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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1947

817 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 41

Victorian Owners, Unions to Show Cause

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 April 1947 · page 1

The Registrar of the Commonwealth Arbitration Court (Mr. Murray Stewart) issued summonses in Melbourne yesterday against the Amalgamated Engineering Union, Federated…

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Show Coal Dust Film to Ms.H.R

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 April 1947 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thursday.—The effect of dust in the mining industry, and methods successfully adopted to suppress it in Wales, will be…

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Dog Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 April 1947 · page 12

A championship dog show will be held at Broadmeadow Showground on April 20, in aid of Belmont Victory Hall appeal. A special parade of…

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Show Speedsters

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 19 April 1947 · page 6

Ski school instructors Elli Stiller. Nelson Bennett, and Fred Iselin, race down Mount Baldy, 3000 feet above the floor of Sun Valley, Idaho. This mountainside was used by finalists in the American Olympic Games tri als…

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Sydney Interest In "Newcastle Sun" Art Show

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 19 April 1947 · page 2

Secretary of the Western Suburbs (Sydney) District Council of P. and C. Associations last night asked the Newcastle…

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Lay-by System For School Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 April 1947 · page 8

For the Mothers' Day gift stah to be held by the Women's Auxiliary of the Technical High School on May 8, a lay-by system of purchase…

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Baby Show at Hamilton

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 April 1947 · page 13

Kerry Reid was given the "grand champion" award at a baby show arranged by Mrs. A. Britz in aid of the Waratah Deaf and Dumb…

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Show Girls Back From Japan

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 April 1947 · page 7

BACK FROM JAPAN.—Tivoli girls Pat Craig, Olga Soles, Mary Wilson and Ronnie Eliot make an attractive picture on their arrival in Sydney yesterday on the Merkur from Japan, where they have been entertaining troops…

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Show Society Subscriptions May Be Raised

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 April 1947 · page 3

A special general meeting of members of the Newcastle A.H. and I. Association will be held in the Chamber of Commerce Rooms…

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May Increase Show Membership Fees

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 5

A special general meeting of the Newcastle Show Society will be held on May 7 to consider amendments to the memberships rules…

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WALLY — Rising Fair

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 25 April 1947 · page 7

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Not All Show

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 25 April 1947 · page 4

SHE CUTS A FIGURE: Vivacious Paramount star Virginia Welles can really fret around on ice skates, hailing from Wisconsin,…

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Women's Hockey To Open With Sports Carnival

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 25 April 1947 · page 11

Newcastle Women's Hockey Association will open its 1947 season tomorrow afternoon with a sports carnival at No. 4 Sports Ground…

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"Show Australian Art To World"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 April 1947 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The work of Australian artists would be featured and their painting reproduced with the highest possible technical…

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Red Cross Fair Aids Britain

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 April 1947 · page 7

More than 150 women attended Hamilton Red Cross branch Mothers' Day Fair in Hamilton Council Chambers yesterday…

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Bantam Club Show

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 April 1947 · page 2

The Bantam Club of Newcastle's Third Annual Young Bird Show will be held at the Poultry Pavilion, Newcastle Showground on Saturday. More…

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Show Newcastle Film

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 April 1947 · page 6

The Newcastle film, "Newcastle— City of Enterprise," will be screened at Tatler Theatrette and Royal Theatre on Friday…

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Dog Show to Aid Kindergarten

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 April 1947 · page 6

Wickham Kindergarten will receive proceeds of a dog show to be held at Broadmeadow Showground on May 11. Mr. T. Steer will be the judge…

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£4000 "Fair Price" For Vice-Regal Car

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 May 1947 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Prices Commissioner considered £4000 a fair price for the Rolls Royce car purchased for the Governor-General…

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Australian Blooms Win At U.S. Flower Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 May 1947 · page 3

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Australian chrysanthemums from selections of 200 flown to San Francisco won the first award against…

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