Girls' Schools' Swimming Carnival
Jill Balley, of Newcastle Girls' High School, wins the senior backstroke race at combined girls' secondary schools'…
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Shows & fairs, 1950
718 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 36
Youth At Cessnock Show
Cessnock Show opened yesterday, and youth was well represented, Top left: Dawn Quinn, of Muswellbrook,…
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Mr. John Caban, 76, Vice-president of the Show Committee, tried out a youthful amusement yesterday at Cessnock Show when he had a ride in a "dodge 'em" car…
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Although heavy rain caused a postponement of some ring events at last night's session of Cessnock Show,' the weather was fine for today. Since early morning crowds…
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FIRST PUBLIC EXHIBITION of television was given in the City Hall this afternoon. Pictures show—Above: Junction School pupils in a scene from "The Wizard of Oz," and below: Watching one of the receivers where the stage picture was reproduced: From left, Mr. W. W. Honor (Chief Research Officer), Messrs. M. Ho warth and J. O'Neill (Cultural…
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Mrs. G. Savage, 34, of Brisbane, was injured in a hunting contest at Cessnock Show on Saturday. She was thrown at a hurdle and…
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Technical experts were at the City Hall yesterday preparing equipment for the television demonstration, which will begin…
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MANILA, Tues. (A.A.P.).—Eighty planes from the U.S. carrier Boxer will make a two-day show of strength over…
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Special arrangements had to be made at the City Hall yesterday afternoon to allow 1500 schoolchildren to see the television…
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LONDON, Tuesday (O.S.R.).—Britain's gas turbine car will be shown to Americans next month to end their scoffing and doubts that Britain has won the jet car production race. After last week's demonstration, during which the engine…
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The combined third year schools' swimming carnival was held at the Ocean Baths yesterday. Top: R. Heaney, of Central, who…
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South Newcastle surf carnival on Saturday will be a dress rehearsal for Newcastle surfers for the State championships at Wollongong the…
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NEW YORK, March 14.—Eighty planes from the United States aircraft-carrier Boxer will make a two-day show of strength over Indo-China late this month…
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The Church of England Women's Guild will conduct its annual flower show in Toronto School of Arts next Thursday afternoon…
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Not a novel form of advertising a Soccer football match—these curious round-head figures, with cheese-tab drums, were really part of a march during an annual carnival procession through the streets of Basic. Switzerland…
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The surf carnival to be conducted by the recently formed South Newcastle Surf Club on their beach south of the main…
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An open sea boat race will be held at South Newcastle surf carnival this afternoon. Newcastle branch of the Surf…
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Newcastle's first all-professional athletic carnival for about 25 years drew about 200 people at No. 1 Sports Ground last night…
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Most of the prominent growers in the Northern district will compete at the annual dahlia show conducted by Cessnock Horticultural Bureau in…
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An exhibition and a special series of stamps are planned to mark the centenary of Spain's first postage stamp. Tentatively the values…
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