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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1937

1,082 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 20 of 55

Handcraft Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 3

A Victorian woman visitor to London is taking with her a fine collection of handcraft made by Victorian women which will be exhibited in London. The…

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At Bondi Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 10

Newcastle Surf Club's banner at the head of the March Past at the Bondi Surf Carnival on Saturday afternoon…

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Secondary Schools Swimming Carnival

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 3

Given fine weather the P.S.A.A.A. will hold the Secondary Schools annual swimming carnival at the Newcastle baths on Wednesday…

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Fair and Warm, Is Forecast Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 5

All the weather systems for thousands of miles round have turned their smiles toward Sydney and its show No sign of secession from the…

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Trade Records Broken at British Fair Many Coronation Novelties (Special Correspondent: Air Mail.) LONDON, March 6

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 3

Many more overseas buyers and the breaking of all trade records are the two big successes of this year's British Industries Fair…

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District Exhibits Royal Show Feature Hunter and Liverpool Plains Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 8

Symbolical of the pastoral and agricultural riches of New South Wales and Queensland, the district exhibits will again be a feature of the Royal Agricultural…

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Opening Day of Royal Show Many Changes Seen by Visitors Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 6

With new lessons to teach, new records to establish, and to display again the range of Australia's abundance, the Royal Agricultural…

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Large Entry for Easter Tennis' Carnival in Newcastle Sydney Players Will Contest Titles Holiday Tournament at District Park

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 8

Nearly 200 entries already have been received for the Easter Tennis Carnival, which will begin at District Park on Friday, at 10 a.m. Many of Sydney's leading players are among…

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Easter Golf Waratah Club's Carnival

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 14

The Waratah Golf Club will hold its annual Easter tournament, extending over the Easter week-end, at the Cockle Creek links…

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Speedway Carnival Wallsend Ambulance Effort

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 9

Members of the Wallsend Ambulance Committee are busy with the completion of arrangements for what is expected to be one of the biggest speedway…

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At the Royal Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 8

The Premier, Mr. B. S. B. Stevens, is seen as an interested spectator in the judging ring at the Royal Agricultural Society's Show yesterday. He is shown with Sir Samuel Hordern alongside the champion Aberdeen Angus bull, owned by the Department of Agriculture. The top right picture is the champion Ayrshire cow. The lower left picture shows the champion Jersey cow, and the fourth picture shows a line-up of cattle champions, with interested spectators round the ringside…

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Motorists in Sydney for the Show

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 12

Country motorists who will be in Sydney for the Easter vacation and the Royal Show will perhaps find the roads overcrowded and the traffic…

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1937 MODELS New Cars on Show in Newcastle Improved Features

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 11

The motor exhibits at the Sydney Show this year include many 1937 cars that have not previously been displayed. Many distributors take advantage of the Show…

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Young Farmers Camp at the Show Premier's Encouragement Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 6

The Premier (Mr. B. S. B. Stevens) paid a visit to the Showground this afternoon and addressed the junior farmers who are camped there. He said the…

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Woman Exhibitor At Sydney Show Aged 92 Years SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 2

It takes all types and all ages to make the Sydney Show the grand carnival it is. Nowhere else in Australia, and at few places in the world, can such a wealth of colorful personalities be found…

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Big Job for a Small Boy at the Sydney Show

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 1

Terryville Foreman, an Illawarra Shorthorn, was perhaps a little upset by the hustling activity at the Sydney Showground yesterday and was obstinate. Lex Cole, 10, of Jamberoo, had quite a big job on hand, but eventually got Terryville to his destination…

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Country Women at Royal Show Interest From Refrigerators to Cattle Exhibits Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 3

Country women's interest at the Sydney Show seems to have two strangely diverse focal points—cattle and refrigerators. Wherever refrigerators were shown…

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The Paris Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 March 1937 · page 14

Where the silver Seine winds its way through the centre of France's capital, the International. Exposition of 1937 is swiftly taking shape—a synthesis of the whole…

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Schools' Swimming Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 March 1937 · page 16

The secondary schools' swimming carnival, conducted by the Public Schools' Amateur Athletic Association, which was postponed from last Wednesday, will be held…

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Show Sidelight

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 24 March 1937 · page 3

At Sydney Show: MISS JEAN PAPE (above) sat down for a rest, which provided an opportunity to show the smallness of a pony with a big name—Olaf of Man[?]en…

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