Behind the Jam Jars Months of Work in Show Exhibits
The cucumber, the cauliflower, the peaches and the pears, look almost too beautiful to be real as they stand in…
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Shows & fairs, 1939
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Junior Farmers at Show Party Of 14 From The North
Guests of the Newcastle Show Association, a party of 14 Junior farmers from Tenterfield, Glen Innes, Inverell and Armidale districts, are in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Ready for Opening of Record Show Behind The Scenes Preparation Bustle Reaches Climax
To-day hundreds of men and women—decorators, painters, carpenters, sideshowmen, electricians, sales-girls with platoons of exhibitors from City business houses—began soon after dawn putting a myriad…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →For the Motorist a Real Motor Show This Year Visitors' Guide to the 1939 Models
Never before has the car buyer or prospective car buyer been so well catered for at Newcastle Show as he will be this year. In fact so interesting are the displays that the car section at the Showground will be a real…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Special Show Weather
THE WEATHER forecast for to-day might well be termed "special Show weather." The forecast, ignoring the reference to "isolated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tooheys Show Exhibit
In a tastefully arranged exhibit in the Industrial Pavilion of the Newcastle Showground, Tooheys Ltd., the well-known brewers, display a…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →At The Show
All smiles after the judges had made their round at Newcastle Show to-day. Miss Mavis Tanner, with Dinah (14 hands class), and on the right Miss Una Treasure, with Urallah, winner of the under 14 hands class in the horse section…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Transport to the Show
The usual arrangements have been made by the Department of Transport for the carrying of people to and from the Show this year. Trams going to Waratah will…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Arranging a Show Exhibit
Exhibitors at the showground were extremely busy yesterday afternoon with eleventh-hour preparations. Bottles of honey being arranged in tiers for to-day's opening…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Dodd's Tailoring Styles at Show
In the stand in the Industrial Pavilion at the Newcastle Showground A. Dodd and Co., the "made-on-the-knee" tailors, of 691 and 927 Hunter-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Tamworth Wheat Expert At Show
A northern show with an agricultural section would not be complete without the attendance of Mr. W. Lye of Loomberah. Tamworth. He has…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Junior Farmers Newcastle Show "Camp"
Junior farmers from outside the immediate Newcastle area are having their usual "camp" for the Newcastle Show. There is no actual camp, for the boys are being…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →People Who Make the Show
Hundreds of people make an important contribution to the staging of the Newcastle Show, but the bulk of the work falls on the shoulders of a small number…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →For the Open Road Bennett and Wood's Exhibition
Prominently displayed against a life-like background depicting an open road scene, which immediately whets the appetite for Bennett and Wood's…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →More Than 100 Biscuit Varieties William Arnott's Exhibition
A Riant lampshade in the form of the famous biscuit tin with the many-colored parrot on its side leads all eyes to William Amott's stand at the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Newcastle Show is Ready for Public Opening To-day Association Has Built Up Fine Exhibition Judges Make Awards in Women's Handicrafts
Newcastle Show will open this morning. Late last night tent pegs were still being drive and stall-dressers were perspiring at their tasks. This morning there will still remain something to be done, but by lunch time the Show should be really "on."…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At the Show Fine Needlework Display
Competitors from as far away as Wagga, Toowoomba and Ballarat, as well as many from Newcastle and surrounding districts are represented in the very fine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle's 1939 Show in Full Swing
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Continued on Trove, page 12 →Vehicles at Show Committee Will Be Strict
Thorough plans have been made this year by the Show Association for dealing with vehicles visiting the Showground and a warning was issued by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Camera Art at Show High Standard Displayed
Newcastle's amateur photographers have made a fine display at the Show, and their efforts fully justify the remarks…
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