"Location" Radio Broadcasts Of Industrial Fair
Station 2KO will broadcast "on location" at Broadmeadow Show ground while the Industrial Fair is in progress during the 150th…
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Shows & fairs, 1947
817 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 23 of 41
Model OF Mine Being Built For 150th Fair
A model of a coal mine will be one of the features of the Industrial Fair at Newcastle's 150th Celebrations. Of mining interests in the City Hall today that the model was being…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Preparing For 150th Art Show
Works of art from contributors in all parts of the Hunter Valley are being prepared for the 150th Anniversary Combined Art Exhibition, which opens on August 30. The Exhibition Secretary (Mr. L. A. Hill) here unpacks some of the entries. The show will open for a week at the Hunter-street branch of the Technical College…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Maitland Show Society Has £1551 Surplus
A surplus of £1551 had been shown for the year after a loss of £81 had been made on trotting and £4171 had been spent on improvements, the annual meeting of Maitland Show Society was informed last night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Plan Forestry Show for Fair
Government representatives yesterday made preliminary plans for forestry and conservation exhabits at the 150th Anniversary Industrial Fair. Their displays will include afforestration displays, and a model of the Glenbawn Dam. Studying the fair layout in this picture are (from left): Messrs. G. Mort (Soil Conservation Services), C. Kemp (Forestry Commission), and A. H. Payne…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wants Show To Be Commonwealth's Industrial Fair
Newcastle must try to make its show the industrial fair of the Commonwealth, Mr. C. A. K. Cohen said at last night's annual meeting of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Exhibition Gallop By Prince Consort
Prince Consort will give an exhibition gallop during races' at the Muswellbrook meeting to-morrow. The horse is owned by Mr. E. H…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Exhibit State Timbers At Industrial Fair
Space at the 150th Celebrations Industrial Fair has been booked by the New South Wales Forestry Commission for a display of every kind of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Promise Spectacle In Show For '150th'
Police say their carnival to be staged at Newcastle Showground on September 8 and 9 will include all the spectacle of prewar carnivals in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Summer Fruits In Cold-Storage For Autumn Show
Summer fruits, in future, will be cold-stored for Maitland Show, which is held the first week in Autumn. Arrangements for the refrigeration…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →School Sports Carnival
It was sports day for the Wickham Domestic School yesterday. The picture shows the finish of the first heat of the under 15 years championship, run over 75 yards…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"150Th" Dog Show
Newcastle and Northern District Kennell Club will organise a champion dog show for September 7, as part of the 150th Anniversary…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Schoolboys Ready for Perth Carnival
PERTH, Friday.—Australian State schoolboy footballers have commenced training on metropolitan ovals and, with the exception of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Orchid Worth £1400 for Flower Show
An orchid, said to be worth £1400, will be one of the exhibits at the Horticultural Show which will be held during the 150th Anniversary…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Baseball Carnival
ADELAIDE, Sunday.—In the opening matches of the Australian base ball carnival yesterday N.S.W., who hold the Claxton Shield, defeated…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →R.a.s. Abandons Fair
SYDNEY, Sunday.—The R.A.S. has decided to abandon the Spring Fair which had been mooted for next September. It was stated that this…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Children's Art Show Is Part Of 150th Celebrations
This year the "Children's Art Show," the fourth conducted by "The Newcastle Sun," will be an important part of die 150th Anniversary Celebrations of Newcastle and the Hunter Valley…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Baseball Carnival
ADELAIDE, Monday.—New South Wales defeated Western Australia four runs to two, in the Australian Baseball Association's carnival…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Roman Fair Fastest In Sprints At Broadmeadow Today
Roman hair with four furlongs in 51 seconds was the smartest halt miler at Broadmeadow this morning. Gold Valley, Tiber and High Tension were other pleasing sprinters. Roman Fair, who has had an easy…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Show Looks To Industry
THE suggestion that Newcastle should try to make its show the industrial fair of the Commonwealth has…
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