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Shows & fairs, 1939

3,516 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 176

Autumn Racing Carnival. Firm Track Likely at Flemington. Unishak's Chance in Newmarket. Sydney Stables Should Have Good Day. (From Our Special Representative.) MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 March 1939 · page 15

Indications are that the track will be firm for the opening day of the V.R.C. Autumn Meeting at Flemington to-morrow afternoon, but there is not much chance of the turf being fast. There are six races, with representative fields…

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British Industries Fair

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 12

The British Industries Fair, which has now concluded, was an outstanding success. Reacting against Germany's anti-Jewish measures American and other foreign buyers…

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Combined Carnival

The Sun · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 16

Elimination heats for the annual swimming carnival of the combined intermediate and junior high schools on Thursday were decided at the…

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Hornsby Hospital Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 12

Rain on Saturday seriously interfered with the carnival for the Hornsby District Hospital, on the Waitara Oval, The official opening was abandoned, and the procession and…

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Police Carnival Postponed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 12

The Police Carnival, which was to have been held at the Sports Ground on Saturday night, was postponed until to-night because of rain…

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Shadow-show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 22

"MAGIC SHADOW-SHOW," the familiar phrase from the English version of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, has often been used as a picturesque description of the…

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Police Carnival Again Postponed

The Sun · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 1

Owing to the rain, the police carnival, arranged for the Sports Ground to-night, has been postponed until next Saturday night…

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Police Carnival To-night

Daily News · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 7

Police night carnival will be staged at the Sports Ground to-night. Rain caused a postponement on Saturday night…

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Overseas Markets Review Conditions "Set Fair" After Storms

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 11

LONDON, Sunday. -- The markets were firm in nearly all sections, and displayed a hardening tendency, while the undertone was one of subdued optimism…

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Police Carnival Postponed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 6

Because of rain, the New South Wales Police night carnival, which was to have been held last night at the Sports Ground, has been postponed until Saturday, when the full…

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Fair Rents Court Appeals Sydney, Mar. 4

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 1

Fair Rents Court tables and petitions which made their first appearance at Bondi Junction last night proved quite popular with the people of Waverley and Woollahra. Although the table was out for less than an hour, about eight…

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Six Hour Carnival to Be a Picnic

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 7

LITHGOW, Monday.--Lithgow Six-Hour Committee has decided on a new basis for its annual demonstration. In future, the demonstration will be…

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Biddulph to Attempt Record. Rural Bank Swimming Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 15

H. R. Biddulph, who has shown splendid form this season, will attempt to lower the Australian swimming record for 220 yards in the inter-banks championship at that distance,…

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Red Indians for Royal Show. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 9

Eight Blackfoot Indians from Southern Alberta arrived to-day by the Niagara from Vanecouver, on their way to Australia, where they will take part in rodeos at the Sydney…

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Symbolic Irish Sculpture for New York Fair — Cooking in the Rain —King Launches New Battleship

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 14

A huge figure of "Mother Eire, representing the awakening of the Irish nation, being completed in Dublin for the Eire Trade Pavilion…

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Art Exhibition. Mrs. K. Jones's Show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 March 1939 · page 6

An artist whose first loyalty is to colour rather than form is Mrs. Kathleen Jones (formerly Miss Kathleen Abbott), whose first "one-man" exhibition of oils, drawings, and…

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Police Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 March 1939 · page 17

The Police and Empire Speedways Carnival, which was washed out last Saturday and Monday, will be held this Saturday night at the Sydney Sports…

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Treasures of "Flea Fair"

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 March 1939 · page 9

PARIS, February 14.--So wide has become the demand for old-fashioned, heavy jewellery to wear with Edwardian gowns that buyers are now searching…

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Need for Fair Rents Law

Daily News · Wednesday 8 March 1939 · page 2

Mr. B. G. Judd, well-known national station broadcaster, will give a special talk on the necessity for fair rents legislation, linking it up with the position in the…

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