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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs
1,020 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 42 of 51
The Maitland Show Council of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association decided yesterday afternoon to purchase the plant and track…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The takings for the three days of Singleton Show were £496/1/6—first day £21/5/6, second day £385/11/, third day £89/5/. At the 1938 show receipts were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →As a woman ages so do the lines and wrinkes become more indelibly etched into her skin. Massage, exercises, creams, lotions are all tried in the vain endeavour to remove these signs of encroaching years…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A novelty dog show in aid of funds for the Newcastle branch of the R.S.P.C.A. was held at the week-end in the grounds of the Scouts' Hall at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Camouflage artists are given a free hand when it comes to disguising a building or other object to make it safe from aerial attack. These cooling towers at electricity works in Leicester (England) resemble giant ornament vases with their gay pattern of trees in natural colours…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Buy normally" is the advice of the Premier (Mr. A. Mair). He said in the Legislative Assembly to-day that the task of the Government and the Commission…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The North Coast will hold its 1939 national exhibition at Lismore Showground next Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday—three days and two nights. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A net profit of £349/6/11 was made from a fancy fair conducted at Singleton for the Catholic Church funds…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miss Norma Jarrett gave the signal for buying to begin at the New Lambton Methodist "Blossom Fair" yesterday when, at the conclusion of the opening…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Bunches of heather tied with tartan ribbon from Motherwell, Scotland, sent by Mrs. J. Richmond and Miss Jean Richmond, of Hamilton, who are visiting…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Ald. Johnson asserted at last night's meeting of the Greater Newcastle Council that money had been spent extravagantly on buying virgin soil, merely to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Lambton Methodist "Blossom Fair" was highly successful. Rev. W. H. Butler said last night that the takings amounted to £277…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The prize schedule of the ninth annual Horse Show, to be conducted by the Horse Association at the Sydney Showground on November 18, has just been…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →"Landlords who have received rents in excess of the legal amount will be well advised to remit these payments to their tenants at once," said the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →NEW LAMBTON METHODIST CHURCH benefited by £277 as a result of the Blossom Fair which was concluded last night. Miss. Muriel Jory was declared the princess and was presented with a gash by the Mayoress of Greater Newcastle (Mrs. G. W. Jenner). The gashing ceremony was carried out under the supervision of. Mrs. W. H. Butler. Members of the Merewether Methodist Church Aid Society, conducted by Mrs. R. A. Bell, presented the musical programme. The minister in charge of New Lambton Methodist Church (Mr. W. H. Butler) is [?] the left of the group…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Kotara Church of England first fair was officially opened by Mrs. F. de Witt Batty. Rev. B. V. Davis presided and there…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lively comedy, music and dancing, presented by clever players, usually finds a ready response from the film-loving public. "Man About Town," the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Since the hands are expressive of the individuality and characteristics of their owner, it is important that their beautification find a definite place in any beauty programme. HANDS will often betray actual age,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Newcastle District Council of Junior Farmer Clubs conducted a spring show, field day and gymkhana, and athletic programmes at Palttsburg Rural School and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. W. E. Tayler, Joint Managing Director of the New England, North and North-west Producers' Co. Ltd., does not agree with the contention that the…
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