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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1948

540 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 27

Bulldog Club Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 2

The Northern British Bulldong Club of New South Wales will hold its championship show at Newcastle Showground, on Sunday. A record…

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Carnival Raises £60 for Honour Roll

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 4

It is expected that more than £60 will be available for the honour roll fund as a result of Lambton Welfare and Welcome…

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POP Fair Exchange

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 14 April 1948 · page 5

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Show Pictures To Attract Parents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 April 1948 · page 2

To attract parents a film might be shown at one of the regular monthly meetings, the Headmaster of the Technical High School (Mr…

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Bulldog Club Show

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 15 April 1948 · page 8

The Northern British Bulldog Club of N.S.W. will hold its fifth bi-annual championship show at Broadmeadow…

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Country Teams In Hockey Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 April 1948 · page 6

Teams from Tamworth, Armidale, Quirindi and Werris Creek will compete in the Newcastle Men's Hockey Association's five-aside…

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Not Given Fair Go, Labour Aldermen Say

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 April 1948 · page 2

Labour aldermen were not given a fair go at Greater Newcastle Council meetings and were frequently "downed" by steam-roller…

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Bantam Club Annual Show

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 16 April 1948 · page 3

A total of 244 entries was received by the Bantam Club of Newcastle for its fourth annual Young Bird Show, which…

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"Desert Song" Is Enjoyable Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 April 1948 · page 3

Attention to minor details as well as to general effect makes Colin Chapman's production of "The Desert Song" a…

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Collieries' Carnival At Cessnock

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 17 April 1948 · page 3

At the Cessnock Sports Ground tomorrow local collieries will stage an athletic carnival to decide which has the…

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Increased Entries for Gresford Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 April 1948 · page 4

Entries for Gresford Show, to be held on April 23 and 24, far exceed those of the two previous shows. Many improvements to the…

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Pop a Fair Licking

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 19 April 1948 · page 5

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2000-Mile Flight For Old Vic. Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 April 1948 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Sunday.—The Manager of the Old Vic Company received a telegram from Miss Eileen Joseph, in…

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Art Exhibition Area Changed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 April 1948 · page 6

Because the County of Northumberland fixed as the boundary for "local artists" in the Newcastle art exhibition, was found to…

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Aimed At "Fair Presentation Of Information"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 April 1948 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Australian delegation to the Freedom of Information conference in Geneva had sought to ensure that…

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Need More Space For Show Exhibits

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 April 1948 · page 2

Increased accommodation at Newcastle Show was advocated by all stewards in their reports to the society on the 1948 show. They…

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Children Perform Puppet Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 April 1948 · page 1

John Mitchell and Bonnie King laugh at the antics of a puppet (worked by Pam Clark) at Tighe's Hill Infant School…

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Art Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 April 1948 · page 2

An art exhibition, organised by the War Memorial Cultural Centre Committee, will open at the Cultural Centre hut on Friday at 8…

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Hockey Carnival Cancelled

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 April 1948 · page 6

Newcastle Men's Hockey Association decided last night to cancel its five-a-side carnival which was to have been held on May 1, and to…

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Cameron Hopes Show Form

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 April 1948 · page 6

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Lord Luck and Homeleigh Dick indicated they are well advanced in their preparation for the Cameron Handicap (7f.), to be run at Broadmeadow on Saturday, by their dash on…

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