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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1952

522 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 27

Flower Show at Wallsend

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 April 1952 · page 4

The fourth annual flower show of St. Luke's Church of England, Wallsend, was held in the Masonic Hall, Wallsend…

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Barmen On Strike At Royal Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 April 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday. — At the Royal Show, casual barmen held a stopwork meeting and pulled out all union…

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Sydney Show Dispute Ends

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 April 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A dispute of turnstile, gate, ground and traffic attendants at the Sydney Royal Show has…

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Big Crowd At Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 April 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.— Crowds streamed into Sydney Showground to-day and to-night till 82,949 people…

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High-Priced Dogs At Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 April 1952 · page 7

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Farrago, a greyhound for which 4000 guineas was paid, won a championship at the Royal…

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S. Cardiff Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 April 1952 · page 3

South Cardiff Mothers' Club will hold a market day and fair at the Progress Hall on Saturday week in the…

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Rain Ruins Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 April 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.— Heavy rain washed out Sydney Show to-night. A check to-morrow will…

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The Theatres "Show Boat"

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 April 1952 · page 5

Starring Ava Gardner, Howard Keel. This new technicolor presentation of Edna…

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Show Misses On Insurance Against Rain

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 April 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Royal Agricultural Society is not entitled to claim insurance for the rain which kept…

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Big Race Carnival Picnic To 50,000

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 April 1952 · page 5

To-day and on Monday nearly 50,000 people will go to one of Australia's most popular and successful racing carnivals—to have a picnic. Onkaparinga (S.A.)…

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Church Answer To Open Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 April 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—No men professedly Christian had the right to use the Easter Holy Days for any other purpose than to worship God, the Archbishop of…

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£13,000 Insurance On Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 April 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Royal Agricultural Society look out a record rain insurance policy of £13,000 to…

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'Fair Deal' Urged For Country

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 April 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—Real decentralisation would not be attained till a fairer deal was given the country, the Leader…

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Easter 'No Time For Carnival'

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 April 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—Sport and pleasure seeking and the turning of Easter into a carnival of gambling were to be…

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Pekingese Puppy Show Champion

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 April 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—An 18-month-old Pekingese puppy was to-day judged champion puppy of the Show against…

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Razor-slit Theft At Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 April 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—Three wallets, containing a total of £170, were lost at the Showground to-day…

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Rain, But Crowds At Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 April 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—Despite a downpour at night and day showers in many suburbs, 157,337 people attended the…

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Fewer Attend Royal Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 April 1952 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Despite threatening weather and heavy thunderstorms during most of Sydney Show week, 1,043,006 people attended the Royal Show…

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'Ferdinand' Missing From Show

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 16 April 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY. — Detectives have started a wide search for a country visitor to the Show who disappeared…

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Ballet Rehearses For Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 April 1952 · page 3

Members of the ballet of "The Girl Friend," which opens at the Victoria Theatre to-night, at rehearsal. They are left to…

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