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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1954

667 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 27 of 34

Flowers On Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 October 1954 · page 7

Bowls of flowers, some three feet wide, were a feature of the annual flower show arranged by the Cessnock Women's…

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Patients' Work On Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 October 1954 · page 6

Royal Newcastle Hospital occupational therapists are arranging an exhibition of patients' work to be held at…

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Branxton Show Record Crowd Expected

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 October 1954 · page 7

The President of Branxton Show Society (Mr. J. P. McLaughlin) said yesterday that he expected the attendance…

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Scotch Fair At Wallsend

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 October 1954 · page 11

Wallsend Presbyterian Sunday School Hall was gaily decorated for the annual Scotch fair opened by…

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Cardiff Carnival May Net £1000

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 October 1954 · page 11

Cardiff spring carnival, which concluded on Saturday night, after a week of attractions, may provide £1000 to local patriotic and charitable organisations…

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Art Exhibition

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 12 October 1954 · page 13

SYDNEY.—The Content porary Art Society's 16th annual interstate exhibition will begin on Friday in the…

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Sluice for the Show

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 12 October 1954 · page 16

PAMPERED POOCHES.—Wearing a spotted swimsuit to match her three champion Dalmatians, Mrs. Kathryn Papal, o f Perth (W.A.), gives her dogs a bathroom manicure for the recent Iloyal Show…

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Gen. Berrymon For Singleton Show

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 12 October 1954 · page 7

Director of the Royal Agricultural Society of N.S.W. (Lieut.-General Sir Prank Berryman), with…

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Junction School Annual Fair

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 October 1954 · page 15

Junction Demonstration School P. and C. Association last night completed arrangements for the…

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Newcastle District School Activities 800 Competitors In Area Athletic Carnival

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 October 1954 · page 17

Newcastle Education Area Primary Schools' Athletic Carnival at the Sports Ground next Tuesday will include teams from 22 districts, including Wyong, the Upper Hunter and Taree, with a total of 800 boy and girl athletes in teams of 30 or 40 from each district…

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Fish Fanciers' Exhibition

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 14 October 1954 · page 33

Newcastle and District Fish Fanciers' Club at its monthly meeting at the Cultural Centre Hut,…

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Tropical Setting For Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 October 1954 · page 5

The 70th annual fair held by Hamilton Presbyterian Church was officially opened by Mrs. J. J. Auchmuty in the…

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Exhibition Beer Down The Drain

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 October 1954 · page 7

LONDON, Oct. 13. A.A.P. —When the Brewers' Exhibition at Olympia ended, 65,520 pints of draught beer were…

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Around the Schools Champions To Compete In Athletics Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 October 1954 · page 6

The 800 primary athletes to compete in the Newcastle Education area second primary athletics carnival at No. 1 Sports Ground on Tuesday are champions in their own districts…

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News For Women This Week Schoolgirls At Fair HAve An Eye For Business

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 14 October 1954 · page 21

Among the busiest workers at the Newcastle Cathedral Fair yesterday and on Tuesday students of the Girls' Grammar School, who conducted the flower stall. They provided the afternoon programme of songs from the junior and senior choirs. They procured the…

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Bank Letters Show City's Growth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 October 1954 · page 4

On October 17, 1854, the Manager of the Bank of Australasia in Newcastle wrote to the Secretary in London. . . "a branch of the corporation has this day been opened here under my management."…

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Domesday Book On Show Again

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 October 1954 · page 4

Domesday Book, the result of the survey of England made by William the Conqueror in 1086, is being…

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Movie Reviews "Carnival Story"

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 18 October 1954 · page 13

STARS: Anne Baxter. Steve Cochran, Lyle Bettger, George Nader. An American circus and…

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Civic Leaders Praise Trade Exhibition

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 19 October 1954 · page 3

Civic and business leaders have praised the efforts of the Furniture Manufacturers' Association in staging the trade display at the Newcastle City Hall…

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Battle At Show Expected

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 October 1954 · page 6

Indications are that the Paris Motor Show will start a battle between manufacturers in the light car field…

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