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Shows & fairs, 1942

1,825 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 92

Cronulla Juniors Win at Dee why Carnival

The Observer · Friday 2 January 1942 · page 6

At Deewhy carnival last Saturday the Cronulla Junior “A” crew won the final of the Junior Boat Race with ease. The crew comprised J. Harvey stroke,…

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The Bee Hive Write on one side of the paper [?] Letters should show names, addresses, and pen-names of each Bee. Those over 16 are called Associates. Life membership badges are 6d., post free. The Queen's Letter to the Bees

The Land · Friday 2 January 1942 · page 8

My Dear Buzzers: Though in my opinion we have made a most splendid effort on behalf of the Cot Fund we did not just make our Thousand Sixpences. Our total to Christmas Eve was seventy-three short of the needed. In view, however, of the hard work of the bees,…

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May Be Last Surf Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 January 1942 · page 8

North Cronulla's surf carnival today will probably be the last of the season. The march past, has atracted 12 teams, the R. and R. nine teams, while…

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Surf Carnival Losses Heavy

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 January 1942 · page 8

"Surf clubs that have not yet held carnivals should consider themselves lucky. "Clubs that have already held…

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1942 Show in Balance

The Sun · Monday 5 January 1942 · page 3

A conference should be held at an early date to decide whether the Royal Easter Show will be carried on as usual this…

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Dunn Favors Holding of Show at Easter

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 January 1942 · page 2

PROVED it could be held with a reasonable degree of safety, the Royal Show should be staged at Easter, said the Minister for…

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Dunn Favors Holding of Show at Easter

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 January 1942 · page 2

PROVIDED it could be held with a reasonable degree of safety, the Royal Show should be staged at Easter, said the Minister for…

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Dunn Favors Holding of Show at Easter

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 January 1942 · page 2

PROVIDED it could be held with a reasonable degree of safety, the Royal Show should be staged at Easter, said the Minister for…

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Carnival at Bondi

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 January 1942 · page 10

Bondi Icebergs and Bondi Diggers' Club will hold a swimming carnival at Bondi Baths next [?]day afternoon in aid of the clubs' Welfare funds…

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Fair Yardings Of Pigs At Homebush

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 January 1942 · page 12

A fairly substantial number of pigs were submitted for sale at the Homebush Sale Yards today. Yardings totalled 2460 head of…

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Mobile Art Show Schools' Interest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 January 1942 · page 5

More than 20,000 children have seen the Mobile Art Exhibition which Mr. V. Crowley has been taking to State schools in the…

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Minister Favours Royal Show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1942 · page 13

CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The Sydney Royal Show should be held next Easter, in the national interest, the Minister for Commerce, Mr. Scully,…

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New Red Invasion Imperils 100,000 Maps Show Red Strategy

The Sun · Wednesday 7 January 1942 · page 1

A violent battle is raging on the western shores of the Crimea, at Eupatoria (60 miles north of Sebastopol), where the Russians have made another dramatic landing. If successful, this landing will sound the death-knell of Pincers within pincers-- How Russian strategy encircled the Germans at Mojaisk, near Moscow, and at the same lime threw out other claws in a wider circle to check a break-through. That in turn was a…

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Exhibition of Plastics

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 4

A SELECTION of prize-winning exhibits from the annual Plastic Packages Exhibition, held in New York last year, is on display at the…

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Exhibition of Plastics

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 4

A SELECTION of prize-winning exhibits from the annual Plastic Packages Exhibition, held in New York last year, is on display at the…

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Exhibition of Plastics

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 4

A SELECTION of prize-winning exhibits from the annual Plastic Packages Exhibition, held in New York last year, is on display at the…

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Exhibition of Plastics

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 4

A SELECTION of prize-winning exhibits from the annual Plastic Packages Exhibition, held in New York last year, is on display at the…

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Exhibition of Plastics

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 4

A SELECTION of prize-winning exhibits from the annual Plastic Packages Exhibition, held in New York last year, is on display at the…

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Fate of Show

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 9

AT a special meeting of the committee of Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Association it was decided by 15 votes to nine to abandon the 1043 show…

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Melvale Fails to Show Early Form

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 8

Melvale, crack two-year-old of last season, failed his backers in yesterday's second Flying division. Melvale and Monte Cristo shared…

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