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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1924

1,274 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 63 of 64

Ambulance Carnival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 December 1924 · page 4

Mr. H. E. Guy, superintendent and secretary of the Maitland district branch of the N.S.W. Ambulance Transport Service Board, wrote to the…

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Show Committee. Visit of Governor. Preparing for the Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 December 1924 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the committee of management of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association was held last evening…

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Trespassers on Show Ground

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 December 1924 · page 4

Recently the committee of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association decided to approach the society's solicitors with regard to…

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A Carnival. for Injured Riders. Agricultural Association Decision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 December 1924 · page 4

The question of organising a night's sports for the benefit of riders injured at the association's carnivals and meeting the cost of repairs to damaged,…

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Cessnock Agricultural Association. Preparing for Next Year's Show Important Ground and Building Improvements. Progressive Policy With New Features

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 12 December 1924 · page 10

A general meeting of the committee of the Cessnock Agricultural Association was held on Tuesday night, when there was a good attendance…

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Hospital Benefit Carnival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 December 1924 · page 4

The Maitland Hospital organiser, Mr. M'Fadyen, has secured Rutherfrod racecourse for a great motor cycle carnival to be held on…

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Empire Exhibition. the Queensland Attitude

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 December 1924 · page 3

The Queensland Cabinet considered the matter of the States participation in the Empire Exhibition, to be reopened, next year. After Mr. Jones…

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Records Smashed. Girls Swimming Carnival

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 December 1924 · page 5

Keen enthusiasm was displayed in the girls' swimming carnival, held under the auspices of the P.S.A.A.A., in the Domain Baths, Sydney, yesterday…

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Empire Exhibition. Commonwealth Favourable to Continuation

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 December 1924 · page 11

The Federal Cabinet considered the continuance of the Australian representation at the Wembley Exhibition next year…

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"Australian Made." Exhibition Touring Train. the Itinerary

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 December 1924 · page 7

The "Australian-made" Preference League's big exhibition train, which will commence touring the State next March, will present a practical…

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Empire Exhibition. Situation of Guarantors. London, Dec. 4

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 December 1924 · page 12

Guarantors of the Wembley Exhibition have received a letter stating that unless the exhibition reopens they will be called upon to pay the full amount…

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Empire Exhibition. Should Be Continued. Mr. Orchard's Opinion. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 December 1924 · page 5

Australia should do her utmost to bring about the re-opening of the Empire Exhibition next year. This opinion was expressed by all who…

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Cessnock Show. New Schedule Adopted. Prize-money Increased. Cessnok

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 December 1924 · page 6

The monthly meeting of the Cessnock District Agricultural Show Committee was held in the Memorial Hall last evening, Mr. J. Y. Tulloch…

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Cycling Maitland Carnival

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 16 December 1924 · page 6

There was a record attendance, estimated at 10,000, at the speedway carnival on the Maitland Showground, on Saturday night, and some…

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Hospital Concert. Brilliant Function. Successful Consummation of Hospital Sports Carnival

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 16 December 1924 · page 2

Following the splendid success of the sports held on 27th ult., in aid of the Scott Memorial Hospital, the benefit concert promoted by Mr. W…

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H.R. A and H. Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 December 1924 · page 4

A special general meeting of members of the H.R.A. and H. Association will be held in Galton's Chambers, to-morrow evening, at 8 o'clock, for the…

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Huge Loss. on State Industries. Brick Works and Metal Quarries Show Profits

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 December 1924 · page 11

The report of the Auditor-General (Mr. F. A. Coghlan) on the industrial undertakings of the State Government has been presented to Parliament…

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H.R.A. and H. Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 December 1924 · page 4

The special meeting of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association, which was to have been held last evening, to discuss a…

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Motor Carnival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 December 1924 · page 4

Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., has received word from the Treasury Department, in reference to the use of the totalisator at the motor carnival…

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Parents' and Citizens' Fair

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 19 December 1924 · page 2

The Bazaar in aid of the Public School, and held under the auspices of the Raymond Terrace Parents' and Citizens' Association was held in the Oddfellows' Hall…

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