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Shows & fairs, 1941

3,057 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 153

High Class Show & Sale Team From Yammatree Red Poll Stud

The Land · Friday 28 March 1941 · page 19

AT the stud cattle sales following this year's Sydney Royal Show Mr C. W. T. Elsworth, of(Yammatree Red Poll Stud, Bethungra, will offer for sale some of the female members of his team…

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Farm Machinery at the Show This Year's Impressive Display Has Special Significance; Helping the War Effort

The Land · Friday 28 March 1941 · page 26

NEW conditions imposed on agriculture by the war focus even greater attention than usual upon the display of farm machinery at the Royal Show this year. Development of new industries and the increasing need for diversifying farm production, as a result of the war, place added emphasis oil the Value of modern implements and machines, which…

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Pageant of Empire at War To Be Keynote of This Year's Royal Show; Spectacular Displays Expected

The Land · Friday 28 March 1941 · page 12

THE Royal Empire Show, opening in Sydeny on April 7, is expected to be greater and more comprehensive than anything yet staged by the Royal Agricultural Society even though that body has been staging the greatest shows in the world for years past The aim of the R.A.S. in planning this Show was to present a telling picture of this country's…

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Beef Cattle at the Royal Show Breeders Make Fine Response Four States Represented In Great Display of All Breeds Shorthorns Top the Entries

The Land · Friday 28 March 1941 · page 17

THE display of beef cattle at this year's Sydney Royal Empire Show will be worthy of a great industry and a great exhibition. Entries in the beef classes total 532 and are practically on a par with the 1940…

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Royal Empire Show, 1941

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 29 March 1941 · page 17

A message from Major the Hon. A. D. REID, M.L.A., Minister for Agriculture for N.S.W. THE Annual Sydney Show provides the greatest opportunity…

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Preparing for the "Show"

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 29 March 1941 · page 20

THIS Easter is sure to be the best Sydney Show ever, because "Smith's" artists are telling the folks how to get…

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Axemen at Royal Show

The Sun · Saturday 29 March 1941 · page 2

Outstanding [?]xemen and sawyers, some of whom hold world championships, will compete in the wood-chop and sawing events at the Royal…

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War Pageant At Easter Show

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 March 1941 · page 8

Sydney's Show, this year will be symbolic of the Empire's war effort, said the assistant-secretary of the Royal…

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The Grand Parade Equestrian Rockets Special Show Section

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 29 March 1941 · page 17

WHEREVER horsemen yarn together the talk sooner or later veers to the great buckjumping…

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Passing Show

The Sun · Sunday 30 March 1941 · page 6

What gave the sentry the idea he could get away with that!" "I don't remember the name of the tune, but it went like this ..." "I guess we'll have to take him outta the window, Jim --…

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Carnival Raises £10,000

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 30 March 1941 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- The Victorian divisions of the Red Cross and the Comforts Fund share £10,000 raised by the Lord Mayor's…

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Lady Wakehurst Was At "Hello Girls'" Fair

The Sun · Sunday 30 March 1941 · page 1

HELLO Girls ... a hundred of them, took an afternoon off from the switchboards of city business houses yesterday, to act as…

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Show Dogs Eat Spinach

The Sun · Sunday 30 March 1941 · page 8

War activities are taking up much of the time of women who regularly exhibit at the Royal Show, so they are now "working overtime" to prepare…

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She'll Steal the Show

Truth · Sunday 30 March 1941 · page 21

"YES, I had elephants to ride upon in those days," said Miss Katie Towers, who doesn't know whether to be pleased or…

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You will see these girls at the Easter Show

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 30 March 1941 · page 2

STREAMLINED, the last word in modern advertising, is the Royal Empire Show's "Temple of Beauty," for which 64 lovely Australian girls are rehearsing night and day. Embodying the newest features of the New York and San Francisco World Fairs, the Temple of Beauty will present almost GIRLS REHEARSE for Royal Empire Show tableau. From left: Jocelyn Hollands, Joan Bell, Betty Girling. Joan Bell is a competitor in the Sunday Telegraph Red Cross Beach-Girl-of-the-Year contest. Head mannequin and assistant producer Margaret McNeill, who helped choose the mannequins, says:…

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Looking Over Racing A. W. Dexter Jockey Purtell To Have Been Tailor Hopes For Success At A.J.C. Carnival

The Sun · Sunday 30 March 1941 · page 2

MAKING his bow to Sydney racegoers this autumn will be 20-year-old Jack Purtell, recognised as one of the best jockeys in Victoria. He has been in Sydney twice before, but not in a professional…

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Leichhardt Show

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 March 1941 · page 13

Leading professional and amateur boxers and wrestlers will appear at Leichhardt Stadium tomorrow night to raise money for the local war…

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On the Land. Getting Ready for the Show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 March 1941 · page 6

A liberal dressing of crankcase oil is applied to remove all scurf and dirt from the skin and hair of the pig. Subsequently this is washed off thoroughly, leaving the animal clean and glossy. Some breeders apply a light brushing of cocoanut oil…

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Photographic Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 April 1941 · page 4

The all-Australian amateur photographers' exhibition at David Jones, Ltd., George Street, will continue until April 5. All the pictures on view are for…

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Show Pigs Arrive

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 April 1941 · page 9

PEDIGREED pigs for exhibition at the Royal Empire Show being unloaded from a railway truck on to a motor stock float at Darling Harbor goods yards yesterday. Twenty truckloads of stock from various parts of the State arrived…

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