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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1938

1,083 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 43 of 55

Two-day Show for Muswellbrook Muswellbrook

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 7 September 1938 · page 9

The question of whether the elimination of the third day of the Upper Hunter Show would prove beneficial to the society was decided at a…

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Queen Mary Stood Informal Visit to Glasgow Exhibition GLASGOW, September 5

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 September 1938 · page 12

Declining a woman's offer of a seat, Queen Mary stood for 10 minutes in the crowded cinema at the Scottish pavilion at the Empire Exhibition watching a…

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Women's Hockey Carnival Hobart

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 8 September 1938 · page 16

Western Australia defeated N.S.W. by three goals to nil in the Women's All-Australia Hockey Carnival to-day. Western Australia is now the only…

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Railways Carnival Australian Rules Football SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 September 1938 · page 21

Victoria registered another easy victory in the interstate railways Australian Rules football carnival to-day, defeating Tasmania by 19 goals, 15 behinds, 129…

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Value of Wool London Fashion Show Usefulness Camouflaged London, September 7

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 September 1938 · page 14

"This fashion show represents the inauguration of a great movement to convince wholesalers, retailers, and the public, that the wool industry is in an…

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An Army in White Reactions at a Rodeo Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 September 1938 · page 14

A row of soldiers stand primly every morning on suburban doorsteps to greet the housewives as they gather up the threads of yesterday to knot them to…

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More Sets Television Making Progress Feature of Radio Show (Special Correspondent: Air Mail.) LONDON, August 26

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 September 1938 · page 13

Television has spectacularly taken its place as an established form of national entertainment in Great Britain. It scoops all the honours in the annual radio show…

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Federal Finances Show Improvement CANBERRA

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 September 1938 · page 7

Greater revenue and reduced expenditure in August have reduced the deficit in Commonwealth finances to £190.000 for the first two months of the current financial…

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Golf Carnival This Week Associates' Entry Is A Record

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 September 1938 · page 9

This week 140 associates—a record entry—will take part in the Central and Northern District Golf Associates' open and championship meeting, play…

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Ulster's Show At Glasgow GLASGOW, August 26

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 September 1938 · page 9

Northern Ireland's display at the Empire Exhibition in Glasgow, was described as "disgraceful," at a meeting of the Belfast Corporation. In contrast,…

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Country Week Cricket Carnival for Newcastle? Dinner To Bradman Proposed

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 September 1938 · page 11

Plant to commemorate its jubilee having partly fallen through with the nonacceptance of invitations to South Australia and Victoria, the Newcastle…

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Australian Girl To Star In Broadway Show LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 September 1938 · page 9

Miss Nancye Cocking the 23-year-old Melbourne actress has gone to New York to start at the International Casino. Broadway, after a…

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"Spirit of Britain" For New York World Fair Maurice Lambert's Statue London, September 11

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 September 1938 · page 8

Maurice Lambert, a son of the late Gore Lambert, has completed the first model for a statue of the "Spirit of Britain," 45 feet high, for the British…

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Northern Associates' Golf Carnival Miss Sharp Wins Par Handicap Competition At Cockle Creek

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 September 1938 · page 8

A record entry of 154 players will take part in the Central Northern District Golf Association's seventh annual meeting Mn. N. Morriss. handicapper, and Miss Britten (Tamworth) at the C.N.D.G.A. meeting at Cockle Creek to-day…

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Spring Fair at Wallsend

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 14 September 1938 · page 2

A Spring Pair was held at Murray's Hall. Wallsend, this afternoon, when the Devon-street Methodist Ladies' Church Ald held their annual…

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Golf Seventh Carnival Northern Association Fewer Visitors, Record Entry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 September 1938 · page 15

The Central Northern District Golf Association began its seventh annual carnival at the Waratah Club's links at Cockle Creek yesterday. Although scores…

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Methodist Fair at Wallsend

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 15 September 1938 · page 7

THE annual Wallsend Devon-street Methodist Church Fair was opened yesterday in Murray's Hall. Rev. R. J. Cashin presided…

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Spring Fair at Kurri

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 15 September 1938 · page 10

The Spring Fair organised by the Ladies' Church Aid of the Kurri Methodist Church attracted a large attendance at the Church Hall. The…

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Keen Competition at Singleton Show More Sheep Fewer Cattle Because of Dry Weather Official Opening O-day Singleton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 September 1938 · page 6

Increased entries in both wool and sheep sections from a feature of the 69th annual show of the Northern Agricultural Association, which was opeued to-day at…

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Wallsend Fair Concludes

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 16 September 1938 · page 5

The fair in aid of the Devon Street Methodists, which concluded at Wallsent last night, was very successful. Several competitions were held, the…

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