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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1949

609 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 31

Stainless Steel Goes on Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 February 1949 · page 4

A gleaming sphere of stainless steel gave an impression of strength to Messrs. K. Hall and H. Walter as they lifted it into position at Newcastle Showground yesterday. It is only ball-shaped shell, part of a butter-churn. Commonwealth Steel Company will…

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Novel Entertainment Arranged For Show

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 22 February 1949 · page 5

This year the Show Society does not intend to leave the entertainment field exclusively to Sideshow Alley. The Ring committee has hired…

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Judging of Record Newcastle Show Entries Started Today

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 22 February 1949 · page 3

Judging of Newcastle Show exhibits began today with the sections for cooking, needlework, jams, jellies, butter and cheese. Judges face a bigger task…

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Show Holiday

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 February 1949 · page 7

The Show holiday In Newcastle tomorrow is not a public holiday. The holiday has been…

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Newcastle Show

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 February 1949 · page 3

Report of Newcastle Show and Awards are on Pages 5 and 12…

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Show Supplement

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 February 1949 · page 2

A 16-PAGE Newcastle Show supplement is published with to-day's issue if the "Newcastle Morning Herald."…

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Show Post-office

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 February 1949 · page 13

THE SHOW POST-OFFICE, housed beneath the members' stand, will be open during the Show…

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"Hi-Gang" Show

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 February 1949 · page 11

"HI GANG"—Vic. Oliver with Anna Neagle, the guest artist. in a rehearsal for the popular B.B.C. Hi Gang feature…

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Transport To Show

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 February 1949 · page 7

Arrangements to cater for Newcastle Show patrons have been made by the Department of Road Transport and Tramways. Ordinary Monday to Satur[?]…

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Show Rest Area

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 February 1949 · page 6

This year the lawn adjacent the Electric Supply Department's exhibit has been reserved as a rest area for…

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Cup Carnival May Break Records

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 February 1949 · page 16

Newcastle Jockey Club's two day Cup Carnival programme is easily the best in the history of the club. Prize-money exceeds £6000. The Cup. lm 3f. run on the…

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Health Office at Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 February 1949 · page 13

FOR THE FIRST TIME, a health and food inspector's office has been established at the Showground. Previously, health officers…

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Car Display Show Feature

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 February 1949 · page 14

The display of new cars will be a feature of Newcastle show. They will be seen in the pavilions on the northern side of the ground…

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Show Holiday To-morrow

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 February 1949 · page 2

TO-MORROW has been gazetted as Newcastle Show holiday under the Bank Holidays Act. Banks and insurance offices in…

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Women At The Show

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 February 1949 · page 1

With the Show now in full swing the pavilions are a hive of industry but these women workers found a…

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Sidelights at the Show

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 February 1949 · page 8

Top, from left: Ready for the judges. Mrs. E. Bargwanna putting the finishing touch to a Queensland exhibit of tropical fruit. The bunch of bananas weighs about 801b. and contains approximately 14 dozen bananas. Free look: Mrs. E. Fiddler, who is at the show with an exhibit of 19 monkeys, shows one of them to a group of interested boys. Judging: Mr. B. Browne, acting senior grader, Department of Commerce, judging dairy exhibits for Newcastle Show on the grading floor at Dark's Ice Works. Below, from left: In between events Mr. and Mrs. L. Borrow, who are visiting the show with, a team of trotters. Ready for the woodchop: Falcolm Cheers, of Stroud, had plenty of practice this morning stripping the…

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Show Judge at Work

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 February 1949 · page 8

Top left: Mr. J. Dickson, State grader, judging cheese at Dark's Ice Works. Top right: Mrs. J. Carr arranging exhibits in the jam section: Below: Mr…

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More Visitors To Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 February 1949 · page 3

THIS year the Show coincides with the Newcastle wool sales. Many graziers have brought their families with…

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Leader Of The Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 February 1949 · page 3

ALD F. J. CANE has been President of the Newcastle Show Association since it resumed its activities after…

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Show Space Booked Out

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 February 1949 · page 7

THE demand for spaced for sideshows and trade exhibits at the Newcastle Show this year has…

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