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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1912

516 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 26

A.m.p. at the Show

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 23 April 1912 · page 2

Thousands of policy-holders at [?] Royal Show were delighted to see represented there the great Australian Mutual Provident Society, which…

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Our Office on the Show Ground

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 23 April 1912 · page 2

This paper had an office on the Show Ground where the files of our [?] were at the disposal of country visitors for inspection. Our…

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John Bridge and Co. and the Royal Show

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 23 April 1912 · page 1

It is safe to-day that no country is[?]tors felt more at home at the Royal Show than the clients of the popular and historic firm of John Bridge and…

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Orient Line. a Beautiful Model at the Show

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 23 April 1912 · page 3

A percentage of the many thousands of farmers, squatters and country residents who crowded into the Royal Show pavilions, no doubt, had it in…

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Horses and Ponies. (Continued.) in the Show Ring. Interesting Jumping Competitions

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 23 April 1912 · page 2

There is one section which always draws a band of admirers, namely, horses. The city man fresh from his once, rubs shoulders with the…

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Show Traffic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 April 1912 · page 6

During the four days of the Maitland Show there was a total of 909 passengers booked to Maitland from the Stanford-Merthyr railway station. The bookings for…

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Dungog Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 April 1912 · page 4

This day week the Dungog show will be opened, and this year promises to see a larger gathering at this great annual attraction than ever before, more especially as the trains…

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Maitland Show Protests

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 April 1912 · page 4

The Sports Sub-Committee of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association sat last night and gave consideration to the three protests arising out of the trotting…

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Show Concerts

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 2

The Victoria Hall will be engaged for the first night of the Show by the Ball and Supper in aid of the Catholic Church. This function should…

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Great Show Week Attraction

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 2

Commencing on Wednesday evening next in their huge marquee next Royal Hotel, Mr Stanley McKay will present his mammoth…

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Missionary Exhibition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1912 · page 4

During the week a missionary exhibition has been held at Glen lines in the Town Hall under Church of England auspices. "It was a collection of wonderful curios from everywhere…

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Dungog Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1912 · page 4

The Dungog show opens on Wednesday next, when the train leaving West Maitland at 8.45 will be available for visitors, but on Thursday, which has been proclaimed a public…

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The Dungog Show

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 April 1912 · page 4

A public holiday in the Singleton electorate has been proclaimed for Thursday next, 2nd May, tire second day of the Dungog Show. It will be…

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Parisian Carnival Queen. Apotheosis of a Shopgirl

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1912 · page 7

For one brief day Marguerite Paradies, a pretty young shopgirl, has had Paris at her feet. Clad in a white silk dress and wearing a gold crown and a gorgeous purple mantic…

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The Maitland Show Sunlight and Success

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1912 · page 11

The Clerk of the Weather, in conjunction with the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association, conjured with the meteorological elements for Maitland show…

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The Dungog Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 April 1912 · page 4

The annual show opens at Dungog to-morrow, and will be continued and concluded on Thursday. which has been proclaimed a public holiday. The show will be followed…

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Maitland Show Protests

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 1 May 1912 · page 1

The Sports Sub Committee of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association have given consideration to a protest against F…

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The Dungog Annual Show. the Opening Day. Dungog

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 May 1912 · page 5

The Dungog Agricultural and Horticultural Association celebrated its 25th birthday to-day in auspicious circumstances, although badly heralded, for rain fell fast…

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The Dungog Annual Show. Second Day. Dungog

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 May 1912 · page 5

The Dungog P. and A. Association was again favoured by beautiful weather to-day, when all was brightness and sunlight, dry overhead, and underfoot, and during the afternoon…

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Exhibits at the Show. Massey-harris Co., Ltd

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 May 1912 · page 5

There is nothing succeeds like success. This old truism has certainly been well exemplified in the case of Massey-Harris Co., Ltd., and we may…

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