Lunch Time at the Show
R. Williams, Audrey Ball, Fay Jackson, Ted Jack son and Lillian Rodgers, of Cessnock, enjoyed their lunch at Newcastle Show…
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Shows & fairs, 1946
710 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 36
All Past Show Records Smashed
The Rate takings at the Show yesterday and last night were an all-time record. The total amount, £3739 18s, for the one period,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Veteran Horseman Injured at Show
Rowley Doctor, 57, of Howe-street, Lambton, veteran horseman who came out of retirement to compete in hunting contests at Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →100 Children Lost at Show
More than 100 children, ranging from toddlers to nine-year-olds, were lost at Newcastle Show yesterday. Several were not collected from the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →14,000 Bottles for Show Thirst
Newcastle was in a thirsty mood for the second day of the show. An, approximate estimate of the number of bottles of soft drinks…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Throats Husky at the Show After Record Day
After yesterday's best-takings experience when all records were not only broken but shattered, Newcastle Show today was hushed in comparison. Even the brazen tongues of sideshow men were husky…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Show Sidelights
"HIGHLY cultured voice down sideshow lane is that of prominent Australian radio and stage star, Lloyd Lamble. Mr. Lamble…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Combined Championship Swimming Carnival
Record entries were received for the Combined Championship Swimming Carnival, organised by the N.D.A.S.A. and N.D.W.A.S.A., at the Newcastle Ocean Baths today. Among the competitors were Marie…
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Sir,—I was interested to read that on Thursday 14,000 bottles of soft drink were consumed at Newcastle Show. I would also be interested…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Jockeys On Show Ponies
FINISH of the "Futurity Stakes" (novelty pony race) at the Newcastle Show yesterday. Local apprentice jockeys were among the riders…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →High Spirits at Show
Mane streaming, Mr. Les Manning's Rocket rears high-spiritedly in the ring at the show…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Show Cats Just Too, Too Bored
BEING an ardent cat fancier, I sought the cats' pavilion a few seconds after squeezing through the turnstile at the Show yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cessnock Schools' Essay Competition On Art Show
The committee supervising the exhibition of Australian paintings to be shown at Cessnock from March 4 to March 22 has decided to conduct…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sell Tickets from Cars to Avoid Show Crush
ADDITIONAL ticket facilities would be available at Newcastle Showground to-day, said the Treasurer (Mr. L. E. Thompson). Four…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Topics for Women Blouses Steal The Show From Suits For Autumn
Blouses are still the apex of interest in the eternal triangle of suits. A new blouse has the power to make last year's suit look as if it had just left the tailors' hands…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Aiming at Royal Show Standards
The aim of the Show committee was to build Newcastle's annual Show to Royal Show standards, and he was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →464 Casualties. at at Show
At Newcastle Show St. John Ambulance men treated 464 cases, including 200 on Thursday and 173 on Saturday. There were eight hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Legacy Sold £250 Worth Of Tickets Outside Show
Although permission to sell Legacy Art Union tickets at Newcastle Show was refused, more than £250 worth of tickets were sold near the Showground during the four days. TICKETS worth more than £100…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Public Fleeced At Show"
Complaints were made at North Lambton A.L.P. meeting last night that, in the sale of refreshments at Newcastle Show, the public had been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maitland Show Opens Tomorrow Australia's Oldest Provincial Display
The Maitland Show, oldest provincial Show in Australia, will open tomorrow. The official ceremony will be performed on Thursday by the President of the Royal Agricultural Society (Mr. Sinclair)…
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