Welcome to 1940. Huge Crowds. Carnival Scenes in City
Sydney welcomed the New Year with traditional gaiety, but the khaki uniforms of the men of the Second A.I.F. on final leave before their departure…
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Portuguese Show Surplus Our Own Cable Service
LONDON, Sun.--The Portuguese Prime Minister, Dr. Salazar, has presented the 1940 Budget, which shows a surplus of £13,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Surf Carnival. Maroubra Wins March at Deewhy. Dead-heat in Belt Race
Despite the gale on Saturday, a splendid crowd attended the Deewhy Surf Club s carnival, gate receipts amounting to more than £80. The surf was sufficiently lively to call for skill by swimmers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →To Guard City's Fair Name
The fair name of Sydney would be his main consideration in 1940, the Lord Mayor, Ald. S. S. Crick, said…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Fashions in Tennis Colored Playsuits At Carnival
Country tennis week, which introduced to Sydney the no-stocking fashion, shorts and pith helmets, provided another innovation to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Surf Carnival. Exciting Boat Race Final. South Curl Curl Results
The best race on a good programme at the South Curl Curl carnival yesterday was the final of the senior surf boat event, won narrowly by Manly…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Exhibition of 16th Century Art of Tuscany in Florence
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Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fair Rents Courts. Suburban Sittings This Week. Few Cases Listed
Fair Rents Courts will begin sittings in some of the suburbs this week. Comparatively few cases have been listed for hearing, and it is not thought that the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →5th Biennial Show of Italian Floriculture at San Remo
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Continued on Trove, page 1 →Competitors In Country Week Tennis Carnival Vogue For Pastel Colors Ousts White On Courts
Country tennis players began the 1940 sporting carnival at the N.S.W. Lawn Tennis Association's courts at Rushcutters Bay yesterday with the first round of their annual tournament…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fair Rents Ac[?] Mr. Spooner's Criticism
The formet Minister for Works and Local Government, Mr. Spconer, said yesterday that the bad effects of the Fair Rents Act of 1938 were already being felt in New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sees Faults in Fair Rents Act
Mr. Spooner, M.L.A. (U.A.P., Ryde), said yesterday that bad effects of the recently passed Fair Rents Act were already in evidence…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Awaiting Show Schedule
MESSRS. P. C. and S. V. KENSIT, well known Devon cattle breeders of Crookwell, have some attractive young animals in the yards at Aubyn Vale. It is probable that the Devons will appear at Sydney Royal show this year. Messrs. Kensit. are…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Carnival Dance Wentworthville Younger Set
Frangipanni, gardenias, colorful streamers and balloons, girls in gay frocks, and in the air the festive spirit of the New Year—…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To Hold Her First Art Exhibition
ESME FARMER, of Mona Vale, who studied in Sydney with Fred Lent, and at various art schools and galleries abroad, will hold her first exhibition of pictures at the Macquarie Galleries. The exhibition will be opened by Miss Jeanie Ranken next Wednesday. Mrs. Farmer is the wife of F. Rhodes Farmer,…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Debaters' Carnival Dinner OVER 150 ATTEND
On Monday night last, 1st inst., the N.S.W. Catholic Debating Societies' Union held a carnival dinner at Sargent's, Market- street to mark the termination of the 3rd…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Convent of Mercy, Condobolin. Singing Exhibition Granted
The Sisters of Mercy, Condobolin, have been notified by the secretary of the Australian Music Examinations Board, Consorvntorum of Music, New…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Bushmen's Carnival Day's Sport at Bossley Park
O[?]cking Day a bushmen's carnival was held at "Abbotsbury," Bessley Park the home of Ald. Fred Davis, when about [?] [?]sons spent a most enjoyable day,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Carnival Draw Problem Women Cricketers To Confer
Discussion at the next meeting of the New South Wales Women's Cricket Council on January 25 will centre on the draw for the…
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