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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1929

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Painters' Exhibition Australians Represented Studies in Color London

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 8 November 1929 · page 1

Australians who are exhibiting at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters' annual display at Grafton Galleries include A. M. Cohen, with two…

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Delayed the Show Cheers for King and Queen at Drury Lane London

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 8 November 1929 · page 1

Tho King and Queen and Duke of York were warmly welcomed at Drury-lane Tlieatro to-night. The audience rose and cheered…

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Spring Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 November 1929 · page 10

Waratah-Mayfield Presbyterian Church will hold a spring fair in the School Hall. Macquarie-street. Mayfield, on Wednesday and Saturday. The opening…

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"Theodore Boss of the Show."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 November 1929 · page 8

During an interchange of pleasantries in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, reference was made by one speaker to the Federal Government. "Theodore is the…

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Exhibition Tennis Maitland Games

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 November 1929 · page 7

Petrol was burned on tennis courts at East Maitland on Saturday night to enable exhibition games between players of Newcastle and Maitland districts to be…

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Merewether Municipal Band Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 November 1929 · page 10

"There was a ,large attendance at the carnival held on the Mitchell Park. Merewether. on Saturday, the augment the funds of the Municipal Band. The sports were…

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Sporting News Melbourne Notes V.R.C. Carnival Amounis Scores Popular Win Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 November 1929 · page 5

Well deserved were the cheers that greeted Amounis as he returned to scale after winning the C.B. Fisher Plate, w.f.a., at the V.R.C meeting at…

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Civic Week Meeting of Aquatic Bodies December Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 November 1929 · page 6

A general meeting of the aquatic bodies in the Northern district was held in the Civic Committee rooms of the Town Hall buildings last night. Mr. J. L. Lawson…

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Stockton Fair

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 November 1929 · page 6

A feature of the jumble fair to be conducted by St. Paul's Women's Guild at Stockton next Saturday will be the stall of Christmas gifts, made by members of…

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Annual Spring Fair Waratah Presbyterians

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 November 1929 · page 4

The annual Spring Fair of the Waratah and Mayfield Presbyterian Church was opened by the Mayoress of Waratah (Mrs. Griffiths) this afternoon. The fair…

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Lambton Fancy Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 November 1929 · page 10

A fancy air and fete promoted by the Church workers of the Lambton St John's Church of England was opened in the Parish Hall yesterday, by Mrs…

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Maitland Carnival

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 14 November 1929 · page 7

The opening night carnival to be conducted on the Maitland Showground this summer by the H.R.A. and H. Association will be held on…

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Dudley Methodist Spring Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 November 1929 · page 10

An echo of the Dudley Methodist Japanese Fair was heard in the Church on Tuesday evening, when the members of the Ladies' Church Aid officially handed…

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Soccer Girls Exhibition in Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 14 November 1929 · page 2

At Sydney Sports Ground on Saturday night two women's soccer teams from the Coalfields and Newcastle will meet in an exhibition soccer match. The teams are…

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Lismore Show Good Entries Received Lismore

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 November 1929 · page 6

Lismore's 46th annual show commenced to-day. There were good entries in all the sections, Jerseys and A.I.S.'s predominating among the cattle. The…

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Lismore Show the Official Opening Lismore

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 November 1929 · page 10

Lismore's 46th annual show was officially opened to-day in an oppressive atmosphere which spelled rain, but the clouds rolled away and…

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Lambton Church of England Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 November 1929 · page 14

The Church of England Fair, which was opened on Wednesday, was brought to a conclusion on Thursday. The programme for the concluding session was musical and…

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For St. Paul's Stockton Fair

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 16 November 1929 · page 6

The Parish Hall. Stockton, presented a gay appearance to-day when the annual fair of St. Paul's Church of England was opened by the Hector (Rev…

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Hamilton Fair Jack Hannell Fund

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 16 November 1929 · page 5

In the Hamilton Preshyterian Hall this afternoon a fair was opened in aid of the fund to assist jack Hannell in his musieal studies in Europe…

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Hamilton Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 November 1929 · page 2

A fair was opened in the Presbyterian Hall on Saturday. The ceremony was performed by Mrs. G. R. Skelton, Mayoress of Hamilton, who explained that the…

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