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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1932

1,109 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 56

Maitland District West Maitland Show Arrangements

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 11

At a meeting of the Maitland Show Council last night, arrangements were completed for the annual exhibition, which will be opened on March 2, and will last…

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Wide Range of Show Attractions Value of Show Business Men's View To-day and Yesterday

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 14

"Those who remember the circumstances in which the first show was conducted on the ground at Broadmeadow by the Agricultural Association, and who…

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Big Cycling Carnival Entries Closing on Monday Cessnock Events

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 9

Both Amateur and League riders are warned that entries for the cycling events to be held on the Cessnock Soccer Ground in…

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Dempsey Strikes a "Tartar" Exhibition Match at Chicago Chicago

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 7

The former boxing champion, Jack Dempacy, who has been touring the country, boxed a four-round exhibition match her's last night and ran…

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Ten Years Ago Mr. Lang Opens Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 13

Ten years ago Mr. J. T. Lang, then State Treasurer in the Dooley Minister opened the 19th show of the Newcastle A.H. and I. Association. Many…

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Heavy Expenses Royal Show Finances SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 7

"I am sure the public in general, when they consider the magnitude of the show and the time at their disposal for viewing it, will realise that they have no…

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NEWCASTLE-MADE District Manufactures Big Show Display

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 14

Identified with the Newcastle Show for a number of years has been the displays made by the maunfacturers of the district. Their appearance, side by side with the…

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Show Sound Effects An All-barking Feature

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 14

There is as least one section of Newcastle Show which will require no direction signs or ballyhoo men. It is the dog pavilion. Almost the first sound…

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Improved Ground Committee's Progressive Work Show Well Established

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 12

By March 16, 1904, the opening day of the third show, the ground had been improved considerably. The show was held later in the month than had been…

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Aviation Trend Sailplane at the Show "Cloud Riding" Now!

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 14

"When the Wright brother, nearly a quarter of a century ago, put an old motor-bicycle engine in their glider, and achieved the first mechanical flight in…

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Linked by Show City and Country Meet Export Possibilities

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 13

Mr. Mark C. Reid, prominent Newcastle shipping man, sees in the Newcastle Show much more than an instrument of education and entertainment. By the contact it…

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Australia's Pioneer Show Societies; Tasmania's Lead Nation's Show Windows Lesson of Past a Hope for the Future Ups and Downs Outside the Ring

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 13

Dependent of the fickle seasons, relying for support upon many people who may not be able to see an immediate benefit from their membership, and fluctuating ever between a debit balance and a surplus, Newcastle Show has…

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"Must Keep a United Front" Show President's Appeal for Public Support

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 12

UNDAUNTED by the almost insurmountable difficulties facing the Association on account of the effect of the still existing economic position, the Show Association again this year will stage its annual Show. Not only will…

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Message to Women Influence on the Show Integral Part in Success

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 13

To the success of Newcastle Show the women of Newcastle have always made substantial contributions. Whether they are the women assisting their husbands on…

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The Passing Years; Show Incidents and Features Leaves in Show History Primary and Secondary Industries in Line Fine Pageant of District Produce and Products

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 12

ASHOW unique in the way in which it brings the primary and the secondary industries into line, illustrating in manner most effective their interdependence, the annual exhibition og the Newcastle Agricultural, Horticultural, and Industrial Association may be likened, not merely to the shop window of the Newcastle district, but to a pageant illustrating the immense…

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Next Week's Show Will Eclipse All Others Opening Day Draws Near Activities on Ground Intensified Records Broken

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 6

To-day the Showground presented a busy but chaotic appearance, with workmen busy preparing stalls for the various Show…

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May Day Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 February 1932 · page 6

The Secretary of the Boolaroo May Day Committee (Mr. J. B. Simpson), in speaking yesterday of the projected carnival on May Day, said that the committee was…

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Night Athletic Carnival Innovation for Sports Ground

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 20 February 1932 · page 7

Something new in the way of entertainment will be presented on the Newcastle Sports-ground on Saturday night, February 27, when a sports…

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Wyong Show Opened Wyong

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 20 February 1932 · page 3

The attendance at the opening of the annual Show in Wyong Park this afternoon was far in excess of expectations…

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Flight of Pigeons Novel Show Spectacle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 February 1932 · page 12

Hundreds of pigeons are to be liberated the Newcastle Show arena, to soar above the ground in graceful flight. A novel experiment, the beating of…

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