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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1951

562 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 27 of 29

Canary And Cage Bird Show

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 19 November 1951 · page 6

A large number of entries have been received for the young bird show to be held by the Hunter…

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Hamilton North School Fair

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 November 1951 · page 6

Hamilton North School P. and C. Association funds will benefit by a successful fair held in the school…

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Leaving Papers Only "Fair"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 November 1951 · page 2

Teachers and candidates described yesterday's Leaving Examination papers, Mathematics II and Geography, as…

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Islington Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 November 1951 · page 5

Islington Parents and Citizens' Association will hold its annual continental fair in the school grounds next Saturday…

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Jet Flight At Opening Of Carnival

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 November 1951 · page 11

A flight of jet planes from Williamtown will fly overhead when the Dean of Newcastle (Very Rev…

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Queensland Colts Show Form

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 November 1951 · page 9

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Queensland colts were in a strong position against a N.S.W. colts team at the end…

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Sun Women's News New features in French Show

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 27 November 1951 · page 10

The most distinctive change in shoe fashions for many years has been pioneered by Paris this year. Models employed by the leading couturiers are wearing shoes which embody the following features: High heels which measure never less than three inches from the inside of the arch, long pointed…

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Art Show Next Week

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 November 1951 · page 4

Well-known Sydney artist and art critic, Mr. Howard Ashton, will hold an exhibition of his landscapes in the…

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Figures Show Building Lag

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 November 1951 · page 5

The value of new buildings approved to be built in New South Wales since July, 1945 was about £397 million. In the same period the…

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Stockton Mardi Gras Carnival

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 November 1951 · page 3

Stockton is putting on its best party dress for the Jubilee Mardi Gras Carnival which begins next Saturday. Stockton business prem-…

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Crafts Show At Mission

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 November 1951 · page 5

A deaf and dumb man was among students who exhibited work at the Central Methodist Mission's display of…

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Fassifern Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 November 1951 · page 4

The Fassifern Presbyterian Church Women's Guild will hold a fair on the grounds of the proposed church building…

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Lambton Library Exhibition

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 November 1951 · page 2

Lambton business men today inspected at the Council's Lambton library books which would be of…

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Weaving For Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 November 1951 · page 6

Mrs. V. S. Fawcett, a student, prepares weaving work yesterday for an art and handicrafts exhibition by Newcastle Technical College on December 6…

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Cessnock Show in March

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 December 1951 · page 4

Cessnock Show will be held on March 7 and 8. The Chief Secretary (Mr. C. Evatt) will be invited to open it…

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Fair Held in Pavilion

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 December 1951 · page 2

Fassifern Presbyterian Church Women's Guild held a fair in Lorne pavilion on Saturday afternoon…

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Rainfall Mars Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 December 1951 · page 4

Rain marred Stockton Jubilee Mardi Gras celebrations on Saturday afternoon. About 1000 people saw the Lord Mayor of…

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Surf Carnival Postponed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 December 1951 · page 8

Nobbys Surf Carnival was postponed from Saturday till December 15 because of rain and unsettled weather…

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Art Exhibition

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 December 1951 · page 9

Top left: At the official opening of landscape paintings by Mr. Howard Ashton at the Century Theatre, Broadmeadow, (left to right) Mr. Ashton, the Lord Mayor (Ald. Purdue), the Lady Mayoress, Mr. H. Armstrong and Mr. S. O'Snea. Top right: Test all-rounder, Graeme Hole, signs autographs for young cricket fans during an interval in the second Test. Below left: Giant Swede, Lennart Bergelin, has to come down a long way to sign the autograph book of Robert Nelson, aged 4, during the Victorian tennis titles…

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Four In Tennis Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 December 1951 · page 8

Four of Newcastle's leading tennis players gave an exhibition of singles and doubles play at District Park last night…

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