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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1914

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Surf Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 6

The Stockton Surf Club's carnival is to be held this afternoon. The programme comprises resuce and resusciataion competition, and Rundle Challenge Cup…

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Canada at Panama Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 7

The Canadian exhibit for the Panama-Pacific Exposition at San Francisco will cover an area of 65,000 square feet, and will be the most extensive exhibit ever…

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Panama Exhibition. Petitions to Britain. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 5

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and many other well-known authors have petitioned Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, to reconsider the decision not to…

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Newcastle Show. the Third Day. Another Large Attendance

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 4

The Newcastle Show was continued yesterday, in fine and pleasant weather, and the attendance was quite up to expectations, fully 5000 people being on the…

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London News. the Labour Party.—canada at Panama Exhibition.—coast Defence.—ulster and Football.—new Electric Rays. London, January 16th. the Labour Party

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 7

It will be interesting to note how far the cleavage between the Liberal and Labour parties will be emphasised at the fourteenth annual conference of the…

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District News. Stockton. Surf Club's Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 February 1914 · page 3

The members of the Stockton Surf Life Saving Brigade held their first carnival, under the auspices of the New South Wales Surf Bathing Association on the…

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Newcastle Show. Final Day. a Record Attendance

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 February 1914 · page 5

The Newcastle Show of 1914 will go down to history as the most successful held under the auspices of the Newcastle Agricultural, Horticultural, and…

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Letters to the Editor. the Show Holiday

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 February 1914 · page 3

Sir,—About twelve months ago a letter appeared in your journal relative to the action of a certain firm in not giving their employees a half holiday for that…

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Letters to the Editor. the Show Pioneers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 February 1914 · page 7

Sir,—At the banquet lo connection with the official opening of the Newcastle Show, short speeches suitable to the occasion were delivered, it was…

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The Newcastle Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 February 1914 · page 6

A pleasennt function cook piece yesterday afternoon, it the council chambers, when the ladies' commlttee, which managed the toa tent, at the recent show, met…

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Surf Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 February 1914 · page 6

The sixth annual surf carnival promoted by the Newcastle Surf Club, will take place on Saturday next. The club has arranged several of these events, but…

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The Panama Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1914 · page 4

The appointment of Mr. Alfred Deakin to represent the Commonwealth at the Panama Exhibition will in all probability meet with the approval of…

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Surf Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 March 1914 · page 6

The Newcastle Surf Club's sixth annual surf carnival will take place on Saturday. There will be eight metropolitan clubs represented, and with the five district clubs…

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Our Sydney Letter. That Deportation Question of Local Interest.—mr. Justice Heydon's Wise Judgment.—a Record English Mail Delivery.—mr. Deakin and the Panama Exhibition.—investments Still Very Brisk.—a Hot Thing From London. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 March 1914 · page 4

The South African deportation question is helping to make news in Australia. Something comes along daily, and because of what is involved, it figures as…

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Panama Exhibition. Queensland Joins. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 5

Mr, D. F. Donham, the Premier of Queensland, after an interview with Mr. Walter H. Page, the American Ambassador in London, decided that…

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Birds at the Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 3

Sir,—On my recent visit to Newcastle Agricultural Society's show I noticed many of the poultry end bird exhibits were suffering greatly from thirst, and…

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Maitland District. Maitland Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 6

A meeting of the committee, of the management of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association was held it the committee room, on the…

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Surf Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 6

The surf carnival this afternoon promises to be a great success. Record entries have been received from all the Sydney and local clubs. The alarm reel…

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Birds at the Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 3

Sir,—Our show was held a fortnight ago, and your correspondent Mr. M. Dodds now draws attention to something which, if it was worth noticing by any humane…

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Newcastle Surf Carnival. a Great Success

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 March 1914 · page 5

The sixth annual carnival of the Newcastle Surf Club and Life-saving Brigade took place on Saturday afternoon, and proved to be the most successful ever…

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