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Shows & fairs, 1951

3,555 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 178

Sharks at Surf Carnival

The Sun · Saturday 13 January 1951 · page 7

Two sharks were chased out to sea by boat crews shortly before the start of the Queenscliff - North…

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Thai Soldiers First Sighted Show In Korea

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 January 1951 · page 2

HONGKONG, Saturday. --Thai soldiers fighting with the United Nations' forces in Korea saw snow…

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Black Jet Set For Sydney Carnival

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 14 January 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Saturday.—Black Jet, whom many judges here consider is Victoria's best…

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Agricultural Court at Royal Sydney Show

Vil'na Dumka = Free Thought · Sunday 14 January 1951 · page 4

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British Industries Fair

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1951 · page 6

The greatest demonstration of textile products ever organised by British merchants and manufacturers is planned for the British Industries Fair…

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Exhibition Of Work By Orban Studio

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1951 · page 4

It is inevitable in a show of pupils' work that there will be influences. When the influences are wide and…

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Fireworks and Venetian Carnival on Sydney Harbour

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 17 January 1951 · page 1

In connection with the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the establishment of the Commonwealth of Australia, the N.S.W…

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No Business Like Show Business!

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 January 1951 · page 17

NEW YORK, Wednesday. -- There's no business like show business when you regard it from a financial point of view, because the United States Actors' Equity Association reports that in a 12-month period the average player worked…

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No Business Like Show Business!

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 January 1951 · page 17

NEW YORK, Wednesday. -- There's no business like show business when you regard it from a financial point of view, because the United States Actors' Equity Association reports that in a 12-month period the average player worked…

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Road Safety Show Draws Big Crowds

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 January 1951 · page 16

A dual-control motor cycle trainer, the first ever seen in Australia and designed for more efficient…

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Road Safety Show Draws Big Crowds

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 January 1951 · page 16

A dual-control motor cycle trainer, the first ever seen in Australia and designed for more efficient…

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Road Safety Show Draws Big Crowds

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 January 1951 · page 16

A dual-control motor cycle trainer, the first ever seen in Australia and designed for more efficient…

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Campbelltown Show

Nepean Times · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 2

The annual Show of the Campbelltown A.H. and I. Society will be held on Friday and Saturday, March 30 and 31…

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Luddenham Show

Nepean Times · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 7

The 48th annual Show of the Luddenham Agricultural and Horticultural Society will be held on Friday and Saturday, February 9 and 10…

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Interest Mounts in Swimming Carnival

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 4

INTEREST in the Catholic Youth Organisation's 1951 amateur swimming carnival is mounting and already several entrants have settled down to serious training. Entries indicate that…

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Jap killings public show

The Sun · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 19

LOS NEGROS, Thursday.--Cars and trucks brought scores of Japanese spectators to witness the beheading of 24 Australian and Allied POW in Dutch Timor in 1942,…

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Nepean Show Next Week Big Jubilee Event

Nepean Times · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 1

Entries have come in well for Nepean Show, which will be held on Penrith Showground on Friday and Saturday of next week, January 26…

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Surf Carnival Off

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 24

WOLLONGONG, Friday. -- Bulli surf carnival, scheduled for tomorrow, has been cancelled because of the weather…

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Surf Carnival Off

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 24

WOLLONGONG, Friday. -- Bulli surf carnival, scheduled for tomorrow, has been cancelled because of the weather…

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Show Postponed

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 24

Granville District Annual Show to have been held tomorrow, has been postponed until Monday, January 29…

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