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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1947

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Opened Silk Fair in Tokyo

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 June 1947 · page 8

Cutting the tape at the entrance to the exhibition hall, Mrs. Douglas MacArthur, wife of the Commanding General in Japan, opens the silk industry's " "Silk Fair" in Tokyo…

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Show Committee To Help At Industrial Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 June 1947 · page 2

Newcastle Show Committee had decided to help the 150th Anniversary Celebrations Executive run the industrial fair at Newcastle…

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International Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 June 1947 · page 7

To provide a meeting ground for buyers and seller from all over the world, Canada will hold its international trade fair at Toronto…

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Carnival Monday To Aid Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 June 1947 · page 5

Sydney drivers will compete in car races at a carnival at Newcastle Showground on Monday. The programme will include…

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R.S.L. to Petition at Carnival For Sustenance Pay

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 June 1947 · page 5

GLOUCESTER, Tuesday.—At the diggers' carnival here on the King's birthday, the Gloucester sub-branch of the Returned Servicemen's League…

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Hockey Side Strengthened For Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 June 1947 · page 12

P. Porep has been added to the Newcastle No. 1 hockey side, to defend its title in the State championship carnival in Sydney at the…

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Hockey Players Off To The Country Carnival

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 June 1947 · page 19

All men's hockey matches have been cancelled next Saturday because Newcastle Association is sending six teams to Sydney for the…

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Unusual Floor Show At Ball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 June 1947 · page 8

DRESSED in gay peasant costumes, with coloured kerchiefs round their heads, 28 of Miss Jessie Brownlie's pupils presented an unusual…

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Antiques Worth £4M. On Show "Herald" Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 June 1947 · page 1

LONDON, June 11.—Antiques worth £4,000,000. the most amazing show of treasures gathered together in Europe since the war, are being…

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Star Riders for Speed Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 June 1947 · page 12

Lending Australian speed-ear drivers will compete in a car-racing and trotting carnival at the Showground on Monday afternoon. Drivers in…

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Bowls Carnival Off Because Pits Work

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 June 1947 · page 12

Boolaroo Bowling Club has cancelled the carnival it was to have held on Monday because the mines will work…

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£39,300 In Stakes For A.J.C. Spring Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 June 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY Friday.—The A.J.C. Committee to-day increased stakes for the Spring meeting on October 4, 6, 8 and 11 by £12,000 to £39,300…

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Longest-Run Show On Broadway

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 June 1947 · page 3

NEW YORK, June 15. A.A.P.—The comedy "Life With Father" which opened in 1939, last night reached 3183…

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Floor Show For Church Ball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 June 1947 · page 5

A floor show in period costume will be presented at the Centenary Ball of the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle in the City Hall to-night…

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Veteran Found Temporary Home In Show Tent "Herald" Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 June 1947 · page 1

NEW YORK, June 17.—Because he was unable to get any Place in which to live apart from crowded quarters with relatives. Harry Har…

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Newcastle Teams Made History At Carnival Hockey

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 June 1947 · page 10

Teams representing Newcastle created hockey history when they fought out the final of the Women's Hockey Country Week carnival in…

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Move to End Show Exhibits by Schools Rejected

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 June 1947 · page 4

A motion that organised school exhibits at the Newcastle Show should be discontinued was rejected by last night's meeting of the…

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Will Show School Films To Public

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 June 1947 · page 5

Current educational [?]ms will be screened at the Cook's Hill Intermediate High School hall during the last week in July for members of…

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Garden Pest Advice For Flower Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 June 1947 · page 8

An information bureau, will be conducted by the City of Greater Newcastle Horticultural Council as part of the 150th Anniversary celebrations…

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Industrial Fair, If Council Provides Money

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 June 1947 · page 4

The 10th Anniversary Celebrations Executive Committee decided last night to conduct an industrial fair if Greater Newcastle Council provided…

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