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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1939

1,020 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 51

Move for Women's Cricket Carnival Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 19

If arrangements can be made a minor women's interstate cricket carnival may be held in Sydney between March 11 and 18. A team from Queensland will be in…

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Night Trotting Show Secretary's Advocacy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 10

"Newcastle Show Committee has not discussed the subject officially, but it would certainly be interested," said the Secretary of the Newcastle A.H. and I…

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Horse Killed Wollongong Show WOLLONGONG

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 9

The Wollongong Show was officially opened to-day by the Minister for Social Services (Mr. A. Richardson), who referred to the phenomenal progress made…

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Baths and Beaches Surf Too Rough Cook's Hill Club's Annual Carnival Postponed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 19

Cook's Hill Surf Club's carnival, which was to have been held to-day, has been postponed until Saturday, February 25. The decision to postpone the carnival was…

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Surrealist Exhibition London, December 20

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 30 January 1939 · page 3

An exhibition of paintings by the Surrealist, Max Ernst, is being held at the London Gallery, in Cork-street, in aid of the Czechoslovakian…

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Woman's Realm Vanity Fair Make Short Hair Go A Long Way

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 January 1939 · page 3

PUTTING your hair up at the back is all very well, say you, but what if you have no hair to put? Well, in a few months it will have…

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Postal Sports Carnival Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 10

The New South Wales Postal Institute to-day welcomed nearly 400 interstate visitors who to-morrow will take part in the Post Office's annual sports…

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Northern District Swimming To-night's Carnival At Ocean Baths

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 9

After weeks of preparation by officials and swimmers, the Northern District Swimming Championships will be held at…

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Canberra Drawing New Map of the Antarctic Show Areas Claimed by Australia

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 8

During his visit to Canberra for the Science Congress, Sir Douglas Mawson was consulted by officers of the Department of the Interior about the up-to-date map which they are drawing of the Antarctic regions. The particular…

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Thought Fatal Dive Was Part of Show "All Happened in About Ten Seconds" Pilot Buck's Death At Pageant

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 8

So sudden was the explosion and crash at the Orange air pageant yesterday when the Chief Instructor of the…

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Invitation Accepted Mr. Abbott to Open Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 February 1939 · page 9

The Secretary of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association (Mr. M. A. Brown) stated last night that the President of the Graziers'…

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Mr. J. P. Abbott to Open Maitland Show

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 1 February 1939 · page 7

The president of the Graziers' Association of New South Wales (Mr. J. P. Abbott), of Wingen, has accepted the invitation to officially open the…

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Baths and Beaches Surf Swimmers Do Well Northern District Carnival 800-Metre Title to Brownjohn

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 February 1939 · page 13

Surf swimmers were outstanding at the Northern District Amateur Swimming Association's carnival at the Ocean Baths last night. Newcastle Surf Club won…

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Baths and Beaches Stockton Carnival on Saturday Entries Make Record

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 17

Record entries have been received for the Stockton Surf Club's carnival on Saturday. In addition to nominations from all district clubs, entries have been…

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Mental Hospital in Difficulties City and Suburban Matches Leader in Fair Position

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 17

P. and R. Williams is in an almost impregnable position against Mental Hospital in the third series of the second round of the City and Suburban A grade…

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Newcastle Show Entries from All Parts of State Training Trotting Horses

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 8

Entries for Newcastle Show are coming from all parts of the State. Before entries close at noon next Saturday a flood of entries will be handled by the staff…

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Extensive Entries for Show

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 7

"The way entries are coming in there is every chance of the Newcastle Show this year being a record," said the…

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Trials for the Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 27

Trotting trials were in progress at Newcastle Showground yesterday afternoon, in preparation for the big events at the Show later in the month. W. G. Ridley is seen driving Walla-Dollar…

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Ten Clubs To Participate In Grand Parade At Stockton Surf Carnival

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 10

The first of the City surf carnivals will be held to-morrow at Stockton Beach when ten clubs will take part in the grand parade. A record number of eleven crews…

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Europe Stirred Reactions to Mr. Roosevelt's Speech Germany Angry, France Delighted "Democracies Must Show They Deserve Support"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 8

"If American opinion backs President Roosevelt it will be because the ordinary American believes fundamentally that the cause of European Democracies is his cause also, but we cannot expect material help from America without…

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