Big Surf For Merewether Carnival
Four thousand spectators had vantage points when Merewether Surf Life Saving Club's Annual Carnival…
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Shows & fairs, 1954
667 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 34
Hunter St. Will Show New Fast To Queen
Hunter-st. from Watt-st. to Stewart-ave. will have a new surface for the visit of the Queen next week. Some of the street has already been…
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Newcastle Show Committee last night authorised the spending of £306 on extra paint work at the Showground for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Art Show in Open Air
Newcastle Art Society will hold its second open air art exhibition next Saturday and Sunday, and on February 13…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →177 Races at Swim Carnival
Entries for Premier Clubs' Royal visit swimming carnival at Newcastle Ocean Baths on Sunday are an Australian record for a one-day carnival…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Huge Programme For Swimming Carnival
The swimming carnival to be held at Newcastle Ocean Baths next Sunday, a part of the celebrations of the Royal visit, will be one of the biggest functions of its kind in…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Show Goat Was Wistful
WISTFUL look belongs to Playford Prunella, an Anglo-Nubian goat who, no doubt, hoped to influence judges in awarding her a prize at a London dairy show…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Scone Cup Carnival
Scone Race Club's cup carnival this year will be on Wednesday, May 19, and Thursday, May 20…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Newcastle In Carnival Dress
Newcastle has compensated for the ina[?]equacy of its decorations on Coronation Day by the quality and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Speed Record Expected At Newcastle Swim Carnival
A highlight of the Newcastle Royal visit celebrations swimming carnival at Ocean Baths on Sunday will be the race for the Northern Districts men's open 400 metres…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Exhibition Tennis Off
The Newcastle Tennis Association has decided to cancel the exhibition by the visiting South African tennis team to…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Polo Planned For Maitland Show
Polo teams of three aside instead of four, as in competition play, will give exhibitions at Maitland Show…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Yachting Carnival
ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS of the Royal Visit Carnival was the Lake Regatta. Pictures show (1) Joyce Ice ton watching a sailing race from the Nova. (2) Belmont jetty as yachtsmen prepared for the races. (3) Passing Marks Point in one of the races which were sailed in a stiff breeze. (4) An attractive picture at the start of one of the yacht races. (5) Anita Freimuth and Carmen Powell dressing Hinemoa with flags for the Lake carnival…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Colour Carnival Marchers
Newcastle Rovers, Stockton Tinkers and Cessnock Cavallers formed the flag party at Newcastle Colour Carnival on Saturday night. Below: Cessnock League's marching team, led by Joan Winspear, which won the Queen's Cup…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Drowning Feared During Carnival
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Police are still searching for a man who was reported to have drowned near toe Bogey Hole…
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The Royal Swimming Carnival at the Ocean Baths yesterday was an outstanding success…
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Newcastle Art Society's second open-air exhibition was opened by the Lord Mayor (Ald. Purdue) on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Planes To Patrol At Carnival
Newcastle Club would provide the best protection ever against sharks at its carnival on Saturday, the Secretary…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Surfing Champions For Newcastle Carnival
Newcastle Surf Club's carnival on Newcastle Beach next Saturday gives promise of being one of the most attractive and most successful in the club's history…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Bondi Surf Carnival Seen By Royalty
Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh at the surf carnival at Bondi on Saturday. The President of the Surf Lifesaving Association (Judge Curlewis) sits between them…
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