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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1945

432 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 22

Flight and Katanga Show Out on Track

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 February 1945 · page 8

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Most attractive workers at Randwick this morning were Flight and Katanga. Flight went fast in the early stages of her…

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Fair for British Centre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 February 1945 · page 6

Eighteen organisations have promised support for the Tommy Atkins Fair in the City Hall on Friday. The fair is being organised by the…

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"International" Dishes at Cookery Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 February 1945 · page 6

LIVER pasties from Denmark and Fish Chilie from Norway will be featured in the cooking demonstration to be held by the…

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Maitland Show on March 3

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 24 February 1945 · page 4

Organised by the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association, the Maitland sports day and show will be held on March 3…

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Plans For Next Show Card Day

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 24 February 1945 · page 3

Plans for another Show Card Day In Newcastle industries are to be made on March 1 at a special meeting of the Newcastle Metal Trades…

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Students' Loan Poster Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 February 1945 · page 2

Greater Newcastle Area Loan Committee has arranged a poster exhibition by Newcastle schoolchildren, the Publicity Officer (Mr. H. Froude)…

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Did Not Bow to Force on Polish Issue Fair Division—Churchill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 February 1945 · page 1

LONDON, February 27. A.A.P.—"The new Polish frontier will not sow the seeds of future wars. We intend to take steps far more drastic and more effective than those which followed the last war to render offensive action by Germany impossible for generations to come."…

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"Tommy Atkins" Fair Opened By Mayoress

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 3

Many women's organisations of the district helped with the A.C.F. "Tommy Atkins" Fair, opened by the Mayoress of Newcastle at City Hall…

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Mayoress to Open A.C.F. Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 6

The Mayoress (Mrs. Norris) will open the "Tommy Atkins" Fair at the City Hall this afternoon at 2 o'clock. The fair has been arranged…

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O.k. Card Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 4

Next O.K. card show to be conducted in industry by the Metal Group of the Trades Hall Council will be on May 14. "Our hope is that on that day…

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Heart Diseases Show Rise

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 10

SYDNEY: The present-day high tempo of living is taking its toll in heart diseases. which now cause more deaths than any other disease, the…

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"Tommy Atkins" Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 March 1945 · page 8

The Mayoress (Mrs. Norris) opened the "Tommy Atkins" fair held in the City Hall yesterday by Newcastle branch of the Australian…

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Mr. Calwell to Open Cessnock Show

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 3 March 1945 · page 8

The Minister for Information (Mr. Calwell) will open the Cessnock Show next Saturday. This advice has been received by the Show Secretary…

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Bantam Club's Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 March 1945 · page 4

Modern and Indian game bantams were judged by Mr. Victor Fitzherbert at the Newcastle Bantam Club's fourth sectional show at Cram-street,…

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Attractive Ponies Feature of Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 March 1945 · page 4

Horses were features of the Maitland Show on Saturday. As in other classes, good types were seen in the competition for ponies to carry three children…

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Model Home for Asbestos-Cement Exhibition

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 2

One of the beautiful model homes to be displayed at the Asbestos-Cement Homes Exhibition, opening at the Newcastle Electric Supply Department's Showrooms, on March 12…

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Surf Club Fair Made £1500

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 7 March 1945 · page 12

A profit bf over £1500 was realised from the fancy fair conducted by the Newcastle branch of the Surf Life Saving Association of Australia…

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Exhibition of U.s. Photos. for War Memorial Ward

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 7 March 1945 · page 6

Illustrating, in sequence, life in America before arid during the war, and including Pearl Harbor, an exhibition of several hundred pictures…

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Surf Fair Profit

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 8

Mr. C. J. Nightingale, president of the Newcastle branch of the Surf Life Saving Association of Australia, stated today that the £1500 realised…

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Wood Chopping Champions At Cessnock Show

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 5

Champion axemen Mannie McCarthy, Leo Appo, Amos Murrell, Snowy Richardson and Harold Deaves will be among the 60…

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