Near Tragedy At The Show
THE first day of the 1954 Newcastle Show dawned yesterday for the President of the Show…
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Shows & fairs, 1954
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Quiet Show Day For Ambulance
St. John Ambulance men, C.W.A. workers and police had a quiet day at Newcastle Showground yesterday…
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Special buses are running from Merewether Beach and from Maud St., Mayfield, to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Horses' Day Yesterday At Newcastle Show
It was horses' day in the ring at Newcastle Show yesterday. TOP LEFT: Janice Brooks 16, on Cloud, with Kaye Law,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →2000 Drop in Crowd at Show
Attendance on the first day and night of Newcastle Show yesterday was down nearly 2000 on that for the first day last year…
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"Bigger and better than ever" is a phrase heard year by year in connection with Newcastle Show, but this year it promises to be just that. A visit to the ground shows that it is certainly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Princess Margaret "Ducked" At First 3-D Show
LONDON, Thur. (OSR): Princess Margaret, first member of the Royal Family to see a 3-D film, thinks…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Newcastle Show Crowded by Children on Family Day
As though trailing some invisible Pied Piper, thousands of happy children converged on Newcastle Showground today. By 12.45 p.m. 14,277…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →News For Women No Better Quality Bread Yet Say Show Judges
Judges of bread entries at the Newcastle Show say this year's wheat crop is of far better quality than that of previous post-war years, but they add—much to the dismay of the housewife-that they don't expect the quality of bread to improve till the end of the year…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Around the Schools Children Given Day Off For Show To-day
Most schools in the district are closed to-day for Newcastle Show, but some on the outskirts of Newcastle Area of Education will be open. The Newcastle Area…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Show Sidelights
CATERERS at Newcastle Show were tired but happy last night after a long day's work. They were tired…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Show Snapshots
SOME OF THE VARIED ATTRACTIONS at Newcastle Show and their appeal to the general public are illustrated in today's snapshots. 1.—Mrs. Estelle Doran, of Wickham, admiring varieties of dahlias in the cut. flowers section. 2.—Part of the ring parade which was watched by thousands of people. 3.—Betsy Lightfoot (10), of Lambton, was envied by her small companions when she was allowed to hold one of the 12 koalas brought to the Show from their home at the Lone. Pine Sanctuary and Indooroopilly, near Brisbane. 4.—Lucille Stauffer (3), of Tighe's Hill relaxed with her samples and an "all-day sucker" to watch some of the ring events. 5.—The model train at one of the trade exhibits proved most interesting, especially to the male sex…
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"After last week's rain and the steamy conditions the horticultural exhibits at the Newcastle Show could be termed magnificent," the judge (Mr. A. Rintoul) said today. He personally had grown…
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WENDY ANSELINE, winner of the championship for 16-years-old girls at the C. of E. Grammar School…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Model Planes At Show
Model planes of the newly-formed R.A.A.F. Model Aircraft Club at Rathmines made their first public flying…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Show Crowd Again Smaller
For the second day in succession the attendance at Newcastle Show yesterday was about 2000 below that on the corresponding day last year…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tense Race At The Show
Tense fight for position at Newcastle Show yesterday in a heat of the N.R.M.A. Trot. Picture was taken at the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Fewer Boys Hanging From Show Fences
Two old-time personalities of Newcastle Show said yesterday that the boys of to-day did not seem to be as venture-some as those of 25 to 30 years ago. They said they based their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →8 Children Live With The Show
Eight children, their parents sideshow proprietors now at the Newcastle Show, lead an existence that is the envy of many young Australians…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →U.S. Pair Like Our Show
Interested visitors at the Show yesterday were Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Brown, of San Francisco…
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