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Sydney · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1942

1,825 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 92

No Royal Show This Easter

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 14 January 1942 · page 5
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The Royal Easter Show will not be held this year. AN official statement to this effect was issued this afternoon by the…

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Royal Easter Show May Be Abandoned

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 14 January 1942 · page 4

IT is likely that the council of the Royal Agricultural Society will decide at a meeting today to abandon this year's Royal Show…

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Royal Easter Show May Be Abandoned

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 14 January 1942 · page 4

IT is likely that the council of the Royal Agricultural Society will decide at a meeting today to abandon this year's Royal Show…

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Merrylands Carnival

The Broadcaster · Thursday 15 January 1942 · page 3

A meeting of the Merrylands Carnival Committee was held on Monday night Mr. C Holden presiding. Many details in connect on with the…

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No Show

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 15 January 1942 · page 8

MR. J. E. HAMMOND, president of Manning River A. and H. Association, Taree, states that the committee has decided to abandon the Central North…

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Cattle Fair May Be Held

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 15 January 1942 · page 4

FOLLOWING the decision of the Royal Agricultural Society to abandon the Sydney show tills year, the united associations of both beef and dairy cattle breeders will consider the practicability of holding a stud cattle fair and sale at Easter. Almost identical statements were…

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No Royal Show Council Unanimous

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1942 · page 7

No Royal Easter Show will be held this year, the council of the Royal Agricultural Society decided unanimously yesterday…

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R.a.s. Decides No Easter Show

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 January 1942 · page 5

There will be no show at Easter this year. This was decided by the council of the Royal Agricultural Society…

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No Royal Show R.A.S. Council Reaches Unanimous Decision

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 15 January 1942 · page 2

THERE will be no Sydney Royal show this Easter.. When the council of the Royal Agricultural Society met yesterday it was decided unanimously that in view of all the circumstances it was considered impracticable to hold the show…

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Stud Cattle Fair May be Held

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 3

Although the Sydney Royal Show has been abandoned for this year, it is thought probable that sales of purebred beef and…

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No Royal Show

The Land · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 3

The Royal Sydney Show will not be held this year, the R.A.S. Council has unanimously decided. Consideration was given to…

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Stud Cattle Fair and Sales to be Held?

The Land · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 3

Following the abandonment of the Royal Show, a meeting of the United Stud Beef Cattle Breeders' Association Council, will be called to…

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Investment Trends Show Up in Favor of Ordinary Shares

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 12

In a survey of the behavior of investment values and income returns therefrom over a period of 15 years ending with the outbreak of war, recently read before the Actuarial Society of Australasia, ordinary shares are shown to have surpassed all fixed-income investments in…

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A Section for the Poultry Farmer Preparing Birds For Show; Training & Washing Hints

The Land · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 9

IN last issue several hints on the selection and preparation of poultrv for the show bench were given. This subject is dealt with again this week and further advice is given on training the birds and putting the finishing touches to their preparation before facing the judge,…

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The Bee Hive Write on one side of the paper only. Letters should show names, addrestea, 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 16 January 1942 · page 10

My Dear Buzzets,— The unbelievable has happened We have now in Hand the £30 needed to endow The Land Beehive Cot at Renwick Hospital for Infants for the year July 1, 1942, to June 30, 1943—and 4/6 over! Comparing this with our usual frantic last-minute…

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Canadian Living Costs Show Slight Decline

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 January 1942 · page 1

CANBERRA, Saturday.--According to figures released by the Canadian High Commissioner's office in Canberra, the cost of living index in…

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Fair Attendance

Truth · Sunday 18 January 1942 · page 4

Yesterday's Moorefield crowd was up to average, as 8600 were present…

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No Easter Show

Truth · Sunday 18 January 1942 · page 22

THERE will be no Easter Show in Sydney this year. The Council of the Royal Agricultural Society unanimously decided this because of the…

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A.I.F.-Air Force brawl in Brisbane

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 18 January 1942 · page 4

BRISBANE, Saturday.--Air Force and A.I.F. men were involved in a brawl in Queen Street tonight. The fracas started when an Air…

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