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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1922

822 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 37 of 42

Show Tender

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 3 November 1922 · page 2

The "Dungog Chronicle" nearly lost the opportunity of tendering for the printing of the A. and H. Association. On Monday afternoon the…

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Market Fair. Presbyterian Church Effort

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 November 1922 · page 4

The Women's Missionary Association in connection with St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church, East Maitland, arranged a market fair at "Sunnyside"…

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Electric Light Carnival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 November 1922 · page 7

The following entries have been received for the tug-o-war at the Electric Light Carnival; Police, East Maitland Lasts, Bolwarra…

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Methodist Church. Spring Fair at Miller's Forest

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 November 1922 · page 3

The Methodist Church held a spring fair in the Oddfellows' Hall. on Thursday, October 26. There was a fair attendance, both afternoon and…

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Empire Exhibition. Severe Criticisms. London, October 31

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 November 1922 · page 5

Mr. Robert Donald, in a letter to the "Times," pleading for an improved business organisation for the Empire Exhibition, states that delays in…

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The Manufacturers' Exhibition. Cheap Trains to Be Run

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 November 1922 · page 13

Responding to representations made by the Chamber of Manufacturers, the Railway Department is arranging to run a series of cheap…

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Empire Exhibition Victory for Dominions. London, October 28

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 November 1922 · page 12

An illuminating comment on the British Board of Trade's memorandum on the Empire Exhibition, describing as inferior various…

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"Electric Light Carnival."

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 November 1922 · page 2

The Electric Light Carnival to be held on the Maitland showground this evening has arressed considerable in interest, consequently it is expected…

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Empire Exhibition. Australian Representation. London, November 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 November 1922 · page 6

The Duke of Devonshire, in a letter to Sir Joseph Cook, conveying the resolutions of the meeting on October 27, invites Sir Joseph Cook…

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Amateur Swimming Club. Successful Carnival at Clarence Town

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 November 1922 · page 3

An Amateur Swimming Club has been started in the town, and a successful carnival was held on Saturday, 28th instant. The prizes were…

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Empire Exhibition Dominions in Evidence Wine Men's Wins. LONDON, Nov. 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 November 1922 · page 5

The Empire Exhibition Management Committee, which promised to use Empire goods as far as possible, "though, of course, certain articles…

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Scouts' Flower Show

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 7 November 1922 · page 2

On Saturday next in the A. and H. pavilion, Dungog, the Scouts' Flower Show will be held. The sports programme appears in this issue and is…

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Empire Exhibition. Guarantee Fund. London, Nov. 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 November 1922 · page 5

Mr. Owen philips, on behalf of the Royal Mail and Allied lines, has sent the Emplxe Exhibition a guarantee of £10,000. The guarantee fund…

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Special Prizes for Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 November 1922 · page 4

The schedule for the next Maitland Show will have a number of alterations, the various sections having been brought more up to date. More…

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Letter to the Editor. Electric Light Carnival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 November 1922 · page 3

Sir,—The committee of the Agricultural Society is to be congratulated upon the success of the first instalment of its very elaborate electric lighting…

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Methodist Fair

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 November 1922 · page 2

The annual Fair, in aid of the local Methodist Church, which zealous Church-workers have had in hand for sometime past, was…

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Congregational Church Fair

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 November 1922 · page 4

At the recent fair in connection, with the West Maitland Congregational Church there was a quantity of goods left over, and to dispose of…

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Local and General Boy Scouts Flower Show

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 10 November 1922 · page 2

Readers are reminded of the Boy Scouts Flower Show and Sports that will be held on the showground on Saturday next…

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Cessnock District Show and Sports Club Ltd

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 10 November 1922 · page 10

The canvass for shareholders in the above company is meeting with great success. The investment is one of the best and persons not approached by…

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Market Fair. Presbyterian Church Effort

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 November 1922 · page 11

The Women's Missionary Association in connection with St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church, East Maitland, arranged a market fair at "Sunnyside,"…

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