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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1911

526 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 25 of 27

Dressmaking Exhibition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 November 1911 · page 4

The annual exhibition of women's hand[?] by students of the West Maitland Technical Collage will be opened by Mr. C. E. Nicholson, at the college to-morrow…

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Canadian Naval Show. Manitoba's Grievances Settled. Ottawa

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 November 1911 · page 5

Mr. R. L. Borden, Prime Minister of Canada, has announced that the whole naval policy of Canada will be reconsidered, and that probably the question will be decided…

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Exhibition of Students Work. a Good Display

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 November 1911 · page 4

Tho annual exhibition of the work of the student In the dressmaking, millinery, cookery, and wood carving classes at the West Maitland Technical college was held…

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Eagleton Public School. Industrial Exhibition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 November 1911 · page 7

A horticultural and industrial exhibition in connection with Eagleton Public school was held on the afternoon of Wednesday, 15th instant; and proved a market success…

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Christmas Fair

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 November 1911 · page 4

A Christmas Fair in connection with the Congregational Church will be held in the hall of the School of Arts on Thursday, December 7, afternoon and evening. Plain and…

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A Fair-weather Friend

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 November 1911 · page 9

Lady Selb[?] speaking at a meeting of the Conservative Unionist Women's Franchise Association, said that Mr. Lloyd-George was only a fair-weather friend…

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St. Peter's Fair. East Maitland. Opening Ceremony

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 November 1911 · page 13

The interior of the Mechanics' Institute was gay with colour on Thursday afternoon, and a good assemblage was present to witness the opening by Mr. Samuel Clift, of a…

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Exhibition of Students' Work. a Good Display

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 November 1911 · page 4

The annual exhibition or the work or the students in the dressmaking, millinery cookery, and wood carving classes at the West Maitland Technical College was held…

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Boys Burn a Cottage. Picture Show Inspiration

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 November 1911 · page 1

A curious case of the overheated imagination of juveniles leading them into serious mischief came before the Kurri Kurri Police Court on…

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The Loss of the Port Stephens Master to Show Cause. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 November 1911 · page 5

The Marine Court has found that the loss of the steamer Port Stephens was due to default on the part of Captain Peterson, who was called upon to show…

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Cessnook Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 November 1911 · page 4

The at one time—and not so long ago—obscure and modest little hamlet of Cessnock has sprung into the dignity of a thriying, progressive, and obviously important town, the largest…

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The Cessnock Show. First Exhibition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 December 1911 · page 4

The first exhibition of the Cessnock Agricultural, Horticultural, Pastoral, and Fine Arts Association, was officially opened to-day by Mr. W. Kearsley, M.L.A., in the presence…

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The Cessnock Show. First Exhibition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 December 1911 · page 2

At the opening ceremony of the Cessnock Show yesterday, Mr. Kearsley, M.L.A., after congratulating the association upon initial effort,, referred to the fact that the…

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Christmas Fair

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 December 1911 · page 4

A Christmas Fair, in aid of the Congregational Church, is advertised for Thursday afternoon and evening next, in the West Maitland School of Arts. Admission in the…

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Eagleton Public School. Industrial Exhibition

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 December 1911 · page 13

A horticultural and industrial exhibition in connection with the Eagleton Public School was held on the afternoon of Wednesday, 15th alt., and proved marked success…

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Singleton Show Sports

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 December 1911 · page 4

Attention is called to the Show Sports, to be held on the show ground on Saturday next, the 9th instant. A good programme of trotting, jumping, and other…

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Autumn v. Spring Show

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 December 1911 · page 4

The old battle of autumn versus spring show was fought over again at the annual meeting or the Northern Agricultural Association on Thursday. Mr. K…

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Northern Agricultural Association the Annual Meeting.. Proposed Autumn Show Rejected

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 December 1911 · page 6

The forty-fourth annual meeting of the members of the Northern Agricultural Association was held on Thursday. The President (Mr. H. York) occupied the…

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Cessnogk Agricultural Asso-ciation. Conclusion of Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 December 1911 · page 2

Owing to heavy rain the attendance at the Cessnock Show on Friday evening and Saturday morning was small, but there was a fairly large attendance on Saturday…

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Agricultural Society's Finances. Major Nicholson, M.L.A., has notified Mr

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 December 1911 · page 4

E. H. Fountain, secretary of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association, that he has made arrangements with the Minister of Agriculture, to receive…

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