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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1941

680 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 34

Wickham Baby Show

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 10 March 1941 · page 6

Mothers living in the Carrington, Wickham, Islington, Tidies Hill and Waratah districts anxious for their babies to compete at the New South…

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May Day Carnival Mayoress to Be Asked to Crown Queen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 March 1941 · page 3

The Mayor of Greater Newcastle (Ald. W. E. Young) will be invited to attend the demonstration of the May Day Committee on May 5. The Mayoress will be asked to…

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Preparing for Child Art Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1941 · page 4

Members of Newcastle Art Society and friends attended a meeting to assist with the mounting of hundreds of juvenile contributions to the exhibition of child art,…

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Lambton Hospital Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 March 1941 · page 7

The finishing touches are being given to the organisation of the Lambton carnival at the week-end. Wallsend and the Western Suburbs (Benevolent Home) Hospitals should…

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Secondary Girls' Swimming Carnival

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 12 March 1941 · page 3

Some of the happy faces at the Combined Secondary Girls' Schools annual swimming carnival at the Ocean Baths to-day. It was the first year the P.S.A.A.A. had conducted separate carnivals for boys and girls. Many records were broken…

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Wickham Baby Show

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 12 March 1941 · page 2

The Women's Guild of St. James Church of England. Wickham., held a successful baby show in the parish hall to-day. Section winners gained the right to enter…

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"Not Getting Fair Deal" New Lambton's Protest

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 12 March 1941 · page 4

"We are not getting a fair deal from the council. Stockton and North Lambton are having £24,000 spent in their areas."…

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Cups Given for May Day Carnival

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 12 March 1941 · page 4

Silver cups are being solicited from business people by the Newcastle May Day Committee for competition at the sports carnival which will follow the…

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Combined Secondary Girls' Schools' Annual Swimming Carnival

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 12 March 1941 · page 8

Many records were broken or equalled at the Combine Secondary Girls' Schools Annual Swimming Carnival, which was held at the Ocean Baths to-day. This is the first year that the P.S.A.A.A. has conducted…

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Guessed Weight of Show Bullock

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 12 March 1941 · page 7

Three persons guessed the correct weight of the bullock used in the weight-guessing competition at the Cessnock Show last week. They were…

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Exhibition of War Films and Pictures

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 13 March 1941 · page 3

By arrangement with the Commonwealth Department of Information a photographic exhibition of war pictures and a series of war films will…

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£301 Cheque for Victoria League Recent Carnival At Waratah Park

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 13 March 1941 · page 8

Following a meeting of the Victoria League to-day Mrs. C. B. Baker, presented a cheque for £301 to the President of the League (Miss Dora Sparke)…

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Tennis Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 13

The Board of Control of the Maitland District Lawn Tennis Association last night decided that part of the proceeds of the Easter Carnival be donated to the…

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May Day Sports Carnival

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 3

Newcastle's 1941 May Day sports will be held at the Sports Ground on Monday, May 5. Highlight of the sports will be the…

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Red Cross Carnival at Merewether

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 4

The Junction-Merewether Red Cross Society will endeavour to-night and to-morrow id retrieve the loss incurred last week-end when it abandoned its annual…

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Lambton Carnival Opens To-night

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 5

Lambton Park presented a busy scene last night when a number of sideshows, tents and stalls were being erected in readiness for the carnival…

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Baby Show at Adamstown

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 5

The Women's Auxiliary of the Adamstown Returned Soldiers' League held a baby show in the Trois Arbres Hall, Adamstown, yesterday…

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New Lambton Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 March 1941 · page 9

New Lambton Red Cross and Send-off Carnival Committee will hold a carnival at New Lambton Sports Oval on Saturday, April 5. The programme will include a tug-o'-war,…

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Carnival at Merewether

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 March 1941 · page 4

Rain spoilt the Junction-Merewether Red Cross carnival at Mitchell Park, Merewether, last week, so the organisers have prepared for that emergency this…

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Exhibition of War Pictures

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 15 March 1941 · page 3

"Come then...let us to the task, to the battle and the toil. There is not a week, nor a day, nor an hour to be lost."…

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