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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1919

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Maitland Show Entries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 March 1919 · page 4

When, on March 3, the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association decided to proceed with its annual show fixed for March 26 to 29, it was fully expected that…

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A Show president's Appeal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 March 1919 · page 4

The president of the Tamworth P. and A. Society, in the course of an appeal to the Tamworth district public to support their annual exhibition, uses words that can well…

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Schools' Display at Repatriation Carnival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 March 1919 · page 4

The schools' display to-morrow afternoon is not a massed, nor even a spectacular one, for in the modern school curriculum the purely spectacular has given place to a drill…

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Carnival Week. Repatriation Executive's Appeal. Patriotic Bodies Assist

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 March 1919 · page 4

Hostilities between the belligerent nations having ended, the need for comforts for the soldiers, who are now being repatriated in increasing numbers, no longer…

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Agricultural Association Preparing for the Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 March 1919 · page 3

A meeting of the committee of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association was held on the Show ground yesterday afternoon, when Mr. Elias…

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Entries Closing for the Royal Show

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 14 March 1919 · page 4

The early entries for the Sydney Royal Show which will begin on April 14th are reported to be coming in very well. Numbers of horses,…

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Dungog Show

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 15 March 1919 · page 2

The dates of the Dungog annual show have been altered to May 21st., 22nd. and 23rd., 1919…

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Newcastle Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 March 1919 · page 4

It is notified that the Newcastle Show, which was recently postponed on account of the influenza epidemic, will now be held from May 14 to 17 inclusive. Entries have…

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Repatriation Carnival. Sports Gathering

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 March 1919 · page 4

All the expenses required by repatriation committees for the carrying on of their operations have to be raised locally, the Government only providing sustenance…

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Lyons Exhibition. Successful Enterprise. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 March 1919 · page 3

Reuter's Lyons correspondent telegraphing on Friday states that the first week of the Lyons Fair has just ended and business is now beginning to show signs of…

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Aussies in France. Soldiers' Exhibition. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 March 1919 · page 3

An interesting Arts and Crafts Exhibition was held recently by the Third Division in old aeroplane hangars near Abbeyville. The Australian soldier has proved himself an…

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The Royal Jubilee Show. Entries Closing

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 15 March 1919 · page 3

The early entries for the Sydney Royal Show which will begin on April 14th are reported to be coming in very well. Numbers of horses, cattle,…

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Repatriation Carnival. Sports Gathering

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 March 1919 · page 2

The sports gathering arranged by the mainland District Travellers' Association, as one of the carnival week attractions in aid of the West Mainland Area Repa[?]iation…

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A Leg Show!

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 18 March 1919 · page 3

A "leg show" on behalf of the Tamworth Reptriation Committee's funds is the very latest. It appears there is a divergence of opinion up…

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The Maitland Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 March 1919 · page 4

The Maitland show will open on Wednesday of next week and continue until saturday. The embargo, placed on the holding of shows in consequence of the influenza…

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A. and H. Association

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 21 March 1919 · page 6

At the meeting of the committee of the above on Tuesday last, there were present, Messrs C. T. Abbott, in chair, F. G. Martin, J. Atkins, R. M. Cox…

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Maitland Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 March 1919 · page 4

Exhibitors at the Maitland Show which opens on Wednesday next are informed by the secretary (Mr. E. H. Fountain) that their competing cards may be had on…

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Holiday for the Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 March 1919 · page 4

Mr. H. H. Council, Clerk of Petty Sosglons at West Maitland has received a notification from the Chief Secratary's Department, advising that Thursday next, 27th inst…

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Maitland Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 March 1919 · page 5

Those directly interested in the Hunter River District Agricultural are looking forward hopefully to the weather next week for…

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Repatriation Carnival. Sports Gathering

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 March 1919 · page 13

sAll the expenses required by repatriation committees for the carrying on of their operations have to be raised locally, the Government only providing sustenan[?]…

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