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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs
1,087 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 55
The Newcastle Show serves as a shop window for the industrial and commercial business of the city and district. The Chamber of Manufactures has arranged a particularly fine industrial exhibit, while numerous other business firms…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An aeroplane caused a scatter at Newcastle Show Ground this afternoon, and a woman and a girl were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle's annual show opened yesterday with encouraging results. The attendance on the first day, usually devoted entirely to judging, is never large. Yesterday, however, judging day and family day were combined, with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A small fire in the bedroom to keep off mosquitoes this morning, nearly ended in tragedy for a family at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A motion that the Nabiac Show be abandoned this year has been decisively defeated (writes our Taree correspondent). The voting showed that only a few of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →One hundred and twenty entries have been received for the Maitland Swimming Club's first annual carnival in the Hunter River to-morrow afternoon. Several…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →"Something cool," is the cry at the Newcastle Show among the visitors, who, interested in the exhibits, walk from one end of tho ground to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The demi-semi finals of the Country Bowls Rink Championships were played at Waverley Green to-day. Wickham had two rinks in the eight left in. Handyman's rink had an easy win over the Bowral rink. Cherry's rink went down to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The demi-semi finals of the Country Bowls Rink Championships were played at Waverley Green to-day. Wickham had two rinks in the eight left in. Hardyman's rink had an easy win over the Bowral rink. Cherry's rink went down to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Gate receipts at the Newcastle Show yesterday totalled £611. The amount was below the receipts of the corresponding day of last year's show, but exceeded expectations…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Already about 2000 manufacturers have announced their intention of exhibiting at the British Industries Fair at Olympia and Brimingham, and it is expected that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In his 82nd year, the Hon. John Collier, whose pictures of realities as he saw them, delighted our fathers and mothers in the 'nineties, has brought together a collection…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The preparatory work in connection with the Maitland Show, to be opened on Wednesday, is now well in hand. With line weather, the show should be well up to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →"How can the vice-president of the Transport Trust substantiate his claim that the Trust was prepared to grant permits for buses to travel to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Returning to his criticism of recent decision of the Transport Trust, the Secretary of the Newcastle Motor Bus Owners' Association (Mr. A. L. Jenkins)…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →High class horses will be numerous at Caulfied to-morrow when the Futurity Stakes will be decided. Rain has fallen, but the tracks are in good order for the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A native of West Maitland, and 70 years of age, Mr. William McLauchlin, of West Maitland, has a fine record of public service. In common with many…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Considerable interest was manifest in the annual carnival conducted by the Amateur Swimming Club this afternoon. Excellent entries were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →From the tiniest puppy to the largest wolf-bound, every dog swelled visibly with pride at the final day of the Newcastle Show to-day. Instinctively they seemed to fell that to-day was Dog's Day. As the judge went around they sat up proudly in their stalls and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Despite the extreme heat of yesterday, the Newcastle Show was continued with unabated interest. Yesterday was specially observed as ladies' day, womenfolk figuring prominently in the ring programme. In…
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