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Shows & fairs, 1939

3,516 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 176

American Artist's Exhibition. Mrs. Mabel Hussey Degen

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

Mrs. Mabel Hussey Degen, an American, after only a short acquaintance with Sydney, has painted its brilliant spirit in a far more exciting and yet…

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Wirth's Circus. Brilliant Opening Show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 March 1939 · page 11

Wirth's Circus, which for years has been an institution in Sydney at Easter time, opened a Sydney season at a location off Oxford Street, behind Buckingham's[?] last night. The…

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Wages For Casual Show Assistants

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 March 1939 · page 4

It was unfair that casual assistants at the Sydney Royal Show should get only casual rates of pay, while regular employees of firms exhibiting received…

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Holiday Pay Doubled Ends Exploitation Of Show Hands

Daily News · Wednesday 22 March 1939 · page 5

Double rates for all casual workers at the Royal Easter Show on Good Friday and Easter Monday were awarded by the Conciliation Commission yesterday…

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Record Entries. Easter Show Dog Section. a Challenge to Crufts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 March 1939 · page 13

When the entries in the dog section of the 1938 Royal Easter Show closed at 2,504, a new record was established, and few believed it would be possible to…

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Ajax, Defaulter Programmes Chipping Norton Only Meeting? What Randwick Entries Show

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 March 1939 · page 20

AJAX and Defaulter are likely to meet only once during the autumn racing…

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— on the Land — Beef Cattle for the Royal. Aberdeen-Angus and Herefords. Splendid Show Teams

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 March 1939 · page 13

Almost since the inception of Aberdeen-Angus cattle breeding in New South Wales, the district north of the Upper Hunter has been the…

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Fair Enough!

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 29

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Monster Fancy Fair

The Biz · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 3

To assist the funds of Guildford Memorial School of Arts. which are at a low ebb, a monster fancy fair will be held at that hall next Friday night and…

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Easter Show

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 44

All States of the Commonwealth, with the exception of Western Australia, will be represented in the ring events of the forthcoming Royal Easter Show. From…

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Mudgee Show

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 15

MONA PAINE (Mudges).— The studgee show was opened by the Governor, Lord Wake[?] Considering the dry weather before the show, it was a great success…

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Around the Country Handicrafts Exhibition

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 15

PLANS were discussed for a handicrafts exhibition by Grafton branch of the C.W.A. The Group President, Mrs. Wollett (Lismore), will give…

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Opening the Show

Nepean Times · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 2

The Minister for Lands, Mr Colin Sinclair, addressing the crowd from the ring. To the right is Mr J. Jackson, M.L.A…

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Genial Landscapes. Mr. Lister Lister's Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 14

Mr. W. Lister Lister has placed on view at Anthony Horderns' Gallery his annual exhibition of landscapes. The general effect of the water-colours is much as usual. In this…

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Art Exhibition to Open To-day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 22

MRS.G.H. DAWSON in her studio at Firedock with some of the work which she will show at her first one-man exhibition, to be opened by Dame Mary Gilmore at the Lyceum Club to-day. Mrs. Dawson, who works under the name of Mavis Mallinson, gained her Diploma of Graphic Art in Tasmonia,…

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Looking Ahead Junior Red Cross Exhibition

The Broadcaster · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 2

The news that Her Excellency Lady Gowrie, wife of the Governor-General of, Australia, has promised to attend the Junior Red Cross exhibition, in the…

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Mater Misericordiae Hospital, North Sydney. Easter Fair

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 17

The Easter Pair in aid of the Mater Misericordiae Hospital was opened last week-end by Mr. H. L. Primrose, M.L.A., but, owing to the inclemency of the…

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St. George Flower Show

The Propeller · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 8

The seventh autumn flower show of the St. George District Horticultural Society was opened in the Kogarah Intermediate High School…

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Sheep Show at Griffith

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 12

THE Griffith Agricultural Society proposes to conduct a two days and two nights' sheep show, sheep dog trials, trotting meeting, and gymahana in July, a…

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Good Entries for Show

Daily News · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 6

Although N.S.W. has just experienced one of the worst years on record for agriculturists, this year's entries for the Royal Easter Show will nearly equal last year's…

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