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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1917

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Dungog Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 March 1917 · page 4

The date of the annual show at Dungog has been fixed for May 2 and 3. Entries close on Saturday, April 24. The right of holding a publican's booth at the show will…

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Muswellbrook Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 March 1917 · page 4

The annual exhibition of the Upper Hunter P. and A. Association will be held on the society's grounds, Muswellbrook, on Wednesday and Thursday, 28th and 29th…

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Easter Show. Timely Offer

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 March 1917 · page 8

Country visitors to Sydney for the show find often that, owing to arrangements for their accommodation not having been made beforehand,…

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Invitation to Open the Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 March 1917 · page 4

The secretary of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association (Mr. E. H. Fountain) is in receipt of a reply from the secretary to the Chief Secretary in…

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Exhibition of Work. New Guinea Mission

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1917 · page 12

At an exhibition of missionary work hold in St. Paul's Parish Hall on Thursday afternoon, Rev. F. R. Elder, B.A., of New Guinea delivered an address on the…

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Local News. Muswellbrook Show

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 March 1917 · page 4

The annual exhibition of the Upper Hunter P. and A. Association will be held on the Society's grounds, Muswellbrook, on Wednesday and…

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Easter Show. Timely Offer

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 10 March 1917 · page 2

Country visitors to Sydney for the Show find often that, owing to arrangements for their accommodation not having been made beforehand,…

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Newcastle Show. the Ring Events

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1917 · page 6

Favoured with fine weather, the Newcastle show on Thursday was attended by a very large crowd. The takings were £443/10 compared with £380/13/3 in 1915—the last show…

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N.a.a. Autumn Show and Sports

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 March 1917 · page 2

An advertisement in this issue gives the date of the N.A.A. autumn show and sports as April 28th next, when a splendid programme of sporting events…

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The Coming Show

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 14 March 1917 · page 2

The weekly meeting of the committee of the Upper Hunter P. and A. Association was held at the Secretary's office on last Friday…

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Gloucester Show

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 16 March 1917 · page 2

Now that Dungogites are talking about the Gloucester Show that is to take place on March 21st and 22nd it is as well to remember that…

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Maitland Show Privileges

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1917 · page 4

At their sale rooms, Church-street, on the 28th inst., at noon, Messrs. Swan, Murray and Hain will dispose by auction of the right to conduct two p ublicans' booths and one…

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Time Coming Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 March 1917 · page 2

The entries for the coming show have realised expectations, and are considerably more numerous than those of last year. The raining of special train from Merriwa on…

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[?] Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 March 1917 · page 4

The Gloucester Show. which opened to-day, will be continued tomorrow. A special train leaves West Maltland at 9.20 a.m. to-morrow for Gloucester, calling at all…

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Swimming. Carnival at Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 March 1917 · page 7

A monster swimming carnival will be held in the Ocean [?] at Newcastle on Saturday, when Miss Fanny Durack. the world's lady champion, will attempt to lower the…

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Entries for the Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 March 1917 · page 7

The entries for the forthcoming show, to he held here on the 28th and 29th last. are upwards of 1500, and compare [?] in number with those of recent years, They are…

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Musw[?]brook Chronicle Wednesday, Mar 21, 1917 Local and General News. the Coming Show

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 21 March 1917 · page 2

Prospects for the coming show, notwithstanding the continuance of dry weather, are most favourable, and there is every likelihood of another successful exhibition…

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A. and H. Association

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 23 March 1917 · page 8

A meeting of committee of the above was held on Tuesday last, those present wore: Messrs C. T. Abbott, president, F. G. Martin, H. De Costa…

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Swimming. Newcastle Carnival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 March 1917 · page 7

To-morrow afternoon the Newcastle Ama-teur Surf Swimming Club will conduct a car-nival at the Ocean Baths, in aid of the New-castle Hospital, and a large attendance is…

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Gloucester Show. a Record Show

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 23 March 1917 · page 2

The ninth annual exhibition was opened on Wednesday last, and proved an unqualified success. During the morning heavy rain fell but…

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