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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1929

810 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 31 of 41

St. Paul's Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 October 1929 · page 8

The officers and members of St. Paul's Church Women's Guild organised a Spring Fair in aid of parochial funds. and were warmly congratulated by Canon…

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Islington Wistaria Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 October 1929 · page 9

The Wistaria Fair conducted by the Women's Guild of St. Mark's Church of England, in the Parish Hall, Islington, was opened yesterday by Mrs. W. E…

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Hamilton Presbyterian Spring Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 October 1929 · page 10

Favoured with ideal conditions the Spring Fair, held in connection with the Presbyterian Church, Hamilton, was opened by Mrs. H. L. Wheeler, the…

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Merewether Dog Show

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 October 1929 · page 8

Record entries have been received by the Merewether Dominion Canine Fanciers' Society for all sections of its two point championship show to be held in…

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New Golf Links Tuggerah Lakes Carnival WYONG

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 October 1929 · page 2

Eighteen golf professionals including leading players, have entered for the professional purse, to be played on Saturday in connection with the opening carnival…

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Girl Athletes Y.W.C.A. Sports Carnival Good Entries

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 October 1929 · page 3

MUCH enthusiasm is being shown in the forthcoming Y.W.C.A. sports night, to be held next Wednesday, at No. 1 Sports Ground…

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Motor Yacht Carnival Lake Display

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 October 1929 · page 4

The Motor Yacht Carnival which is to be held on Lake Macquarie on Saturday in Toronto Bay and on Sunday in Wangi Bay. promises to eclipse anything of the…

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Sporting News Spring Carnival 25 In Epsom Handicap Gilt Edge Selected

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 October 1929 · page 4

When final acceptances were declared yesterday for the Epson Handicap, the rich mile race to be run at the opening of the A.J.C. Spring meeting at Randwick…

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First Day A.J.C. Spring Racing Carnival DERBY-EPSOM Nightmarch Still Dominates Betting SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 October 1929 · page 5

There was no alteration this morning in the quotations offering about candidates for the Epsom, Derby, and Metropolitan. Nightmarch continues to dominate the market on the Epsom Handicap, but he is closely followed by the handsome Victorian, Gilt…

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Form Reviewed for Randwick and Maitland Races To-morrow Derby Day A.J.C. Carnival To-morrow Races Reviewed Gilt Edge Selected for the Epsom SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 October 1929 · page 3

The A.J.C. to-morrow will begin its Spring meeting at Randwick with prospects as bright as most of its predecessors. During the four days of the carnival, £45,000 will be distributed in prize money,…

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Islington St. Mark's Wistaria Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 October 1929 · page 3

St. Mark's Wistaria Fair was continued on Thursday night. There was a good attendance. The pupils of Miss Sylvia Braggett gave the entertainment. A…

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Championship Dog Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 October 1929 · page 13

Two hundred entries have been received for the Merewether Dominion Canine Fanciers' Society's championship show to be held at the Winter Garden, Cook's…

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Exhibition Tennis B.H.P. Tournament Finals

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 5 October 1929 · page 7

Tennis enthusiasts, who are keen on witnessing exhibitions of high-class tennis, will be given an opportunity of having their wishes fulfilled on Thursday…

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District Show Exhibit

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 October 1929 · page 8

Maitland district farmers have decided to enter an exhibit at the next Maitland Show for the District Exhibit Shield, presented by Mr. E. W. Sparke. At a…

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Interesting Displays Newcastle (Eng.) Exhibition Steam Turbines

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 October 1929 · page 2

A notable display at the North-east Coast exhibition, Newcastle-on-Tyne, is that showing, by means of detailed scale models, the latest…

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Single Table New Turning Mill London Exhibition

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 October 1929 · page 2

A single table turning mill with one turret head has been developed for workshops in which there is not a sufficient quantity of work to keep…

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Fade-out for Meeske Injured and Dumped in All-in Bout Sorry Exhibition

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 October 1929 · page 3

After mangling Scotty McDougall, 14,13, for five rounds, and getting a fall in the third at Newcastle Stadium on Saturday night, Billy Mceske, 13.6½, was injured by a fall out of the ring in the sixth, and…

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New Lambton Scout Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 October 1929 · page 3

The annual effort of the Citizens' Committee of the 1st New Lambton Troop of Boy Scouts, to raise funds for the erection of a Scout Hall, took place on…

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Selections and Acceptors for Third Day of A.J.C Spring Carnival :: Big Wrestling Season A.J.C. Third Day Champions in Craven Plate Phar Lap Selected Pasticcio for the Gimcrack Stakes SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 October 1929 · page 8

Phar Lap, Nightmarch, Mollison, Amounts or Loquacious, The class of the best horses of Sydney, Melbourne or New Zealand are engaged in the Craven Plate at Randwick to-morrow. It promises to be a brilliant spectacle and affords the Derby winner, Phar Lap, an…

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Exhibition Tennis at Hamilton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 October 1929 · page 4

Inquiries for seating at the exhibition matches to be staged at Hamilton Park courts to-morrow night have been so numerous up to the present that it is…

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