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Shows & fairs, 1939

3,516 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 176

Judge for Dog Show

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 January 1939 · page 5

Ernest W. B. Perry, of Dandenong, Victoria, has been appointed for the annual show of the Canine Corporation of Australia, to be held on Monday…

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Woman Judge for Show Dogs

The Sun · Saturday 14 January 1939 · page 8

A woman will be among the judges in the dog section at the Royal Agricultural Show this coming Easter. She is Mrs. L. Macdonald Daly, one…

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Noted Judge of Dogs for Show

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 January 1939 · page 12

A woman flog judge, Mrs. J. McDonald Davy, will be brought from England by the Royal Agricultural Society Of New South…

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Ask Railway Passes For Show Judges

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 January 1939 · page 6

The State Government will be asked to grant free railway passes to judges at agricultural shows. This concession is being sought by the…

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Go- Getter Agents Harass Small Shops Rents Upped When Tenants Show Profits

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 14 January 1939 · page 2

GO-GETTING ESTATE AGENTS ARE NOW MORE FEARED THAN MOST LANDLORDS FOR THEIR PERSECUTION OF SMALL SHOP-KEEPERS BY BUMPING UP RENTS…

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Heat Affects Surf Gala Crowd Bathes Instead of Watching Flat Sea For Big Carnival At Maroubra

The Sun · Saturday 14 January 1939 · page 8

Intense heat affected the attendance at the Maroubra Surf Life Saving Club's annual carnival this afternoon. Hundreds of people who would have been…

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Universities' Swimming Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 January 1939 · page 17

The annual inter-University carnival will be held at the Manly Baths to-morrow, and on Wednesday and Thursday, commencing at 11 a.m. on the first day. The programme to-morrow will…

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Picture-Show Problem

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 January 1939 · page 4

Dear Mr. Antheil, In the Home Magazine etiquette contest you said a man should precede his girl…

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Show Stopped by Bush Fires

Daily News · Monday 16 January 1939 · page 5

DAPTO, Sunday.--Dapto Show was called off yesterday because of the bushfires. The postponed show will be held on…

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The Show Must Go on

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 January 1939 · page 12

Left: Alexandra Denisova wore Baronova's costume, padded, when she stepped into her role in "Aurora's Wedding" at a moments notice. Right: In "Choreartium," where steps were rehearsed in the wings during the performance…

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Charge of "Non-triers" in Surf Novice Race Denials by Men at Carnival

The Sun · Monday 16 January 1939 · page 16

Allegations that several swimmers in the Novice Surf Race at the Maroubra Club's carnival on…

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Fair Play Plea Crowds Out Of Hand

The Sun · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 21

Crowd control at big sporting events the world over has, for years, been an extremely agitating…

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Apprentices Show Their Ability to Ride

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 5

V. Thompson and R. Lester were seen to advantage on Joy Cullen and High Dividend, who were first and second in the Farm Encourage Handicap at Warwick Farm on Saturday. Each preserved balance in the finish…

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Wheats From N.S.W. Win at Chicago Show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 7

Four New South Wales wheatgrowers secured the four awards in the class for white wheats at the International Livestock Exposition and Grain and Hay Show at…

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Country Tennis Carnival Postponed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 20

The country championships were postponed again yesterday because of the rain. The same programme will hold good for to-day, provided play is possible…

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Exhibition Tennis Champions in the Making

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 6

A team of schoolboys captained by Mr. R. Squires of the South Brisbane Intermediate High School played an interesting match against a…

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Parramatta Show Will Be Record

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 11

A record show is anticipated by Parramatta Agricultural and Industrial Society when the big annual event is staged on February 17 and 18 next. Prize money…

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Two-year-olds Show Speed On Soft Track

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 21

THE outstanding sprint on a damp track at Randwick yesterday morning was the three furlongs in 37½ of Bailey Payten's two youngsters, John Peel and Climax. The fact that Gold Rod took 38…

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Lighting the Glasgow Empire Exhibition. 14,000,000 Units of Electricity Consumed

Construction · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 9

During the six months that the Empire Exhibition at Glasgow was open the lighting of the 175 acres consumed about 14,000,000 units of electricity; many towns of about 30,000 inhabitants use…

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N.S.W. Juniors Win Despite Sidwell's Reverse. Big Tennis Carnival From John Bromwich. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 19

When the interstate junior tennis matches, which precede the Australian championship tournament, began at Kooyong to-day, the New South Wales boys received somewhat…

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