Show Improvements Cost £20,000
NEWCASTLE Show Society has spent £20,000 in the last 12 months in preparation for the Sesqui-Centenary Show,…
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Shows & fairs, 1947
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Good Response For Maitland Show
Although entries for the Maitland Show trotting, agricultural and horticultural classes and the canine section have some time yet for lodgment,…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The fact that Commonwealth expenditure to January 31 last was nearly £20,000,000 below Budget estimates showed the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Transport to Surf Carnival "Inadequate"
Transport for surf club members in the Newcastle district to the Australian surf championships at Southport at Easter was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Plan Carnival for Mayfield School
Plans for a carnival to be held at Mayfield East School on April 15, in aid of school library funds, were made at a meeting of the Parents…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Weightlifting at Newcastle Show
Members of Northern District Amateur Weightlifting Association will give a demonstration at Newcastle Show next Thursday night…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sorting Sheaves for Show
Preparing agricultural exhibits for the Newcastle Show at the showground yesterday. Mr. W. H. Lye and Mr. H. J. Halliday, of Tamworth, are seen sorting out sheaves of oats and lucerne. The Tamworth district is featuring an exhibition of products of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Show to Cost £100,000
It was estimated that the cost of staging Newcastle Show next week would be about £100,000, when the outlay by Newcastle Show Society…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sideshow Men Prepare for Show
The ticket box is not the least important part of the sideshow man's equipment. Sideshow men are preparing at Newcastle Showground for the show which opens next week. These men were busy in the rain yesterday getting their gear ready…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Louis Exhibition Bout Banned
GUATEMALA, Feb. 13. A.A.P.—The City Education Minister is reported to have refused permission to Joe Louis to hold an exhibition match…
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TWENTY years as President of Gresford branch of the Agricultural Bureau made Mr. P. G. Legoe, Secretary of Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Interstate Bread for Show
Bread from Queensland, Victoria and many parts of New South Wale is on its way to Newcastle Show Entries were so heavy that the Show…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Release 2500 Pigeons at Wyong Show
WYONG, Thursday.—At the opening of Wyong Agricultural Association's show to-morrow, the National Racing Pigeon Association will release…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Painting Show Equipment
Despite the wet weather, preparation for the Newcastle Show next week are being carried out at the Showground. Side show people are particularly busy. Picture shows Mr. W. Green giving his equipment a lick of paint yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Show Staff Moves To Showground
Preparations for this year's Newcastle Show, to begin next Wednesday, are so far advanced that the secretary (Mr. P. G…
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A panoramic view of portion of Hamilton, taken from one of the new light towers at Newcastle Showground. In the left…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Suburban and District Baby Show at Wickham
A baby show, held in the Parish Hall, Wickham, in aid of the Popular Boy competition organised by Port Hunter Dinghy Club, was judged by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Junior High Swimming Carnival
BOYS FROM NEWCASTLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL held their annual carnival at the Ocean Baths yesterday, after having been postponed from last Friday owing to rain. Pictures show (above) H. Larkin with his eye on the starter before the Junior Backstroke event; (top right) cheers for their mates in an exciting finish; (at right) Bill…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Special Newcastle Show Supplement
Coinciding with the opening day of the Newcastle Show "The Newcastle Sun" will publish a special Show…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Show Day Is Bank Holiday
SHOW DAY—next Thursday—is gazetted as a holiday in the Greater Newcastle Area, but under the Banks Holidays…
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