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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1946

710 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 26 of 36

Stockton R.S.L. Auxiliary Fair

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 7 September 1946 · page 4

Stockton R.S.L. Women's Auxiliary fair, opened by Miss F. Smith, was a very successful function, and attracted a very large attendance to the…

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Fair Punters at N.j.c. Cup

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 7 September 1946 · page 2

STUDYING RACE PROSPECTS.—Snapped at Newcastle this afternoon were Miss Beryl Clement (left), sister of apprentice jockey, W. Clement, and Mrs. Jack Evans, wife of the jockey who was injured in a race smash at Broadmeadow some months ago…

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Fair Day's Work Not Permitted, Is Union Claim

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 7 September 1946 · page 2

HOBART: Hobart branch of the Municipal and Shire Council Employees' Union is protesting bitterly that its members are not able to do…

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Brimingham Gardens Church Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 September 1946 · page 5

The spring fair off the Women's Guild of St. Paul's Anglican Church, Birmingham Gardens, on Saturday, was opened by Mrs. F. de Witt Batty, wife…

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Wallsend Flower Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 September 1946 · page 5

Admired at Wallsend Country Women's Association flower show on Saturday was a non-competitive display by Miss Handley, of Lake-road, Wallsend, of…

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Bantam Club Show on

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 September 1946 · page 4

Bantam Club of Newcastle sectiona[?] show for male birds of both hard feather and soft feather breeds will be held at the club rooms on…

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Gold Leaf, Roman Fair Were Smartest In Broadmeadow Trials

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 September 1946 · page 16

Gold Leaf and Roman Fair, candidates for Wyong on Saturday, were smartest half milers in separate trials at Broadmeadow this morning. Each recorded 521/4. River King, who is to run in the A.J.C. Breeders' Plate…

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Mr. Makin's Suits May Be In Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 September 1946 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9. A.A.P. —Some Australian-made suits from the personal wardrobe of the Australian…

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Court Hears Cousens Chant Poetry Demonstration To Show How He "Sabotaged" Propaganda Of Japanese

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 September 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY: Singing a key note first, Major Charles Hughes Cousens chanted several lines of Gray's "Elegy" on that note in the Central Police Court today when describing how he…

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"Show Hands, Children!"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 September 1946 · page 4

"Show Hands" was the first command when Adamstown Infants' School resumed after the holidays…

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Presbyterian Fair at Toronto

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 September 1946 · page 5

Mrs. W. E. Young, of Newcastle, opened the Presbyterian fair in Belmont Masonic Hall, which raised £40. The judges, Mesdames Proudlock,…

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Sydney Judge for C.M.M. Flower Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 September 1946 · page 8

Mr. A. E. Kershler, a prominent Sydney horticulturist, is to be judge at the Central Methodist Mission flower show to-morrow…

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Championship Dog Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 September 1946 · page 10

The Northern District Alsatian and All Breeds Society will hold a championship dog show at Newcastle Agricultural Showground to-morrow…

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Sports Carnival At Kurri For Noel White

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 16 September 1946 · page 14

Proceeds of a football and sports carnival at Kurri Rugby League's ground on Sunday, September 29. will be given Australian winger's severe leg injury,…

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Family Man — Bad Show

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 18 September 1946 · page 9

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Plattsburg Pupils Did Well in Art Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 September 1946 · page 7

Pupils of the Plattsburg District Rural School, at Wallsend gained many prizes in the "Newcastle Sun" art show, the Headmaster (Mr. R. D. Hunt) told the…

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Methodist Fair at Charlestown

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 September 1946 · page 9

A spring fair will be held in the grounds of Charlestown Methodist Church on Saturday, September 28. The official opening will be by Mrs. E. E…

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Rush for Space at 1947 Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 September 1946 · page 2

Expecting a demand for space at the 1947 Newcastle Show, trade exhibitors have already acquired ground space. In the car section, only nine…

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Legacy Fair Next Week

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 21 September 1946 · page 4

The fair to be held at the Palats Royale next Wednesday, Thursday and Friday—one of the final functions in the big Legacy appeal for…

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"Runaway Train Test Fair"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 September 1946 · page 7

Following report on a departmental test of a C.H.G. brakevan on the Sandgate-Hanbury section of the line, members of Port Waratah…

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