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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1929

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Kennel Notes Newcastle Show Entries

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 1 June 1929 · page 7

As a large number of Sydney fanciers have entered their dogs for the Newcastle ana District Dog Club's championship show on June 3 (King's Birthday),…

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Maitland District Proposed Juvenile Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 June 1929 · page 10

Representatives of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association and the Maitland District Teachers' Association met on Thursday evening at the…

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Scot Dog Judge Visit to Newcastle Show on

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 1 June 1929 · page 8

Owner of a famous bull-terrier kennel in Scotland, Mr. T. W. Hogarth, of Kelso-on-Tweed; arrived in Newcastle to-day to Judge the big…

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St. Mary's Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 June 1929 · page 6

The objective of St. Mary's Ladies Parochial Association. West-Maitland in organising the exhibition and fair, held during last week, in aid of parochial…

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Hockey Women's Carnival Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 June 1929 · page 7

Under ideal conditions, the N.S.W. Women's Hockey Association staged the second round of the country carnival at the University Grounds to-day…

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Rugby Union Country Carnival City Teams Victorious Newcastle Players Prominent Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 June 1929 · page 7

The Rugby Union country carnival was brought to a close to-day by pitting the pick of the country men against strong metropolitan sides. Three matches…

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Spring Racing Victorian Carnival Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 June 1929 · page 4

Entries closed to-day for the big events of the Victorian spring racing carnival. Although all the interstate, entries were not to hand this evening, there were 303…

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Fair Play

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 June 1929 · page 8

Political divisions promote heated controversies, but they should not prevent members of Parliament from exhibiting something of the spirit of fair…

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Hockey Carnival Glen Innes Beats Goulburn Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 June 1929 · page 9

A feature of to-day's round of the Women's Country Hockey Carnival was the defeat of Goulburn, last year's premiers at the hands of Glen Innes, which…

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Hockey Women's Carnival. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 June 1929 · page 6

The women's country hockey carnival entered upon the concluding stages to-day matches being staged at the University Oval. The carnival will end…

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Judges' Praise Hamilton Bird Show

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 8 June 1929 · page 8

The exhibition of the Newcastle District Canary and Case Bird Society at Hamilton Masonic Hall was continued to-day…

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Feathered Beauty Hamilton Display Annual Bird Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 June 1929 · page 3

Trilling feathered songsters, encaged row upon row, transformed the Hamilton Masonic Hall to a huge aviary yesterday. They were the lively, noisy exhibits in…

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Bird Show Closes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 June 1929 · page 6

Keen interest was shown by bird lovers in the sixth annual show of the Newcastle and District Cage Bird Society, which was continued in the Hamilton Masonic…

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Polo Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 June 1929 · page 6

The Countess of Dudley Cup polo tournament, which will commence, in Sydney on June 29, has attracted ten teams, including Goulburn, last year's winners…

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Liberal Party Attitude to Labour Fair Play in Commons No Immoderate Policy (Australian Press Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 June 1929 · page 7

Indicating Liberalism's attitude towards the MacDonald Government, Sir Herbert Samuel, Chairman of the party organisation, in a letter to Mr. Rc[?]irt Bernays,…

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Polo Carnival Muswellbrook

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 15 June 1929 · page 7

Goulburn team won the Muswellbrook Challenge Cup, and Scone A. team won the Skellatar Cup, when the Muswellbrook Polo Carnival was concluded…

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Toy Dog Show

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 19 June 1929 · page 7

The newly-formed Newcastle Toy Dog Club will hold a championship show under Kennel Club rules at the Newcastle Show Ground on July 6. Mr…

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Strained Finances Newcastle Hospital Problem Carnival Likely

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 19 June 1929 · page 4

Because of the serious financial position, the question of holding a carnival to raise funds for Newcastle Hospital is to be given…

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Modern Pharmacy Tonics in Food Form Chemists' Exhibition London, June 17

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 June 1929 · page 8

With each annual Chemists Exhibition at Westminster, the days of the medicinal measure-glass recede farther and farther. Among the latest samples of the…

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Chance of Settlement Commission Asked to Determine Profits in 1927 Government Agrees With Combined Unions As To a Fair Test Miners Make a Qualified Undertaking to Contribute to Reduced Selling Price

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 June 1929 · page 7

The first ray of light in the darkness which has reigned over the coalmining crisis came last night—the first sign of a possible change in the irreconcilable attitude of the contending parties. The Royal Commission has been asked by the Government to…

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