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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1925

1,140 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 22 of 57

The Kennel Cessnock Show Reviewed

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 April 1925 · page 2

Cessnock Agricultural Society may well be proud of its kennel section, which was easily a record for the district. Much credit is due to the…

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Royal Show Trotting Times Banned SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 April 1925 · page 5

The main attractions at the Royal Sydney Show to-day were the ring events. There was a large attendance. For the first time, in the history of…

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The Moving Picture Show The Mysterious Tomsky

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 April 1925 · page 4

A new Russian has turned up in the cables. His name is Tomsky. Peter set Persnurlock Holines on the trail, and the following report from the…

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Royal Show Judging of Horses Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 April 1925 · page 8

Great interest was manifested in the judging of horses at the Royal Agricultural Show to-day, the grandstands being well filled, while around the ring…

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Wallsend Hospital Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 April 1925 · page 5

A carnival will be conducted in Federal Park, Wallsend, to-morrow in furtherance of the police effort on behalf of Wallsend Hospital. The programme includes…

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Royal Show Successes Niagara Park Exhibits

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 April 1925 · page 5

Mr. E. P. M. Sheedy, of Niagara Park, the principal Gosford district exhibitor in the live stock section at the Sydney Royal Show, has been very successful. The…

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The Royal Show Official Opening Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 April 1925 · page 5

The Royal Agricultural Society's Show was officially opened to-day by Sir Dudley de Chair, State Governor. Sir Samuel Hordern, president, in…

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The Moving Picture Show The Bosun's Tale

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 April 1925 · page 4

Captain Gretter Algarsson plans to fly to the Pole in a "Blimp" airship—the non-rigid war type. He told an interviewer: "As the ship's speed is 50 miles…

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Big Men at the Sydney Show Personalities at the Agricultural Ground

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 April 1925 · page 8

CAPTAIN SAUNDERS, judge and organiser of the wood-chopping contests, and Mr.J. A. Beattie, judge of Herefords; with Mr. A. F. Gray, of Tamworth, a judge in the pig section. MR. PERCY LAMB (on the right) with another old councillor, Mr. Tom Hoskins, M.L.A…

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Maitland District Royal Show Winner

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 April 1925 · page 6

Mr. J. O'Hearn, of West Maitland, who has a long list of show championships to his credit, has added another by winning the Haddington Cup and championship…

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Sydney Show the Ring Events Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 April 1925 · page 4

Dull, showery weather ruled for the fourth day of the Royal Agricultural Show to-day, and though a large crowd attended, the attendance would have been…

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Successful Fair Wyong

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 11 April 1925 · page 5

The popular girl competition in connection with the Our[?]bah Methodist [?]air. to provide funds for the erection of a new church, was won…

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The Royal Show Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 April 1925 · page 4

Threatening skies and occasional misty showers kept numbers away from the Royal Agricultural Show to-day, but many thousands braved the elements and…

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The Moving Picture Show Innocents Abroad

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 11 April 1925 · page 4

"A[?]e you 'card, Count., said Weary Willie, "about the baby?" "What!" said the Count do Main, "Whose baby? I haven't time to sit…

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Pen-notes and Pencillings. This Right Royal Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 April 1925 · page 5

De Lome, Swiss, Constitutionalist, was right. He who gets the best picture is not the valley-dweller, but the observer at a distance. Take this Right Royal…

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The Moving Picture Show Evolution and the Horse

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 13 April 1925 · page 4

As an interested spectator at the jumping contests at the Royal Show (writes Dr. Archibald Grubb), I was s[?]uck by the conduct of one horse in…

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Personalities of Sydney Show —— Good Points of the Horses

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 13 April 1925 · page 8

LADY DE CHAIR pats a champion at the Royal Show. SIR DUDLEY DE CHAIR being greeted by Mr. Cox at the opening of the Returned Soldiers' Conference. SEQUENCE before the judge…

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Milan Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 April 1925 · page 5

The Milan International Exhibition, which has now been opened, covers a space of 90,000 square metres, compared with 30,000 in 1923…

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Police Art Union Abermain Carnival

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 14 April 1925 · page 7

The Abermain committee which is arranging the carnival in connection with the police hospital art union, has decided to open the function at…

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Royal Show Another Big Attendance Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 April 1925 · page 5

Favoured with beautiful weather, the Royal Show attracted a huge attendance to-day, and from an early hour there was a constant stream of people…

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