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Shows & fairs, 1949

3,978 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 199

Shark at surf carnival

The Sun · Saturday 29 January 1949 · page 3

After a shark twice halted a surf race at Manly carnival today, the event was temporarily abandoned…

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Ho Hum, Come To The Fair

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 January 1949 · page 2

It has been suggested more than once that, under the influence of a sunny climate, successive generations of the…

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Saved The Show

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 29 January 1949 · page 16

BECAUSE it was "tiger" country, sentries were posted around the jungle clearing when a film unit visited advanced troops along the…

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Man Locked In Theatre After Show

Daily Mirror · Saturday 29 January 1949 · page 3

A man fell asleep at the Marlboro Theatre pictures, Norton St., Leichhardt, last night, and was not…

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Man Locked In Theatre After Show

Daily Mirror · Saturday 29 January 1949 · page 5

A man fell asleep at the Marlboro Theatre pictures, Norton St., Leichhardt, last night, and was not…

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Man Locked In Theatre After Show

Daily Mirror · Saturday 29 January 1949 · page 3

A man fell asleep at the Marlboro Theatre pictures, Norton St., Leichhardt, last night, and was not…

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The Dog Show

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 30 January 1949 · page 3

"I'm thinking of going in for a Dog Show. How'[?] I doing?"…

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Surf Boats Capsize And Blood Flows At Manly Carnival

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 30 January 1949 · page 1

With his face covered in blood, John Norton, a South Narrabeen boat crew member, was assisted from the water at Manly surf carnival yesterday. He was struck by an oar when his boat came…

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St. Razzle And Comic Court Show Good Form

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 30 January 1949 · page 18

MELBOURNE, Saturday.—St. Razzle, a five-year-old gelding, became the likely favourite for the Newmarket Handicap by outclassing his opponents in the…

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Transaction Should Show a Profit Great Bet In Anniversary

Truth · Sunday 30 January 1949 · page 32

If there is anything in form and figures, TRANSACTION appears to be the next best thing to a "racecourse certainty" in to-morrow's £2500 Anniversary Handicap…

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"We don't want mock pity" Aborigine singer wants a fair deal for his people

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 30 January 1949 · page 6

This week the Department of Native Affairs returned 18 native children from Mulgoa Mission Home to South Australia and the Northern Territory. Because of widespread protests aroused by the transfer of the children the Sunday Telegraph asked Harold Blair, noted aborigine tenor, to write this article…

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Gay Saint gives fine exhibition

The Sun · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- Hot favorite, Gay Saint, made an exhibition of the ANA Handicap field at Moonee Valley…

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Above-merit Pictures in Exhibition

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 4

Among the 200 or more pictures hanging in the Red Cross Society's exhibition, opening tomorrow…

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Surf Carnival Record Win by F'water

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 13

On their home "ground" Freshwater Surf Club created a record by taking out the two major surf events--the…

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Red Cross Art Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1949 · page 5

While the Red Cross musters a rather miscellaneous collection of paintings and watcrcolours at David Jones' Art Gallery, quite…

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£15,000 In Rain Loss At Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1949 · page 1

Manly Mardi Gras officials said last night that yesterday's rain cost them £15,000 in takings…

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Super-cadillac on Show in New York

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 1 February 1949 · page 5

NEW YORK: -- A convertible Cadillac, coupe, costing £7500, upholstered in saddle leather and trimmed in sterling…

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Super-cadillac on Show in New York

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 1 February 1949 · page 5

NEW YORK. -- A convertible Cadillac, coupe, costing £7500, upholstered in saddle leather and trimmed in sterling…

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Super-cadillac on Show in New York

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 1 February 1949 · page 5

NEW YORK. -- A convertible Cadillac, coupe, costing £7500, upholstered in saddle leather and trimmed in sterling…

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Super-cadillac on Show in New York

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 1 February 1949 · page 5

NEW YORK. -- A convertible Cadillac, coupe, costing £7500, upholstered in saddle leather and trimmed in sterling…

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