Tommy Atkins Fair
The British Centre, established by Newcastle Australian Comforts Fund branch, will benefit from the Tommy Atkins Fair, organised by the A.C.F…
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Shows & fairs, 1945
432 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 22
Athletic Carnival On
Given good weather, athletes who participate in the Amateur Athletic-Association's carnival meeting at the Sports Ground on Monday should…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Swimming Stars At Belmont Carnival
Swimming stars at Belmont at the weekend.—Left to Right: R. McCourt (Manly), B. Hancock (Belmont), R. Johnson (North Cronulla), K. Sever (Singleton), and K. Donaldson (Sydney University)…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Surf Carnival March Past Success by Stockon
Stockton won the march past at the Merewether Life Saving Club's 34th annual surf carnival on Merewether Beach…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sydney Teams Coming For Surf Carnival
Newcastle will experience the biggest invasion of surfers on Saturday since pre-war days. The surf carnival, arranged by the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Exhibition of Art
Sir,—A recent news item said the Newcastle Art Society was appealing to the Greater Newcastle Council for finds. The appeal was made…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wallsend Carnival Arrangements
Commencing on February 9 a carnival will be held in Federal Park, Wallsend, in aid of the local police effort for the Newcastle Memorial…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Union Card Show Starts To-day
A card show being conducted by unions in the Metal Trades Group for 100 per cent. unionism will start to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mick McRae in Right Post as Surf Carnival Referee
THE APPOINTMENT of A. (Mick) McRae as referee for the surf carnival at Newcastle beach on Saturday afternoon is a wise one…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Surf Carnival Will Be Spectacular
The record number of entries by leading local and Sydney surf clubs should result in a spectacular display of surf and beach…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Variety Show for Ward Appeal
A community concert and variety show at the Star Theatre, Merewether, tonight will be the first of a series of such entertainments…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Good Start in Workshops O.K. Card Show
Excellent reports were received from union representatives who attended various workshops for the O.K. card show, said the Secretary…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →North Bondi First in March Past Red Cross Surf Carnival At Newcastle Beach
Against keen competition from seven local and four visiting teams at Newcastle Beach, North Bondi Surf Club this afternoon won the march past of the most spectacular wartime surf carnival held in Newcastle. The atmosphere…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dee Why Surf Boat Swamped at Carnival
Dee Why surf boat, the crew of which rowed to Newcastle to participate in the surf carnival on Saturday, came to grief in the senior surf boat race, being swamped by a big wave. North Bondi crew, some members watching the foundering boat, carried on, only to suffer a similar fate later…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Red Cross Lost £150 at Surf Carnival
LACK of manpower to organise the surf carnival at Newcastle Beach on Saturday cost Red Cross funds at least £150. The biggest…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Grafton Families Live in Show Pavilion
GRAFTON, Sunday.—The housing shortage is so acute in Grafton that a High School teacher and his wife and two children are living in a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Reach Card Show Objective"
The Secretary of the Ironworkers' Union (Mr. R. C. Morgan) said the objective of the O.K. card drive for 90 per cent. financial unionism by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wallsend Carnival
Wallsend Red Cross members, the Farewell and Welcome Home Committee, Happiness Club, Cooperative Society Women's Guild, Country Women's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fairest Of America's Fair
NEW YORK, Tuesday: Ten most beautiful women in America, according to noted sculptor Joseph A. Coletti, former associate of the late John Singer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Patrol at Surf Carnival
Sir,—Permit me to draw attention to a glaring instance of lack of sportsmanship at the Newcastle surf carnival. A surf-boat crew refused to patrol the…
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