Practising for State Carnival
Miss Enid Soult, the State high-jump champion, at practice for the New South Wales championships, which begin on January 28 at the Sports Ground…
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Lawn Tennis. Country Carnival Lewis Wins Singles
Howard Lewis won his first country title when he defeated J. O'Donnell in the final of the men's singles at Rushcutter Bay on Saturday. It was a poor match…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Move for Fair Rents Court Leichhardt Council Wants Action
Leichhardt Municipal Council has asked the Local Government Association to use its influence with the Government towards the re-establishment of a fair rents…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Free Railway Passes. Plea for Show Judges
Because of the valuable nature of their work, cattle breeders consider that all judges at agricultural shows should be granted free railway passes…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Thrills in Boat Races at North Steyne Surf Carnival — London Unemployed Demonstrate
Competing crews in the junior surf boat race at the North Steyne carnival on Saturday struck very heavy seas, and this picture shows the Manly boat standing on end just before…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Band In Elaborate Stage Show Jim Davidson; Vincent Price.--State
When the clarinetist "got into the grove," the "jitterbugs itched and jiggled" in the excitement of Jim Davidson's Band music at the State…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Scheme for Show Exhibits. T.B.-free Dairy Cattle. Railway Co-operation Sought
Unless the co-operation of the railway authorities is obtained for the proposal to restrict dairy cattle exhibited at the 1940 and future Royal Easter Shows to animals with…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Industrial Shares Fairly Steady Bond Yields Show Slight Rise Easier Trend In Prices Of Metal Shares
A fairly steady tone was maintained in the Sydney share market to-day in spite of a drop of 2.35 in the New York share index and a rather depressing atmosphere in London…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Manly Athletic Carnival
At the Manly club's carnival on February 1 on inter-club competition will be decided. One man will represent from each club in 220yds. one mile, one mile walk, running high jump, hop,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Won Doll at Country Fair
MISS BETTY CULPAN and her Charlie McCarthy doll which accompa[?] her everywhere, photographed on the Mariposa yesterday, when she returned after spending three years abroad studying fashions…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Victoria's Fair Rents Court Many Drawbacks Melbourne
The Fair Rents Act brought in by the Dunstan government is to operate from March 20, but only in the metropolitan…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Not Fair Play Says S. Coast A.l.p
ALL Australians demand fair play. But it is not fair play to calmly and coldly calculate a policy which is going to put a thriving district back into the depths of the economic depression. This is how Mr. C. Wallace, publicity…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Surf Record Made by Freshwater Big Entry for Carnival
With the largest entry on record for a club carnival--1460--Freshwater Surf Life Saving Club will stage its…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Ignoring the Merino. Our Greatest Asset. Absent From the Royal Show
Because no provision has been made for sheep in the Sydney Royal Show for a good many years now is no reason why they should be permanently…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Exhibition
A three-day radio and electrical exhibition will be held at Auburn by the Sydney County Council on April 19, 20 and 21…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fair Hair and Blue Eyes
Dear "Worker,"—This is my first letter to your ever-welcome Page, which I enjoy reading every Monday. My father has been taking "The Worker"…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Post Office Bowls Carnival
An interstate bowls carnival between postal officials will be played in Sydney between January 31 and February 17. The New South Wales team in the…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Women's Cricket Carnival Opens
WOMEN'S COUNTRY CRICKET CARNIVAL opened yesterday. Picture shows Miss Ellen Tierney (Etceteras) all "at sea" to a fast one, in the match, Etceteras v. Clarence River…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Lidcombe Milk Alderman's Statement "Not Fair"
A statement by Ald. Wilson that milk below standard had recently been sold in the municipality was hotly challenged by Ald. Metcalfe…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The New York Fair Takes Shape
Taking shape in foundations and steel framework, the pavilions of the nations of the world become increasingly visible as the New York World’s Fair, 1939, nears completion. Viewed from an aeroplane, the Foreign Zone of the 1216½ acre site reveals the importance of the vast Court of Peace, with a capacity of 50,000 persons, as the nerve centre of this unprecedented assembly of three score…
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