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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1927

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Newcastle Speedway. To-night's Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 April 1927 · page 10

There will be great collection of racing talent at the Newcastle Speedway to-night. Len Jones, Sulway, Buck, Murdock. I Jones, Dean, Sharp, Rees,…

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Dean Beats Jones Speedway Match Race Rain Stops Carnival

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 2 May 1927 · page 7

Rain at 8.45 p.m., before the heats of the Flying Mile had been started, caused the postponement of Newcastle Speedway carnival…

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Building, Engineering & Machinery Plan Competition Buildings for Show Ground Motor Traders' Scheme

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 2 May 1927 · page 3

The Newcastle section of the Motor Traders' Association is calling for competitive designs from architects for schemes to erect buildings at the…

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Tip Toes "J.c.w'.s Beet Show" Final Rehearsal

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 May 1927 · page 4

The final dress rehearsal at the Victoria Theatre of the musical comedy, Tip-Toes, to-day revealed a production which, in the opinion…

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Dungog Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 May 1927 · page 8

An excellent ring programme has been arranged for each day of Dungog Show, which will be held on the 11th and 18th instant. The train arrangements from…

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A Little Story The Fair's Gift

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 May 1927 · page 8

Once upon a lime there lived an old woman, who was very poor and who wished for a baby. One day as she was picking up wood a poor tramp…

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Pedlar's Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 May 1927 · page 6

Under the auspices of the Newcastle. Maitland district foreign mission auxiliary, a Pedlar's Fair was held at the Central Hall. Newcastle, yesterday, Mrs. E. F…

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Canadian Exhibition Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 May 1927 · page 5

Mr. Paterson, the Minister for Markets announced to-day that the Commonwealth Government had decided to be represented at the Canadian National Exhibition in…

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Gresford Show

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 May 1927 · page 4

The first annual exhibition of Gresford Agricultural Association will be held on May 20 and 21. An energetic committee of 40 citizens, headed by…

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Dungog Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 May 1927 · page 6

The Dungeg Show was opened yesterday in fine weather, although a few showers had fallen during the night. During the year the association acguired…

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Newcastle Speedway Carnival on

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 May 1927 · page 9

For the first time since the inception of the Speedway an afternoon carnival will be held next Saturday. A first-class programme will be…

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Newcastle Speedway. Afternoon Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 May 1927 · page 9

To-morrow afternoon, at the Newcastle Speedway, the first motor cycle day carnival will be held, and the semi-final and final postponed from last Saturday…

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Newcastle Speedway To-morrow's Day Carnival

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 13 May 1927 · page 8

To-morrow afternoon at Newcastle Speedway, the first motor cycle day carnival will be held, and the semifinals and final postponed from last…

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Newcastle Speedway. Afternoon Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 May 1927 · page 7

The first afternoon carnival will, take place to-day at the Newcastle Speedway, and if sufficient support is given by the public a series of them will be staged…

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Eighty-three To-day Maitland's First Show

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 14 May 1927 · page 7

Maitland held its first agricultural show eighty-three years ago to-day, on May 14, 1844. The old Hunter River Agricultural Society…

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Day Carnival Speedway Success Another on

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 May 1927 · page 5

Taking last Saturday's carnival as a standard, the success of afternoon racing at Newcastle seems assured. Probably to a small extent the…

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Radical Changes Newest Chassis Designs Melbourne Show

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 May 1927 · page 4

When the third international motor show held in Victoria opened its doors at the Exhibition Building, Melbourne, the great interest taken by the public…

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Newcastle Show

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 18 May 1927 · page 2
Also in Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate

The new membership badge of the Agricultural Association, the design of which is carried out in blue, edged with black, with gilt lettering, is now…

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Kennel Club Championship Show

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 20 May 1927 · page 5

The Newcastle and Northern District Kennel Club will hold a championship show to-morrow at Newcastle showground…

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