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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1954

667 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 34

Experts Show Way To Real Curry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 July 1954 · page 5

Mrs. K. Forsyth, Secretary of the committee of the Cultural Centre women's…

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Bantam Show

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 July 1954 · page 3

A large number of entries have been received by the Bantam Club of Newcastle for its tenth annual…

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Canary And Cage Bird Exhibition

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 July 1954 · page 14

A total of 1450 entries were received for the eighth annual exhibition held by the Hunter District Canary and Cage Bird Society in the City Hall today…

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N.J.C. Cup Carnival

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 July 1954 · page 1

More than 400 N.J.C. Cup carnival programmes were posted yesterday to owners and trainers in…

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Bowls Carnival Has 78 Entries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 July 1954 · page 15

GOSFORD, Thursday.— Mrs. E. Peck, district delegate to the N.S.W. Women's Bowling Association, told the…

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Greta Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 July 1954 · page 6

Greta Parents and Citizens' Association will hold a Fancy Fair in the Public School to-day to raise funds for school…

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Fair Winter Surfers

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 July 1954 · page 9

Yesterday's glorious winter sunshine was perfect for outdoor amusements. 1. Janice Woodward, Helen Richard, Kay Manning, Claire Pratt and Maureen Irwin in the surf at Nobbys Beach. 2. Six-year-old Julie Duke of Islington looking after her family's Sydney Kennel Club champion German Shepherd breed "Laurentide Dianne" at the Northern Districts championship dog show at the Showground. 3. These boys were a study in concentration as they fished from Lee Wharf yesterday morning. They are (1. to r.): Ken Lewins of Merewether and Warren Braye, Joseph Morton, Terry Priest and Don Jackson, all of Waratah. 4. Mr. H. N. Hancock of Dungog with his bird which won the award for the best wyandotte at the Newcastle Bantam Show at…

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Pigs, Tanks In Same Show

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 July 1954 · page 13

COPENHAGEN (Reuter)—The Danish Defence Forces have decided to invade the Danish…

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Artist, 66, Holds Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 July 1954 · page 1

The exhibition will be held from July 12 to July 17. Mr. Genders began painting in water colours last year at…

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Aid To Junior Farmer Show Display Urged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 July 1954 · page 2

Newcastle Show Association should do more to encourage Junior Farmers' clubs to put on better displays, the…

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Exhibition By Country Artists

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 7 July 1954 · page 3

Newcastle artists will have an opportunity next October to exhibit their paintings at an exhibition…

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Show Stopped When Scenery Fell

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 July 1954 · page 6

LONDON, July 6. A.A.P.— A technical breakdown last night stopped the performance of the American musical hit…

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Australian Missile For U.K. Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 July 1954 · page 13

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.— An Australian-made guided missile will be one of the chief exhibits at the…

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EDITORIAL. Newcastle Show Has Key Role To Play

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 9 July 1954 · page 10

IN URGING the Newcastle Show Association to do more to encourage Junior Farmers' Clubs to put on better displays, the president (Mr. F. J. Cane) underlines…

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Show Association Solves Problem For N.J.C.

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 9 July 1954 · page 1

The Newcastle A. H. and I. Association has solved a stabling accommodation of visiting horses problem for the N.J.C. during its Newcastle Cup carnival on Aug. 28 and Sept. 5. The Show Association…

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Show Nomnations Close Soon

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 July 1954 · page 2

Nominations for Newcastle Show Association Committee would close at 4 p.m. on Thursday, the association's…

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Big Orders From Engineering Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 July 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—Orders worth about £1 million were received at the engineering exhibition which closed to-night,…

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Furniture Show

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 July 1954 · page 13

SYDNEY: The Furniture Guild and the Furnishers' Society of N.S.W. has announced that it would…

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Records Show: 45 Railmen Reinstated

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 July 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—Forty-five dismissed railwaymen had been reinstated last year by the Railways Commissioner (Mr. Winsor), official records show…

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Milk Tests Show Low T.B. Infection

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 July 1954 · page 11

SYDNEY, Monday.—There was no evidence that children were getting tuberculosis from milk on the North Coast, the…

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