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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1924

1,056 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 53

Compressed Australia Curtain Rises on Sydney's Great Show Record Entries Fine Exhibits of Cattle and Horses SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 14 April 1924 · page 5

Compressed Australia. Once a year it bursts on Sydney under a tent that covers a State. It is New South Wales bottled and distilled. it is the concentrated essence of our country…

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Exhibition Progress

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 April 1924 · page 5

Ninety-five per cent. of the exhibits at Wembley, are now on the spot and many are on the stands. At least 4000 men are working…

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Y.m.c.a. Athletic Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 April 1924 · page 6

A comprehensive and attractive programme has been prepared for the Y.M.C.A., athletic carnival, which will be held on Easter Monday, on the Newcastle…

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Horses' Day Royal Show Exhibits Great Company

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 15 April 1924 · page 5

To-day at the Royal Show is the Jay of the horse. [?]mantle people, however ass[?] us that the day of the horse is done. Prossle Persons proplt[?]y that…

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Sydney Show Official Opening Record Crowd Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 15 April 1924 · page 9

To-day was one of the big days of the Sydney Show. The official opening took place this afternoon, and, in addition, members of the…

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The Show's the Thing— —Aristocrats at the R.A.S.

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 15 April 1924 · page 3

THOUSANDS OF POUNDS Worth here. Some of the [?] in the c[?] pavilion. WHAT A JOB.—The Judge finds 19 [?] in one [?] He has to laste the lot, and yet [?] YOUNG, PROUD and aristocrats c. showing a great distain for…

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Exhibition Employment

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 April 1924 · page 7

A committee of the Trade Union Congress and the Labour Party is considering the conditions of employment at the Empire Exhibition…

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Sunday Opening Wembley Exhibition LONDON, Tuesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 16 April 1924 · page 5

[?]The Australian Natives' Association's annual meeting has decided to agitate in favor of the opening of the Wembley Exhibition on Sunday…

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The Royal Show. Judging of Horses. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 April 1924 · page 6

The Royal Agricultural Show was continued to-day in glorious weather. The exhibits are now ready for the official opening to-morrow, and the details for…

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Smiling Sailors and Champion Stock —WitH the Fleet and at the Sydney Show

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 16 April 1924 · page 3

ON THE PLA[?].— The visitors on the Bond are a[?]ed at Jack and his hand machine, by which he repairs the flags. ONE TO WIN BUT IT WILL NOT BE THE CALE.—He has a little cap while his cai[?]tries to break loose, but after te show's [?] keeps well…

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Exhibition Catering

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 April 1924 · page 5

The Australian Press Association understands that the Australian authorities at the Empire Exhibition, in sending a letter to Sir James Stevenson,…

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Wembley Wines Exhibition Preference LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 17 April 1924 · page 1

The Australian Exhibition Commissioners, at their first meeting at Wembley, discussed the wines' controversy. Mr. Stevenson, the…

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The Sydney Show Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 April 1924 · page 5

There was again a large number of visitors to the show to-day. The official luncheon was served in the new hall. Mr. F. L. Martin presided…

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Royal Show Spectacle and Audience Approach Their Zenith

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 17 April 1924 · page 5

A STRIP OF INCIDENTS.—On the left is Mr. Jack Moses, who was at the first exhibition opened by the Duke of Edinburgh. No. 2 shows 4 little last real who, though a cannot find [?] it is[?] watched by comfortable spectators. No. 4: Whispering consolation. Two of the common kind, drawing fodder for their anstocratic [?] 6sd consolation in the knowledge [?]…

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The Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 April 1924 · page 6

The opening of the Empire Exhibition was fixed for April 23. Writing a few weeks ago, a "special representative" of a London paper provided these notes:…

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The Royal Show Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 April 1924 · page 5

A notable addition to the large crowds of visitors who thronged the Showground at all hours to-day was the large number of children who made their…

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The Exhibition Hastening Completion Australia Well Ahead. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 April 1924 · page 5

As the opening day of the British Empire Exhibition approaches it is attracting increasing attention, both in the news and advertisement columns of…

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Monday's Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 April 1924 · page 7

The full programme for the carnival on the Show Ground on Easter Monday appears in our advertisement columns. It comprises 32 events…

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The Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 April 1924 · page 6

As Mahomet had not time to go to the mountain, the Mountain came to Mahomet. Translated, this means that as the personnel of the Special…

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Cessnock Poultry Show

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 19 April 1924 · page 2

The third annual poultry and pigeon show in Cessnock will be held next June. The committee is already preparing for the exhibition…

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