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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs
1,020 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 51
One of the most interested men on the Showground yesterday was Mr. Charles Osborne, who will he 85 in June. Mr. Osborne saw the first Maitland Show…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The finest array of Jersey cattle ever seen at Maitland Show paraded yesterday. The entries for the diary cattle were a record. Judges were busy all day in the ring and pavilions…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Buying a walking stick at the Show was a serious business for these two girls at Maitland yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cattle lined up for the grand parade at Maitland yesterday. The President of the Graziers' Association of New South Wales (Mr. J. P. Abbot) opened the Show…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The personnel of the Newcastle schools' swimming teams to represent the Newcastle district in the State…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The chilly weather in Newcastle yesterday favoured the opening of Breckenridge's autumn show. Warmth and richness were evident in the wide range of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. J. P. Abbott, who opened Maitland Show yesterday, talking with Miss M. Keane. Left: This boy showed which way the wind was blowing. Evidently it was not from the south; he "did" the sideshows without his shirt…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Mr. G. W. Beavis, of Lorn, West Maitland, who designed and supervised the erection of the agricultural arch at the Maitland Show staged the first…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →To-day was family day at the Maitland Show and half-price admission to all parts of the ground attracted a good…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →What is the future of Newcastle Show? That it must expand with the expansion of the district is not gainsaid, but in what direction will that expansion lie? Will it tend to be purely industrial or will it become as truly…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Woman who attended Maitland Show yesterday were not influenced by the fact that autumn has begun. It might have been because a dusty wind blew all the afternoon, or it might have been because the sun shone to strongly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →J. Metcalfe did one of the most extraordinary things in local trotting history on the Maitland Showground yesterday. He drove Step On to victory in…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Maitland Show was officially opened by the President of the Graziers' Association of New South Wales (Mr. J. P. Abbott, of Wingen) yesterday afternoon. It was "people's day," and large crowds from the country…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →It was announced by the Secretary of the Newcastle Men's Hockey Association (Mr. R. W. Watkins) yesterday that it has been decided to extend the date for…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Preparations for the Cessnock Show, on March 10 and 11, are nearly complete. A special effort has been made to encourage exhibitors to exert themselves…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Royal Agricultural Society has arranged with the Canadian Government for a colony of Red Indian braves, and a member of the Royal North-west Mounted…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Uncertain weather conditions prevailed to-day for the concluding sessions of the 1939 Maitland Show. There…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The demand for sideshow space at the Cessnock Show, which will be held next week, has presented the committee of the association with its greatest…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The clouds which rolled up several times yesterday afternoon did not worthy the youngsters at the Maitland Show. Half-price admission—only threepence…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A successful baby show and cookery competition was held at the Wallsend Town Hall on Saturday afternoon…
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