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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1924

1,056 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 53

Newcastle Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 February 1924 · page 5

These who have entered exhibits of school work, needlework, fine arts and Photography for Newcastle Show are notified that they will be received…

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Wyong. Agricultural Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 February 1924 · page 5

The Wyong Show, which was opened on Friday, was brought to a close on Saturday, when an interesting programme of ring events was caried out…

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Giants at the Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 February 1924 · page 6

BILLY THE PIG will be at the Newcastle Show, commencing to-morrow. Two cases of apples, four buckets of milk, and 16 large cabbages is the daily…

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Recruiting the District Brass Bands Schools Contest at the Show

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 25 February 1924 · page 1

One of the most exciting contests (and certainly the most interesting from the point of view of the rising generation, at the…

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Everybody Busy To-day Putting on the Final Touches for the Show First Edition 2.50 p.m. Show Week Ready For The Opening New Record

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 25 February 1924 · page 7

Favored with a continuance of to-day's weather, the annual fixture of the Newcastle Agricultural, Horticultural, and…

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Newcastle Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 February 1924 · page 6

The Newcastle Show will open to-day and from every aspect the big annual event gives promise of being the most successful on record. The grounds have…

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Attractions at the Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 February 1924 · page 6

BILLY THE PIG will be at Newcastle Show to-day. Two cases of apples, four buckets of milk, and 16 large cabbages is the daily menu of Billy, the world's…

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Beach Carnival Firemen's Scheme Council Grants Permission

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 February 1924 · page 9

Newcastle City Council received an application last night from the firemen's hospital art union committee, for permission to hold a carnival on…

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District Shop Window Newcastle's Great Show Opening in Glorious Weather All Previous Displays Eclipsed

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 February 1924 · page 7

Christmas is not the only good thing that conies but once a year. The Newcastle Show, which opened to-day, is another famous annual event, and, like Christmas, it is always welcome…

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£40,000 Worth of Meat British Order to Foreign Country What Australia Missed "Bad Example For Empire Exhibition Year" LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 February 1924 · page 1

Mr. Hassan, representing the Australian meat council in England, in a letter to the "Daily Mail," points out that the War Office has given a foreign country a canned meat order for £40,000, which…

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The Great Show Open To-day Possible Prize Winners and the two Men of the Moment Aberdare Extended Idle Worn Out Horses Bad Pit Roads

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 February 1924 · page 7

Aberdare Extended Colliery was idle to-day. The men held a meeting this morning and decided to ask the…

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Buckjumping Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 February 1924 · page 8

Skuthorp's buckjumping show at Newcastle West continues to attract large attendances. Firefly, the outlaw, was again led out of the ring last night…

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Show Carnival Early Arrival of Children Awards Among Stock Judges' Busy Day in the Ring

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 February 1924 · page 7

Boisterous winds and an overcast sky failed to keep spectators away from the Newcastle show to-day. There was a steady procession through the gate from an early hour, most of the early…

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Unique Display History in Stamps Philatelic Exhibition

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 February 1924 · page 4

The historical interest attaching to a collection of postage stamps is amply Illustrated in the Newcastle Philatelic Society's exhibit at the Newcastle Show,…

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Firemen's Carnival Moonlight Concert Wallsend Park En Fete

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 February 1924 · page 9

An ideal night, a large crowd, and plenty of amusement were the chief features of the Wallsend firemen's hospital committees moonlight…

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Trade Display at Tee Show Industrial Exhibits

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 February 1924 · page 11

A great deal of the interest of the spectators at the show is centered on the trade displays in the industrial…

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Newcastle Show. First Judging Day. Many Attractions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 February 1924 · page 2

The Newcastle Agricultural, Horticultural and Industrial Association's annual show was opened at Braodmeadow yesterday, under conditions which give…

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Among the Traders Show Displays Pavilion Exhibits

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 February 1924 · page 3

Some of the trades displays in the Industrial Pavilion at Newcastle Show are described on page 11, and some were written about…

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Among the Wild Horses at the Buckjumping Show

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 February 1924 · page 1

There's a fellow they call Skuthorp who moves around the land, Just looking for the outlaws that obey no rider's hand; And he brings them to the city where the mugs who cannot ride Try to get up in the saddle when they ought to get inside…

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Cycling. Night Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 February 1924 · page 3

The programme for Saturday night's carnival on the National Sports Ground, includes the match race betwen J. Simms, the Sydney sprinter, and A. J. Davies,…

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