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Shows & fairs, 1939

3,516 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 176

Judged on Corns Show Hands For Job

Daily News · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 5

Tough enough to dig trenches in France. shovel sand at Maroubra and hold relief Jobs year in and year out, three Diggers found this week they still weren't tough…

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Blacktown Show Jerseys Were Good President's Success

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 4

WITH good entries and keen competition, the Jersey section was impressive at Blacktown show on Saturday. Only one…

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Exhibition of Antiques. To be Opened by Lady Gowrie at Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 22

AN interesting exhibition of antiques will be opened to-morrow by Lady Gowrie in St. Saviour's Parish Hall, Goulburn, in aid of the cathedral…

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Teachers at Pupil's Art Show. Cocktail Party Followed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 18

ONE of the most interested women at the opening of Mrs. Keith Jones's art exhibition at the Macquarie Galleries yesterday afternoon was Miss Flora Eldershaw, who was a…

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Blue Ribbons Their Aim. At This Year's Royal Show

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 9

ONCE again, with the approach of Easter, horsewomen are preparing to…

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Two Queens at British Industries Fair. Shopping on a Grand Scale. LONDON, February 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 20

The Queen burned her three-hour tour of the British Industries Fair into a shopping expedition. She ordered new curtains in misty blue chintz, printed with a modern feathery design, and another curtain fabric which was patterned with white seagulls on a sea blue…

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Red Indians For Royal Show R.N.W.M.P. OFFICER

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 2

THE Royal Agricultural Society announced yesterday that arrangements had been made with the Canadian Government for a colony of Red Indian…

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Leipzig Fair

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 12

An official cablegram from Leipzig states that on Sunday the Minister for Propaganda, Dr. Goebbels, opened the famous Spring Fair in that city. Australia was represented among…

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Police Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 16

The programme at the New South Wale police night carnival at the Sydney Sports Ground tomorrow night will include the Police Derby race for motor cycle speedway riders. It will be…

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Swim Carnival

Daily News · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 12

THIRD annual swimming carnival of the Christian Brothers' College, Rose Bay, will be held at the North Sydney Olympic Pool on…

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Exhibition Dances At Age Of 60

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 9

A bootmaker aged 60 said in the Divorce Court yesterday that he has given exhibition dances for the last three years…

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Grand Champion at Yass Show

The Land · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 21

"Master Builder," grand champion Merino ram at Yass Show, exhibited by Merryville Pty., Ltd. PHOTO: THE LAND…

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Red Indians for Royal Show

The Land · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 26

Under arrangements between the Royal Agricultural Society and the Canadian Government, a colony of Red Indians and a member of the…

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Sheep and Horses at Yass Show

The Land · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 9

As usual, the display of Merino sheep at Yass Show upheld the high reputation of this noted woolgrowing district. AT LEFT are Merino rams, under 2½ years, competing in the fine wool class. Merryville Pty., Ltd., won first and second prizes…

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12 of One Family in Show Society

The Land · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 2

MR. TOM WILLIAMS, senior, of Rawsonville, a life member of the Dubbo P. A. and H. Association, has paid to the…

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Around the Junior Farmers' Clubs Linwood Club Show

The Land · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 22

LINWOOD Club held its third annual Show recently at the…

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Impressive Show of Merino Sheep and Wool at Yass

The Land · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 7

LAST week's welcome rain and the annual show of the Yass P. and A. Association came at the same time, and it had a "double-barrel" effect. The Association collected £100 insurance on the first day, and the rain will be worth thousands of pounds…

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Great Dairy Cattle. Illawarra Milking Shorthorns. for the Royal Show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 7

Quality of a high order is a feature of the dairy cattle which have been entered for next month's Royal Easter Show…

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Show Parrots to Die Disease Among Birds At Frisco San Francisco

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 1

Queensland parrots and cockatoos at the Golden Gate Exposition are to be destroyed…

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Red Indians for Show. Native Village to be Built. Displays in Ring

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 13

Special efforts will be made by the management of the Royal Easter Show to present the Red Indians sent here by the Canadian Government in a background reminiscent of…

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