Fair Wind for Rangi
AT 1 O'CLOCK this morning the trawler Acme had not returned to Kiama. Acme left Kiama to take kerosene to…
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Shows & fairs, 1948
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Art Show for Cessnock
Cessnock Council has accepted an offer by the National Art Gallery to exhibit a collection of paintings at the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Surf Girls Parade at Club Carnival
One of the highlights of today's surf carnival at Merewether Beach was the parade of candidates in the Australian Surf Girl Contest. Representatives of all clubs nominated for the contest…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Entry in Show Trotting
Newcastle Show Society has received 463 entries for trotting events at the show which opens on Wednesday week. Last year…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Surf Carnival Special Shark Precautions At M'wether
Special sharf look-outs were mounted at Merewether Beach during the Northern District Surf Carnival this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →India to Present Exhibition
SINGAPORE, Feb. 15.—Thousands of exhibits worth millions of Straits dollars will be shown at the Great World Park, Singapore, on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Surf Girls In Carnival Parade
NEWCASTLE GIRLS in the Australian Surf Girl Contest, who paraded at the association swimming carnival at Merewether on Saturday: Beth Hanneman, Margaret Arthur, Yvonne Irwin, June Coles, Eileen Ritchie, Pat Hodges, Marjorie Percy, Maureen Scully, Nola Howard and Jean Borthwick…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£150 Prizemoney For Flower Show
Prizemoney totalling £150 will be awarded for a flower show, to be held in Newcastle on September 10 and 11 by Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Many Work On Show Exhibits
Some of the 100 temporary paid employees engaged by Newcastle Show Society have commenced work at the Showground where…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Increased Entries For Maitland Show
Entries for the dairy cattle section for the Maitland Show on March 3 4, S and 6 are the greatest for many years. Fat cattle entries…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Actress Ill, Stage Show Cancelled
SYDNEY, Monday.—An hour and a half before the curtain was due to go up on a performance to-night at the Theatre Royal of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lord Mayor To Open Cessnock Dahlia Show
The Lord Mayor of Newcastle (Ald. H. D. Quinlan) will open a dahlia show to be staged by the Cessnock Methodist Church…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Star Ill; Stage Show Again Off
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—"Under the Counter," at the Theatre Royal, was not staged to-night because the star, Miss Cicely Courtneidge,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Good Cattle Entry for Maitland Show
The best entry for years had been received for the dairy cattle section of Maitland Show, to be held on March 3, 4, 5 and 6, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Later Toronto Train for Show
To meet the convenience of people attending Newcastle Show the Railway Department has amended the departure time of the train…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Singleton Show Name Not to be Altered
SINGLETON, Wednesday.—A motion that the name of the Northern Agricultural Association be changed to incorporate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Show Preparations
MECHANICAL and agricultural exhibit are being arranged for Newcastle Show, which begins next week…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Technical High School Carnival
Newcastle Technical High School held its swimming carnival yesterday. Top: Some of the cheering spectators during a race. Left: Ron Morris, 11, who won the C Class final. Middle: Max Gilmour, 13, who won the 110 yards, 55 yards heat, and 2D Class…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Show Woman Fined £100
SYDNEY.—Violet Katherine Skuthorpe, described as proprietress of "a Wild West buckjumping entertainment," had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sideshowmen Ban Newcastle Show
The Showmen's Guild of Australia decided today that they will have no sideshows at Newcastle Show next week. Following a meeting of the…
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