Inter-club Surf Carnival
Merewether and Cook's Hill Surf Clubs have organised an inter-club carnival for Sunday afternoon on Merewether Beach…
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Shows & fairs, 1947
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Visitors' Two Wins at Swim Carnival
Lola Greentree, Australian junior and State senior and junior breast-stroke champion, scored an easy win in the 100 metres open women's…
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Raymond Terrace Junior Farmers' Club opened its 11th annual show at the Sports Ground yesterday. Inter-district competition was keen…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Storm Spoilt Surf Carnival
A heavy rainstorm reduced the attendance of competitors and spectators at an impromptu surf carnival at Merewether Beach…
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COMPETITORS in the ex-students' race at the Combined Catholic Schools' Swimming Carnival at the Ocean Baths yesterday (left to right): D. Kitchen (2nd), D. Mellon (1st), V. Dempsey, V. Pead, P. Hall and A. Rankin (3rd). SIR MALCOLM CAMPBELL, with a scale model of the "Bluebird" with which he hopes to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mullins to Compete at Newcastle Athletic Carnival
Peter Mullins, runner-up in the high jump and pole vault at the recent Australian athletic championships at Perth, will be a member of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →150 Surfers For Bondi Carnival
About 150 members of surf clubs in Newcastle district will compete in the New South Wales surf championships at Bondi on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →High Jump Will Be A Feature Of Athletic Carnival
Newcastle athletic officials are delighted that Peter Mullins, runner-up in both the high jump and pole vault at the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Want £75 as Prizes for Surf Carnival
NEWCASTLE brunch of the Surf Lifesaving Association decided last night to ask the 150th Anniversary Committee to grant £75 prize…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Baby Show
The Women's Auxiliary of Stockton sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League will hold a baby show in the Memorial Hall on April 19…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Swimming Carnival
The last of a series of interclub swimming carnivals will be held in the municipal pool on Thursday night. The previous meetings this season have been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cessnock Cycling Carnival
Cessnock cycling carnival will be held tomorrow afternoon, starting at Cessnock Arena at 1.30 p.m. Among the competitors will be Sid…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Art Exhibition For Cessnock
The National Art Gallery's travelling exhibition of modern Australian paintings will be on view at Cessnock Council…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bondi Carnival Complaints About Long Swim
SYDNEY: Surfers complained about the long swim to the buoys in the heats of the Senior R. and R. at the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Girl Surfers Train For March At Sports Ground Show
South Newcastle League footballers will have company at the Mitchell Park training quarters tonight…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Cheerio Club's Antique Show
In a large and interesting collection of antiques—one of the attractions at the Cheerio Club's party at City Hall yesterday afternoon—…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Red Cross Fair
The Mayoress of Newcastle (Mrs. Quinlan) will open the fourth annual fair of Teralba Red Cross branch at the School of Arts on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mannequins Show Autumn Fashions
Yesterday's Autumn Fashion Show at the City Hall featured the modern trend of mannequins walking among the audience, giving women…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bantam Club's Show
The Newcastle Bantam Club will hold a show for all breeds both hard-feather and soft-feather at the club rooms, Cram Street, Hamilton,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland Show Surplus £2145
Despite a decline of £814 in gate receipts for the last Maitland Show, the finance committee reported to the Show Council last night that…
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