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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1921

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Newcastle Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 February 1921 · page 6

Visitors to the show which is being held this week at Broadmeadow have a ravel attraction awaiting them In the industrial hall, where Kitchen and Sons,…

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Newcastle Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 February 1921 · page 4

The annual show of the Newcastle Agricultural, Horticultural, and Industrial Association, which takes place this week, is an event of considerable…

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Key to General Plan of Show Ground. Plan Newcastle Show Ground

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 February 1921 · page 1

1. Broken HIM Proprietary: 2. Malley's. Ltd.; 3. Abattoirs Boa : 4. Messrs. Young and Green; 5. Texas Oil Co., Ltd.: 6. MacArthur Motors. Ltd.: 7. Messrs. Gilbert Bros.; 8. Messrs. Casey and Lo Mottee; 9. Phizackerley's, Ltd.; 10. Rink Motors; 11, Messrs. Brown und Scully: 12 J. G. Howard: 13. Leyland Motors, Ltd.; 14. Proport's Motor Bodies; 15. British Motors, Ltd.; 16. Walker and Chilcole; 17. Cayee and Paul Motors 18. Messrs. Brown and Hellicur; 19. Sterling Motors…

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The Big Show Newcastle Clover Valuable Fodder Plant Expert's Opinion Good As Paspalum

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 February 1921 · page 7

A clover time will hold its own with paspalum, that will carry four to five head of stock per acre during its growing season, that is…

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Newcastle's Great Show Preparations at Broadmeadow Record Entries in All Sections Attractive Ring Events

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 February 1921 · page 6

This is show week. From Wednesday till Saturday the pretty grounds at Broadmeadow will be a veritable hive of industry. Never before in the…

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Newcastle Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 February 1921 · page 5

The Newcastle Show will commence tomorrow, when the judging in the various sections will be in full swing. Thursday, which is known as the big day of the annual…

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The Wallsend Hall at the Show Ground

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 22 February 1921 · page 1

The most notable addition to the buildings on the Newcastle Showground is the Wallsend Hall. The ceremony of officially opening the pavilion will…

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Record Show Lay-out of the Ground Display of Exhibits New Buildings

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 22 February 1921 · page 7

The plan of the Newcastle Agricultural Showground at Broadmeadow printed in "The Newcastle Sun" yesterday, will served as an excellent guide…

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Record Show Ready for To-morrow Busy Scene on the Ground Mr. Dann's Directing Hand

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 22 February 1921 · page 6

Everything is life and bustle at the Show Ground. Carpenters are busy everywhere putting the finishing touches on the stalls and the work of…

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British Industries' Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 February 1921 · page 7

The seventh annual British Industries Fair, comprising three and a-half miles of stalls, has been opened at the White City in London…

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Show Holiday

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 February 1921 · page 7

Thursday, March 3, has been proclaimed a public holiday throughout the Mailand district, in celebration of Maitland Show…

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Show Holiday

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 February 1921 · page 2

Waratah Council decided last night to give all employees on the laboring staff a half day holiday to-morrow on full pay…

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Newcastle Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 February 1921 · page 5

Sir,—Being an exhibitor ever since the show started, I would say nothing about raising the price of admission if the prize money were also raised. I…

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Growth of the Show

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 February 1921 · page 6

The remarkable industrial and commercial expansion of the Newcastle district during the past five years is given striking expression in the snow which was opened at Broadmeadow to-day. The exhibition is of record standing, attained within two years of a…

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Newcastle Show. Opens To-day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 February 1921 · page 6

The annual exhibition of the Newcastle Agricultural, Horticultural, and Industrial Association will open to-day on the Show Ground at Broad meadow…

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"Not a Fair Cut" Fight for Spoil Thalberg's Burglary

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 February 1921 · page 6

At three o'clock on the morning of January 29, Thalberg's window was broken and jewellery taken. At the Newcastle court to-day John Thomas…

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The Big Show Secrets of Success the Show in the Making Men Who Have Helped

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 February 1921 · page 5

Looking around the crowded, pavilions and grounds one naturally asks the question: How is it that this show has evolved in only eight years from…

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The Big Show Meal and Jellies How Foods are Made Local Manufacture

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 February 1921 · page 8

To the average lay mind there is nothing particularly romantic about a Jelly crystal or a packet ot breakfast meal. Everybody uses these…

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Judging Day at the Show Splendid Display of Exhibits All Previous Records Broken Attractive Ring Programme

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 February 1921 · page 4

All the bustle and confusion of the past few days is over, and order reigns supreme at the Broadmeadow Snow Ground. The Judges…

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Show Awards Judges' Busy Day Among the Exhibits Parades in the Ring (Continued on Pages 4, 5, and 8.)

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 February 1921 · page 7

Though showers fell during the early morning the weather cleared before business started at the Showground to-day. Judging was carried on…

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