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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1926

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Mainland Speedway. "Back to Maitland" Carnival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 December 1926 · page 5

Seventy-four riders, including all the Northern district cracks, have entered for the "Back to Maitland" carnival, on Saturday evening. After…

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Kurri Ambulance Fair

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 December 1926 · page 4

At the final meeting of the Kurri Kurri Ambulance Fair Committee, the financial statement disclosed that after the meeting the whole of…

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Gresford Show

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 21 December 1926 · page 2

The Paterson and Allyn Rivers and District A.H. and P. Association's show will be held at East Gresford on May 20 and 21, 1927…

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Maitland Speedway To-morrow Night's Carnival

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 December 1926 · page 5

A first-class programme has been arranged for the Maitland Speedway to-morrow night, and owing to the number and quality of the…

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Carnival

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 24 December 1926 · page 2

A carnival is to be held at Purcell's corner to night in aid of Miss E. Christianson's candidature in the "Queen" competition when chocolate…

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Queen of the Carnival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 December 1926 · page 4

The amount raised by the queen of the carnival competition for the recent Maitland Eisteddfod was [?]. In the report of the…

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Show Matters Demand For Side-Show Space. Agricultural Association' Problem

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 24 December 1926 · page 2

The Agricultural Association dealt on Wednesday night with matters appertaining to the forthcoming show, to be held on 24th, 25th and…

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Show Embargo. Action by Wollongong Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 December 1926 · page 2

Recently the miners' delegate board declared the Wollongong show "black," because the admission charge was raised from 1/6 to 2/-. The…

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Hospital Sports Carnival To be held on Monday Next

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 24 December 1926 · page 2

The grand sports carnival, in aid of the funds of the Wilson Memorial Hospital, is to take place on the Show Ground on Monday next (Boxing…

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Christmas Tree Fair

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 December 1926 · page 11

This annual Christmas Tree Fair in connection with St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Dungog, was a great success especially in view…

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Insult to Kilt. Banned at Motor Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 December 1926 · page 2

A veritable storm of indignation has been stirred by a ruling of the Olympia Motor Show (England) authorities that the kilt is "fancy…

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Lawn Tennis. Country Carnival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 December 1926 · page 7

F. E. Kalms, the New South Wales State and country champion, who has been ill with rhecumatic fever, has now almost recovered, and will…

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