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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1933

1,393 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 42 of 70

Australian Rules Carnival W. Australians' Win Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 12 August 1933 · page 8

The A allan Rules Football Carnival entered on its final stages at the Sydney Cricket Ground to-day. The first match of the day was…

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Arts and Crafts Maitland Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 August 1933 · page 10

The sub-committee appointed by the Maitland branch of the Country Women's Association to draft a schedule for the exhibition to be held in the West…

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Carnival Concludes Victoria Retains Honours SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 August 1933 · page 4

The interstate baseball carnival was concluded yesterday, when Victoria defeated New South Wales, 11-6, and South Australia defeated New South Wales, 2-1,…

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Country Teams League Carnival at Newcastle Ambitious Scheme

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 August 1933 · page 8

The most ambitious scheme yet put forward by Rugby League administrators in Newcastle was before the meeting of the Newcastle Rugby League last night, when…

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Amateurs Stage Musical Revue Bright Show Last Night

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 15 August 1933 · page 9

Formed several months ago with the object of producing amateur movies and training future "stars" in the art of the stage, the Austral Film…

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They Must Be Ladylike Women's Cricket Carnival No Freak Fashions London

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 15 August 1933 · page 1

At Malvern, Worcestershire, nothing unladylike will be permitted in the attire worn by the women cricketers, numbering…

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Exhibition Hockey Match To-morrow Newcastle Innovation Curtain Raiser to Rugby Union Women's Teams to Play

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 15 August 1933 · page 3

An exhibition game of hockey will be staged by two specially selected women's teams, prior to the Interstate…

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League Carnival to Rival Country Week Ambitious Scheme Discussed Eight Teams Would Bid for Title N.s.w. Championship

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 15 August 1933 · page 2

If a proposal now under consideration eventuates, Newcastle will be the scene at the end of the Rugby League…

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Exhibition Hockey Match

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 16 August 1933 · page 7

An exhibition hockey match was played by members of the Newcastle Women's Hockey Association as an early fixture to the Queensland v…

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Flower Show at Wallsend

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 16 August 1933 · page 10

Many fine blooms were exhibited at the fortnightly show of the Wallsend Agricultural Bureau held last night. The Judge (Mr. T. J. O'Brien)…

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Wallsend Show of Fine Blooms

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 August 1933 · page 9

Members of the Wallsend branch of the Agricultural Bureau maintained their reputation as floriculturists by a display of choice blooms last night. Although…

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A Drama At Dog Show — A Missioner Of Light

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 16 August 1933 · page 10

TO GIVE "EYES" TO THE BLIND. — Mr. R. W. Kippax, brother of the N.S.W. cricket…

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Wireless Show Exhibits Worth £3,000,000 LONDON, August 14

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 August 1933 · page 8

It is estimated that nearly £3,000,000 worth of exhibits will be on show at the wireless exhibition which opens at Olympia tomorrow. A feature of the…

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Stockton Scouts' Pet Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 August 1933 · page 13

A pet show, in support of the 1st Stockton Cub Pack, in the popular section competition, under the auspices of the 1st Stockton Troop, Boy Scouts, was…

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Wyong Racecourse Leased from Show Association

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 August 1933 · page 8

The Wyong Showground and race-course has been leased to Mr. Edwin Woodbury, a former resident of Wyong, for 12 months, at a rental of £100, the…

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Hockey at Vital Stage Men's Semi-finals To-morrow Women's Carnival

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 18 August 1933 · page 9

To-morrow's hockey fixtures will mark the commencement of the semi-final round fop the men's association…

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Show Activities Interest in Wheat Section Sub-committees Busy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 August 1933 · page 8

The competitive wheat section which will be, introduced for the first time at the next Newcastle Show will probably attract entries from all over the North…

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Luther Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 August 1933 · page 15

The Luther Exhibition in the Thuringian Museum, Eisenach, has been opened. It closes at the end of September. The chief exhibits are pre-Reformation art…

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Tighe's Hill Methodist Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 August 1933 · page 14

The opening ceremony of the 1933 fair of the Tighe's Hill Methodist Church will be performed by the Minister for Commerce (Mr. F. H. Stewart), and Mrs…

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Unusual Show Exhibit

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 August 1933 · page 8

Mr. Knox Ross, the prominent polo player of Ardersier station, intends to stage an unusual exhibit at Harden agricultural show. Mr. Ross intends…

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