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Shows & fairs, 1946

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The Passing Show

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 27 January 1946 · page 8

"Aren't you taking a chance calling it Eternal Peace?"…

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Theatrical Show on Katoomba

The Sun · Sunday 27 January 1946 · page 6

SYDNEY actors will give a show aboard the strikebound ship Katoomba a 8 o'clock tonight. Artists will be the Weatherly Sisters. Vic. Drinkwater. Harry…

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Tommy Burns will start surf carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 27 January 1946 · page 35

Tommy Burns, Queensland welterweight champion, who will fight Vic Patrick for the Australian title next Saturday, will officially open the Freshwater surf carnival at Harbord on Monday…

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Shark repellent to be used at surf carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 27 January 1946 · page 33

NEWCASTLE, Sat. -- Shark repellent will be flown from Melbourne for Newcastle Surf Club's carnival next Saturday. This will be the first time…

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Tommy-Gun Bandit Holds Up Show Bus

Truth · Sunday 27 January 1946 · page 26

Armed with a tommy gun a bandit last night held up a 'bus near Cronulla. The bandit, who was wearing a mask like an Army respirator, got…

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TODAY: Movie news MGM will show foreign films in its theatres

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 27 January 1946 · page 29

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has commenced buying high-grade foreign films for release throughout the world…

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Week-end Surfing Details Manly Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 January 1946 · page 6

Senior Events.—Rescue and Resuscitation[?] Manly (R. McCouatt, patient: L. O'Toole, beltman; L. Crum, 1, Drinkwater[?] D. Beckenham, B. Sutton), 73.88 pts. [?] Freshwater,…

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Russians Are Fair, But Germans Must Keep Their Place

The Sun · Monday 28 January 1946 · page 5

DRESDEN, Monday.--Russian policy in Germany from the start of the occupation has been more severe than that of the Allies, although now they are allowing selected Germans to do much of the administrative work…

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"Christison a Fair Man" Indonesian Praise

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 3

BATAVIA, Jan. 28 (A.A.P.).— The Indonesian "Premier," Sutan Sjahrir, to-day praised LieutenantGeneral Sir Philip Christison as "a…

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Sora Exhibition Shows Promising New Artists

Tribune · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 4

This week an unusual art show opened in Sydney, organised by the Studio of Realist Art at its quarters in George Street. The exhibition is made up of drawings and paintings produced by SORA students during 1945. It has a character not usually…

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Individuality in Art Show

Tribune · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 7

INDIVIDUALITY is expressed by work of students at a school of Realist Art show. Secretary of SORA, Dora Cant, and a visitor look at four painters’ interpretations of model.—Tribune Photo…

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NEWS for Women Hartnell Spring Show New Collection Delights London

The Sun · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 8

LONDON, Tuesday.--With a wonderful showing of 60 lovely frocks valued at £4500, Norman Hartnell, famous London designer, opened his spring fashion show yesterday…

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Six Country Swimmers in Record-breaking Form at Young Carnival From Our Special Reporter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 7

YOUNG, Monday.—Six shimmers broke records in today's finals of the country championships of New South Wales. The carnival attracted record entries. Record-breakers were B. Picone (Moree), H. Mayo (Maitland), R. Milgate…

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"Noises" Show Rise in Sun Temperature

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 5

Radio "noises" recorded by three young Australian scientists show an enormous increase in the temperature of the sun. An officer of the Council for…

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British Machine Tool Exhibition. Wartime Inventions Displayed. Measuring to One Millionth of an Inch

Construction · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 3

Half the fine measuring instruments used by United Kingdom engineers before the war came from overseas. To-day overseas buyers are gathered in London in large numbers at an exhibition…

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POP Fair Enough

The Sun · Thursday 31 January 1946 · page 11

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Nepean Show Saturday, March 23

Nepean Times · Thursday 31 January 1946 · page 1

Again this year there will be only a one-day show of the Nepean District A.H. and I. Society. It will be held on Saturday, March 23. The…

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Brighton Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 20

The Royal Surf Life-Saving Association will hold a surf carnival at Brighton tomorrow afternoon…

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Family Man Fair Swap

The Sun · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 9

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