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Shows & fairs, 1941

3,057 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 153

Exhibition in U.s.a. Selection Committee Announced

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1941 · page 15

Messrs. J. S. MacDonald (National Gallery, Melbourne), L. Mccubbin (Adelaide Art Gallery), Will Ashton (National Art, Gallery, Sydney), G. F. V. Mann, and Sydney Ure…

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Athletes in Forces. Keen Rivalry. Plans for Carnival in Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1941 · page 16

Navy, Army, and Air Force athletes will strive for service honours at an athletic carnival to be controlled by the Amateur…

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Secret History of the Day Wild West Show

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 25 January 1941 · page 14

THE little township of Cordalba, in North Queensland, had a lot of excitement the other day when one of its citizens mounted himself on a wild…

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10 rescues in big surf at carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 26 January 1941 · page 1

Ten competitors had to be rescued in huge seas at Manly surf carnival yesterday. Rescuers were hampered by competitors who ignored…

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Late Show No Time for Comedy

Truth · Sunday 26 January 1941 · page 26

PUBLIC interest in the legitimate stage was amply demonstrated in the house that greeted the rising of the…

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Heavy Track for First Big Race in Melbourne Carnival

The Sun · Sunday 26 January 1941 · page 11

Starting second favorite, All Veil revelled in the soft going at Moonee Valley yesterday, and won the William Reid Stakes from Magic Circle…

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I write from Hollywood... "Show a leg" craze to bring short skirts

The Sun · Sunday 26 January 1941 · page 7

ACCORDING to famous dress designer Adrian, forthcoming fashions decree that…

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Jesse Collings Reviews Sydney Show Newspaper Girl Falls In Love: Munich's Old School Tie: Red-heads

The Sun · Sunday 26 January 1941 · page 4

CLAUDETTE COLBERT scores heavily as a daredevil newspaper correspondent in "Arise My Love," at the…

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Carnival at Fivedock

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 2

The Haberfield[?] Fivedock, Abbotsford sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League will hold a patriotic carnival at Fivedock from Thursday next, January…

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Marie Ney In Comedy Show

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 7

Making her first Sydney appearance for many years, Marie Ney scored a personal triumph in S. N. Behrman's "No Time for Comedy," which began…

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Rough Surf. Boats Swamped at Carnival. Life-saver Rescued After Race

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 9

Many surf boats were overturned and swamped in the very rough surf, and a life-saver had to be rescued at the Manly Surf Club's gala carnival on…

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Wardens March at N.e.s. Parade — Australia Day Youth Demonstration — Rough Surf at Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 10

Wardens marching past the Governor, Lord Wakehurst, at Centennial Park yesterday during the first parade of members of the National Emergency Services. All municipalities were represented. Surfboats battling against the heavy seas at Manly Carnival…

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Show Will Help War Work

The Sun · Tuesday 28 January 1941 · page 5

To make this year's Easter Show a driving force behind the war effort is the aim of the Royal Agricultural Society…

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Preparing for the Show. Troops Leaving Grounds. Gradual Transfer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1941 · page 7

The transfer of troops from the Sydney Showground to other camps, to enable the Royal Easter Show to be held, will begin this week. The number of…

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Queensland Train Wrecked by Landslide — Chinese New Year Celebration — Carnival at Freshwater

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1941 · page 10

A breakdown gang at work on wrecked carriages after the Thallon mail tra[?] had crashed into loose rock from a landslide between two tunnels ne[?] Toowoomba, Queensland, yesterday. Twelve people were injured when [?] carriage was telescoped…

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Chess Carnival

The Sun · Wednesday 29 January 1941 · page 17

The committee organising the N.S.W. open air chess carnival at Bondi Beach on Sunday in aid of patriotic funds asks players where…

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Amateur Show

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 29 January 1941 · page 5

The "Snow Revellers," an amateur theatrical company which has recently scored several successes in Sydney, will present "The Mummy and the Mumps"…

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Workers' Show for Hospital

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 January 1941 · page 7

A former vaudeville entertainer, now a painter at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, is arranging an entertainment for the hospital on Thursday night…

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Surf Life-saving. Combined Bondi Clubs' Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 January 1941 · page 6

Following is the draw for the principal events at the carnival of the combined Bondi and North Bondi clubs at Bondi on Saturday afternoon:— March Past: North Bondi, Bondi, Colla[?]oy,…

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Australian Art Show For U.S.

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 January 1941 · page 2

Professor Theodore Sizer, director of the Art Gallery of the Yale University, New Haven, U.S.A., and Professor…

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