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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1935

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Maitland News West Maitland Show Council Nominations

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 July 1935 · page 11

Sixteen nominations have been received for the 14 vacancies on the Council of the Maitland Show Association. All the retiring councillors are seeking…

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Poultry Club Awards Fine Exhibition At Muswellbrook Newcastle Winners Muswellbrook

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 13 July 1935 · page 7

Opened on Friday afternoon and continued to-day, the Poultry Show arranged by the Muswellbrook and District Poultry Club brought…

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Murrurundi Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 July 1935 · page 6

Owing to the attitude of the Murrurundi Municipal Council, it is doubtful whether the well-known Murrurundi bushmen's carnival, which has given much financial…

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Old Theatre's Last Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 July 1935 · page 6

Opened in 1880, the old Criterion Theatre, Sydney, closed its doors for the last time on Saturday night. Park-street, in which it stands, is to be widened by the…

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Woman's Realm Many Entries Tighe's Hill Baby Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 July 1935 · page 2

To raise funds for the Tighe's Hill Roman Catholic Convent building fund, the ladies' committee of the Church held a successful baby show at the Rosedale…

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Centenary of Maitland Preliminary Plans Discussed Week of Carnival

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 July 1935 · page 9

Tentative plans for the celebration of the centenary of the naming of West Maitland as a separate town, which occurs on November 9…

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Murrurundi Bushman's Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 July 1935 · page 4

As a result of the public meeting hold on Friday night the Bushman's Carnival executive committee, at a special meeting, decided, in view of the assurances of…

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"Back to Wallsend" Varied Programme Arranged Ball, Carnival, Tours

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 July 1935 · page 11

A Mayoral ball, tours of Lake, Macquarie and industries of the district, a Venetian carnival, and a wheelbarrow rave, have, been added to the proposed…

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Social Jottings Army Officers' Ball Brilliant Carnival at Town Hall

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 20 July 1935 · page 8

Spectacular decorations toning with the brilliance of the men's uniforms as well as of the frocks, gave a distinctive note to the Army Officers' Ball, which was…

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Kennel Notes Great Northern Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 July 1935 · page 5

Mr. Tom Fanning, who judged the Great Northern Canine Association championship show on July 6, has sent his comments on the dogs he judged. He stated…

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Muswellbrook Show Association Muswellbrook

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 24 July 1935 · page 5

At the annual meeting of the Upper Hunter Pastoral and Agricultural Association the report disclosed that a relief grant of £500 had been…

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Good Blooms at Wallsend Show During Gala

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 24 July 1935 · page 6

There were some exceptionally fine blooms at the monthly show of the Wallsend Agricultural Bureau last night…

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Women's Hockey N.S.W. Defeats New Zealand Opening of Big Carnival Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 July 1935 · page 13

There was a sensation at the opening of the all Australian women's hockey carnival in Melbourne to-day, when New South Wales defeated the New Zealanders by 4 goals to 1,…

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Special Show Anniversary Celebrations SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 July 1935 · page 11

The Secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society (Mr. G. C. Sommerville) stated to-day that the Society would stage a show worthy of the primary and secondary…

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Kurri Kennel Club Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 July 1935 · page 13

At a meeting of the Kurri Kurri Kennel Club on Wednesday night, presided over by Mr. E. Steel, reports showed that the prospects for a successful show in August…

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Shipload of Treasures Chinese Art for Exhibition Carried on Cruiser London

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 26 July 1935 · page 1

H.M.S. Suffolk reached Portsmonth to-day with a cargo of Chinese art treasures of a value estimated variously at between £2,000.000 and…

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Chinese Art Warship's Valuable Cargo Exhibition in London London, July 25

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 July 1935 · page 9

H.M.S. Suffolk reached Portsmouth to-day with a consignment of Chinese art treasures of a value estimated variously at between £2,000,000 and £10,000,000…

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Wickham Pet and Doll Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 July 1935 · page 2

Pets of all kinds—cats, dogs, birds, rabbits, and many others—were in evidence at a successful pet and doll show, arranged by St James's Junior Girls' Club…

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Epsom-metrop Speculation Australia Fair for the Mile Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 29 July 1935 · page 7

Australia Fair was a popular Epsom Handicap pick to-day and was coupled with some of the fancied Metropolitan horses…

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Women's Carnival N.S.W. Draws with Tasmania Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 July 1935 · page 12

The New South Wales team played a draw, 8-all, with Tasmania in the All Australian Women's hockey carnival, continued at St. Kilda yesterday…

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