Arrangements For Show Traffic
In anticipation of a large number of visitors to Maitland Show tomorrow, there has been a reorganisation of traffic…
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Shows & fairs, 1949
609 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 31
Show Expected to Be Record
After a quicK look round the Showground this morning the Maitland Show president (Mr. W. E. Sparke)…
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Certain Sydney exhibitors who sent pictures to Maitland Show were criticised yesterday by the judge of fine arts (Mr. Hayward…
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Judging of horses and cattle and the pavilion section at Maitland's 89th annual Show got under way this morning. The judging of pigs, poultry, pigeons and apiculture started…
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At the first sessions of Maitland Show, yesterday and last night, takings improved £60/7/3 on 1948. Day takings were £49/15/6, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letters To the Editor Show Poster
MY DAUGHTER went to a lot of trouble to draft a poster depicting the show and entered it in the under 20 section. Although the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Judges At Maitland Show Talk Frankly About Some Exhibits
last night by the Maitland Show Con unflatteringly, at a smoke social given Judges spoke frankly, if at times nail. Two horse judges, Messrs. E. J. Holtsbaun. of Narrabri. and…
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Hundreds of Newcastle people went to Maitland Show yesterday and found conditions almost as muddy as at Broadmeadow last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Scout Carnival At Ocean Baths
Newcastle, Muswellbrook, Singleton and Gosford Scouts and Cubs will hold a swimming carnival at the Ocean baths to-morrow…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Rio Carnival Cost 24 Lives "Herald" Service
NEW YORK, March 3.—A four-day carnival in Rio de Janeiro ended yesterday with a death roll of 24 people, including…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rain, But Show Receipts "Satisfactory"
Day takings at Maitland Show yesterday were £657/17/, compared with £844/19/ in 1948; night receipts were £410/9/6, against…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Olympic Swimmer at School Carnival
An admiring throng of youngsters clustered around Bruce Bourke. Olympic swimmer, who competed in the Northern District carnival at the Ocean Baths last night, when he visited Cook's Hill Intermediate High School carnival yesterday. On the right is the official Ocean Baths coach, Mr. George Lawson…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gymnastic Show Attracts Interest
STOCKHOLM.— The Second Lingiad, the international gymnastic festival, to be held in Stockholm in July and August…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Attendance At Maitland Show Record
Record figures were established at both day and night sessions of Maitland Show yesterday. The aggregate takings were £903/6/,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ideal Weather Gives Hopes Of Record Maitland Show Day
Ideal weather for the last day of the Maitland Show today made officials confident that it would be the most successful day in the society's history. A light breeze tempered the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hilarious Show At Marquee Theatre
"Best Bib and Tucker," starring Bobby Le Brun, has begun a fortnight's session at the Marquee Theatre…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Success Claimed For Maitland Show
Newcastle people played a big part in what show officials today describe as the "phenomenal success" of Maitland's 1949 Show. The record crowds at the day…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Newcastle Aids Maitland In Show Record
Attendance records established at the 1948 Maitland Show were eclipsed at the 1949 exhibition, which ended on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Red Parties Show Their Hand
LONDON. Mon. (A.A.P.).—Six more Communist parties at the week-end declared they would oppose war with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dahlia Show Held at Belmont
Newcastle and District Dahlia Society, in cooperation with Belmont Methodist Church, held a dahlia show in All Sants' Hall. Mr. E. J…
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