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Shows & fairs, 1923

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Maitland Show Prizes

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 March 1923 · page 3

The following pupils of the Cessnock Girls School gained prizes at the recent Maitland Show.—Hemstitched handkerchief, Lilias Brown, 2nd prize…

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Bullahdelah Show Making Arrangements

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 16 March 1923 · page 2

A meeting of members of the Bullalidelah branch of the Agilcultural Bureau was held last week and the matter of the forthcoming…

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Show and Sports Club

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 March 1923 · page 2

A big parcel of shares was taken up this week in the Show and Sports Club Ltd. The progress which is being made in connection with the scheme…

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The Show House Entries Heavy. Pavilion Exhibits Well the Fore

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 16 March 1923 · page 1

A feature of next week's show will be the ring events, entries for which are larger than they have been for many years. In the saddle and…

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Upper Hunter Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 4
Also in Singleton Argus

The Upper Hunter annual show, will be held on the society's ground, Muswellbrook, on Wednesday and Thursday next, March 21…

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Empire Exhibition. Official Statement. London, March 12

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 2

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 13

There is little doubt how 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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Show Crooks. Organised Band at Work

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 3

The Armidale police have discovered that several organised bands of "crooks" are going the round of country shows. One of these…

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Maitland Show. Second Day. the Sporting Events

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 16

The Weather continued fine throughout the 8th inst., the Second day of the Maitland Show. There was a large attendance and the fine exhibits in the…

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Muswellbrook Show. Wednesday and Thursday Next

The Scone Advocate · Sunday 18 March 1923 · page 2

NEXT week, the premier event of the year in the Upper Hunter will be in full swing (says the "Muswellbrook Chronicle"). The finishing touches are now…

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The Show a Successful Exhibition Forecasted

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 20 March 1923 · page 2

The attendance at the show on Wednesday and Thursday is expected to be very large. All hotels are reported to be fully booked up. It…

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The Royal Show Well Balanced Exhibition. Entries Larger Than Ever

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 20 March 1923 · page 4

Notwithstanding the unsatisfactory season and the fact that the Royal Show this year succeeds the centenary celebration exhibition of last…

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Electric Light Carnival

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 March 1923 · page 2

Bowls, euchre and dancing is the bill of fare set down to take place on the Bowling Green to-morrow (Wednesday) night. The newly installed light…

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Show Committee. Singleton Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 March 1923 · page 7

The committee of the Northern Agricultural Association met at the showground. Present: Messrs E. Lloyd Jones (president), W. M…

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Show Crooks. Organised Band at Work

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 20 March 1923 · page 3

The Armidale police have discovered that several organised bands of "crooks" are going the round of country shows. One of these combinations operated at…

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The Singleton Argus Tuesday, March 2Oth. LOCAL & General News. Shorthorns for Sydney Show

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 March 1923 · page 2

A Mr E. Lloyd Jones' Shorthorn beef cattle exhibits for the Sydney Royal Show will be trucked from Singleton to-morrow (Wednesday). The cattle…

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Upper Hunter Show. Fine Dairy Cattle Display. Poultry Improvement Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 March 1923 · page 4

The Upper Hunter Show opened this morning in cold, cloudy weathere. A shower of rain yesterday afternoon gave 40 points in the…

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Upper Hunter Show. Increased Horse Exhibits. But Falling Off in Cattle. Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 March 1923 · page 4

The weather plays a big part in the success of shows, but the committee of the Upper Hunter Pastoral and Agricultural Association,…

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A. and H. Association. MEETING

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 23 March 1923 · page 3

A meeting of the committee of the Dungog A. and H. Association was held on Tuesday, afternoon last when there were present, Messrs. R…

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