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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1924

1,056 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 52 of 53

The Moving Picture Show Dangerous Honors

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 18 December 1924 · page 4

"Curses" said sir Joseph, "what the dickens do you want?" "I have come," said the reporter, to interview—"…

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Hamilton. Carnival Week

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 December 1924 · page 7

The spirit of carnival was again much in evidence in Hamilton last evening, when crowds of people resorted to Beaumont and Tudor streets, and adjoining…

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The Moving Picture Show Tried

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 December 1924 · page 4

Doubt: seems to resist among ENglish Liberals, according to Mr. Baldwin, as to whether beer is a food. Lady Astor asked Mr. Winston Churchill to…

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Meeting Lapses Maitland Show Committee

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 December 1924 · page 5

A special general meeting of the Maitland Show committee was called for last night, but did not eventuate. There are 820 members on the…

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Sporting News and Notes By the Way CYCLING Sports Carnival Big Handicaps

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 December 1924 · page 2

The sporting public of Newcastle will be provided on Saturday night with the first big cycling and motor-paced carnival, promoted this season…

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Cycling Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 December 1924 · page 6

An entertaining programme of cycling and motor-paced races has been arranged for the carnival on Newcastle Sports Ground to-night. It contains half and…

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Hamilton. Shopping Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 December 1924 · page 5

The brilliantly lighted streets in the business centre of Hamilton were again thronged last night, when the shopping carnival organised by Hamilton…

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Newcastle Beach Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 December 1924 · page 6

Newcastle District Sailors and Soldiers' Memorial Institute carnival will open to-night on the Newcastle beach with all the latest novelties. It will be continued…

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District News. Belmont. Methodist Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 December 1924 · page 6

A Jumble fair and Christmas tree, in aid of the Belmont Methodist Church and building fund, was opened in the Memorial Hall yesterday afternoon, in…

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Cook's Hill Surf Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 December 1924 · page 6

The first surf carnival of the season will be held this afternoon at the Bar Beach. A varied programme of championship and novelty events has been…

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The Moving Picture Show Serious Epidemic

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 20 December 1924 · page 4

Now that the test match has begun it behaves old people to be very careful of themselves. The mortality amongst grandmothers yesterday was…

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Wembley Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 December 1924 · page 5

The Duke of York will be the president of the Wembley Exhibition in 1925, as the Prince of Wales will be away from England…

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Ambulance Fancy Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 December 1924 · page 6

Attention is directed to an advertisement announcing a huge fancy fair for to-night and to-morrow night, in Beaumont-street, Hamilton. This fair is to…

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Beach Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 December 1924 · page 6

The ocean beach carnival, organised by the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Memorial Institute, of which Mr. C. Earp is president, was opened on the…

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Cycling Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 December 1924 · page 5

A cycling and motor-paced carnival, promoted by Northern Centre of the New South Wales Cyclists' Union, was held on Newcastle Sports Ground on Saturday…

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Cook's Hill Surf Club Annual Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 December 1924 · page 5

The annual surf carnival of the Cook's Hill Life Saving and Surf Club was held on the Bar Beach, Merewether, on Saturday. The weather was cool, and the…

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The Moving Picture Show a Grand Old Lady

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 December 1924 · page 4

"I see 'ere," said Weary Willie, "that the sorter presents grandma likes is knitting needless, wool, tatting outfit—wotever that is—Yow de…

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Hamilton. Ambulance Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 December 1924 · page 5

The carnival spirit was again a feature of Beaumont-street last night, when a fancy fair was conducted by members of the Newcastle District Ambulance…

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The First Radio World's Fair

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 December 1924 · page 1

At the Madison Square Garden, With a second exhibition at a 69th Regiment Armery. Dorothy Nestell is shown here trying out the monster born she will take home and hook up to her three-table set…

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CYCLING Sports Ground Carnival Holiday Sport

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 December 1924 · page 7

The new promoter of cycling events at Newcastle Sports Ground, Mr. "Jummer" Edwards, will conduct his opening carnival on New Year's…

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