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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1926

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Newcastle Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1926 · page 5

Preparations are now practically completed for the Newcastle Show, which gives promise of being one of the most successful exhibitions in the history of…

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Maitland District Maitland Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1926 · page 6

The Maitland 1926 show will be held for four days and three nights in the first week in March Schedules are available on application to the secretary,…

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Kennel Notes Newcastle Champion Show

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 13 February 1926 · page 6

Dog fanciers in the Newcastle and Maitland district are reminded that the entries close on Monday next for the dog section of the H. R. A. and H…

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Cessnock Show Night Jumping and Trotting

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 13 February 1926 · page 3

Large entries have been received for Cessnock Agricultural Show, to be held on March 11. 12, and 13. For the first time in the history of…

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Surf Carnival Gala Day on Newcastle Beach Fear of Sharks Surf Relay Race to Be Decided at Bondi

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 13 February 1926 · page 5

Newcastle Surf Club's Annual Carnival on the beach was conducted this afternoon with the constant fear that the racing might be interrupted at any moment by the presence of sharks. The first alarm was raised this morning just after the…

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Dog Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 February 1926 · page 6

The Newcastle District General Dog Club will hold on June 7 (King's Birthday.), a championship show under the rules of the Kennel Association of New…

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Newcastle Surf Club Annual Carnival. Close Competitions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 February 1926 · page 5

The annual carnival of the Newcastle Surf Life Saving Club was held on the beach on Saturday. The weather was fine throughout. Early in the afternoon…

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Newcastle Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 February 1926 · page 6

Additional poultry trophies for competition are advertised to-day, and the usual cards to attach to exhibits are now obtainable. In connection with the schools'…

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SWIMMING Next Week's Carnival State Champions

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 February 1926 · page 2

Record entries have been received for the big swimming gain at the ocean baths next Monday and Wednesday nights…

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Not Fair to Sharks Zane Grey's Complaint AUCKLAND

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 February 1926 · page 1

The novelist Zano Grey, who is on a fishing expedition in New Zealand waters, complains that sharks do not get a fair chance from visiting and…

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Trade Not Dead Prince's Reassurance Industries Fair London

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 February 1926 · page 5

The Prince of Wales, speaking at the Mansion House banquet to inaugurate the opening of the British Industries Fair, said that any scheme…

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1866 Train Time-table Unique Show Exhibit

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 February 1926 · page 3

Among the interesting exhibits at the Newcastle show this year will be a tiny book, issued in September. 1866, by Thomas Richards, Government…

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British Industries Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 February 1926 · page 7

Proposing the toast of the British Industries Fair at a banquet in London to-night, the Prince of Wales said the fair had survived the recent trade…

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Redhead Fund Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 February 1926 · page 8

Stanton's midway shows, which are being conducted in connection with Redhead relief fund, will be in full swing this evening on the railway reserve at…

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Cessnock Show

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 17 February 1926 · page 7

Entries for the 1026 Cessnock show received up to the present constitute a record. In agricultural and trade displays some splendid exhibits are…

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Newcastle Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 February 1926 · page 8

Newcastle Show will be held next week. The show will be officially opened on Thursday by Sir Dudley do Chair, the State Governor. Full details of the…

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Newcastle Show. Unique Dockyard Exhibit Working Models

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 17 February 1926 · page 4

It has always been the custom of the Newcastle Show authorities to have a star exhibit at every show. Regular patrons of the show will…

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Stockton Methodist Church Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 February 1926 · page 5

An admirably arranged flower show and February fair was opened by Mrs. I. Winn in the grounds of Stockton Methodist Church yesterday afternoon, when,…

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Year's Hard Work Show Attractions Newcastle schedule

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 18 February 1926 · page 4

Newcastle Show has now become established as about sixth In magnitude. In the Commonwealth from a revenue standpoint. The net revenue…

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Dunedin Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 February 1926 · page 7

Mr. A. Samuel, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Overseas Department, stated in the House of Commons that the cost of Britain's participation…

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