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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1920

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Inverell Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1920 · page 4

The Inverell Show will be held on March 23, 24, and 25. The Prizes include jumping and bunting £65, trotting and pacing £50. cattle drafting £15, water jump £12,…

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Athletics. Cessnock Sports Carnival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1920 · page 7

The annual R.C. sports carnival will be held on the Cessnock racecourse on Easter Monday, April 5, when there will be trotting, athletic, and other events. The full…

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British Industries Fair. London, February 23

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1920 · page 2

The British Industries Fair, mentioned in cables of October 27 last, has opened. 150 thousand invitations have been issued, including 40,000 to overseas representatives…

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Tenterffield Show Sales

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 28 February 1920 · page 2

We draw the attention of cattle men to the advertisement appearing in this issue announcing the holding of the Show Sales at Tenterfield on…

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Tenterfield Show Sales

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 February 1920 · page 4

We draw the attention of cattle men to the advertisement appearing in this issue announcing the holding of the show sales at Tenterfield on Friday and…

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Police and Firemen. Sports Carnival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1920 · page 4

For several years the police and fireman of the Metropolitan Area have organised a charities art union and carnival, and with the assistance of the country police and…

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Upper Hunter Show. To the Editor

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 28 February 1920 · page 2

Sir,—After a careful perusal and consideration of the vehicle section of the Upper Hunter Show programme, I am reluctantly forced to…

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Newcastle Show a Record Entry. Fine Industrial Displays. Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1920 · page 5

The progress of Newcastle industrially was evidenced in the 18th exhibition of the Newcastle Agricultural, Horticultural, and Industrial Association. which opened on the…

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Swimming. Carnival at Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 March 1920 · page 4

The carnival conducted under the auspices of the Northern District Swimming Association in aid of the T. Dover testimonial fund took place at the Ocean Baths on…

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Effect on Lyons Fair

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 March 1920 · page 3

Officials Australia House state that Australian merchants are anxiously watching the effects of the strike on the Lyons Fair to which they have sent costly exhibits of…

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Maitland Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 March 1920 · page 2

Entries have closed for the Maitland show, which opens on Wednesday, March 10, and there is a gratifying increase on the total of last year. The entries have not…

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Agricultural Association Preparing for the Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 March 1920 · page 5

A meeting of the committee of management of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association was held on the show ground yesterday afternoon, when…

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Maitland Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 March 1920 · page 4

Record entries have been received for the Maitland Show to be held on the show ground on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of next week. The ring events…

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Chapter Xxxvii. "A Fair Knock-Out."

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 3 March 1920 · page 4

The thunderbolt which Inspector Greenaway dropped among the assemblage in the library affected his hearers in various ways. The object of his…

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Chapter Xiii. a Fair Sinner

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 March 1920 · page 3

When Kathleen left Raymond's studio she was taken to the core; she knew that he was right, and that she could never expect happiness if she defied the dictates of her…

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Increased Show Entry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 March 1920 · page 4

The entries received for Maitland Show, which opens on Wednesday next, are about 250 in excess of last year's total, and about that number had to be turned down on…

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A. and H. Association a Dry Show

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 6

At the meeting of the committee of the above on Tuesday last there were present Messrs C. T. Abbott (in chair), J. J. Atkins, C. A. Hooke, R…

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Maitland Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 4

Exhibitors in the fine arts, and needlework sections at Maitland Show are requested to have their exhibits at the pavilion before 9 p.m. to-morrow. Cards…

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H.r.a. and H. Association. Two Hundred New Members Wanted. Appeal to Farmers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 4

The Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association is an institution in which all the farmers and gardeners of the Lower Hunter should take especial pride. Its shows should be to the outside world an exposition of the wondrous. fertility and variety of resources of this favoured district of Australia…

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Local and General Gloucester Show

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 2

Gloucester Show will be held on March 24th and 25th, and schedules and entry forms are now obtainable from the Secretary, Mr F. S. Chester…

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