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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1926

739 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 25 of 37

Cessnock Show New Committee Members

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 August 1926 · page 7

Four new members have been added to Cessnock show committee for seats that have recently become vacant. The now members are Messrs…

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Queensland Show Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 August 1926 · page 8

Glorious weather again prevailed for the show, and the attendance was again very large. Keen interest was taken in the ring events, which were full of interest…

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Dog Show Cessnock Championship

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 13 August 1926 · page 2

Over 200 entries, constituting a record, have been received for the Cessnock District Kennel Club's championship show, to be held at Cessnock on…

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The Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 August 1926 · page 12

Yes, it is a great Exhibition week. Everybody has been out discovering the virtue and variety and the charm of change; everywhere by turns and nowhere…

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Kennel Club Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 August 1926 · page 6

Entries close on August 23 for the Newcastle and Northern District Kennel Club's annual championship dog show, which will take place on Saturday,…

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Queensland Show Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 August 1926 · page 4

Ideal weather again prevailed for the show. The chief attraction was the ring events. The principal event for the afternoon was the National…

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Kennel Club Show Arrangements

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 14 August 1926 · page 3

A well attended meeting of the Newcastle and Northern District Kennet Club was held last week. Mr. R. Kelsick, of Cessnock, wrote accepting…

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Fair Rents Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 August 1926 · page 7

Albert Edward Stanley Sibthorp made application for the determination of the fair rent of premises at 45 Power-street. Islington, of which J. I. Smith was named…

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Waratah St. Philip's Church Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 August 1926 · page 6

The St. Philip's Church Wattle Fair in aid of the [?]fund of the church, was [?]ened yesterday afternoon, by the [?] Mrs. A. J. Gardiner, in the…

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The Royal Show Agricultural Machinery. London, July 15, 1926

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 August 1926 · page 11

The annual exhibition of the Royal Agricultural Society of England was this year held at Reading. A study of the exhibits, which were very numerous,…

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Flying Thrills Great Air Carnival LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 August 1926 · page 6

Seven thousand people watched the Royal Aero Club's afternoon's racing and stunt-flying in the biggest carnival since the war…

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Exhibition on Wheels What Australians Can Do

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 August 1926 · page 3

The "Great White Train," which is now visiting Newcastle, is not a train in the true sense of the word, but an exhibition of what Australia can…

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Train Leaves Sydney "Advance Australia Fair" Two Months on Tour Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 August 1926 · page 4

We are trying to bring home to the people of Australia that, if they give preference at all times to Australian-made goods, they will do more to…

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Adamstown. Presbyterian Church Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 August 1926 · page 7

A Spring Fair in aid of the building improvement fund of the Presbyterian Church was opened yesterday afternoon by Mrs. R. Coote, Mayoress, in the…

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Blaze of Color Newcastle Flower Show Display at Winn's

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 26 August 1926 · page 7

A blaze of color, with light and shade effectively created by nature, was witnessed at the opening of Newcastle and district floricultural show,…

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Cessnock Miners' Carnival

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 27 August 1926 · page 7

The British miners' fund committee at Cessnock intend to hold a Speedway carnival on September 4, and the Cessnock Speedway was asked…

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Gay Colors Scott's Spring Show New Fashions

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 27 August 1926 · page 10

Artistic baskets of iris[?] with large standing palms and drapings of soft tulle, amid garlands of flowers, make a fitting background for the…

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Blooms of Beauty Newcastle Flower Show Striking Display

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 27 August 1926 · page 9

An Australia of flowers. A mass of glowing perfumed stocks. A New South' Wales of palest pink. Queensland in cyclamen. Victoria and a…

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St. Andrew's Spring Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 August 1926 · page 6

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church spring fair will be opened by Dr. T. Hamilton on Wednesday afternoon. The fair will be continued on Thursday and…

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Spring Fair New Lambton Function

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 28 August 1926 · page 8

In the presence of a large gathering of members and friends of the cause of Presbyterianism in New Lambton, desirous of having a church…

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