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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1945

432 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 22

Gift of Shield for Athletic Carnival

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 September 1945 · page 14

A handsome shield has been donated by a club member (Mr. Eli Gregson) to replace the cup used last vear for the athletic carnival being…

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Thousands Visit Child Art Show At City Hall

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 September 1945 · page 6

Thousands of people from Newcastle and the surrounding districts will have seen the Children's Art Show when it closes tomorrow night. AT 9 o'clock last night the…

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C.M.M. Spring Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 September 1945 · page 6

Mrs. H. W. Woodhouse, wife of the President of the Methodist Conference, will open the Central Methodist Mission Spring Fair at 3 p.m. on September 19…

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New Show Officials

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 September 1945 · page 2

Ald. F. J. Cane was elected [?] of Newcastle Show Association in place of Mr. A. Smith, who hell the position during the war…

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"Sun" Art Show Ends Tonight

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 8 September 1945 · page 3

Splendid attendances at the City Hall every day this week have demonstrated the keen interest taken by Newcastle people in the Children's Art Show. The exhibition, which has also won high praise from…

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C.W.A. Flower Show at Wallsend

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 September 1945 · page 6

Wallsend branch of the Country Women's Association will hold the annual flower show in the Wallsend Masonic Hall to-day…

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"Show Must Go On" Says Tivoli Ballet

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 8 September 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY: Though still very upset by the death of the second Tivoli girl, Phyllis Haynes (15), who was burned in the fire at…

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Art Show Tribute By Mayor

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 10 September 1945 · page 4

In sponsoring its second annual children's art show the "Newcastle Sun" had made a valuable contribution…

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Wallsend C.W.A. Flower Show

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 10 September 1945 · page 8

An exceptionally fine display of flowers and an entertaining musical programme were outstanding features of one of the most…

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Newcastle Show Next Year

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 September 1945 · page 2

The Newcastle Show, held last in 1940, would be staged from February 20 to 23 next year, said the Show Association Secretary (Mr. P. G…

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Wallsend C.W.A. Flower Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 September 1945 · page 4

An exhibition of floral art, comprising beautiful baskets of flowers and shoulder posies was a feature of the annual flower show held by Wallsend…

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New Zealanders Show Out in Track Trial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 September 1945 · page 8

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The New Zealanders. High Play and Immediate, showed they can gallop in a five-furlong trial at Randwick this…

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Brazilian Fair Was Gay

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 September 1945 · page 6

Brightly coloured beach umbrellas festooned with gum tips and massed of spring flowers gave the City Hall supper room a festive air yesterday…

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C.w.a. Puts on Brazilian Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 September 1945 · page 6

The Country Women's Association held a Brazilian market at the City Hall yesterday. Mesdames H. C. Beames and C. Sweetman make a sale at the flower stall…

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Mainly in Fun Fair Words

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 14 September 1945 · page 8

"Could sucking turtle dove say more," said Mr. Itchi Boko, Nippon's glamor-gecko, commenting on General Hideki Tojo's patronising…

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Achilles Athletic Carnival

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 18 September 1945 · page 11

Arrangements for the Achilles Amateur Athletic Club's carnival at Wickham Oval on September 29 are well in hand, and with competition from five Sydney clubs,…

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Gerberas Best at New Lambton Flower Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 September 1945 · page 5

A beautiful display of colour was presented by spring blooms in the New Lambton Parish Hall, at a competitive show arranged for the funds of All…

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Men Show Signs of Jap Brutality Freed M.H.R. Back Home

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 September 1945 · page 1

BRISBANE, Thursday.—Australians liberated from Singapore still bore signs of Japanese ill-treatment when they arrived in Brisbane in Liberator bombers to-day. The 43 men in the bombers…

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C.M.M. Spring Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 September 1945 · page 6

Mrs. H. W. Woodhouse, wife of the President of the Methodist Conference, will open the Central Methodist Mission Spring Fair at 3 p.m. to-day…

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National War Art Exhibition

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 20 September 1945 · page 8

"I hope that it will be possible to brine a section of the National War Art Exhibition to Newcastle," Mr. R. F. Loudon said today…

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