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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1949

609 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 27 of 31

Sydney Male Corset Show Shocks America

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 November 1949 · page 8

NEW YORK, Thurs. (O.S.R.) : American corset manufacturers and retailers raised shocked eyebrows at reports of a proposed all-male audience at a Sydney showing of corsets brought from America. (Designer for a firm of…

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Extra Classes For 1950 Newcastle Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 November 1949 · page 2

Additional classes would be provided at the 1950 Newcastle Show, the society Secretary (Mr. P. G. Legoe) said yesterday. Some…

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Council To Show Cause On Dismissals

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 November 1949 · page 2

Newcastle City Council yesterday received a summons from the industrial Registrar to attend an inquiry by the State Industrial…

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"Fair Means" To Beat Private Banks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 November 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Fair competition would be used to beat the private banks down to acquiesce in a reasonable policy, if the Federal…

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Princess Visits Cycle Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 November 1949 · page 12

When Princess Margaret visited the Cycle and Motor-cycle show in London, she saw the lightest cycle there (weight 16lb). She met world professional cycling sprint champion, Reg Harris (right)…

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Imported Breeds for Dog Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 November 1949 · page 12

Several imported dos will be exhibited at the Northern All Breeds Kennel Club championship show at the Showground on Saturday…

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Show Society Stock Appeal Failed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 November 1949 · page 2

No donations of stock or money had been made in response to the appeal by Newcastle Show Association for stock to help replace dairy…

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Waratah School Spring Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 November 1949 · page 4

A spring fair at Waratah Infants' School yesterday was opened by the Dean of Newcastle (Very Rev. N. Blow). He was welcomed…

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Young Newcastle Cricket Team For Big Carnival

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 November 1949 · page 11

The three Newcastle players who won places in last season's Combined Country Eleven, J. de Courcy, R. Roxby and O. Lambert have secured places in the Newcastle Country Week team to play…

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Rainbow Fair at Lambton

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 November 1949 · page 8

Mrs. McLaren will open the Lambton Congregational Church's Rainbow Fair next Saturday afternoon in the…

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Show Holiday February 23

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 November 1949 · page 3

Thursday, February 23, will be a public holiday in Newcastle for the 1950 show. The Secretary (Mr. P. Legoe) told…

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Newcastle Figures For T.B. Show Rise

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 November 1949 · page 10

According to the 132nd annual report of the Royal Newcastle Hospital, the number of new out patients at the anti. T.B. department had increased from 698 in 1946-47 to 1030 in the corresponding…

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Spring Fair at Marks Point

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 November 1949 · page 5

A procession, headed by Mc-Ewan's Pipe Band, preceded a spring fair arranged by the women's committee of Marks Point…

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In Resumptions "Be Fair To Individuals"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 November 1949 · page 2

When resuming land, the council should sec that transactions were fair to individuals, Ald. McDougall told Newcastle City Council last…

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Primary Schools' Team For Sydney Athletic Carnival

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 November 1949 · page 7

A team of 50 boys and girls representing Newcastle primary schools left on the Intercity Express today to com pete in the State Primary Schools' Athletic, Carnival to be held at the Sydney Cricket Ground tomorrow. Teachers in charge of the…

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Princess At Variety Show

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 November 1949 · page 1

ROYAL PERFORMANCE.—Latest picture of the Princesses shows Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret arriving at a Royal variety performance at the London Coliseum.— Picturegram from London…

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Wallsend Junior Farmers' Show

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 11 November 1949 · page 4
Also in Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate

Wallsend Junior Farmers' spring show will be held in the Wallsend R.S.L. rooms tomorrow…

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Waratah R.S.L. Women's Auxiliary Annual Fair

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 11 November 1949 · page 4

The president of Waratah R.S.L. Women's Auxiliary (Mrs. W. Bell) yesterday opened the auxiliary's annual fair, held,…

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Extremes Meet at Dog Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 November 1949 · page 4

This huge bull-mastiff, Battle Royal of Balmas, shown with a any Griffon Bruxellois won three prize and a challenge certificate at the championship dog show at Olympia, London…

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