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 21

The country tennis carnival will commence at the Lawn Tennis Ground, Rushcutter Bay, on Monday. Several of the players who will be competing…

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Fair Rents Bill Soon

The Sun · Sunday 8 January 1939 · page 2

Legislation providing for a Fair Rents Court is being drafted by the State Government. The Bill will be brought down…

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Surf Carnival Win for Outsider "Spike" Dunn Left Them Standing In The Shallows

The Sun · Sunday 8 January 1939 · page 23

A junior competitor last season and the outsider in a select field, Russell ("Spike") Dunn, of North Narrabeen,…

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Australia Fair

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 1

Challenging the gaiety of the sand and surf, this young sun-worshipper wears trimly tailored shorts and shirt of crisp, white Sanforised linen with staccato flashes of navy…

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Cycling Carnival to Aid Cripples

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 14

The final effort on behalf of the Rotary Club's appeal fund for crippled children will be a cycling carnival at the Sports Arena on Wednesday night at 7…

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Stars Show Holiday Fashions

Daily News · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 6

Many screen luminaries were among the smart gathering seen at the recent opening of one of California's famous desert resorts…

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Girls Get Free Show

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 6

OVER THE HESSIAN fence enclosing the North Cronulla surf carnival on Saturday these five girls…

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Horse-lovers at Country Show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 5

MRS. FRANK THROSBY (Moss Vale), MR. PETER LAWRENCE (Bundanoon), MISS LORNA McLEAN (Bundanoon), MR. RICHARD GARNSEY (Bowral), and MR. ALEC HILL (Sydney) photographed on Saturday at the Bowral Horse Show…

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Turf Notes From Stable and Course. Exhibition of Bucking

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 15

Aldeen, one of R. W. Skelton's team, gave an exhibition of bucking in the saddling enclosure at Moorefield on Saturday. Jockey R. Skelton was in the saddle, and would have…

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At Bowral and Sutton Forest. Horse Show and Gymkhana

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 5

Despite the heat on Saturday, the Bowral Horse Show and the Market Day and Gymkhana held at Hillview, Sutton Forest, the home of the Governor,…

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Night Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 18

Coogee night surf carnival will be held this year on Wednesday, February 22…

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Night Carnival at Coogee

Daily News · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 7

Coogee Surf Club has been granted permission to stage its annual night carnival on February 22…

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Fair Rents Campaign Sydney, Jan. 6

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 3

New posters which will pictures the slogans of the labor movement for the Fair Rents Court are being produced by the…

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Surf Carnival. North Steyne Entries

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 20

An excellent entry was received for the North Steyne Carnival Seventeen teams will contest the march past Fourteen clubs are represented in the restricted, 19 in the novice, and 15 in the…

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Charity Carnival. Cycling at Sports Arena

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 17

The Sports Arena will hold a carnival tomorrow night in aid of the Rotary Club's fund for the N.S.W. Society for Crippled Children. The cycling protion of the programme will consist…

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Exhibits for World Fair. Australia's Ambitious Effort. CANBERRA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 12

Most of Australia's exhibits for the New York World's Fair, opening on April 30, have been shipped by the City or Delhi, which left Sydney on Saturday…

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