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Shows & fairs, 1947

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Fash Man Fined £75 Fair Bribery

The Sun · Thursday 16 January 1947 · page 2

Ronald Francis Quinn Du Bedat, fish cleaner, Nelson-street, Penshurst, was fined £75 in Central Court today for haying corruptly offered £10 weekly to an officer of…

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GOULBURN St. Joseph's Girls In Annual Exhibition

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 16 January 1947 · page 20

The annual display at St. Joseph's Girls' Orphanage, Goulburn, reflected a great amount of credit on Mother Liguori and the…

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Nepean Show Saturday, February 15

Nepean Times · Thursday 16 January 1947 · page 3

The 52nd annual show of the Nepean District A. H. and I. Society will be held on Saturday, February 15, on the Showground, Penrith, commencing at…

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Flight Ready to Show Best Form

Daily Mirror · Thursday 16 January 1947 · page 30

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- The champion mare, Flight, will be ready to show her best form when she resumes racing in the William…

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On Melb. Tracks Flight Ready to Show Best

Daily Mirror · Thursday 16 January 1947 · page 32

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- The champion mare, Flight, will be ready to show her best form when she resumes racing in the William…

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On Melb. Tracks Flight Ready to Show Best

Daily Mirror · Thursday 16 January 1947 · page 32

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- The champion mare, Flight, will be ready to show her best form when she resumes racing in the William…

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14th Interstate Jewish Sports Carnival A Triumph of Organisation — Victorian Success

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Thursday 16 January 1947 · page 3

Members of the N.S.W. team's, who returned last Thursday from the outstandingly successful carnival just concluded in Melbourne, were unanimous…

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Judaean Carnival

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 3

The hustle and bustle of the first post-war Sports Carnival belong to the past viewed from every angle the Carnival has…

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New Independent Show

The Sun · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 8

The cast of "Six Characters in Search of An Author" wondered if they would also have to search for the audience as the rain…

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Carreras' Stocks Show Increase

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday.-Carreras' Ltd. accounts were in a very satisfactory position, said the chairman, Mr. E. R. Bunnett, at the annual…

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Good Show Tipped For Braidwood

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 7

PROSPECTS for success at the Brakwood show on February 14 and 10 were high and support from other district was expected, said the…

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Sa Employers Show Signs of Weakness

Tribune · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 1

ADELAIDE. — “Why can’t we start the new year right?... let us get back to work and let the Government and the Court settle the matter…

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Show Recalls Hobble-Skirt Styles Of 1913

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 15

COATS make news at the current Paris showings—great wrappy coats, dolmans, returned from the nineteen-teens, draped kimono coals in velour or duvetyne reminiscent of the same period, floor length woollen coats in crimson,…

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Social-Democrats Show Their Imperialist Nature Blum And Bevin Come Into The Open

Tribune · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 4

Once more the labor movement Is witnessing a demonstration of the imperialist nature of Social-Democracy. Blum’s “Socialist” Government has started a bloody war of suppression against the Vietnam Republic in Indo-China…

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Goulburn Ram Sales Attract Offerings Of Excellent Sheep From Noted Studs Helping Flock Improvement First Offering On January 23 Will Be Held On Wool Show Floor Merinos, British Breeds, Corriedales

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 7

RAM sales will be held on two days at Goulburn this year. The first sale will be conducted on January 23 by the Fanners and Graziers' Co-op. G.I. and A. Co. Ltd., in that firm's wool store in Verner Street. The second sale will be the combined fixture by Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. Ltd., and…

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Mediocrity In Art Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1947 · page 11

Entries for the Archibald and Wynne prizes and for the Sulman prize, awarded on this occasion…

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Aquatic Carnival on Hawkesbury

Daily Mirror · Saturday 18 January 1947 · page 13

WISEMAN'S FERRY branch of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' League will hold an all-day aquatic carnival on the Upper Hawkesbury…

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Aquatic Carnival on Hawkesbury

Daily Mirror · Saturday 18 January 1947 · page 12

WISEMAN'S FERRY branch of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' League will hold an all-day aquatic carnival on the Upper Hawkesbury…

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Answers to Readers What is a Fair Day's Wage for a Fair Day's Work?

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1947 · page 10

PROFESSOR WALTER MURDOCH, Chancellor of the University of Western Australia and well-known…

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Show of Prize Flowers

Daily Mirror · Saturday 18 January 1947 · page 3

SOME of the prize-winning begonias at a recent flower show at Pasadena, California, exhibited by the American Begonia…

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