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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs
1,083 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 28 of 55
Shorts are banned in the wood-chopping arena at the Royal Show. Axemen must wear long cream or white trousers, shoes and navy blue singlets. Men who bare their chests and the[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Showground was overcrowded yesterday when a new attendance record was made. It was stated officially that 183,895 were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Boats registered with the Lake Macquarie Yacht Club are maintaining the superiority suggested by the victory of Rendezvous over the fleet from…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Onlookers come to their feel, when Town Talk, jumping in a hunting event at the Sydney Royal Show, upset his rider, Reg. Daley, after the first hurdle. Daley…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →In the course of the Newcastle Easter bowls carnival yesterday Mr. Alexander Campbell, 65, of Railway-street, Merewether, a former Mayor of Merewether,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Happy Days has not had the best of fortune during the Lake Macquarie Yacht Club's annual regatta, but it came into its own in the long Pulbah Island race…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle No. 1 team won the championship pennant of the Easter carnival arranged by the Newcastle Men's Hockey Association in conjunction with the 150th…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The attendance at the Show to-day was 169,298 and the takings £12,089. Last year 156,960 paid for admission on Easter Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hunter River team defeated the South Australian team by eight goals to three at the Australasian Gold Cup polo carnival which opened at Brighton to-day. It…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →It was children's day at the Royal Show to-day, and the ground was invaded by happy armies of youngsters. Miss Vera McMillan, the New Zealand…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →An exhibition of paintings, drawings, and etchings by Mr. Douglas Pratt, of Sydney, will be opened in Scott's gallery this afternoon by General J. G. Paton…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Prime Minister (Mr. J. A. Lyons) said to-day that the Federal Cabinet would give consideration to Australia's participation in the San Francisco world's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy entries have been received for all sections of the 17th annual Stroud Show, which will begin to-morrow. Stroud is the hub of an extensive grazing district…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mystery surrounds the disappearance of two stamps, valued at £15, from the international stamp exhibition which was held at Sydney Town Hall…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Following the example of the City Council, Greater Newcastle Council resolved last night to refuse permission for a novelty carnival to be set up on land next…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Desiring a fair return for the work they do, Newcastle district hairdressers decided last night to launch a campaign with that objective. Special cards are…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →An inquiry arising out of the Rodney disaster was adjourned by Judge Markell, in the Court of Marine Inquiry to-day, to let the parties concerned look into the…
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Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fifty oils, watercolors, etchings and drawings of the Australian landscape, the work of Mr. Douglas Pratt, are on exhibition at Scott's gallery…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"St. Mary's Cathedral, Sydney"—an etching by Mr. Douglas Pratt in the exhibition at Scott's Gallery…
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