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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs
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IN THE not-so-distant past the hour-glass figure was all the fashion. Then came the style of exaggerated thinness, to achieve which several young girls…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Prize money offered for the Newcastle Show next month totals £1400, the highest ever offered by the Newcastle A. H. and 1. Association for section in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The 14 days' carnival conducted by the Marmong Point Christmas Committee provided an extended period of entertainment, with community concerts, bazaar, sports…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sixty entries have been received for the N.D.A.S.A. carnival at the Newcastle Baths on Tuesday night…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A charge of £2/2/ by the Newcastle Show Association for the use by the Newcastle and District Poultry Society of a pavilion was criticised in the society's…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dogs registered under the rules of the Kennel Board of Control will be credited with two-point wins, and will receive recognition for all challenges awarded…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Most of the country swimming clubs will be represented at the championship carnival to be held by the Northern District Amateur Swimming Association…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The world was saved from being plunged into the greatest war in history by the action of the British Prime Minister (Mr. Chamberlain)…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Cook's Hill Surf Club will hold its 25th annual carnival at Bar Beach on Saturday. Entries have exceeded expectations. If the weather, is fine the…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Surf and still water swimmers face a heavy programme of events during the next few days…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Preparations are being made at the Trades Hall for the annual May Day carnival, which will be held in Newcastle on Monday, May 1…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Ring events at the show, which opened to-day, were abandoned when a severe storm swept the grounds. Judging in pavilion sections continued…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A probable heavy surf should provide spectacle and excitement in the boat and surf ski races at Cook's Hill Surf Club's annual carnival at Bur Beach on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Officials of the Cook's Hill Surf Club are confident that interest will not lag at their carnival to-morrow through lack…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →To encourage an Australian wool consciousness, the New South, Wales Sheep-breeders' Association to-day decided to stage elaborate wool exhibit at the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Newcastle Show Association Favors the introduction of night trotting with betting into New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"No Bowlers To-day" is an oft-heard cry which W. J. O'Reilly thinks most unjust. The greatest bowler of the age thinks cricket would have greater appeal to the public if the authorities reverted to unprotected wickets, without the life…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Inevitable last minute rush of entries for the Newcastle Show, to be held between February 23 and 25, has begun at the Show Association's office…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The case for fair wickets for bowlers, presented by W. J. O'Reilly, the world's greatest bowler, is…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →An attractive programme of 16 events has been arranged for Newcastle Surf Club's annual carnival on February 11, at Newcastle Beach. Included in the…
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