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Shows & fairs, 1940

2,746 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 138

Drummoyne Swimming Carnival. (Hela on Saturday at Drummoyne Baths.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 February 1940 · page 15

100 yards senior club championship: R. Dunn, 59 2-5s, 1; A. Burge, 2; A. Schmidt, 3. 220yds senior breast-stroke championship of the western, suburbs; M. Verco (Bankstown), 3m 20 3-5s 1; K…

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Royal Show Camp Drafts. Evenly Matched Teams

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 February 1940 · page 7

Competitors selected for the interstate camp-drafting contest at the 1940 Easter Show have now been announced by the Royal Agricultural Society…

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Tests Show Drastic Nazi Oil Economies LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 February 1940 · page 1

Evidence of drastic oil economics in Germany was discovered when British Air Force experts examined the engines of a Heinkel bomber shot down in France…

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Nowra Agricultural Show. Fine Display of Cattle. NOWRA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 February 1940 · page 7

Despite unfavourable seasonal conditions dairy cattle made a very fine exhibition at the local show, all classes being fit for any show r[?]ng. In the butter fat competition for…

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Two Melodramas, Stage Show Charles Bickford, Barton MacLane --Capitol

The Sun · Monday 12 February 1940 · page 8

When a young man, named Davis, played by Dennis Moore, arrives at a gaol to serve a sentence. "Mutiny in the Big House" begins its plain…

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Police Train For Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 February 1940 · page 13

POLICE rehearsing club-swinging yesterday for the Police Carnival on February 24…

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Police Boys' Clubs. Carnival at North Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 February 1940 · page 9

The formation of a Police Boys' Club at North Sydney, similar to those functioning successfully in other parts of the metropolitan area under police supervision, is…

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1940 Chevrolet Range on Show

The Sun · Tuesday 13 February 1940 · page 16

A bigger car, strikingly redesigned and carrying many innovations, the 1940 model Chevrolet was announced yesterday. It is marketed in two series-- the Pullman and the…

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Black Polls in Drought. North-western Studs. Show Teams' Achievements

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 February 1940 · page 7

Relentless though the anxieties, disappointments, and mounting feed bills may be to the stud cattle breeder in times of drought and grasshopper…

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Swiss Industries Fair

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 February 1940 · page 12

The Consul-General for Switzerland, Mr. H. Hedinger, announces that the 24th Swiss Industries Fair will be held at Basle from March 30 to April 9…

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Albania Represented at Rome Exhibition

Il Giornale Italiano · Wednesday 14 February 1940 · page 1

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Live-artist Show

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 14 February 1940 · page 8

"Pots o Gold" is a live-artist show and it brings to the microphone some of Sydney's best known radio artists. First there is Magda Neild, well known…

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Success at Show

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 14 February 1940 · page 9

Mrs. James Patmore, of West-street Guildford, was again successful at Granville Show with her Irish terriers, Tarban Patrick and Kalban Judy…

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10-Day Carnival For Parramatta

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 14 February 1940 · page 3

Parramatta is to have another 10 days' carnival in Parramatta Park ma April, similar to that held during the sesqui celebrations…

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Social and Personal. To See Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 February 1940 · page 6

Mrs. J. V. Fairbairn is expected to arrive in Sydney to-day from Melbourne, to visit the Art for Theatre and Ballet, Exhibition at David Jones's George Street store, and to…

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Curtin Appeals For Fair Dealing GEELONG

Daily News · Wednesday 14 February 1940 · page 2

THE Leader of the Federal Parliamentary Labor Party, Mr. Curtin, to-night said that there…

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Police Boys' Club. Carnival at North Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 February 1940 · page 8

At the sports carnival which is being arranged for North Sydney Oval on March 2 to raise funds for the formation of a Police Boys' Club at North Sydney, Allan Prowse…

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Growing Interest in Pigs. Wartime Fillip. Preparing for the Show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 February 1940 · page 11

Because of the fillip pig-raising has received as a result of the war export trade there has been a State-wide development of interest in the industry…

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National Works, Roads, Bridges and Dams Neglected. Whilst Government Uses Rates for Private Individuals. Abolish Fair Rents Court and Let Building Be Resumed

Construction · Wednesday 14 February 1940 · page 8

Richardson & Wrench Limited, at its annual meeting of shareholders, pointed out that the Fair Rents Act operated diametrically against Real Estate interests…

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Radio News and Features Make It A Habit Tune in to 2Ch 2Ch Entertains the Whole Family Pots O' Gold for You! Newest Quiz Show on 2CH

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 14 February 1940 · page 8

Since "Pots o' Gold", radio's newest quiz show commenced from 2CH Sydney's listeners have become "Theme song minded". The reason is of course, that theme songs are worth money now that "Pots o' Gold" is on the air for there…

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