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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1945

432 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 22

Timber Homes Exhibition

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 May 1945 · page 6

People who visit the Timber Homes exhibition in Newcastle tonight will see a complete "talkie" show, with films relating to the timber…

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Badge Show This Month

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 May 1945 · page 4

"No excuses will be accepted from any one unfinancial on the day of the O.K. card show in their Industry," the Secretary of the Metal Trades Group…

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Men's Hockey Teams in Carnival To-day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 May 1945 · page 6

The draws for matches in the Newcastle Men's Hockey Association's five-aside carnival at Lynn Oval, Stockton, to-day is.—…

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Fair Enough

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 May 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY: Though frequent announcements were made that this would not be a holiday, many people persisted in…

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Red Cross Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 May 1945 · page 6

Newcastle Red Cross will hold a Mother's Day market fair in the old Bargain Arcade., Hunter-street to-morrow. Stalls of cakes, flowers, fancy…

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Swansea Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 May 1945 · page 5

Awards as Swansea May Day carnival Included: Best float. Catherine Hill Bay Youth Club: war effort float. "Allies We…

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Hockey Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 May 1945 · page 8

Club secretaries are asked to have nominations for the State Championship Hockey Carnival, to be held in Sydney on June 16 and 19, in by…

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State Hockey Carnival

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 May 1945 · page 16

The State championship hockey carnival will be held In Sydney on King's Birthday over the King's Birthday weekend. June 16 to 19…

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Fair For Patriotic Hospital Funds

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 May 1945 · page 10

A VE-Day Pair, organised by New Lambton Happiness Club, was held in the Parish Hall yesterday in aid of the Newcastle A.C.F. and…

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Mainly in Fun Let's Be Fair

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 May 1945 · page 8

The Germans had a victory in their last battle—the fierce struggle to be first with the news. Their triumph at Flensburg will go…

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School Sports Carnival

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 11 May 1945 · page 14

Mayfield East Amateur Sporting Club will held its second annual sports carnival for school children early in July. Invitations to participate will be…

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Show-Card Days Next Week

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 11 May 1945 · page 4

Arrangements have been completed for Newcastle Metal Trades Group's next Show-card-days drive for financial…

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Hockey Players to Show Best Form

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 May 1945 · page 10

Players in the men's hockey competition will be eager to show their best form to-morrow, since the selectors will probably announce the…

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Adamstown Women's Bowling Carnival

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 12 May 1945 · page 5

To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the foundation of the Adamstown Women's Bowling Club, members held a gala day in aid of the Adamstown…

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Junior Red Cross Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 May 1945 · page 8

Junior Red Cross members throughout New South Wales entered jumpers, frocks and baby clothes in the exhibition held in Sydney recently…

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Rotary Plea For Fair Deal For Serviceman

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 May 1945 · page 6

"The words 'contemporary art' are frequently used to explain distortion, and I am afraid that soon misrepresentation and fraud may be explained away as 'contemporary honesty'," said Mr. Harold Jones at the Newcastle Rotary Club luncheon…

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Show Card Drive

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 May 1945 · page 5

At a meeting of the Newcastle branch of the Blacksmiths' Society it was reported that the O.K. show card drive was very…

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Mayfield Sports Carnival

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 25 May 1945 · page 15

Meetings are to be held each Wednesday night in Mayfield Bowling Club's pavilion in Dangar Park to complete arrangements for the children's sports carnival to be…

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New Fair Rent Regulation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 May 1945 · page 4

CANBERRA, Friday.—Although the Fair Rents Board could hold an inquiry and determine a fair rent on its own initiative, the proposed…

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Show Horror Pictures to Germans Here

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 May 1945 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday.—Army authorities are considering showing horror films of atrocities in Nazi prison camps to German prisoners of…

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