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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1935

1,449 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 29 of 73

Abermain Show Adjudicator

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 April 1935 · page 9

Mr. J. C. Hunt, of Lismore-street, Abermain, has been invited to adjudicate in the poultry, canaries, and dogs section at Muswellbrook Show. Mr. Hunt, who is…

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At the Baby Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 April 1935 · page 3

Our baby shows often seem noisy and important. No one disputes the right of women to take charge of them, see that the competitors are brought in to the…

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Cycling Jack Manners's Double Carrington Carnival

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 April 1935 · page 4

The riding of Jack Manners was the feature of the carnival at Carrington yesterday. MANNERS won tho League Senior…

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Extra Night for Royal Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 April 1935 · page 6

The Council of the Royal Agricultural Society, has decided to stage a special night session for those returned soldiers who will be in Sydney prior to Anzac…

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Two Crashes Motor-cyclists Injured Wallsend Carnival Mishaps

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 April 1935 · page 6

Two racing motor-cyclists, competitors at the carnival in aid of the Wallsend Band, in Federal Park, Wellsend, on Saturday, were injured in crashes,…

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Special Session for Diggers Royal Easter Show

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 April 1935 · page 6

The Council of the Royal Agricultural Society has decided to stage a special night session for the large number of returned soldiers, who will be…

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Record Attendance Stroud Show Officially Opened Thrilling Ring Events Stroud

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 April 1935 · page 9

Officially opened yesterday in glorious weather by Mr. C. E. Bennett, M.L.A., the 14th annual Stroud Show was the most successful exhibition yet held under the auspices of the Association…

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British Inventors Most Active Other Countries Show Decline London, March 18

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 April 1935 · page 1

British inventors are more active than those of any other country, according to the report of the Institute of Patentees just…

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New Lambton Fair to Aid Scouts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 April 1935 · page 2

The Mayoress (Mrs. E. Dunkley) opened the fair organised by the ladies' committee of the 1st New Lambton Troup of Scouts and Girl Guides. Mrs. Parker,…

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Show Committee Meeting

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 April 1935 · page 9

The monthly meeting of the Newcastle Show Committee will be held on Friday night at the Association rooms to receive an estimate of the…

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Motors for GRACE and Pace "Freaks" at Car Show Streamlining Craze Results

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 April 1935 · page 3

Front-wheel drive. Independently sprang wheels and the so-called "streamlining" were the features of the Paris Motor Salon…

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Show Troupe Injured Lorry Hurtles Into Gully Out of Control Bathurst

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 April 1935 · page 7

Out of control on Abercromble Mountain, one of the steepest in the west, a motor lorry carrying 14 members of a…

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Dungog Show Preparations

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 April 1935 · page 6

"I can just about see over the top of the heap of entries and correspondence for the show," stated the Secretary of the Dungog A. and H. Association (Mr. W. H. Green),…

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Horticultural Council Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 April 1935 · page 6

The 1935 Year Book of the Newcastle District Horticultural Council has been issued, with the schedule of competitions for the second annual exhibition of the…

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Kennel Notes Kurri Kurri Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 April 1935 · page 5

Mr. W. Hawkins, of Heddon Greta, has purchased a smooth fox terrier puppy in Sydney. He is five months old, and his breeding is—Grand champion, "Yootha…

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Royal Easter Show Broadcast by the National Stations

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 3 April 1935 · page 4

Arrangements have been made by the Australian Broadcasting Commission to broadcast descriptions of the Royal Easter Show…

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War Clouds Pope's Condemnation "Foolish Show of Anger" Vatican City, April 1

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 April 1935 · page 7

"The damage caused by the Great War has not yet been repaired, but already forbidding clouds are obscuring the horizon," said the Pope, addressing the…

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Muswellbrook Show Opens Judging Day. Record Entries Received Improved Exhibits Muswellbrook

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 3 April 1935 · page 9

Pine weather prevailed for the opening day of the fifty-first annual exhibition of the Upper Hunter Pastoral and Agricultural…

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Muswellbrook Show Muswellbrook

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 April 1935 · page 5

The 51st annual Upper Hunter Show opened to-day, though the official opening by the Minister for Justice (Mr. L. O Martin) will take place to-morrow…

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Cycling Merewether Club Carnival Week-end Racing

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 April 1935 · page 15

Merewether Amateur club win wind up its truck season with a carnival at Mitchell Park on Saturday night…

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