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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1925

1,140 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 39 of 57

Adamstown Boy Scouts' Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 August 1925 · page 4

A jumble fair, under the auspices of the 1st Adamstown Scout Troop, was opened in the Trois Arbres Memorial Hall yesterday afternoon by Mrs. Coote, the…

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Police Hospital Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 August 1925 · page 6

The final meeting of the Newcastle Police and Citizens Committee in connection with the police hospital carnival was held yesterday afternoon at the Council…

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Anderson's Spring Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 August 1925 · page 8

During the past few weeks Anderson's made the most forward move in their business career by entering into possession of handsome new premises…

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The Moving Picture Show Maori Greetings

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 21 August 1925 · page 4

"I see," said Weary Willie, "that the Maori girls rubbed noses on Lord Burnham in New Zealand. Cripes! Wot a funny way of welcomin' a…

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Salvation Army Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 August 1925 · page 6

A fair, promoted by the Salvation Army, will be opened by Alderman M. Light, Mayor of Newcastle, on September 1, in the Tyrrell Hall. Musical programmes…

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The Empire Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 August 1925 · page 14

Despite the lovely weather with which the Wembley Exhibition has been almost continuously favoured, the attendances have not exceeded an average of…

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The Exhibition and After

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 August 1925 · page 12

The undoubted features of the Exhibition of 1925 were the magnificent display of Queensland primary products the scantiness of secondaries,…

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Wembley Exhibition Syndicate Wants to Buy It LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 22 August 1925 · page 1

Mr. Harry Day, Labor M.P., and theatrical producer, in a letter to the Wembley, exhibition authorities, offers, on behalf of a powerful syndicate,…

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The Moving Picture Show Peter's Experiment

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 22 August 1925 · page 4

Gipsy Smith speaking at Wesley's Cahapel London, advised every husband to go home and put his arms around his wife and kiss her. "You have not done it for years," he added…

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The Moving Picture Show All Explained

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 24 August 1925 · page 4

Mystery ships have been seen off Newcastle Japanese have been seen taking bearings in the vicinity of Nobby's lighthouse…

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"Exhibition of Spleen" Justice Edmunds Criticised B.H.P. Committee's Act

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 24 August 1925 · page 4

Mr. Justice Edmunds, chairman of the B.H.P. Conciliation. Committee, has offended the members of the combined unions' committee (B.H.P.)…

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Proposed Town Hall What Plans Show "Not Secondary"

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 24 August 1925 · page 2

"Better than anything outside of Sydney—bar none!" This was how the Mayor (Alderman Light) characterised the plans for…

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Empire Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 August 1925 · page 5

The "Morning Post," in an editorial, says:—"Though there is no reason why part of the grounds should not be sold, to pull down the splendid permanent…

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Singleton Show Motor Competition SINGLETON

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 25 August 1925 · page 6

The Northern Agricultural Association has resolved that £60 be allotted as prize money for the motor cycle sports to be held on the fourth day…

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The Moving Picture Show The Bourgeois Way

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 25 August 1925 · page 4

The Russian delegation which is visiting Manchester in connection with its expressed intention to spend millions of pounds in buying English textile…

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Pomeranian Show

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 26 August 1925 · page 2

Newcastle Kennel Club members had a successful time at the show of the Pomeranian and Pekinese Club of New South Wales. Mr. H. Ward was…

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Singleton Show No Holiday for Maitland

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 26 August 1925 · page 1

West Maitland's reply to Singleton Agricultural Association regarding that body's request that September 17 be proclaimed a public holiday in…

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The Moving Picture Show True Till Death

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 26 August 1925 · page 4

Mr. Watt said that when it was contemplated that Parliament should make an early removal to Canberra he had pondered deeply whether he should…

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Exhibition Trains All-British Goods LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 27 August 1925 · page 4

Four British railway companies are installing special exhibition trains, which will sell all-British foodstuffs, frocks, labor-saving apparatus,…

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The Moving Picture Show Too Young

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 27 August 1925 · page 4

Fidej La Barbara, the Los Angeles high school boy won the world's flyweight championship by defeating Frank Genere, but the New York boxing…

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