Big Drop In Show Attendance
The attendance at Newcastle Show yesterday was more than 17,000 below, the figure for the main day last year. Yesterday 31,899 people…
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Shows & fairs, 1948
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Show Crowds Down By Third
There was a further drop in the attendance at Newcastle Show yesterday. For the two sessions the attendance was 14,997, compared with 21,247 in 1947 and 13,455 in 1946…
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Heartened by the attendance at the Newcastle Show today, officials predicted that today and to-night combined figures would prove more encouraging than those of previous days…
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SINGLETON, Sunday.—Mr. King Warburton was re-elected President of the Northern Agricultural Association at Singleton…
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Top from left: It was Dogs' Day at Newcastle Show on Saturday. Picture shows some of the crowd watching the judging. Shirley White Marge Hodgson and Pat Semple, tennis enthusiasts at District Park courts. A rest in the…
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The reduced attendance at the Show this year is a disappointment. Contributing factors may have been the absence of sideshows,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Judge's Praise For Show Dog
Mrs. F. Moxey's Borzoi dog, Corsair of Atlas, who was given a special sash at Newcastle Show. The judge said it was the finest dog of that breed he had yet judged…
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The total attendance at Newcastle Show was 74,496, compared with the record figure of 111,169 in 1917. Causes advanced for the drop…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Girls' School Swimming Carnival
St. Aloysius Girls' High School, Hamilton, held its swimming carnival at the Ocean Baths yesterday. The picture suggests there…
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It would take Newcastle Show officials eight weeks to complete the clerical work of the 1948 show, the Secretary (Mr. P. G. Legoe)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Show Records At Maitland
The Maitland Show, which is 88 years old, opened in ideal conditions today. Blue skies, record entries in, all sections, improved pavilion…
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PART OF A hand engraved pale blue Venetian crystal dinner set was displayed at the Cultural Centre Women's Auxiliary floral…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ready For The Judges At Maitland Show
RECORD ENTRIES were a feature of Maitland Show, which had a very successful opening today. Pictures show Judy Comerford, of Maitland Vale, snapped with her horse Betty, and Shirley Priestley, of Paterson, leading an Ayrshire into the show ring for judging…
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(Top from left): Watching the norse judging at Maitland Show, Valeric Brown, Dorothy Middleby, Kathleen Brown, Sally Lane and Fay Jackson. Dawn Shirmef grooming Silver Lock before judging. A plane ride for Margaret Moore, aged…
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Farmers had taken a great part in the problem of restoring to normal war-torn areas of the world, the American Ambassador to Australia (Mr. Robert Butler) said this afternoon when he officially…
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Hundreds of Newcastle people went to the 88th Maitland Show yesterday. Sideshow Alley was packed…
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The United States Ambassador (Mr. Robert Butler) opening Maitland Show yesterday afternoon…
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Although skies were overcast and a few drops of rain fell early at Maitland this morning…
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Entries for the Newcastle Easter bowls carnival to be held at the Newcastle South and National Park greens close on March 15…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fair Provided for School Stage Needs
A fair held in July by the Girls' High School P. and C. raised £105 towards £108 needed to alter the stage and purchase…
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