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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1930

890 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 27 of 45

Light in Industry Radio Exhibition Lecture Increasing Production

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 August 1930 · page 8

"Newcastle is destined to become perhaps the most important industrial city in the Commonwealth. It is thus opportune that we should consider the lighting…

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Abduction Charge Picture Show Trip Met Three Weeks Ago

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 20 August 1930 · page 7

Richard Bartlett, on remand, at the Kurri Kurri Police Court to-day, wag committed to stand his trial at the Maitland Quarter Sessions on…

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British Films Exhibition In Colonies Committee's Suggestions (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, August 18

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 August 1930 · page 8

The report of the Colonial Films Committee stresses the value of the film for educational purposes, especially for the teaching of primitive peoples. Tropical…

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St. Andrew's Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 August 1930 · page 6

Members of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Laman-street, Newcastle, are busily engaged on the preliminary arrangements for the Spring Fair, to be begun…

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Shampoo for Fair Hair

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 21 August 1930 · page 5

Those women lucky enough to have beautiful fair hair are very often perturbed as to the best way often perturbed as to the best way to keep it as fair as it is in youth…

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Radio Exhibition Organisers Pleased

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 August 1930 · page 8

"We were very satisfied with the amount of interest displayed, and particularly in view of the fact that it was our first exhibition, with the number of…

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Waratah Flower Show

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 22 August 1930 · page 8

Judges for a flower show to be held at St. Philips's Parish Hall, at Waratah, on August 30 are:—Flowers: Mr. P. L. Stevenson,…

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Show Time Introspection

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 August 1930 · page 5

Many people have believed for a long time that the condition of Queensland is not altogether satisfactory, judged from many angles. If they have had any doubts…

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Down for the Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 August 1930 · page 5

Two distinct classes came down to Brisbane for the Exhibition. There were the pure pleasure lovers, and there were the local citizens of weight, who fit in a good…

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Relief Works Show Profit

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 August 1930 · page 8

The Acting-Premier (Mr. Buttenshaw) yesterday denied the truth of statements made that the relief workers engaged on levelling the sandhills at Maroubra,…

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Australian Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 August 1930 · page 4

As the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge next year is expected to cause an influx of overseas visitors, proposals have been completed for holding an Australian…

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Hydraulic Brakes Lights Show Pressure

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 August 1930 · page 8

To demonstrate publicly the inflexible law of physics by which the action of hydraulic brakes is automatically equalised, gauges attached to the brake-drum…

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Spring Fair Helping St. Andrew's

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 August 1930 · page 8

There was a real touch of spring at St. Andrew's School Hall. Laman-street, this afternoon. when the Mayoress of Newcastle (Mrs. T…

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Record in Entries Melbourne's Royal Show Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 August 1930 · page 8

Though it was feared there would be a marked falling-off in the entries for Royal Show which opens on September 18, the number received to date is ahead…

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Girl Guides at Waratah Exhibition

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 28 August 1930 · page 8

Mrs. Little, District Commissioner for [?] and Captain Jones, Newcastle district, [?] Guides after the exhibition of work at Waratah yesterday…

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Show Society's Finances

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 August 1930 · page 4

Notwithstanding the depressing conditions through which the State is labouring, coupled with the drought in the early part of the year, the Royal…

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Interstate Bowls Carnival Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 August 1930 · page 6

In the first bowling test match to-day, Queensland defeated Victoria, by 122 to 76. A combined country and metropolitan…

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Spring Fair St. Andrew's Church Attractive Displays

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 August 1930 · page 7

The school hall of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Newcastle, presented a gay scene yesterday when the annual Spring Fair was opened by the Mayoress…

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Cook's Hill Fair St. Andrew's En Fete

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 28 August 1930 · page 10

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church fair (Cook's Hill) was opened yesterday afternoon. At the right is Rev. G. H. N[?] Photographs taken by "Sun" pholog raphers can be had upon application to "The Newcastle Sun" office. Office-bearers of the Broadmeadow Catholic Ball, with the Mayoress of Newcastle. Standing: Mrs. Adams, Mrs. J. Smith. Mrs. Braggett, Mr. Braggett (joint sec), Miss M…

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Final Games Winter Baseball Exhibition Match

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 August 1930 · page 10

To-morrow should see the end of the Winter baseball season. Last Saturday the A grade competition ended, with Bradstreets premiers…

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