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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1950

718 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 23 of 36

Not A Fair Deal For The Public

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 August 1950 · page 2

Causes advanced by meat industry authorities for the rise in prices for lamb and pig-meats suggest that insufficient…

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Branxton's First Show Off

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 August 1950 · page 2

Heavy rain this year has caused the first annual show for Branxton to be abandoned. The organising committee had…

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No Show This Year At Branxton

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 August 1950 · page 9

The secretary of Branxton Agricultural Show Council (Mr. John C. Bendeich), announced, today that Branxton's first…

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12,000 Entries In Children's Art Show

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 August 1950 · page 6

Approximately 12,000 entries will be submitted for "The Newcastle Sun" 1950 Children's Art Show which will be held daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the City Hall supper room from Aug. 28 to Sept. 2…

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Good Start To Women's Hockey Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 August 1950 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday.—Newcastle's first team won, but its second team lost, in the first division of the Country Women's hockey…

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Can Submit Entries For Art Show

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 August 1950 · page 6

Tomorrow at 9 a.m. the City Hall Supper Room will be open for schoolchildren to submit their entries for "The…

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X-Rays Show Sulphur In Petroleum

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 August 1950 · page 12

NEW YORK. — A fast new method for determining the sulphur content of distillate fuels has been developed by…

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Stream of Entries for Art Show

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 August 1950 · page 4

Entries are streaming in for "The Newcastle Sun" 1950 Children's Art Show which will be held from Aug. 28 to Sept. 2…

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"French Without Tears" Was Bright Show

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 August 1950 · page 10

Terrence Rattigan's bright comedy, "French Without Tears," was ably presented by the Newcastle Dramatic Art…

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Many Copied, Traced Entries For Sun Art Show Rejected

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 August 1950 · page 3

Although hundreds of entries are coming in to the City Hall for "The Newcastle Sun" 1950 Children's Art Show, much of the work already submitted will have to be rejected by the judges. Organiser of the Art Show…

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Stream Of Entries For Art Show

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 11 August 1950 · page 3

Scores of children, tightly clutching their entries for "The Newcastle Sun" 1950 Children's Art Show, streamed into the…

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Stockton Spring Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 August 1950 · page 6

The Women's Auxiliary and Mothers' Club of Stockton school held a spring fair which showed a profit of £140…

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12,000 Entries Received For "Sun" Art Show

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 12 August 1950 · page 3

Approximately 12,000 entries were received this week for "The Newcastle Sun" 1950 Children's Art Show to be held in the City Hall supper room from Aug. 28 to Sept. 2. Entries closed at 4 p.m…

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Greyhound Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 August 1950 · page 10

Nominations for the fourth annual greyhound show, to be held at Hamilton Speedway course on September 3, will close with the…

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Record Attendance At Brisbane Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 August 1950 · page 4

BRISBANE, Sunday.—The Exhibition ended yesterday with a record total attendance for the week of 735,838…

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Barrington Could Be Show Place

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 August 1950 · page 2

A mountain tourist resort to cater for land and water sports, set in country as beautiful as anything in the Blue Mountains, could be opened up in the Barrington Tops area by a…

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Webb Park To Wear Carnival Dress For Mayfield Jubilee

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 14 August 1950 · page 5

Webb Park, near Mayfield terminus, will put on a gala dress and be the focal point of activity with concerts, dancing and decorated stalls each night during Mayfield Jubilee celebrations from Sept. 15 to Sept. 24. The park will be floodlit and…

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3000 Pictures Chosen For 'Sun' Art Show

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 15 August 1950 · page 4

A selection of 3000 pictures has been made by the judges in "The Newcastle Sun" 1950 Children's Art Show for exhibition in the City Hall supper room from Aug. 28 to Sept. 2…

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Town Clerk Announces Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 August 1950 · page 8

The Town Clerk of Newcastle-on-Tyne (Mr. John Atkinson) proclaims in the city's St. Nicholas Square that Lammas Fair will be held the following day. The proclamation enjoins that "every man keep the King's peace and that no manner of man may make…

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"Culinary Art" Show In Denmark

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 August 1950 · page 6

COPENHAGEN, August 15. A.A.P.-Reuter.—There'll be "something cooking" in Denmark soon. From August 11 to 20, an…

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