Secretary's 17th Year With Show
The Newcastle Show Committee secretary, Miss Sedley Towler, said today that she is confident that…
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Shows & fairs, 1954
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2500 Exhibits At Wyong Show
WYONG, Wednesday.—There would be 2500 exhibits, ranging from cows to cakes, at Wyong Agricultural…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alteration In Show Ring Events
The Ring Committee had revised the programme for Newcastle Show, the Secretary of Newcastle Show Society…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Job Ahead For Show Judges
With record entries in most of the women's sections at the 1954 Newcastle Show an exacting task awaits the Judges next Tuesday, when judging will start. Judge of the jams and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wharf Jobs Show Drop
Fewer waterside workers worked in the port of Newcastle yesterday than on Wednesday. A spokesman for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nobbys Carnival Has Gained Strong Support
Surf clubs in Sydney and other N.S.W. centres, as well as Newcastle and district clubs have given strong support to Nobby Surf Club's carnival to be held on Nobbys…
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A women's surf carnival will be held in Newcastle for the first time on Sunday. Nobbys Women's Social…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Preparing Show Exhibit
Mr. H. Chaffey, of Tamworth, arranging the agricultural exhibit for the North and North-West at Newcastle Showground yesterday. The show will start next week…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Surf clubs should close beaches if there was danger to surfers from boats competing in races,…
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Surfers from Sydney to the North Coast will compete at Nobbys surf carnival at Nobbys Beach this afternoon…
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Judging in Newcastle's 1954 Show Will begin on Monday. On Monday wheat and wool classes will be judged…
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WYONG, Friday.—Wyong Show opened to-day. Thousands of exhibits packed the pavilions. Judges cams…
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Newcastle Showground's annual transformation into a miniature city is again in full swing with hundreds or men preparing the wide range of activities…
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It's show time again, let us be happy and gay. We do hope the weather will be fine every day…
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Newcastle Secondary Technical High School held its swimming carnival at the Ocean Baths yesterday…
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Visitors to Newcastle Show tomorrow night will have the opportunity of seeing local surf…
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SHOW JUDGES WERE BUSY at the Newcastle Show this morning adjudicating in many sections of competitive exhibits. 1.—Messrs. R. Pearson and C. Clarkson judging the wheat entries. 2.—Mr. D. Strachan was busy in the wool section. 3.—Decorative cushions were among the exhibits in the fancy work section judged by Miss M. Dawkins and Mrs. W. D. Hills. 4.—Mr. R. D. Browne and Mr. W. Ellis award a prize in the fine arts section. 5.—Judging jams, jellies and preserves required plenty of concentration. Busy at this work are (L. to R.): Mesdames R. B. Brown, Ian McKenzie, B. Robbing, N. Jones and N. Wheeler. 6.—Miss Eve Robinson arrived at the Showground with an arm full of maize for the Bobs Farm Junior Farmers' exhibit…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Trapeze Artists Steal Show
"The Six Flying Cordells," with a trapeze act 40 feet above the audience, stole the show at the opening last night of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fair-Haired Youth Sought In Perkman Murder Case
SYDNEY: C.I.B. detectives investigating the Perkman murder are seeking a fair-haired youth, who left the South West Mail at Mittagong station about 5.30 a.m. last Saturday. Olaf Perkman (40)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bullen's Circus Is Bright Show
Bullen Bros. Circus has an "atomic taxi" which may not be the envy of the average motorist, but which…
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