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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1931

1,087 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 46 of 55

Fair at Waratah

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 October 1931 · page 11

The annual fair of St. Philip's Church of England, Waratah, will be held on November 7, Mrs. W. H. Johnson will perform the opening ceremony. The list of…

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Wallsend Presbyterian Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 October 1931 · page 11

In one of the programmes in connection with the Presbyterian Church Bluebird Fair, brought to a successful conclusion on Thursday night, the contributions of…

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Night Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 October 1931 · page 11

An attractive programme of trotting, professional and amateur cycling, and amateur athletic has been arranged by the Hunter River Agricultural and…

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Bellbird Racing Carnival

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 31 October 1931 · page 2

Entries for Bellbird Racing Club's annual two-day racing carnival, to be held on Saturday and Monday, November 7 and 9. close on Monday…

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Maitland Athletic Carnival Torchlight Race Will 3E a Feature

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 31 October 1931 · page 2

An illuminated relay race in which the runners will carry lighted flares will probably be the feature of the athletic programme at the night…

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Tilly of Bloomsbury Attractive Show at Royal British Comedies

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 2 November 1931 · page 2

WITH two British comedies, Tilly of Bloomsbury and Glamour, the programme at the Theatre Royal this week is a very…

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New Cabinet Party Representation Fair Division Mr. MacDonald's Problem (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, October 31

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 November 1931 · page 5

The Speaker of the aw House of Commons will be elected on Tuesday, when members will meet informally for that purpose. On the following day the…

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Carrington Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 November 1931 · page 9

Carrington Tennis Club staged a series of exhibition games last night, as an opening for the B, C, and D grade championships. A fair crowed paid for…

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Fair Rents Act Commerce Lecture

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 November 1931 · page 4

The council of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce has arranged for Mr. Basil Helmore (Messrs. Sparke and Helmore) to give an address in…

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Federal Revenue Customs Collections Show Improvement Postal Income Falls Canberra

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 November 1931 · page 6

A comparative statements of customs revenue for the four months ended October 31 reveals that the shortage of revenue, compared with the estimates,…

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Motors in Prison Remarkable Show in England Acclimatising Prisoners London, November 2

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 November 1931 · page 5

The most remarkable motor show ever staged was given at Maidstone gaol on Sunday. Here prisoners are serving sentences, but they are first offenders housed…

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Cathedral Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 November 1931 · page 7

The Newcastle Cathedral Operatic Fair will be held in the Newcastle Town Hall next week, commencing on Tuesday, and continuing each evening, including…

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Newcastle Operatic Fair

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 November 1931 · page 7

The Newcastle Cathedral Operatic Fair will be officially opened in the Newcastle Town Hall by Mrs. de Witt Batty on Tuesday afternoon…

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Making Newcastle Show the Industrial Exhibition of the State Forcing Industries to the Front Newcastle Show Plan for Next Year Show Committee's Appeal

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 November 1931 · page 5

A definite move to make the next Newcastle Show predominantly industrial and worthy of being recognised as the industrial exhibition of the State, is now being made by the Show Society…

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Great Advance Since War British Automobile Engineering Big Olympia Show London

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 November 1931 · page 6

The very great advance in British automobile engineering since the war will be revealed at the Commercial Transport Exhibition to be opened at…

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Newcastle Show Objective Manufacturers to Consider

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 November 1931 · page 6

The suggestion of the Newcastle Show Committee that the Chamber of Manufactures should co-operate in an effort to make next year's show the…

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The Show Finds Its Real Purpose

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 November 1931 · page 6

THE decision of the Newcastle Show Committee to mako the next show, in February, predominantly industrial puts that organisation in the forefront of our efforts to develop the district's manufacturing strength…

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John Bull Shield Carnival

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 November 1931 · page 9

A John Bull Shield carnival week will this season replace the farmer system of John Bull shield Interdistrict cricket in which matches…

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Mayfield St. Andrews to Hold Carnival

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 November 1931 · page 6

Mayfield St. Andrew's Church of England's annual carnival will he held in the church grounds on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday…

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Elstree Calling British Variety Show

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 November 1931 · page 3

Elstree Calling, the British International picture, now showing at the Theatre Royal, brings to the screen, a first-class vaudeville…

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