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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1954

667 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 26 of 34

Hamilton South Tops Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 September 1954 · page 16

Hamilton South branch won intermediate and aggregate section points score competitions at the Church of…

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Receipts From The Royal Show

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 29 September 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY: Gate money from this year's Royal Easter Show returned the Royal Agricultural Society…

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Fair And Doll Show

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 30 September 1954 · page 21

THE women's auxiliary of Newcastle Police Boys' Cycling Club will hold a spring fair and doll show…

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Saturday Busy Fair Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 September 1954 · page 5

Saturday will be one of the busiest days of the year for fetes, fairs and bazaars. All in aid of local charities,…

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Dutch Stall For Glendale Fair

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 30 September 1954 · page 27

A special feature of the Glendale P. and C. Fair at the school on Saturday will be a stall run by Dutch migrants dressed in their national costumes and selling oliebollen, a type of doughnut cooked in peanut oil used to celebrate the Dutch New Year…

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Colourful Stalls At Empire Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 September 1954 · page 5

About 200 people attended the official opening by Mrs. B. Kilgour of the Hamilton Wesley Empire Fair yesterday afternoon…

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Law Frowns On Old Fair Game

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 30 September 1954 · page 10

LONDON: Ever been templed by the raucous cry at the fair: "Roll 'em, pitch 'em, try your luck, sir"? Ever rolled your penny…

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Princess for Dior Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 September 1954 · page 8

LONDON, Sept. 29.—Princess Margaret will attend a special showing of Christian Dior's Paris winter collection…

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News For Women This Week with a Hey, Ho! —Come to the Fair

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 30 September 1954 · page 23

A crop of bazaars, fetes and fairs mark s the ushering in of spring this month in Newcastle —four were held yesterday and nine more are being arranged for Saturday. Yesterday's were the Empire Fair, held at Wesley…

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Anglican Fair At New Lambton

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 October 1954 · page 11

The stage of New Lambton Parish Hall was a mass of colored blooms yesterday when the women's…

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Branxton Show Next Week

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 October 1954 · page 3

The secretary of Branzton Agricultural and Horticultural Association (Mr. John C. Bendeich) said…

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Kotara Spring Fair

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 4 October 1954 · page 11

At a spring fair held at Kotara Methodist Church on Saturday were (right) the Deputy Lady Mayoress (Mrs. D. McDougall), who opened the fair, Mrs. C. Dyer (treasurer), Mrs. C. Tabor (secretary), and Mrs. A. C. Cato (president of the Ladies' Church Aid)…

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New Australians Aid Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 October 1954 · page 5

New Australians joined actively in work for Glendale School Spring Fair on Saturday…

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£370 From Carnival At Cardiff

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 October 1954 · page 4

Takings at Cardiff Spring Carnival at the week-end were £370, the President of the society (Mr. J. David) said…

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£15,000 Show of Orchids

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 October 1954 · page 4

Twenty-two orchid growers from the Maitland, Newcastle and Lake Macquarie areas are exhibiting blooms worth more than £15,000 at the orchid and spring flower show…

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Show Cattle Were Artificially Sired

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 5 October 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY: A show of 400 dairy cattle, all artificially sired by top grade bulls, was attended by Australian junior farmer, Charles McCarron, of Canowindra while on…

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Auglican Fair At Merewether

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 7 October 1954 · page 20

The annual spring fair organised by the women's guild of St. Augustine's Church of England,…

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Pupils To Help At Dudley Fair

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 7 October 1954 · page 24

Senior pupils of Dudley School will conduct lucky dips and jumble stalls at Dudley School…

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Good Display At Show Anticipated

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 October 1954 · page 7

The junior farmers' display at Newcastle Show next year was expected to be a record, the Secretary of Newcastle…

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Queen Lends Picture For Exhibition

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 8 October 1954 · page 4

LONDON, Fri. (A.A.P.) —Centrepiece at the ninth annual exhibition of the Society of Marine Artists…

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