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Shows & fairs, 1954

4,137 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 207

Crews Swamp at Carnival

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 January 1954 · page 5

Big seas caused upsets In the boat heats at Manly Surf Carnival today, Wanda and…

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Crews Swamp at Carnival

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 January 1954 · page 5

Big seas caused upsets In the boat heats at Manly Surf Carnival today, Wanda and…

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Ice show survived mishaps

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 January 1954 · page 6

"Hot Ice," which-opened at the Empire last night, survived a number of mishaps and…

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Ice show survived mishaps

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 January 1954 · page 3

"Hot lee," which opened at the Empire last night, survived a number of mishaps and…

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Ice show survived mishaps

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 January 1954 · page 6

"Hot Ice," which opened at the Empire last night, survived a number of mishaps and…

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Ice show survived mishaps

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 January 1954 · page 6

"Hot Ice," which opened at the Empire last night, survived a number of mishaps and…

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Ice show survived mishaps

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 January 1954 · page 6

"Hot Ice," which opened at the Empire last night, survived a number of mishaps and…

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Ice show survived mishaps

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 January 1954 · page 6

"Hot Ice," which opened at the Empire last night, survived a number of mishaps and…

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Ice show survived mishaps

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 January 1954 · page 3

"Hot Ice," which opened at the Empire last night, survived a number of mishaps and…

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Ice show survived mishaps

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 January 1954 · page 6

"Hot Ice," which opened at the Empire last night, survived a number of mishaps and…

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Ice Show Opens At Empire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1954 · page 14

Hot Ice, the new ice show, which opened last night at the Empire Theatre, follows much the same pattern as Armand…

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Boats Swamped by Huge Waves at Carnival

The Sun · Saturday 30 January 1954 · page 7

Huge waves swamped boat crews at Manly surf carnival today. Few boats finished in the five heats of the…

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Pilot and Women Perish on Way to Water Carnival 2 burned to death in air crash

The Sun · Saturday 30 January 1954 · page 1

Hundreds of people saw a man and a girl passenger burned to death when a light aircraft crashed near Taree today. They were James Vaughan…

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Show-off Soles for Fun

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 31 January 1954 · page 18

FOR women who like to lounge around the house with their feet in the air,…

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Manly Surf Carnival Marred By Seas Events Cancelled

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 31 January 1954 · page 30

Treacherous seas forced the cancellation of two events and marred others at the Manly surf carnival yesterday. Officials cancelled the…

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Crossed Her Fingers; Show Went Smoothly

Truth · Sunday 31 January 1954 · page 2

Skating star Pat Gregory tying her skate laces at the Empire Theatre last night before her act in "Hot Ice" and (inset) crossing her fingers before taking the stage. Everything went smoothly last…

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Man and Woman Die in Flames Plane Crash At Carnival

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 31 January 1954 · page 3

TAREE, Saturday.—A man and a young woman were burnt to death when a light plane crashed…

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Applied Art Exhibition

Tharunka · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 4

Some time during the second term it is hoped to hold an Applied Art Exhibition in Union Hall. Plans as yet are only in the embryo…

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Berlin Show "Clicks" at Premiere

The Sun · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 14

Irving Berlin's Call Me Madam is assured of a box-office success if the premiere…

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Inter-varsity Swimming Carnival University of Technology Wins

Tharunka · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 4

Congratulations from Major R. K. Wilthew, Supervisor of Amenities. THE WINNING TEAM…

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