Show People Take Breather Today As Finale Nears
Newcastle Showground today resembled a deserted village as officials, police and side-showmen took a breather between yesterday's children's invasion and the large crowd…
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Shows & fairs, 1954
667 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 34
The Show Spirit
HERE COME THE CHILDREN NOW…
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Heavy rain just before the last Newcastle Show event for the day ended sent thousands scurrying out for the gates for homebound buses last night…
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Tellers in a bank at Newcastle Show yesterday handled more than £5000 between 10 a.m. and noon. On Thursday…
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Malcolm Turner, 12 of Maitland, receives attention from St. John Ambulance members at Newcastle Show yesterday. The members are from left: Mr. J. McKinnon (Newcastle branch), Allan Heppelwhite (Lysaght's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →If The Queen Is Bored She Does Not Show It
There must be moments on the Royal tour when the Queen feels bored to tears. She has never shown it. She seemed to go close to…
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BRISBANE, Sunday.—More than 400 Gladstone residents including 100 children, are stranded by floods to-night…
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The swimming carnival of Tighe's Hill Central School, set down for to-morrow at the Merewether…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Surf Carnival At Stockton
Watching the northern districts championship surf carnival at Stockton yesterday were (left to right) Audrey Deacon, Helen Richards, June Webster, Val Pratt and Cherie Drinnan…
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The attendance at Newcastle Show was down for the fourth day in succession on Saturday. Although 10,232 fewer people…
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Silver King (K. Bacon) and Moonlight (Pam Knodler) competing in the Coles amateur hunt pairs at Newcastle Show…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Teams From Six States For Soccer Carnival
A four days' interstate Soccer carnival, at which the six Australian States will be represented by teams m competition for the English Football Association Shield, will be held in…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →3 Children Suffer Show Bites
A boy with a dog bite, a girl with a monkey bite and a two-year-old girl scratched by a koala were treated by St…
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LISBON, Mar. 1. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Great interest is already being shown in the first British trade exhibition ever…
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Newcastle Boys' High School continued its annual swimming carnival at the Ocean Baths today…
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An exhibition of 54 photographs of famous homes and gardens of England, Scotland and Wales will be held at…
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Appreciation of the honorary service of officials and of the support accorded by exhibitors and other…
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SYDNEY: Reports from Rosehill today were that the track was recovering from its drenching on Saturday and if there is no more rain the going should be fair for the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Maitland Ready For Its 94th Annual Show
Maitland showground was a hive of activity today as hundreds of men, and women too, began the gigantic task of getting ready for the 94th annual exhibition. The show will run four…
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PARIS (From our own correspondent): So many fanciful ornaments poured out of the recent Paris collections that it took something really sensational to create a stir…
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