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Shows & fairs, 1942

1,825 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 92

Popeye, the Sailorman Show-down

The Sun · Tuesday 27 January 1942 · page 8

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Australia Day Show In London

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 January 1942 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday.--One of the largest gatherings of Australian servicemen ever seen in London attended the concert organised by the…

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Ex-nurse Wins Show Double

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 January 1942 · page 7

A nursing sister, who gave up hospital work to train trotters and hunters for show events, won two events yesterday at a gymkhana at Granville…

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Dover Miners Show Blitz Spirit In 17-Day Strike

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 January 1942 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday.--Sixteen hundred striking coal miners at Bettshanger Colliery, Kent, almost within sight of the cliffs of Dover, have lost thousands of pounds in wages and cost the nation 20,000 tons of coal because of a dispute…

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Dover Miners Show Blitz Spirit In 17-Day Strike

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 January 1942 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday.--Sixteen hundred striking coal miners at Bettshanger Colliery, Kent, almost within sight of the cliffs of Dover, have lost thousands of pounds in wages and cost the nation 20,000 tons of coal because of a dispute…

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Dover Miners Show Blitz Spirit In 17-Day Strike

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 January 1942 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday.--Sixteen hundred striking coal miners at Bettshanger Colliery, Kent, almost within sight of the cliffs of Dover, have lost thousands of pounds in wages and cost the nation 20,000 tons of coal because of a dispute…

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Japs Show Mastery Of Jungle Tactics Attempt to Take Us by Surprise

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 January 1942 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Japanese jungle fighting tactics, involving infiltration and ruses designed to trick the British forces, are described in reports to Army headquarters. the Minister for the Army (Mr…

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Japs Show Mastery Of Jungle Tactics Attempt to Take Us by Surprise

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 January 1942 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Japanese jungle fighting tactics, involving infiltration and ruses designed to trick the British forces, are described in reports to Army headquarters, the Minister for the Army (Mr…

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Japs Show Mastery Of Jungle Tactics Attempt to Take Us by Surprise

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 January 1942 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Japanese jungle fighting tactics, involving infiltration and ruses designed to trick the British forces, are described in reports to Army headquarters. The Minister for the Army (Mr…

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Japs Show Mastery Of Jungle Tactics Attempt to Take Us by Surprise

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 January 1942 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Japanese jungle fighting tactics, involving infiltration and ruses designed to trick the British forces, are described in reports to Army headquarters, the Minister for the Army (Mr…

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Australia "Heard in Proper Place" Curtin's Stand in Londdn World War, Not a One-man Show

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 January 1942 · page 5

"WE have said that Australia's voice shall not only be effective, but that it shall be heard in the proper place. "No single nation can afford to risk its future…

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Striking Exhibition

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 3

Jerusalem.—An exhibition illustrating 3500 years of Jewish heroism was opened here by Mr. I. Gruenbaum. It has been arranged by Mordecai Narkis under the direction of the Bezalel Museum and…

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Granville Show War and Drought Have Effect

The Biz · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 2

The war did not deter Granville and District Agricultural Society in the holding of their annual show—the 21st, The exhibition was in most respects quite…

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The Man on the Land. Reports and Hints. No Royal Show This Year

The Catholic Press · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 24

The council of the Royal Agricultural Society has decided, after careful consideration, not to hold the Royal Easter Show this year. The council was reluctant to…

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Exhibition of Dutch & Flemish Pictures

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 30 January 1942 · page 2

JERUSALEM, Nov. 18th. An exhibition of original Dutch and Flemish Masters, containing over 250 items, was opened at the…

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Aliens Law "Not Fair"

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 January 1942 · page 5

"The new restrictions on enemy aliens imposed by the New South wales Police Department are intelligible when dealing with real enemy allens," said…

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Ladies Show Fine Figures

Truth · Sunday 1 February 1942 · page 11

ALL kinds of figures were set at the N.S.W. Women's Athletic Championships, held at Rushcutter's Bay yesterday…

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BOOFHEAD Fair Catch

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 13

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BOOFHEAD Fair Catch

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 13

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BOOFHEAD Fair Catch

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 13

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