Cessnock Show Strike Made Little Difference
To-day was the "big day" of Cessnock Show. In ideal Show weather crowds flocked to the ground in the early afternoon and…
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Shows & fairs, 1940
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Dahlia Show for Red Cross Great Display, Despite Weather
Visitors at the Dahlia Society's Annual Show at City Hall to-day agreed that the display was the finest the society has staged…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Will Not Work Overtime N.Z. Waterside Branch to Show Cause Wellington (N.z.)
The Government has asked Auckland branch of the Waterside Workers' Union to show cause why it should not be deregistered. This, and the dismissal of men…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →May Day Carnival
The Secretary of the Newcastle May Day Committee (Mr. L. Jarmson) informed the delegates at a meeting held at the Trades Hall on Saturday that…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Vanity Fair The Milky Way to Beauty
Milk, as well as being a refreshing drink, has excellent properties for slimming or increasing the weight, for bathing the eyes, as a skin bleach, a powder foundation, and added to your bath it gives a refreshing cleanliness and smoothness to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cessnock Thrown From Horse at Show
Ronald Elborn, of Ferguson-street, Cessnock, was thrown from a horse on Saturday at Cessnock Show, and dislocated his elbow. Cessnock Ambulance…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Newcastle Bakers Have Successes at Tamworth Show
Three Newcastle bakers, Messrs. J. Adamson. W. S. Evans and W. H. Shoesmith, who did wel with their exhibits at the Newcastle Show, were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Defied the Strike Cessnock Show Was Success
Ceasnock's 1940 Show was, in every way, a success. Total gatetakings showed an increase of £42 on last year…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Her Boy Chose Adole Show Girl Broke Off Engagement "Too Much 'Heiling' " (Our Correspondent: Air Mail.) LONDON, February 24
Because her fiance, who was one of Hitler's personal guards, did too much saluting and "heiling," Miss Oily Dunn, a 21-year-old London show girl, broke…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →World Fair in New York New York
Construction at the world's fair has been speeded. The Fair authorities have spent 3,000,000 dollars on improvements since…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Entries Increase for Women's Bowls Carnival Sydney
On April 1, 124 women bowlers will congregate in Sydney for the Country Week tournament. This is a big increase on last year, when…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cardiff Flower Show
Despite the trying conditions, Cardiff Agricultural Bureau has decided to go ahead with its autumn show. Entries close to-morrow for all classes except…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A.J.C. Steward As Handicapper Clarence River Carnival GRAFTON
Clarence River Jockey Club appointed Mr. P. J. Bartley, A.J.C. stipendiary steward, as handicapper for the Clarence River three-day Cup carnival in July…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →U.S. Lynchings Show Decrease New York, January 20
Only three lynchings, a sharp decrease from former years, occurred in the United States in 1939, as far ns the Department of Record and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Forward to Play McGRATH Hamilton Exhibition for War Fund Miss Hartigan Will Also Appear
The Newcastle champion, Frank Forward, will play V. McGrath, and Miss Kennedy, Newcastle's woman champion, will oppose Miss Hartigan, at a night…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →"Only Way to Show D I S G U S T" Why Alderman Walked Out
"Being an Australian, and what is more, a Novocastrian, I could not stand for that," said Alderman H. D. Stevenson,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Maitland and District Show Profit of £850 Better Than Last Year
It was estimated at a meeting of the Maitland Show Council last night that the profit for the 1940 Maitland Show would be approximately £850. Last year…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Royal Chief Shows Reversal of Race Form in Gallops Fine Trial at Randwick; Autumn Carnival Candidates Attract SYDNEY
ROYAL CHIEF gave a poor display in the Rawson Stakes at Rosehill last week, but he has galloped in fine style this week. He was attractive on…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Exhibition for War Fund
V. B. McGrath, former Davis Cup player, who will play in exhibition matches at Hamilton courts on Monday night. Proceeds will be given to the Lady Gowrie appeal for Red Cross funds…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Bulahdelah Show Ball Bulahdelah
Decorated with streamers and palms, the Bulahdelah School of Arts hall presented an attractive appearance to-night when the annual show ball was held. It…
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