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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1928

725 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 31 of 37

Car Show Opening To-night M.T.A. EXHIBITS New Models For Comfort

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 1 November 1928 · page 10

Newcastle's first motor show will be opened by the Deputy-Mayor of Newcastle (Alderman Christle) at 8 p.m. to-day…

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Dog Show Merewether Fanciers

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 November 1928 · page 3

Although the Merewether Dominion Canine Franciers' Society has been formed only there months it is receiving much support from the dog…

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State Session the Council Fair Rents Bill Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 November 1928 · page 7

When the Legislative Council met this afternoon Mr. Coates, when the third reading of the Fair Rents Bill was moved by Mr. Boyce, the Attorney-General,…

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Motor Show Big Displays Newcastle Sports Ground

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 November 1928 · page 7

Motor car owners, prospective motor car buyers, and others whose interest in cars was purely academic, flicked to the Sport Ground last night, when…

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Beat Sydney Newcastle Motor Show Keen Spectators

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 November 1928 · page 6

The members of the Newcastle Motor Traders' Association are more than pleased at the success of the motor show…

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Cars for 1929 Newcastle M.T.A. Show Official Opening

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 November 1928 · page 6

Glittering, polished body work, a combination of blowing horns and silently running machinery under lines of planing are lights.....This…

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Derby Day Can Amounis Settle Gothic? V.R.C. CARNIVAL Books May Have an Adverse Settling MELBOURNE

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 November 1928 · page 7

Derby Day at Flemington—what does this portend? If Parkwood, Gothic, Strephon, and Karuma prevail, the bookmakers will be faced with an adverse settling on Monday. It is quite on the cards that the four horses named will not only…

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Operatic Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 November 1928 · page 6

The annual operatic fair in connection with the Newcastle Cathedral will be held in the Cathedral Hall, Church-street, from Wednesday. November 21,…

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A Model Railwal Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 November 1928 · page 13

England has a Model Railway Club, which recently had it annual exhibition in London. Hundreds of miniature models of locomotives electrical and…

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Motor Show Another Good Attendance Keen Interest

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 3 November 1928 · page 2

A large crowd attended the Newcastle motors traders' show at the Newcastle Sports Ground yesterday. Several firms report that they have…

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The Motor Show Success Maintained Wide Range of Exhibits

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 November 1928 · page 3

Interest in the Newcastle Motor Traders Show continued unabated yesterday, the number of people who attended the Sports Ground more than justifying the predictions of success made at the formal opening on Thursday night…

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Junction Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 November 1928 · page 6

A full list of the cookery competitions, to be conducted in connection with the Junction Congregational Church Fair, to be opened in Merewether School of Arts…

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Be Healthy Sydney Exhibition

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 November 1928 · page 4

Raw or cooked foods, meat, salads, fruits, cereals, nuts? What should we eat? Light or dark clothes? Open shirts,…

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To Aid Hospitals Mayfield Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 November 1928 · page 6

The sports carnival promoted by the employees of the associated steel industries, on behalf of Newcastle, Wallsend, and Waratah Hospitals, was successfully…

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Motor Cycling Sports Ground Carnival Murdock's Double

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 November 1928 · page 3

A feature of the motor cycling at the Newcastle Sports Ground on Saturday night was the performance by H. Murdock, who won two finals…

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A Success Newcastle Motor Show

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 November 1928 · page 8

The members of the Newcastle Motor Traders' Association are more than pleased at the result of the motor show that was held on the Newcastle…

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The Motor Show the Last Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 November 1928 · page 5

Encouraged by the success of the first Newcastle motor show which concluded on Saturday night, it is the ambition of the Newcastle ranch of the Motor…

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British Boom Motor Cycle Exhibition "A Bright Spot" London

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 6 November 1928 · page 1

The Home Secretary (Sir William Joynson Hicks) opening a cycle and motor cycle snow at the Olympia today said the motor cycle industry…

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Adamstown School Coming Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 November 1928 · page 5

The Parents' and Citizens' Association met in the public school on Monday night, Ald. Cousins (Muyor) presided over a large attendance of members…

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Cycle Show Exports Increasing London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 November 1928 · page 7

"One of the few bright spots in British trade at the present moment" was how Sir William Joynson-Hicks described the motor cycle industry when he…

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