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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1931

1,087 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 28 of 55

Fair Rents Bill Consideration by Cabinet New Metropolitan Court Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 June 1931 · page 5

Lengthy consideration was given to-day by the State Cabinet to the Amending Fair Rents Bill, which was brought forward by the Minister Justice (Mr…

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Prompt Results Show Membership Drive Subscriptions Needed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 June 1931 · page 4

Though the circulars calling attention to the membership drive of the Newcastle Show Association were not delivered until yesterday morning, there was an…

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Newcastle Show Opens Drive for New Members Auspicious Response to Appeal Secretary Pleased

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 June 1931 · page 5

Less than 24 hours after the big drive for members for the Newcastle Show Association opened 20 members had signed up for the…

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Grain Exhibition Conference in Canada

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 June 1931 · page 5

The Minister for Markets (Mr. Parker Moloney), announces that it is proposed to hold a world's grain exhibition and conference at Regina, in the Province of…

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Show Society's Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 June 1931 · page 5

Mr. A. Ireland presided at the annual meeting of the Bullahdelah Agricultural, Horticultural and Industrial Association, which was largely attended. The annual…

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Drive For Show Members Show Membership Good Public Response 80 Sign Up

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 3 June 1931 · page 7

Membership subscriptions to the Newcastle show Association are coming in steadily, and from the opening of the drive on Monday until this…

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A Chance to Help the Show

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 3 June 1931 · page 4

IN appealing for 2000 new members, the Newcastle Show Association has not fixed an excessive figure. The present number of members is about 850. Kempsey, with a total population below 5000, has a show membership of more than 900,…

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Victorian Spring Racing Entries Show no Decline MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 June 1931 · page 11

Entries for the big Spring turf events closed to-day, and showed no decline on the average of recent years. Nominations are not to hand from Brisbane, Perth, and…

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Show Membership Drive Continues

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 June 1931 · page 4

Further public response to the membership drive of the Newcastle Show Association has brought, the total number of renewals and new subscriptions received…

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Show Membership Response to Drive Public's Part

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 June 1931 · page 6

Determined to brine the drive for members to a successful conclusion, the committee of the Newcastle Show Association will become campaigners…

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Football Teams in All Codes For Games Next Saturday And Monday Soccer Referees Are Slack Dangerous Play Overlooked Injuring Fair Players

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 June 1931 · page 10

Referees have been severely criticised during the past two seasons, many players complaining that…

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Show Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 11

At a meeting of the Maitland Show Council, presided over by the President (Mr. W. McLauchlin) last night, the matter of the amount of prize money,…

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Thought Fee a Fair Cow

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 6

Two cows—and all the milk they can give—were offered in exchange for an automobile license by a Missouri farmer recently. He wrote to…

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Flower Show Adamstown Bureau

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 6

Arrangements are now in hand for Adamstown Agricultural Bureau's annual flower show. It has been decided to hold the exhibition in the School…

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Royal National Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 June 1931 · page 15

The offices of the Royal National Association are now the scene of considerable activity in connection with the forthcoming show, to be held in August…

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Newcastle Dog Show Large Entries From Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 6 June 1931 · page 6

Newcastle dog fanciers will have their dogs in the best of condition on Monday, when a large number of Sydney fanciers will attend the Newcastle…

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Yacht Carnival at Toronto Kingsford Smith and Wife Attend Lake Racing

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 6 June 1931 · page 5

An overcast sky did not dampen the spirits of Newcastle Royal Motor Yacht Club members at Toroute to-day, when Air Commodore Kingsford Smith was…

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Carnival Week Proposal For Newcastle Ald. Gibson's Plans Fire Brigades, Bands, Eisteddfod

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 6 June 1931 · page 7

Alderman Gibson Intends to ask the Newcastle City Council on Tuesday night to commence organising for a big Carnival Week next year, in which fire brigades and bands throughout New South Wales and…

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Firemen's Carnival Revival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 June 1931 · page 4

A proposal will come before the Newcastle City Council at its meeting to-morrow night, on a motion of which notice had been given by Ald. Gibson, for the…

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£100 Morris Car On Exhibition in Holland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 June 1931 · page 2

While the exhibits of Morris Motors, Ltd., Morris Commercial Cars, Ltd., and the M.G. Car Co., Ltd., created a most favourable impression at the Amsterdam…

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