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Shows & fairs, 1952

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Style Spy...at photo show

The Sun · Sunday 17 February 1952 · page 41

LADIES who looked very, married clutched at their string bags and maybe turned back the clock when they lingered at the Brides Beautiful display at DJ's Galleries. 1. A female d'Artagnan, no less…

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Enthusiasts At The Morse Show

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 17 February 1952 · page 16

MR. TOM BRAY (Vychan, Forbes), judge in the polo pony classes, instructing MISS JUNE COURT, on Scamp. She won 1st prize for heavy-weight polocrosse pony, and 2nd prize in her polo…

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Big crowds at first horse show

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 17 February 1952 · page 10

More than 400 horses and 300 riders took part yesterday in the Horse Show at the Sydney Showground…

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15,000 Went To Horse Show

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 17 February 1952 · page 6

The Equestrian Federation of Australia held its inaugural horse show at the Sydney Showground yesterday…

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Well-groomed women at Horse Show

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 17 February 1952 · page 35

MORE than half the riders at the inaugural Equestrian Horse Show at Sydney Showgrounds yesterday were women and girls…

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Ready to Face the Horse Show Judge

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 17 February 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY'S first big horse show this year was the Equestrian Federation of Australia's…

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Five Titles Won By N.S.W. Swimmers As Carnival Opens

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 17 February 1952 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Saturday.—New South Wales swimmers made a fine start in the national championships to-night, Bob Barry, Barry Darke, Frank O'Neill and Lorraine Crapp, and the medley team all winning titles. An early surprise was the defeat of titleholder Judy Joy Davies (Vic.) by…

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Sydney's Biggest Night Trotting Carnival Local Horses Tipped For Two Heats On

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 17 February 1952 · page 6

Sydney horses are chosen to win two of the three opening heats of the Inter-Dominion Pacing Championship at Harold Park on Tuesday night…

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Hunter hunted Post-mortems on the recent American hunting season show that for four months hunters were killed at the rate of more than one a day

The Sun · Sunday 17 February 1952 · page 15

IN the autumn season, which ended in December, 139 hunters were killed, thousands more…

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Show wine judging today

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 February 1952 · page 6

Six judges today will begin judging Royal Easter Show wine and Spirit entries…

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Trade Fair Postponed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 February 1952 · page 7

The Chicago International Trade Fair, which was to hate been held from March 22 to April 6, has been postponed indefinitely…

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Motor Show at Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 February 1952 · page 8

Organised by the Apex Club, a committee has been formed at Wollongong to hold a motor show at…

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Tasting wine for Show prize

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 February 1952 · page 5

The judges will test more than 1200 bottles of wine, brandy, spirits, and liqueurs…

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Rocher Show Attracts Large Crowd

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 February 1952 · page 15

Elegant suits in black, navy and grey were the choice of almost every woman at the opening of…

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Rocker Show Attracts Large Crowd

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 February 1952 · page 15

Elegant suits in black, navy and grey were the choice of almost every woman at the opening of…

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Rocker Show Attracts Large Crowd

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 February 1952 · page 15

Elegant suits in black, navy and grey were the choice of almost every woman at the opening of…

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Wine Judging Begins for 1952 Royal Show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 February 1952 · page 1

Wine judges at the Showground are busy sampling wines which have been entered in this year's Royal Show. They reach their decisions by both smell and taste. Mr. Maurice O'Shea (AT LEFT) tests the bouquet, or aroma, of some mintage port. RIGHT: Mr. Douglas T. Lamb makes a sample taste of similar wine…

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Wally and the Major New Wally & The Major Book No 10--Now on Sale. Fair go

The Sun · Tuesday 19 February 1952 · page 21

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Dora Fair Enough

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 February 1952 · page 21

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Dora Fair Enough

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 February 1952 · page 21

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