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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shows & fairs
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A shark scare interrupted the Cook's Hill Surf Club carnival at Bar Beach this afternoon as contestants for the juvenile surf race were being assembled but it was a false alarm…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →COOK'S HILL SURF CARNIVAL.—Ideal weather conditions drew large crowds to Bar Beach yesterday for Cook's Hill Surf Club's annual carnival. The picture at the top left shows the Merewether Club team again winning the march past event,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Two competitors were disqualified after officials had inquired into three events at Cook's Hill surf carnival at Bar Beach…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →With Newcastle Show only six weeks away, it had been found necessary to provide additional staff to cope with the large…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →SYDNEY: Final N.S.W. Senate figures released today reveal that 128,245 more persons voted for the Liberal-C.P. group than for the Labor party group. Leader of the Lib.-C.P. group,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Sergeant George Boyd has advised the Secretary of Newcastle Show Association (Mr. P. G. Legoe) that he will return to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Combined Organisations Fair will be held in Civic Park from February 3 to 18 in aid of the Memorial Hostel Appeal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The grape crop at the Dalwood vineyard would be fair this year, said the Manager of Penfold's Wines (Dalwood) Ltd. (Mr. P. A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →NEW YORK, Thurs. (A.A.P.).—The "World-Telegram" says the Australian film "Sons of Matthew" ranks with America's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →More than 1200 people attended the final day of the waterfront carnival at Warner's Bay. Stalls did well, especially the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An excellent class of wheat entries from Tamworth and the northern part of N.S.W. had been received for the 1950…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney city hotels are almost booked out for the Royal Easter Show, and hotels and guesthouses in the suburbs have heavy bookings…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →IT IS expected that more than half of the 16 visiting athletes who will compete in the night carnival to be conducted by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Sunday.—An official inquiry will be made into the drowning of a lifesaver, Mervyn Fletcher, 17, at Dee Why surf carnival…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"The Naughty Nineties," presented by Mrs. Grace Sorlie's company, began its season last night at Merewether-street…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Tues. (A.A.P.) : Sterling devaluation had not been followed by a large rise tn living costs, said the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Sir Stafford Cripps)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A road safety exhibition, to be arranged by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales, will be held in the City Hall Supper Room…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Council Works Committee last night approved an application by Newcastle branch of the Amateur Athletic Association…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Pretty blonde Barbara Leigh, 22, who is starring in London's biggest musical, "King's Rhapsody," first decided on a stage career when she lived in Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Entries from Junee, Temora, Warren and Brisbane have been received by the Newcastle Show Association, the secretary (Mr…
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