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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1954

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Art Show Entries Close Tomorrow

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 26 July 1954 · page 6

Entries for "The Newcastle Sun" 1954 Children's Art Show close at the schools tomorrow. Pictures will be received at the City Fall, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. from…

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Show Ballot

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 July 1954 · page 10

A ballot to elect 13 committee members of Newcastle Show Society will close at 4 p.m. on August 4…

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Show Exhibit

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 27 July 1954 · page 10

TAREE: Sectional organisers have been chosen to coordinate and grow produce for the central…

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Betting Plunge On Fair Missed At Gosford Races

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 27 July 1954 · page 16

A spectacular plunge on Broadmeadow trained Fair failed at Gosford today when the mare could finish only third in the First Novice Handicap…

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Newcastle Men May Show At Country Artists Display

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 27 July 1954 · page 8

SYDNEY: William Dobell and Paul Beadle have been invited to participate in a Sydney exhibition by N.S.W. country artists. The exhibition, which is being arranged by the…

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Air Crash Firemen In 'Fair Show'

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 July 1954 · page 8

SINGAPORE, July 27. A.A.P.-Reuter—Kalang airport firemen had "put up a very fair show" when a…

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Junction Art Show Pictures

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 July 1954 · page 15

THIS year a panel of boys from Junction Demonstration School, with staff member, Mr…

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Junior Farmers For Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 July 1954 · page 9

Eleven junior farmers from the Hunter Valley, whose ages range from 11 to 21 years, will leave next week to…

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Devon to Hold Mediaeval Fair

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 July 1954 · page 16

LONDON, Thurs. (A.A.P.) —The town of Ashburton (Devon) will put back the clock 600 years next week…

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Kempsey Art Show

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 July 1954 · page 17

KEMPSEY. — Thirty paintings from the National Art Gallery will be on show in Kempsey from…

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Children's Art Show Kntries

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 July 1954 · page 14

Entries for "The Newcastle Sun" 1954 Children's Art Show closed at the schools on Tuesday and will be received at the City Hall until tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock…

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Newcastle, Queensland In Main R.U. Carnival Match

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 July 1954 · page 28

Decision of Newcastle Rugby Union to conduct a football carnival at Waratah Oval on Saturday is an experiment that should provide patrons with a most enjoyable afternoon's sport. Five games have been…

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Gas Show at Well Once Again

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 July 1954 · page 3

PERTH, Wednesday.— A gas slowing at Rough Range No. 1 well, Learmonth, was encountered again this…

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Billiards Exhibition By Lindrum

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 July 1954 · page 16

World-famous billiards I player Walter Lindrum will give a demonstration of billiards and snooker play…

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Show Officials Re-elected

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 July 1954 · page 6

Mr. W. E. Sparke was re-elected President of the Maitland Show Council last night for another three-year term, which will complete his quarter-century as…

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Our Gardener Says: Hopes High For Flower Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 July 1954 · page 7

Recent rain has raised the hopes of the promoters of the Horticultural Society's annual show to be held early in September. A little more rain in the…

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Show Society Credit Balance £4381

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 July 1954 · page 4

Newcastle Show Society had a credit balance of £4381 for the year ended May 31, the annual report and balance…

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Ready For Art Show

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 2 August 1954 · page 3

Entries for "The Newcastle Sun' 1954 Children's Art Show closed at the week-end with record entries for schools in the district. Mrs. A. Palmer is pictured preparing to sort out a few of croups of pictures entered. The Art Snow will be held at the City Hall from Aug. 26 to Sept. 1 inclusive…

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'Human' Monkeys' Bodies on Show

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 August 1954 · page 5

SALZBURG (Austria), Tues. (A.A.P.). — Preserved bodies of three Bonobo monkeys, said to be the…

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Aboriginal Stockmen In Show Events

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 August 1954 · page 2

BRISBANE. — Four aboriginal stockmen from Woorabinda Mission, west of Rockhampton, will…

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