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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1930

890 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 43 of 45

Wallsend Sports Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 December 1930 · page 3

Proceded by a procession marshalled at Wallsend Fire Station, and in which Wallsend Municipal Band, children of Wallsend Rural School and Plattsburg…

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Midnight Frolics Another Jolly Show Victoria Theatre

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 8 December 1930 · page 10

Clem Dawe and his Midnight Frolics Company gave another Jolly show at the Victoria Theatre on Saturday night…

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Caddies Day at Newcastle Bag Carriers Show Their Skill

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 8 December 1930 · page 7

This week-end was caddies' time at the Newcastle links when the bag carriers showed their skill at the game. Members supplied the clubs and balls, and…

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Picture Shows & Theatres Great Spy Drama Also A Modern Pirate Civic Double Show

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 8 December 1930 · page 10

PATRONS of the Civic on Saturday night had excellent value for their money. Owing to a mistake in the Sydney film exchange…

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Christmas Cheer Cessnock Miners Help Carnival To-morrow

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 December 1930 · page 3

Christmas cheer funds of the Cessnock Miners' Federation and Citizens' Relief Committee have been further augmented by a…

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Bulk Petrol Purchase Scheme Plans For Newcastle Transport How City Council "Boosts" Newcastle "Has Nothing to Show People" Town Clerk's Plight

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 December 1930 · page 3

There has been a lot of talk about boosting Newcastle, but how little actual boosting has been done was strikingly revealed…

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Singleton Carnival. Singleton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 December 1930 · page 4

Singleton Amateur Swimming Club held his first carnival of the season on Saturday night. The annual Wicks Flynn Challenge Cup Competition between…

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Nepia, "Relentless, Murderous, But Fair" LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 10 December 1930 · page 3

"Famous" Rugby players agree that N[?]pia is the hardest and most relentless tackler they have ever faced. Thus writes Ian Stewart in the "Theory of Modern Rugby Football," published by McMil-…

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Proposed Association Northern Show Societies

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 11 December 1930 · page 6

A move is afoot to organise an association of agricultural societies in the north, from Gosford to Muswellbrook…

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Maitland and District News West Maitland School Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 December 1930 · page 9

An exhibition of the school work of the West Maitland Junior Technical, Commercial, and Domestic Science Schools, was opened yesterday afternoon in the…

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"Trade Bad" Shipping Company Hit Voyages Show Loss Operations of P. and O. Line (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, December 10

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 December 1930 · page 9

"During a long experience, I have never known trade as bad as in the past few months," said Lord Inchcape at the annual meeting of the Peninsular and Orient…

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British Empire Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 December 1930 · page 5

According to a report received by the Federation of British Industries, the promoters of the forthecoming British Empire Trade Exhibition in Buenos Aires,…

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Stockton School Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 December 1930 · page 11

The public school’s annual exhibition was held in the school building at Stockton yesterday afternoon. The members of the Parents and Citizens Association…

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Central School Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 December 1930 · page 8

The students at Newcastle Central School will hold their annual exhibition of work next Tuesday. This is one of the biggest events of the year, and the…

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Scouts' Swimming Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 December 1930 · page 6

The fourth annual swimming carnival of the Newcastle District Scout Association will take place at the Ocean baths this afternoon. The first events will…

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A London Letter Viscount Cecil's Services—The Gliding Development—The Empire Exhibition. LONDON, October 30. Official Wreaths at the Cenotaph

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 December 1930 · page 5

MISUNDERSTANDING has arisen over the proposal to discontinue the laying of wreaths on the cenotaph by official visitors…

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Theft From Show Three Arrests at Casino LISMORE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 December 1930 · page 5

The Coraki police yesterday pursued in a car three men in another car, suspected of having taken about £20 in notes from a soft drinks and fruit stall at the Coraki…

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Fair Awards

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 December 1930 · page 2

The following awards were made at the continental fair in aid of the Boolaroo Presbyterian Church:—Cocoa cake. Miss D. Briggs. read square. Mrs…

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Good Work Central School Exhibition. Fine Models

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 December 1930 · page 3

The annual exhibition of the work of the students of Newcastle Central School was held to-day. and many fine models were shown, especially in…

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Country Tennis Carnival

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 17 December 1930 · page 2

Unless entries pour in this week. Country Week tennis carnival, from January 6 to 17, 1931, will fall well below this year's…

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