SYDNEY ROYAL SHOW OPENS
Re.e.eiyed Sunday, 7 p.m. . . ■■ • SYDNEY, Mgr. 30. Carnivar' crowds numbering 93,4(5i shattered Oppmng daj' attendance reeords at Mj-esterday 's Roj-ai Easter Show. The entries are a recora — 4702 comphred with 4666 in 1935 — anu the attrke'fions On offer represent an ^nvestment' b'f £2,500,000." Burebred' 'Cattle lield the stage lgst night iria!'parade of nationql wealtn unprecederfted in Royal Shovv history. There were 866 entries in the beef apo dairy sections, , Th'e attendance record for a single day is 186,632 but officigls belipve this will be exceeded comfortably during Easler week-pnd. One of the lirst casualties was a smnll boy who "whs bitten three times by a snake which he tried to pat in a sideshow. FoTtunately the snake was ot the carpet vai'iety. The boy is suftpring from shock and has received antitetanus iiijections. Sideshows listing most Of the usuai " world 's ' wonders" have11 stnlen n march on the Government by flxing admission price at lHd, thus avoiding the entertainment tax.
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Chronicle (Levin), 31 March 1947, Page 8
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