Australian Events in the News

Her dream came true; No cash offers to attract votes; A £1500 Dad The Sunday Mail - 12 November 1955 Adelaide; News Limited Newspaper, 410 x 300 mm Location : State Library of South Australia - view catalogue entry This item is reproduced courtesy of Advertiser Newspapers Ltd. It may be printed or saved for personal research or study. Use for any other purpose requires written permission from Advertiser Newspapers Ltd and the State Library of South Australia. Further information may be found at the State Library's Permission to publish page.

An emphasis on human interest stories and popular entertainment is evident in the front page articles and photographs of this edition of The Sunday Mail. Adelaide’s annual Christmas Pageant was first held in 1933, sponsored by department store John Martin’s led by Sir Edward Hayward as a goodwill gesture during the Great Depression years. The pageant continues to be held, with sponsorship from local credit unions. It is the largest event of its kind in the world.

Further reading

• Sixty nine years of events from the pages of the News / compiled by Adrian Savvas; text by Andrew Becker. College Park, S. Aust.: A. Savvas, 1992.
• Christmas Pageant (Adelaide, S. Aust.) Annual Christmas Pageant. 1945–

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