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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1949

609 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 24 of 31

Vicar's Touring Puppet Show

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 1 October 1949 · page 5

LONDON.—The Rev. S. C. Mascall, 33-year-old Vicar of Sedgeford (Norfolk), will shortly tour surrounding villages…

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1500 Enter For Health Week Night Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 October 1949 · page 2

For the first time, the district organisers of Health Week in Newcastle have arranged an evening athletic carnival…

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Spring Carnival A Headache To Owners And Trainers

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 3 October 1949 · page 6

The A.J.C. spring racing carnival that started on Saturday, although a joy to the racegoers, is a costly business to owners and a headache to trainers. This year, horses competed…

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Carnival Plan For Warner's Bay

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 October 1949 · page 5

The Chief Secretary's Department advised Warner's Bay Progress Association that permission had been granted for chocolate wheels, raffles…

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Petrol Supplies Show Big Drop

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 October 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY.—Supplies of petrol to service stations this month will be much less than in September, a spokesman for…

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Poster Show at Hamilton Wesley Fair

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 October 1949 · page 2

A tine display of posters lent by Sydney Youth Week committee attracted considerable interest at Hamilton Wesley…

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Toronto Methodist Spring Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 October 1949 · page 4

Toronto Methodist Church Aid Spring fair, held in the School of Arts hall, was opened by the Lady Mayoress of Newcastle (Mrs. H. D…

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Blossom Fair At Maitland

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 October 1949 · page 3

Opening St. Peter's annual "Blossom Fair" at East Maitland yesterday afternoon, Mrs. F. de Witt Batty said she…

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Hamilton North School Fair

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 October 1949 · page 6

Hamilton North School P. and C. Association last night completed arrangements for a spring fair in the school…

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Presbyterian Fair at Hamilton

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 October 1949 · page 5

The annual fair organised by the Women's Guild of Hamilton Presbyterian Church will be held next Wednesday…

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Miners' Home Conditions: "Range From Fair To Shocking"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 October 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—Conditions under which miners lived varied from "fair to shocking," the General President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. Williams) told the Coal Industry…

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Communists "Tried To Show Strength"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 October 1949 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday.—Thomas Claudius McGillick said to-day at the Royal Commission on communism in Victoria that a reference by J. B. Miles in 1940 to Mr. Ward being "our man at Canberra"…

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Second "One-Man" Art Exhibition By R. Loudon

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 11 October 1949 · page 10

Mr. R. London, well-known Newcastle painter, will give his second "one man" exhibition of water colors and oils at the…

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Play Was Feature Of Y.C.W. Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 October 1949 · page 4

A credo play was the highlight of the Y.C.W. Musical Society's "Hits of 1949" at the City Hall last night…

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Presbyterian Fair At Hamilton

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 13 October 1949 · page 22

The annual fair organised by the Women's Guild of the Hamilton Presbyterian Church was held in the school hall…

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Hassen-Kemp Fight Fair, Says Coroner

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 October 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.— The City Coroner (Mr. A. R. Raschke) to-day found that the death of Archie Kemp, Melbourne lightweight, in his title fight with Jack Hassen last month, was accidental, and had…

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Oversea Wives Wore National Flower At Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 October 1949 · page 6

Members of the Oversea Wives' Club wore badges in the shape of the national flower of the countries they came from, at…

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British Exports Show Increase

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 13 October 1949 · page 6

LONDON, Thurs. (A.A.P.).—In September, Britain reduced its excess of imports over exports by £stg.22,900,000…

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Gun-dog Show at Showground

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 October 1949 · page 6

The Northern Gun-dog Society will hold its second show at New castle Showground on Saturday. Entries have been received from…

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Fireflies Show Power

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 14 October 1949 · page 4

In seconds yesterday afternoon, Firefly aircraft unleashed on targets rockets equal in power to full…

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