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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1948

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Good Entries For Cessnock Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 February 1948 · page 4

There is a good flow of entries or the Cessnock Agricultural Show in March 12 and 13. It is expected that the Minister…

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200 Ill After Show Meal

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 21 February 1948 · page 1

GOULBURN: Almost all of 200 people who ate in a booth at the Gunning Show, near Yass, yesterday, later became ill. Doctors believe that tainted meat served at a luncheon…

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Junior Farmers' Show At Raymond Terrace

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 21 February 1948 · page 6

At the 12th annual show of the Raymond Terrace Junior Farmers' Club, the Hollow Tree entry (502 1/2 points) won the District Exhibit, with Tomago (486 1/2) second, Eagleton (432 1/2) third and…

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Fair Rents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 February 1948 · page 3

Where does "M" get the idea that rents are "supposed" to be fixed. They are fixed as far as the landlord is concerned, but rates,…

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Newcastle Show Preparations

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 23 February 1948 · page 7

Three hoys from Central School, Jack Minter, Bill Fenwick and George Hinton, assist Misses M. Ryan and R. Samuels to arrange the exhibits in the schools pavilion at the Show. Waiting at the Showground this moraine for somebody to…

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At Junior Farmer's Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 February 1948 · page 3

Relatives and friends watch the grand parade at Raymond Terrace Junior Farmers' show…

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Newcastle Show's Record Entries

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 23 February 1948 · page 3

Record entries in all sections except one have been received for the 42nd Newcastle Show, according to the Secretary of the Show Committee (Mr. P. G. Legoe)…

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Dahlia Show at City Hall

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 February 1948 · page 2

The Newcastle District Dahlia Society will hold a show at the City Hall on March 13. Exhibitors will compete for a trophy on a…

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Preparing for Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 February 1948 · page 1

Whirls and wheels at Newcastle Show. Alan Weekes arranges an exhibit. The show will open to-morrow…

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Judging At The Show

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 February 1948 · page 5

JUDGING opened at Newcastle Show today when the exhibits were of a high standard. Pictures show: (Top), Mesdames L. W. Pears, W. J. Hogan, G. E. Moorcroft, J. Pickard, Misses G. Fenwick, S. Heaney, R. Fields, Mesdames F. A…

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Newcastle Show Judging Begins

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 February 1948 · page 3

Judging of exhibits in some sections was begun at the Newcastle Show today…

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C.w.a. Roster for Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 February 1948 · page 4

Members of Newcastle Country Women's Association will again staff the lost child depot at Newcastle Showground this year…

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Show Opening Was Quiet

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 February 1948 · page 3

An unusual air of quietness, due to the absence of the noisy, colorful rows of sideshows and novelty stalls and the raucous calling of the "barkers," ushered in the 42nd Newcastle Show in brilliant…

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"Bank" Holiday For Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 February 1948 · page 2

Show day—to-morrow—is gazetted as a public holiday in the Greater Newcastle area, but under the Banks Holidays Act only. An…

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Child Artists at Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 February 1948 · page 6

The work of younger artists as usual will be exhibited at Newcastle Show this year. Jack Minter. Bill Fenwick and (lower) George Hinton prepare the exhibition of children's art, at the Showground yesterday. The exhibits also include hand-work and…

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Guard Against Show Ticket Abuses

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 February 1948 · page 2

Newcastle Show Society's 2000 members should wear membership tickets when in the stand, the Secretary (Mr. P. B. Legoe) said…

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Last Touches For Show To-Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 February 1948 · page 2

Newcastle's 1948 Show opens to-day. Record entries have been received in all sections. More than 500 workers were on the showground yesterday…

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Cultural Centre Art Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 February 1948 · page 8

Entries for the Cultural Centre Art Exhibition should be handed in to the Cultural Centre Hut by March 8, said the Secretary of the…

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The Newcastle Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 February 1948 · page 2

The increase in number and improvement, in quality and variety bf the exhibits in the Newcastle Show is a step…

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Newcastle Show Sidelights

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 26 February 1948 · page 7

(Top from left); Victor Waimsley, five-years-old, learned to ride when he got his first horse a week ago, now he is riding at the Newcastle Show. Pat James with her pony, Bob's Pal, a competitor in the women's riding contests. Down the straight in the…

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