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Shows & fairs, 1950

3,940 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 197

Uni. Communists Show How To Sell Tribunes

Tribune · Saturday 21 January 1950 · page 3

In response to the Central Committee’s call to Communist party members to make the increase of Tribune sales the “Number One Task in the fight against Menzies,” many branches are reporting successful canvasses and street sales…

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Job Struggles For Wage Rises Show Keenness For Feb. 12 Rallies

Tribune · Saturday 21 January 1950 · page 6

Spontaneous job action for wage rises at various Sydney factories indicates the timeliness of the ACTU t decision to call special rallies on Sunday, February 12, to discuss speeding up finalisation of the year-old £ 10 basic wage claim. WITH prices up 66 per cent…

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Attractive Fair [?]Sle Designs Historic Origin Of Fair Isle

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 22 January 1950 · page 3

Fair Isle, a remote and barren strip of land twenty miles from the mainland of the Shetland group of islands, has given its name to one of the most attractive and unusual patterns in knitting…

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Down the Fair Ways

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 22 January 1950 · page 13

THE South Coast amateur championship, to be played at Wollongong on January 30, has attracted a large and representative entry. PETER HEARD, State…

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Show Business

The Sun · Sunday 22 January 1950 · page 40

NEW FASHION in escorts was set by Joan Crawford at the Hollywood premiere of The Hasty Heart, when she turned up flanked by her adopted children Christine, 9, and Christopher, 7…

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Big seas lash surf carnival

The Sun · Sunday 22 January 1950 · page 29

STRONG seas which swept the swimming buoys away repeatedly upset boats, washed their…

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Style Spy ... at an Art Show

The Sun · Sunday 22 January 1950 · page 11

AT most art exhibitions the spectators usually look as though they've been styled by the same brush, but at David Jones' Gallery during the week the dressing was so varied that it might have been designed by each of the five artists exhibiting…

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Leading designers show striking Paris fashions

The Sun · Sunday 22 January 1950 · page 12

BLACK SATIN makes the bodice of this striking spring model from Pierre Balmain. WASP colors of brown velvet and orange satin feature…

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3,000 See Art Show Entries

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 22 January 1950 · page 5

About 3,000 people yesterday visited the Art Gallery to see the exhibits in the Archibald, Wynne…

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Girls Show Way

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 January 1950 · page 6

RANDOLPH CENTRE (Vermont).--Boys at the traditionally-male Vermont School of Agriculture are not convinced it…

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Art show hours 'not long enough' 5000 visit Art Gallery

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 January 1950 · page 9

Visitors to the National Art Gallery yesterday afternoon said the limited Sunday opening hours prevented a proper inspection of Archibald Prize exhibits…

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"Secrets" at dress show

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 2

LONDON, Mon. (A.A.P.). The Incorporated Society of London Fashion Designers today disclosed…

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English Leather Goods On Show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 3

An exhibition of British leather goods, organised by the Leather, Footwear, and Allied Industries Export Commission,…

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Drobny, Sturgess Show Good Form

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 27

MELBOURNE, Mon.--Czech Jaraslav Drobny and South African Eric Sturgess on their form in the first round of the Australian doubles championship today…

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Easter Show Cattle

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 25 January 1950 · page 10

All dairy and beef cattle entries for the next Sydney Royal Show on April 1 to 12 must be in by February 13 next…

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Easter Pig Show

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 25 January 1950 · page 11

No entries for the pig section of the forthcoming Sydney Royal Show (April 1 to 12) will be accepted after February 13, the…

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Four N.Z. stars in exhibition

The Sun · Wednesday 25 January 1950 · page 38

One of the highlights of the Harold Park meeting tonight will be the appearance of the…

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Fashion Fair Clothes to Be Seen Here

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 January 1950 · page 7

Some of the clothes to be shown at the Australian Fashion Fair in Melbourne from February 16 will have their Sydney…

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Camden Show

Nepean Times · Thursday 26 January 1950 · page 2

Camden's annual show will be held on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, March 23, 24 and 25. Schedules are now available, and are obtainable from…

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No Jokes Make Elections Fair

Daily Mirror · Thursday 26 January 1950 · page 11

LONDON.--To ensure complete fairness during the election campaign the British Broadcasting Company --…

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