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Shows & fairs, 1954

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

Sydney surf selectors watch their times in Royal Carnival tests

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 January 1954 · page 28

Sydney surfing selectors (left to right) Bill Fuerster, Lionel McDonald and. Don Lucas are shown timing candidates during trials before announcing the branch team nominees for the Royal Carnival at Bondi Beach" oil February 6. Foerster is Sydney superintendent and McDonald his deputy, while Lucas, former…

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Sydney surf selectors watch their times in Royal Carnival tests

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 January 1954 · page 28

Sydney surfing selectors (left to right) Bill Foerster, Lionel McDonald and Don Lucas are shown timing candidates during trials before announcing the branch team nominees for the Royal Carnival at Bondi Beach on .February 6. Foerster is Sydney superintendent and McDonald his deputy, while Lucas, former…

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Sydney surf selectors watch their times in Royal Carnival tests

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 January 1954 · page 28

Sydney surfing selectors (left to right) Bill Foerster, Lionel McDonald .and Don Lucas are shown timing candidates during trials before announcing the branch team nominees for the 'Royal Carnival at, Bondi Beach in February "6. Foerster is Sydney superintendent and McDonald his deputy,'while Lucas,- former…

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Sydney surf selectors watch their times in Royal Carnival tests

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 January 1954 · page 28

Sydney surfing selectors. (left, to right) Bill. Foerster Lionel McDonald and' Don Lucas are shown timing candidates during .trials before announcing the branch team nominees for the Royal Carnival at Bondi .Beach of February 6, Foerster is Sydney: superintendent and McDonald his deputy, while. Lucas former…

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Dog Notes Best Year Yet for Show Dogs

The Land · Friday 8 January 1954 · page 17

THE year 1953 has been the most successful in show dog history in Australia. The four major shows, Sydney, Melbourne,…

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Red Polls for Royal Visit to Dubbo Show

The Land · Friday 8 January 1954 · page 18

RED POLL cattle should be well represented at Dubbo Show, from February 9 to 11, which Her Majesty, the Queen, will attend…

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Swimming carnival

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 January 1954 · page 8

The Australian breast stroke title holder, Joan Fehr (Queensland), had an easy win in her heat, of…

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Swimming carnival

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 January 1954 · page 10

The Australian breast- stroke title holder, Joan Fehr (Queensland), had an easy win in her heat of…

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Swimming carnival

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 January 1954 · page 8

The Australian breast- stroke title holder, Joan Fehr (Queensland), had an easy win in her heat of…

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Swimming carnival

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 January 1954 · page 8

The Australian breast- stroke title holder, Joan Fehr (Queensland), had an ea°y win in her heat of…

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Not So Fair Trials Fair Trial, by Richard B. Morris.—Macdonald, London

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1954 · page 8

JUDGE ROY BEAN, an American frontier justice who may fairly be likened to England's Judge Jeffreys, used…

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Shark Scare at Carnival

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 January 1954 · page 8

During the North Steyne surf carnival, Barry Lumsdaine (Freshwater) reported…

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Two Boats Smashed at Carnival

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 January 1954 · page 8

Tremendous seas smashed two boats at the North Steyne surf carnival today…

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Two Boats Smashed at Carnival

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 January 1954 · page 8

Tremendous seas smashed two boats at the North Steyne surf carnival today…

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Great Show by Bowdler

Truth · Sunday 10 January 1954 · page 26

It is a pity that Fil Allotta's apprentice R. Bowdler is rapidly putting on weight. He is a cool and skilful kid and again proved his prowess by easily winning yesterday's…

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Gigantic waves sweep boats at surf carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 10 January 1954 · page 30

Gigantic waves at North Steyne surf carnival yesterday splintered the hull of one surfboat and badly damaged two others. Cronulla's boat was…

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We'll show Royalty our "beggar beach"

Truth · Sunday 10 January 1954 · page 13

While Sydney suburbs are planning to spend hundreds of pounds on decorating and sprucing up for the Royal visit, Sydney's world-famed "Pacific Paradise"—Bondi Beach—will present a shabby, crumbling face to the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh for the Royal…

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Swim Carnival

The Sun · Monday 11 January 1954 · page 24

The inter-university swimming carnival (men and women) will be held at North Sydney Olympic…

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Melbourne Scare Shark Stops Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 January 1954 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—A 15ft. grey nurse shark to-day forced the Royal Life Saving…

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"Greatest One-man Show in Radio"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 January 1954 · page 7

EDGAR LUSTGARTEN is a Manchester man—a barrister, a writer and a radio actor…

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