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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1923

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Maitland Show. the Third Day

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1923 · page 4

The attendance at the Show yesterday was not up to that of last year: The receipts from gates and grandstand were £110 compared with…

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Maitland Show. the Ring Events

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 March 1923 · page 7

An interesting programme of sporting events was carried out at the Maitland show on Thursday. The Capper High Jump was the feature of the…

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Empire Exhibition. Hong Kong's Position. London, March 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1923 · page 5

There is little doubt now that it is the intention of the new agreement of the Empire Exhibition to confine the products to Empire goods, for…

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Maitland Show. Magnificent Dairy Cattle. Attractive Trade Displays. Judges' Awards

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1923 · page 4

If any further evidence of the wonderful fertility of the Hunter Valley were needed, it was forthcoming on the show ground to-day, when the…

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sports and Fancy Fair

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 March 1923 · page 4

Monster sports and a: fancy fair will be held on the Singleton Show Ground on Saturday, April 28, under the auspices of the Singleton…

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Carnival in Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 March 1923 · page 7

At Brisbane, cycling carnival on Saturday, Dempsey (N.S.W.), who won the fine miles championship the previous Saturday, annexed the ten…

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Show Subsidies

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 March 1923 · page 4

While on a visit to Glen Innes, the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Chaffcy) received a deputation, which asked for the restoration of…

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The Show Committee

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 March 1923 · page 4

The election for the committee of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association at last annual meeting provided one of the…

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Maitland Show. Concluding Day

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 March 1923 · page 2

The Maitland Show was concluded of Saturday, when u sports programme was carried out before a good attendance. Although the weather reminded…

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Street Carnival

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 2

Mr. Harry Feldman's proposal to hold a street carnival, covering the duration of a week, in aid of the funds at the hospital, was furthered last…

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Maitland Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 4
Also in The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder

Sir,—The committee of the Agricultural Society are to be congratulated upon the wonderful success of the 1923 Maitland show. Words fail one in…

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Empire Exhibition. Official Statement. London, March 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 5

In the House of Commons, replying to Mr. Darbyshire, Viscount Wolmer said that the British Empire Exhibition would open in April,…

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The Show Next Week's Great Event. 1400 ENTRIES

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 1

In little more than another week the premier event or the year in the Upper Hunter will lie in full swing. The finishing touches are now being…

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Police Hospital Carnival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 March 1923 · page 4

A general committee meeting of the Police Art Union and Hospital Carnival will be held to-morrow (Thursday) at the School of Arts at…

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Fair Rents Court. Increases and Decreases Granted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 March 1923 · page 3

Both increases and decreases were granted by Mr. Jamieson, S.M., in the Metropolitan Fair Rents Court. L. F. Molloy, of Allen's-parade,…

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The Coming Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 March 1923 · page 6

Notwithstanding the long spell of dry weather experienced in this and neighbouring districts, the entries for the annual exhibition, to be held, here…

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A. and H. and the Park

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 16 March 1923 · page 5

The Mayor reported the result of the conference with the A. and H. regarding the application for the park to be dedicated as a…

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Police Hospital Carnival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 March 1923 · page 4

A meeting of the Police Art Union and Hospital Carnival Committee was held in the school of Arts last evening. A statement was submitted…

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Cessnock Street Carnival

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 March 1923 · page 7

The business transacted by the Cessnock Street Carnival Committee, organised for the purpose of raising funds for the Cessnock District…

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