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Shows & fairs, 1948

2,829 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 142

Rust Resistant Wheats Show Up

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 6

GRAIN from the rust resistant wheat varieties in the Gunnehdah district although bleached and shot is very better than…

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More Dairy Products for Show

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 2

ENTRIES of dairy products for the 1948 Sydney Royal show to be held on March 20 to 31 next, show a marked increase on…

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Carnival Highlights Tennis Eliminations, N.S.W. v. QLD

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 1

Playing in adverse weather conditions, a hot stickly day, and a strong wind, N.S.W. walked over the Qld. Tennis Team claiming…

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Closing Dates For Show Horses, Cattle, Pigs

The Land · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 2

The final closing dates for entries for the 1948 Royal Easter Show are: Horses, January 31; cattle and pigs, February 2…

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Variety Show

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 January 1948 · page 7

"May I ask what the devil you think you're stuffing?" "There's probably nothing to this, but we like to think he's some what advanced for 13 months." "Gerald! Another woman looked at you!"…

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Flat Sea for Surf Carnival

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 January 1948 · page 10

THE surf was light at the start of the North Steyne Surf Carnival this afternoon. The" waves were breaking…

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Sport Show Backs Games Fund

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 January 1948 · page 16

The Telegraph Sports Parade last night started a fund to send an Australian athlete to the…

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Golf Pros. Show Crosby Fans How

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 January 1948 · page 9

NEW YORK, Saturday.-- An all-star cast of instructors staged a clinic on how and how not to make shots on the…

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Golf Pros. Show Crosby Fans How

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 January 1948 · page 2

NEW YORK, Saturday.-- An all-star cast of instructors staged a clinic on how and how not to make shots on the…

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Tests Show Best Callings for Youth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 January 1948 · page 3

Youths studying the Cox mechanical aptitude test chart yesterday at the Department of Labour and Industry's Vocational Guidance Bureau, where various tests are conducted daily to determine the most suitable occupation for boys and girls who have just left school. In the test shown above, the boys were to calculate the performance of the wheels in the diagram…

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Golf Pros. Show Crosby Fans How

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 January 1948 · page 9

NEW YORK, Saturday.-- An all-star cast of instructors staged a clinic on how and how not to make shots on the…

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Beach beauties in stage variety show

The Sun · Saturday 10 January 1948 · page 2

Entrants in the Miss Bondi section of the Australian Surf Girl Contest will appear in stage presentation at a gala variety show at Bondi Auditorium tonight at 8…

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Feathers & Finery for Fair Punters

Truth · Sunday 11 January 1948 · page 3

THERE WERE FEATHERS and finery yesterday at Randwick, where fair punters were on parade. Ann…

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Man hurt at carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 11 January 1948 · page 1

A man was seriously injured last night when he and his nine-year-old son fell off a revolving…

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Spotlight on Show

Truth · Sunday 11 January 1948 · page 28

ONLY new film released in Sydney this week was a cowboy movie, "Rainbow Over Texas," at…

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The Passing Show

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 11 January 1948 · page 15

"My corns hurt too, madam, but we still say it will be clear and sunny." "Gee, this's gonna be interesting -- mind if I watch?"…

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Man Hurt in Fall at Beach Carnival

Truth · Sunday 11 January 1948 · page 2

A middle-aged mail was seriously injured last night when he was thrown 16ft. from a moving horse-o-plane at a…

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Bourke's good swim in backstroke at State title carnival

The Sun · Sunday 11 January 1948 · page 19

NATIONAL 110yd. backstroke champion Bruce Bourke beat a class field to win his first NSW…

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Duke likes legs on show MIAMI

The Sun · Sunday 11 January 1948 · page 3

WOMEN with good legs should not hide them behind the new long skirts, the Duke of Windsor said yesterday. He said with material so short, it was a poor time to…

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Bright New Tivoli Show

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 January 1948 · page 4

"Fine Feathers," a particularly bright vaudeville show, opened at the Tivoli Theatre last night…

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