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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1950

718 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 33 of 36

German Industries Fair Next Year

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 November 1950 · page 1

The German Industries Fair, to be held in Hanover next year, will be divided into two sections for light and heavy…

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Carnival And Circus Flavor About U.S. Poll Campaign Don Iddon's U.S. DIARY

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 November 1950 · page 6

NEW YORK, Thurs.: What is happening in the United States is described as an election. It is also a combined carnival, circus, funfair and fiesta. Candidates for Congress are…

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Farm Setting At Methodist Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 November 1950 · page 6

At Adamstown Methodist Church farmyard fair yesterday, goods were sold from stalls that were disguised as orchards, haystacks, hen houses and other parts of a farm…

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Farmyard Fair For Church At Adamstown

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 4 November 1950 · page 6

A farmyard fair to raise funds for the proposed new Sunday School building was held yesterday in Adamstown…

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Minister Sees Exhibition At Boys' Home

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 4 November 1950 · page 3

GOSFORD.—Emphasis on the change in recent years in the control of delinquent boys was placed this afternoon at the…

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Molyneux's Show Pleased, But Not American Swimsuits

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 4 November 1950 · page 10

There was plenty of applause for Molyneux's Paris collection, but comparatively little for the collection of bathing suits, brought from the United States, which succeeded it…

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Hamilton North Fair Postponed

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 November 1950 · page 5

Owing to weather conditions the Rainbow Pair organised by Hamilton North School Parents and Citizens' Association…

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Church Fair At Stockton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 November 1950 · page 5

The President of the Home Mission Auxiliary (Mrs. McLaren) opened the Stockton Congregational Church annual fair on Saturday…

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Wallsend School Fair— 2/2nd Bart Dinner

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 November 1950 · page 7

Top left: Rhythm display by first class pupils of Wallsend Public School at the school continental in the Masonic Hall on Saturday. Top right: Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Monkley (Catherine Shaw), who were married at St. Andrew's Church of England, Mayfield, on Saturday. Below left: The Maypole dance at Wallsend School continental. Centre right: Some of the members of the 2/2 Battalion at their annual dinner at Hamilton Drill Hall on Saturday night. Below right: Snapped at the 2/2 Battalion dinner at Hamilton Drill Hall on Saturday, Major D. Fairbrother, Mr. R. Bates, Major P. A. Langford, Brigadier J. W. Main, the Lord Mayor (Aid. Quintan), Sapper E. A. Glendenning, Captain R. C. Smith and Corporal V. Woods…

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Wallsend Junior Farmers' Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 November 1950 · page 6

Wallsend Junior Farmers' 15th annual show will be held this year on a Thursday night. In former years it was held on Saturday…

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Fair Recruit Did Well In Trial; Erpingham Beaten

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 November 1950 · page 12

SYDNEY. — Imported Fair Recruit by beating Erpingham ovek1 six furlongs in 1.17£ at Rosebery to-day indicated that she will not be long in winning her first race in Australia…

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No High Jumps At 1951 Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 November 1950 · page 3

Newcastle Show Committee decided last night not to hold high jumps at the 1951 show. The Secretary of the Show…

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Amplifiers Permitted For Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 November 1950 · page 5

Newcastle City Council last night agreed to the use of electrical amplifiers at the annual surf carnival at Tramway Park, despite a…

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WALLY Fair Enough

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 November 1950 · page 20

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Art Exhibition In Jubilee Celebrations

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 November 1950 · page 16

A children's art exhibition is included in recommendations to be made to the committee organising Cessnock's part in…

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2 Newcastle XIs. Sought For Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 November 1950 · page 9

The New South Wales Cricket Association last night asked the Newcastle District Association to enter a second team in the Country…

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57 Trotters At Show Ground

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 November 1950 · page 19

Fifty-seven trotters are at present stabled and being trained at Newcastle Show Ground at Broad-meadow and more are expected. W. P. Andrews of Cowra,…

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Show Shedules Now Available

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 10 November 1950 · page 1

Advance schedules for the needlework and jams and jellies sections at next year's Newcastle Show are now available…

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Judged First Big Greyhound Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 November 1950 · page 4

Mr. Jack Hodge, of Cleary-street, Hamilton, judge the first greyhound show held in Australia, at Shepherd's Bush, Sydney, in 1937. Soon after, he officiated at a…

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Wallsend Pet Show Profit £130

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 November 1950 · page 5

Proceeds of the continental and pet show which concluded on Saturday were £130, the Secretary (Mrs. C. Thompson) told Wallsend…

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