Baby Show Held at Mayfield
A baby show was held in the Mayfield Hall yesterday in aid of patriotic funds by members of the Burns Club…
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Shows & fairs, 1940
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Patriotic Bowls Carnival Two Rounds Of Consolation Games
The fourth round of the Patriotic Fours competition at National Park and Waratah, and the third and fourth games in the…
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SINGLETON Sunday—The council of the Northern Agricultural Association yesterday decided to abandon the 1940 Singleton Show. It was felt that all…
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Mrs. C. Firth-Pettinger, of Wallsend, and Nurse Narelle Punton (Wallsend Hospital) were judges for a baby show at Wallsend infants school on Saturday for the funds of Wallsend…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maitland and District Carnival Proceeds May Exceed £350
It is expected that more than £350 will be in hand when accounts are finalised for the carnival on Friday night for the Maitland and District Comforts Fund…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Improvement in Newcastle Show Society's Finances
The general financial position of the Newcastle Show Association has improved. Last year's show is considered to have been the best yet staged…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Show Had £332 Profit
After allowing £742 for depreciation, a profit of £332 had been made this year, compared with £878 in 1930, states the annual report to be presented in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Fair Deal" for Class 2 Men
Sir,—Like many others, I enlisted on May 24 and passed the preliminary medical examination on May 29 (second-class pass). On June 21, with about a dozen others,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wight Beam on Show at Ascot Sydney
Between races at Ascot this afternoon, Night Beam, the high-priced importation from New Zealand, owned by Mr. F. W. Hurghes, was galloped,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hunter Show Societies' Offer to Fed. Govt
The Hunter River group of show societies decided at a meeting at West Maitland to-day to offer the services of the associations in the group to the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Italy's War Machine Still to Show How Good It Is London
"It is difficult to determine the value of the Italian war machine," declared a former Rome correspondent of "The Times." "Italians have fought under the conditions of modern warfare only in Spain and the test there was inconclusive."…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Cessnock League Cycling Carnival
Cessnock League Cycling Club will conduct another carnival on the local arena on Sunday afternoon. Most of the northern champions will be…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Exhibition As War Effort Central Domestic School
Many parents and citizens viewed an interesting collection of work at the Newcastle Central Domestic Science School yesterday afternoon, which the school…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bomb Explodes at World's Fair Big Round Up of Suspects
NEW YORK, July 5.—Two detectives were killed and four patrolmen injured, two seriously, by a bomb which exploded 90 minutes after its removal from the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Scare at World's Fair
NEW YORK, July 7.—A bomb squad rushed to the world's fair to examine two packages, one found in the British pavilion and the other in the League…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Show Committee Has a Problem
Members of the committee of the Newcastle Show Association are at present considering the position in regard to next February's annual…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Doubt About 1941 SHOW May Be Abandoned, Says President
"It is not known whether we will be able to hold the Newcastle Show in 1941," said the President of the Newcastle Agricultural, Horticultural and Industrial…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fair Rents Case
An application for the determination of the fair rent of a house at Turner Street. Georgetown, occupied by her, and owned by Mrs. Ivy Jean…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →More Fair Rents Powers
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Powers of fair rents committees in the States were extended to-day by an amendment to regulations under the National Security Act…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Islington Baby Show
A baby show will be held in the Parish Hall, Maitland Road, Islington, next Thursday, to assist the candidature of Miss Marie Edgar, the St…
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