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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1944

426 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 22

Barton's Follies a Bright Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 August 1944 · page 6

Royston, triple-voice ventriloquist, who performed with two dolls, was an outstanding artist in the change of programme at Barton's Follies…

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"Show Power House" for Lithgow

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 August 1944 · page 4

LITHGOW, Friday.—Accommodation facilities calculated to make Lithgow power house the "show power house in "New South Wales,"…

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1210 Pictures Chosen for the Art Show

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 26 August 1944 · page 3

Out of about 5000 entries for the "Newcastle Sun" Children's Art Show, the selectors have chosen 1210 for exhibition. They have had to restrict the show to this number through limitations of hanging space, although they think it…

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Poppies at Flower Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 August 1944 · page 4

Merril Davis admires some of the fine poppies at the Central Methodist Mission flower show…

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Children's Art Show Opens Next

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 28 August 1944 · page 2

The "Newcastle Sun" Children's Art Show will open at the City Hall supper room next Monday where the official opening ceremony at 3 pm will be performed by the State Assistant Minister (Mr. Clive Evatt)…

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Wallsend Cwa Musicale and Flower Show

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 28 August 1944 · page 2

A collection of seasonable vegetables. a gift from the plattsburg School Junior Farmers. was exhibited and sold at the Wallsend CWA musicale and flower…

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Suburban and District Wallsend Flower Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 August 1944 · page 5

Wallsend branch of the Country Women's Association held a flower show in Wallsend Masonic Hall on Saturday. Wallsend Junior Farmers' Club…

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All Ready for Art Show Opening

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 29 August 1944 · page 2

Arrangement! for exhibiting the 1210 pictures chosen for the "Newcastle Sun" Children's Art Show are nearly complete. The show will open on Monday and will be held at the City Hall supper-room until Saturday, September 9…

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Art Show Entries Tell Stories in Their Titles

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 August 1944 · page 2

A long time after you have seen the "Newcastle Son" Children's Art Show, which begins at the City Hall on Monday, you will still be able to get a lot of enjoyment out of the catalogue of exhibits the Red Cross will be selling there…

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Gosford to Hold Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 August 1944 · page 6

GOSFORD, Wednesday.—For the first time in six years, Gosford District Agricultural Association will stage a general show on October 2…

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Truth Newspaper To Show Cause: Contempt Of Court

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 31 August 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY.—Truth and Sportsman Ltd. and Joseph Mark Surtees, publisher of Truth," were today called before the State Full…

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City Hall Lights Boosted 400 p.c. for the Art Show

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 31 August 1944 · page 3

Lighting intensity at the City Hall supper-room, where the "Newcastle Sun" Children's Art Show will be held next week, will be increased 400 per cent. above normal. Greater Newcastle Council Elec-…

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Housing Exhibition Not Coming Until Next Month

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 September 1944 · page 2

A housing and town-planning exhibition which was to have come to Newcastle this week will not now be available until early…

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Fair Rents Court (Before Mr. E. R. Harvey, S.m.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 September 1944 · page 8

RENT REDUCED.—Errol Vivian Boggs occupant of a house in Waratah owned by Alfred Edward Stewart, Waratah, applied to have the fair rental of the…

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Art Show Pictures Cover 2400 Sq. Ft.; Opening on

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 September 1944 · page 5

Pictures in the "Newcastle Sun" Children's Art Show, which opens on Monday, will cover more than 2400 square feet of hanging space at the City Hall Supper Room, where a gallery is being constructed for them…

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Exhibition Tennis in Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 2 September 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY. — Dinny Palls and Miss A. Hattersley beat Geoff Brown and Joan Hartigan 6-3, 6-2, at the White City this…

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The 'Newcastle Sun' Children's Art Show Opens

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 2 September 1944 · page 3

The "Newcastle Sun" Children's Art Show will open at the City Hall on Monday. Already, hundreds of people, have called at the City Hall Sup…

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Crowds at "Sun" Art Show

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 4 September 1944 · page 3

Immediately the "Newcastle Sun" Art Show opened this morning there was a rush to see the exhibits. These pictures show a section of the crowd in the City Hall and a close-up of some of the pictures. The show was officially opened by the Assistant Minister (Mr. Clive Evatt) this afternoon…

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"Sun" Art Show Opens To-day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 September 1944 · page 4

Gems of childish expression in crayon, watercolour, ink and pencil are in the "Newcastle Sun's" juvenile art show which opens in the…

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Crowds Flock to Opening of "Sun" Art Show

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 4 September 1944 · page 3

Soon after the doors opened this morning, the "Newcastle Sun" Children's Art Show had attracted a crowd of some hundreds of holidaying school children and their parents, and there has been a constant stream…

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