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Shows & fairs, 1943

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Stars in Services Swim Carnival

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 March 1943 · page 12

New Zealand diving champion, Corporal Johanna Zahara will be among those taking part in the W.A.A.A.F. Swimming Carnival at…

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Queanbeyan Runs Successful One-day Show To Help Prisoners of War

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 11 March 1943 · page 3

HAVING missed out last year for the first time in 50 years, Queanbeyan P. and A. Association staged its 1943 show last Saturday to benefit Prisoner of War Funds. The president (Mr. A. H. Moore) said that the committee believed that the show…

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DORA All's Fair

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 March 1943 · page 9

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DORA All's Fair

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 March 1943 · page 9

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DORA All's Fair

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Carnival Victims

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 March 1943 · page 6

NEW YORK, March 11 (A.A.P.).— A Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) message says that 12 people have been killed and 1,001 injured during the past four…

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More Than Fair Share Carried

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 March 1943 · page 9

Australian company shareholders had borne substantially more than their fair share of the cost of the war…

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Retail Sales Show Decline

The Sun · Friday 12 March 1943 · page 5

Statistics collected by the Retail Traders' Association Research Bureau from the principal Sydney stores show that…

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Bexley War Fund Very Successful Carnival

The St George Call · Friday 12 March 1943 · page 1

Many are the ways of obtaining money for a good cause and few of them are overlooked by the Bexley War Fund. It’s Carnival Committee, of which Mr…

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North Cronulla Surf Club. Bondi Surf Carnival

The Observer · Friday 12 March 1943 · page 5

One of the heaviest seas that Bondi Beach has had for a Surf Carnival was witnessed last Saturday. The only water events held were the senior surf…

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North Cronulla S.i.s. Club. Bondi Surf Carnival

The St George Call · Friday 12 March 1943 · page 2

One of the heaviest seas that Bondi beach has had for a surf carnival was witnessed last Saturday. The only water events held was the senior surf boat,…

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Horses Were Strong Show Feature Queanbeyan Show Likely to Raise£800 for P.O.W. FUNDS

The Land · Friday 12 March 1943 · page 16

THE Queanbeyan P. and A. Association expects to raise over £800 for Prisoners of War Funds as a result of its successful 48th annual show, which was held last Saturday. Many of the large attendance present came from all parts of the…

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Money and Markets Commonwealth Bank Security Holdings Show Further Rise

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 March 1943 · page 10

Purchasing of Commonwealth Loans on the open market andor financiing of Government expenditure through the negotiation of Treasury Bills has…

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Surf Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 March 1943 · page 16

Whale Beach Surf Club will hold a carnival on Sunday, March 21. All clubs north of the Harbor have been invited to compete…

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Manly Swimming Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 March 1943 · page 12

Final events in the Amateur Swimming Association's interclub competition for the Marison-Phillips trophy will be decided this afternoon at the Manly Municipal Baths. Bondi…

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In New Show

The Sun · Saturday 13 March 1943 · page 2

Pat Craig, from the popular Tivoli ballet, who will appear in the new show, "Artists and Models," which…

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G.p.s. Cricket Scots Show No Mercy

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 March 1943 · page 9

High batsmen were hard pushed to stave off a trouncing defeat at the hands of Scots today at Bellevue Hill. K. Fetherston (High)…

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G.p.s. Cricket Scot Show No Mercy

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 March 1943 · page 10

High batsmen were hard pushed to stave off a trouncing defeat at the hands of Scots today at Bellevue Hill. K. Fetherston (High)…

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