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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1924

1,056 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 53

Ambulance Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 April 1924 · page 8

A very attractive programme has been get down or Saturday night on Maitland Showground in connection with the benefit carnival for the Maitland Motor…

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No Propaganda Exhibition Veto Political Societies London

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 April 1924 · page 1

Mr W. Lunn, Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Overseas Trade, admitted in the House of Commons that three political and…

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Rosehill May Show A.J.C Candidates' Chances Open Events Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 April 1924 · page 6

Whatever may happen to Claro, Williams has a strong card in Lane[?]e, notwithstanding his [?] over w.f.a. He has won at a mile and a quarter in Brisbane,…

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13,000 Men Idle Big Strike Develops at Wembley Malcontents Violent Empire Exhibition Preparations May Be Delayed LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 April 1924 · page 1

The Wembley strikers have forced other workers to down tools, and 13,000 men are now idle. All preparations for the exhibition are at a standstill. Four thousand strikers held a mass…

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Exhibition Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 April 1924 · page 5

Mr. Thomas, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, strongly denied in the House of Commons that the Exhibition would not be opened to time…

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Picture Show Disaster

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 April 1924 · page 5

A message from Mexico City states that 26 persons are dead, and over 55 injured in consequence of a fire and panic in a picture theatre at the suburb of Tacubaya…

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Hospital Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 April 1924 · page 6

At a committee meeting on Wednesday, presided over by Mr. A. S. Lumby, president of the Commercial Travellers' Association, Mr. R. P. Breden was…

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The Exhibition Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 April 1924 · page 5

A strong force of mounted and unmounted police now have matters which were thrown into disorder by the strike well in hand at the Empire Exhibition…

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The Exhibition Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 April 1924 · page 5

Can anyone recall anything like it? There have been many Exhibitions, our own included, but it cannot be remembered that there was ever one where the…

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Cruft's Dog Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 April 1924 · page 14

Cruft's Dog Show, at the Agricultural Hall, Islington, has beaten its own record of last year by nearly a thousand, with a total entry of 6670. Between sixty and…

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The Exhibition Strike Collapses Work Resumed (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 April 1924 · page 5

The strike at the Empire Exhibition has fizzled out ignominiously. Lees than a thousand malcontents attended the final meeting, at which Mr…

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Amateur Gardener Among the Dahlias Some Select Show Blooms

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 5 April 1924 · page 8

Not a week since, while the weather was hot and dry, many of the suburban dahlia patches were giving their owners a lot of trouble…

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Kurri Show

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 April 1924 · page 8

Kurri District Horticultural, Bird, Dog, and Fine Art Society's committee expect the 10th annual show on May 1, 2, and 3, in the Drill Hall grounds to be a record…

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Successful Show

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 April 1924 · page 5

At a meeting of the Cessnock show committee the rough balance-sheet showed a credit balance of approximately £130, apart from a [?] of…

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"A Fair Go" Police Court Justice

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 April 1924 · page 3

"Well get fair go from the bloke on top," was the opinion of one defendant at the Newcastle police court. Weather the fact that he was later…

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The Exhibition Opening Ceremony Arrangements Completed (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 April 1924 · page 5

Arrangements have now been completed for the King, accompanied by the Queen, to open the Empire Exhibition at Wembley, at 10 o'clock on the morning of…

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Flower Show

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 12 April 1924 · page 2

A special sub-committee of the [?]nock Show will meet on Monday evening to consider the matter of [?]ding a spring show…

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Empire Exhibition a World Event. Its Origin and Scope

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 April 1924 · page 10

Exhibitions are milestones on the world's highway of universal progress. It was a bold enterprise to press forward immediately after the Great War…

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"We'll Show You" Overtime At Wembley Cheers for Thomas London

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 12 April 1924 · page 1

Thousands of drenched workers at Wombley held a massed meeting in the stadium, and decided to raise an embargo on overtime…

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The Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 April 1924 · page 5

Mr. Thomas, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, addressing the workers at Wembley, thanked them on behalf of the Cabinet and the country for their…

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