Women's Carnival
After weeks of preparation the women's swimming carnival will be held at the Ocean Baths on Wednesday night. Prominent swimmers are training seriously and entries are much more…
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Shows & fairs, 1936
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Events at the Show
The following members of Myer Park Athletic Club are asked to meet at the main gates of the Newcastle Showground at 7.45 on Wednesday night—A. Smith, A. Hodges, A. Seivers, L…
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Among the sideshow attractions at the Newcastle Show this year will be Wee Jimmy, said to be the world's smallest racehorse. Its owner, Mr. Dave…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Baths and Beaches Test Carnival Elimination Heats Trouble Over Boat Race
The Surf Life-saving Association held elimination heats at Stockton Bench on Saturday afternoon. All events were important because the winners will represent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rush for Space Preparations at Show Ground Work Speeds-up
Behind the scenes at the Showground the 1936 Newcastle Show is in the making end on atmosphere of optimism and confidence prevails…
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One of the most amazing attractions ever seen on a showground in Australia is Wee Jimmy, the world's smallest racehorse. The little pet, which is the size…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Yachting Long Course Races at Speers Point Viking and Youth Show Out
Sailed in a hard south-west breeze over a long course at Speers Point yesterday, the Lake Macquarie Yacht Club's handicap created great interest among sailing…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →At the Show Peep Behind the Scenes Preparatory Work Improved Exhibition Promised
Newcastle Show is here again. To-morrow the spacious Showground at Broadmeadow will become once more a little city of pavilions and marquees in which…
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SECURED THE PLACES in the 100 yard, handicap at Mailand athletic carnival on Saturday. Miss F. Carvey (left), first, Miss I. Poyne third, Miss Wearne hold she Australian 100 yards title…
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"Though no official information is yet to hand, apparently the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia has decided to allow New South Wales to…
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THE custom of holding shows and fairs is as old as the British race, and in that custom is tangibly expressed the genius of the race—that quality which Napoleon, seeking to belittle his most vigorous enemies, summed up in the phrase, "The English…
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I have followed with the greatest interest the remarkable development of Newcastle and district, and on my recent visit I Was greatly impressed with the evidence which came under my notice not only of the progress which has…
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One of the interesting places at Newcastle Show, especially for the boys and girls, will be the area occupied by the Newcastle Model Makers' Society. In…
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Mr. W. E. Bramble Mrs. C. A. K. Cohen Mrs. P. C. Legoe…
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ARRANGING COUNTLESS DETAILS for the 1936 Newcastle Show which will open to-morrow—the Secretary of the Show Association (Mr. P. G. Legoe) hard at work at the Association office this morning. The success which this year's exhibition promises to achieve is due largely to Mr. Legoe's untiring efforts…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wheat Exhibit At The Show
Many varieties of wheat, some from over seas, were displayed in a very interesting exhibit at Newcastle Show to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Trade Displays At The Show Simplified Tuning Radio Sets at the Newcastle Show
A DEVICE, applying the photo electric cell, can be seen at the Newcastle Show stand of the Electrical Service Co., where it is…
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The romance of electrical undertakings is typified in the huge hand grasping its flashing Neon tubes at the Newcastle Show. Standing on…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Intense Interest Motor Show in Germany
The German automobile industry opened its Jubilee Motor Show at Berlin recently. The display, it is reported was the fines' exhibition of automobiles ever seen in that…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Men Who Planned The Show This Year
The Newcastle Show Committee of 1935.—Included in the group are Messrs. F. Searle, C. A. K. Cohen (vice-president), A. G. Morgan, W. Chamley, f. I. Cane, H. J. C. Shortland, G. Beath, W. E. Bramble (president), H. Wansey, Ray Elkin, C. H. Gallagher, H. Lore, F. J. Fenwick, E. E. Rauch, J. Bond, A. E. Myers, A. E. Hall, W. E. Young T. Capewell, I. L. R. D. Browne, C. Horter (Treasures), R. C. Kilgour (vice-president)…
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