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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1920

475 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 24

Gloucester Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 March 1920 · page 4

The Gloucester Show was opened to-day and will be continued to-morrow. A special train will leave West Maitland at 7.15 a.m., calling at all intermediate stations, and…

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Jam and Confectionery Fair Profits Commission Recommendation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 March 1920 · page 7

Sir James M'Cay, chairman of the Fair Profits Commission, sitting in Melbourne, announced that in view of the increase in the price of sugar to take place in the…

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Muswellbrook Show. Opening Day. Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 March 1920 · page 5

The thirty-sixth annual exhibition of the Upper Hunter Pastoral and Agricultural Association was opened to-day. The weather in the early morning was dull, but by…

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Riot at Wild West Show. Crowd Attacks Indian

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 24 March 1920 · page 2

During a Wild West show [?] the Agricultural Ground, Sydney, on Saturday night, in the presence of 30, 000 spectators many people got into…

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Muswellbrook Chronicle Wednesday, Mar. 24, 1920 Local and General News. Show on Wednesday and Thursday. mr. Tindale Fires a "Blank."

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 24 March 1920 · page 2

Mr. C. H. Tindale's so-called "bomb," directed against the present proprietor of the "Chronicle," was a very harmless one, and quite on a…

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Muswellbrook Show. Adverse Conditions. Mukwellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 March 1920 · page 6

During the last few years the Upper [?]unter Pastoral and Agricultural Association has had many adverse conditions to contend with. The district has experienced the…

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A. and H. Association

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 7

A meeting of committee was held on Tuesday last. Present:—Messrs. G. B. Waller (President), W. Gorton, R. C .Hall, W. J. Flannery, J. A…

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Fair at Lochinvar

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 4

A fair in aid of the Methodist Church building fund will be held in the School of Arts, Lochinvar, on Wednesday, and Thursday next. The fair will be opened by Mrs…

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Fair Profits Inquiry. a Name Demanded

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 6

At the Fair Profit Commission in Melbourne, the chairman demanded the name if a Flinders-lane firm which, according to Mr. Frank Moyers, managing director of…

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Wines at Sydney Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 4

The judges in the wine section at the Royal Show. Sydney, having completed their work, the awards have been announced. The entries this year are not as large…

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Primary Producers' Union. Royal Agricultural Show

The Scone Advocate · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 5

Mr. E. GHorder, Secretary of the Aberdeen Branch, advices:—Arrangements have been completed for the P.P. Union to be…

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Muswellbrook Show. Second Day. Additional Awards

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 6

The special trains from Singleton and Merriwa, which also in passengers from intermediate places brought a good number of visitors to Muswellbrook yesterday…

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Muswellbrook Chronicle Saturday. Mar. 27, 1920 the Show. Our 36Th. Annual Show. Fine Weather. Fair Display

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 27 March 1920 · page 2

Drought wan written in large lettors across the 36th. exhibition of the Upper Hunter P and A. Society's Show, hold at the grounds at…

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Muswellbrook Show Drought Effects Visible

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 March 1920 · page 3

The 36th annual exhibition of the Upper Hunter Pastoral and Agricultural Association was opened on Wednesday in fine and pleasant weather. The show…

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Gloucester Show. Opening Day. Gloucester

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 March 1920 · page 4

The Gloucester Show was opened yesterday under most favourable auspices. The weather was ideal from a show point of view—warm, without being oppressive…

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Primaaky Producer's Union. Royal Agricultural Show

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 27 March 1920 · page 3

Mr. E. G. Horder, Secretary Aberdeen Branch advises:— Arrangements have been completed for the P.P. Union to be…

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The Royal Show. Opening Day. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 March 1920 · page 5

The Royal Show was opened to-day in glorious weather. No seoner had the gates opened than there was a stream of visitors into the ground, consisting mainly of country…

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Gloucester Show

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 30 March 1920 · page 3

Thursday, second day of the Gloucester show, was a beautiful day though slightly on the warm side. At an early hour crowds wended their…

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Singleton Letter. District Schools' Exhibition. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 March 1920 · page 2

Recently the president of the Northern Agricultural Association (Mr. E. Lloyd Uones) made a suggestion for a district schools' exhibition, and with this object in…

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Price of Sugar. Recommendation of Fair Profits Commission

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 March 1920 · page 2

The chairman of the Fair Profits Commission, sitting in Melbourne, announced that the commission had recommended the Governor-in-Council to proclaim sugar…

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