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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1924

1,056 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 53

£5546 in Stakes The Hawk's Melbourne Wins King Carnival Training MELBOURNE

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 8 March 1924 · page 6

Like some other Sydney trainers, J. M. Cameron is so enamored of the properties of Victorian grass that he is going to keep The Hawk. Egyptian Flower, and…

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Breakaway Proposal School Teachers and the Show Discourtesy Alleged Boycott Scheme Rejected by Federation

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 8 March 1924 · page 6

A proposal to boycott Newcastle show in future, chielly owing to allegged discourtesy in connection with the school holiday, was rejected at a meeting of teachers this morning. There was only a fair gathering [?]…

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Resentment about Change of Holiday Causes School Teacher to Moot Show Boycott Novel Strike Income-tax Collectors How Would Blacklegs Fare? LONDON, Friday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 8 March 1924 · page 6

What would be the most popular strike in industrial history is threatened by income tax collectors, who declare that they…

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Fire Brigades' Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 March 1924 · page 6

The Newcastle District Firemen's Beach Carnival drew large crowds on Saturday, especially at night. It is being conducted in aid of the firemen's…

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Maitland Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 March 1924 · page 6

Maitland Show opens on Wednesday, and will continue four days, with sports in operation on the afternoons and evenings of Thursday and Saturday…

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Maitland District Maitland Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1924 · page 6

The Maitland Showground was a busy Scene yesterday, with gangs of men engaged in the work of converting chaos into order for Wednesday, the opening…

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HAMILTON M.C. CLUB At Cessnock Carnival

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 11 March 1924 · page 7

On saturday last a large number of this club's riders attended the Cessnock and Districts Motor Cycle Club's Motor Carnival in the afternoon and their smoke…

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Maitland Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 March 1924 · page 8

Maitland Show opens to-day, and, given fine weather the committee declare that it will be the most successful ever held in the north. Mr. J. S. Hoskins,…

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Maitland Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 March 1924 · page 6

The Agricultural Show which will be opened at West Maitland to-day will give an opportunity to display the products of one of the most…

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Great Exhibition Products of a Rich District Splendid Show Smiling Weather for Opening Day

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 12 March 1924 · page 5

"Record smashing" is the only adequate way to describe Maitland Show, which opened to-day. Three years ago the membership list totalled 300; the total is now 800…

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Maitland Show Open To-day

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 12 March 1924 · page 1

Jumping at the Maitland Show Is a. feature. Over the log fence. Mr. Sparke. president of the Show, complacently viewing the surroundings…

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Water for Show Request From Cessnock

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 12 March 1924 · page 6

At the meeting of the Hunter Hunter River Board a letter was received from the Cessnock District Agricultural Association, requesting that the…

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Wines and the Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 March 1924 · page 5

Senator Wilson has reported to the Australian Advisory Council of the Empire Exhibition that he is demanding from the General Council an…

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Dungog Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 March 1924 · page 5

Dungog show will open on Wednesday. March 26, and will be continued on the two following days. Entries close next Wednesday. A special train will run from…

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Biff Wheel At Show

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 13 March 1924 · page 12

For the first time at Maitland visitors to the show wil have an opportunity of riding on Mackey's Ferris Wheel. This is on only one of its…

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Model City At Maitland Show

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 13 March 1924 · page 2

Visitors to the Maitland Show will notice a marquee bearing a sign, "The Model City." For sixteen years an engineer at…

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Maitland has Many Show Places beside the Showground

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 13 March 1924 · page 14

Around the Ring at the Maitland Showground. The Bank Buildings in Maitland are among Maitland's features. The Commercial Bank is one of the Architectural Attractions of Maitland's main thoroughfare…

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Maitland Show Opening Day. a Record All Round

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 March 1924 · page 5

"A first-class show. The best I've ever seen at Maitland," was the verdict of Mr. John Kearney, a Miller's Forest pioneer, and a good judge, a verdict that…

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Mattland's Show Illustrates the Wealth that Grows in Hunter Valley Soil First Edition Coalfields Vigoro Successful Year Credit Of £36

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 13 March 1924 · page 5

At the annual meeting of the South Maitland Vigoro Association it was stated that the takings for the season totalled about £60, and after all expenses, medals,…

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Empire Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 March 1924 · page 5

A bill will probably be introduced in Parliament shortly to provide for the Sunday opening of the educational features of the British Empire Exhibition…

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