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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1912

516 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 22 of 26

Salvation Army Fair

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 October 1912 · page 4

The Rainbow Fair, organised in aid of the Salvation Army annual self-denial appeal, was continued last evening, when there was another satisfactory attendance, whilst…

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Shopping Week Carnival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 October 1912 · page 4

A special meeting of the Maitland and District Chamber of Commerce will be held in (Thursday) evening for the purpose of…

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Shopping Week Carnival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 October 1912 · page 4

This evening in the committee room of the Town Hall, a special meeting of members of the Maitland and District Chamber of Commerce will be held for the purpose of…

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Proposed Maitland Carnival Week

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 October 1912 · page 4

The proposal of a shopping week in connection with a sports carnival and band contest is one that Maitland business men should be eager to seize, judging by the…

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Motor Show. Cars of Perfection

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 25 October 1912 · page 7
Also in The Scone Advocate

The display of special distinction was that supplied by the Sydney Taxi-Cab and Motor Import Coy., Ltd., 397-9 Kent Street, Sydney. In a spacious stand…

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Shopping Week Carnival Chamber of Commerce Favours Proposal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 October 1912 · page 5

A special meeting of members of the Maitland and District Chamber of Commerce was held in the Town. Hall Committee Room last evening for the purpose of considering the…

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St. John's Empire Fair

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 October 1912 · page 4

A very large meeting of the ladies who are organising the above named fair was held on Thursday evening, Rev. Father Peters presiding. The fair will be opened in the Town…

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Proposed Maitland Carnival Week

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 October 1912 · page 4

The proposal of a shopping week in connection with, a sports carnival and band contest is one that Maitland business men should be eager to seize, judging by the…

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Schools' Exhibition. Unqualified Suçce?s

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 October 1912 · page 4

The Muswellbrook District Schools' Exhibition, for which the teachers and pupils of the schools in the Muswellbrook inspectorial district have been…

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Our Singleton Letter. Schools' Exhibition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 October 1912 · page 3

Bright sunshine favoured the openiug of the District Schools' Exhibition at the show ground yesterday. At half-past nine the children formed into line at the Superior…

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The Salvation Army Fair. Self-denial Fund

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 October 1912 · page 7

A rainbow fair in aid of the Salvation Army Self-Denial Fund was opened in the barracks Elgin-street, on Monday, by Major Nicholson, M.L.A. when there was a large attendance…

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Flower Show at Singleton

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 October 1912 · page 11

During Wednesday and Thursday a flower show and sale of gifts, under the auspices of St. Andrew's Horticultural Society was held in the hall of the Mechanics…

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Sports Carnival at Cessnock. Successful Gathering

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 October 1912 · page 14

A large assemblage witnessed the spring sports carnival held under the auspices of the Cessnock District Bicycle Club, on Saturday. Most of the towns on the coalfield…

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Motor Show. Cars of Perfection

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 26 October 1912 · page 3

The display of special distinction was that supplied by the Sydney Taxi-Cab and Motor Import Coy., Ltd., 397-9 Kent Street, Sydney. In a spacious stand,…

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Flower and Cookery Show. Fine Collection of Exhibits

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 October 1912 · page 12

The third annual Flower and Cookery Show and pardon Fete, in connection with the Presbyterian Church was opened on Saturday in the spacious and well…

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Schools' Exhibition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 October 1912 · page 2

A heavy thunderstorm on Saturday afternoon considerably interfered with the District Schools' Exhibition on the show ground. The attendance was very fair, notwithstanding…

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School Exhibition

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 29 October 1912 · page 2

The school exhibition at Taree has proved most successful, the Dungog, S.P.S. being fortunate in securing's numbed of [?] Mr. D. E…

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Schools' Exhibition. Rain Spoils Displays

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 29 October 1912 · page 3

It was very disappointing, after such a beautiful day on Friday, that Saturday afternoon, the second day of the Exhibition of work on the local…

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The Singleton Argus. Tuesday, October 29th. the Schools' Exhibition

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 29 October 1912 · page 2

It was a thousand pities that the weather so completely spoilt the second day of the schools' exhibition on the local showground, and the announcement that…

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