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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1922

822 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 42

Fair Basic Wage. Gas Employees' Application. "Duty of the Court."

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 February 1922 · page 8

Giving judgment in the Gas Employees' ease in the Arbitration Court in Melbourne, Mr. Justice Powers said that he proposed, later on, when two…

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Newcastle Show Good Stock Entries. Attractive Pavilions. NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 February 1922 · page 5

The annual show of the Newcastle Agricultural, Horticultural, and Industrial Association was opened on the grounds at Broadmeadow…

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White City Carnival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 February 1922 · page 4

The White City Carnival will commence at the corner of High and Hannan streets, West Maitland, on Thursday next. The carnival will run for ten…

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Hospital Carnival Subsidy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 February 1922 · page 4

Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., has received word from the Chief Secretary's Office, in relation to the request by the authorities of the Maitland…

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Archway for the Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 February 1922 · page 4

The sub-committee appointed to arrange for an archway for the show is getting busy, and a number of farmers have already promised their…

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Newcastle Show. Record High Jump

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 February 1922 · page 2

Fortune favoured the Newcastle Agricultural Society for the final day of this year's show, for there was a record crowd, the weather was cool…

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SHOW v. CARNIVAL

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 28 February 1922 · page 2

In a recent issue we drew attention to the fact that unfortunately the carnival in aid of the Singleton Hospital clashed with the second day…

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Swimming Carnival

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 28 February 1922 · page 2

Readers are reminded that the postponed swimming carnival in aid of the Dungog School of Arts will be held on Saturday next. It is to be…

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Successful Carnival

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 28 February 1922 · page 2

The carnival in aid of the Aberdeen Soldiers' Memorial Fund, held on the 11th inst., returned the sum of £112/11/3. This fund has for its…

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The Hospital Carnival

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 February 1922 · page 2
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

A meeting of the Hospital carnival committee was held at the Mechanics' institute on Saturday evening. Mr D. B. Ramsay presided, and there was a…

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White City Carnival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 February 1922 · page 4

The White City Carnival will be opened on Thursday night next, at the corner of Hannan and High streets, when there will be provision…

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Hospital Carnival Subsidy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 February 1922 · page 5

The decision of the Minister for Public Health and Motherhood (Mr. McGirr) not to grant subsidy on the full amount raised by means of the recent…

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Riot at Charity Carnival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 February 1922 · page 5

The principals in the riot at the ugly Men's Charity Carnival in Perth were sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment. They were als remanded on a…

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Hospital Carnival Ladies Committee

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 February 1922 · page 2

The meeting of ladies to have been held this afternoon to form committees for the coming Hospital carnival has had unavoidably to be postponed, one of the…

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Maitland Show Entries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 February 1922 · page 4

Those interested are reminded that entries in the fine arts section of the Maitland Show close to-morrow (Wednesday) night, with the secretary, Mr…

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Ladies and the Maitland Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 February 1922 · page 4

It is to be hoped that there will be a good attendance of ladies at the association's office, to-morrow afternoon, in response to the invitation for ladies…

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The Maitland Show. Majority Rules

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 February 1922 · page 3

In literature, in politics and art, in business and in advertising, majority rules. The worod of the majority is law, their command id absolute…

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Newcastle Show Musician Clears 7Ft. 7In

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 February 1922 · page 2

The Newcastle show concluded on Saturday, and was from every point of view a record show. The attendance on Saturday numbered 15,000, and the gate…

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Rand Strike. Commandoes Show Fight. Johannesburg, Feb. 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 February 1922 · page 2

The firs encounter of the strike between police and strikers occurred to-day. A troop of police slighted a commando at Boksburg early this…

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