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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1927

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Cessnock Show. Record Attendance on Concluding Day. Mr. Dunn Performs Official Opening Ceremony

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 1 March 1927 · page 2

There was a big attendance at the Cessnock Show on Saturday, which was the concluding day of the fixture…

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The Royal Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 March 1927 · page 2

The Royal Easter Show will be held at Moore Park, Sydney, from April 11 to 20, nine days and fire nights and £14,000 will be distributed in prize…

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To-night's Show Attrations

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 March 1927 · page 2

To-night a great programme will be presented on the Maitland Show-ground, opening with the Newcastle District Schools' massed bands, under…

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Chief Secretary to Open Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 March 1927 · page 2

Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., to-day notified the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association that the Chief Secretary, Mr. C. C. Lazzarini…

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Maitland's Shop Window The Sixty-Sixth Annual Show. an Auspicious Opening. Wonderful Exhibition of Dairy Cattle. Fine Array of Horses. District Exhibits Make Grand Display. Attractive Pavilions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 March 1927 · page 4

With record entries in several sections, the Maitland Show was opened to-day in fine weather. The dairy cattle make the best display ever seen on the ground. Jerseys, Guernseys, and Ayrshires were strongly represented…

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Show Committee

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 March 1927 · page 6

A meeting of the Gresford Show Committee took place at Mrs. Brosie's rooms on Wednesday. There was a good attendance of members,…

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Taree Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 March 1927 · page 4

Taree Show will bo held next week on March 9, 10 and 11, when £400 will be distributed in prize money. For the high jumps £157 in prizes is…

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Cessnock Show Weight Guessing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 March 1927 · page 4

The "Cessnock Show weight guessing competition was finalised, when the beast was killed by Mr. D. W. McDonald, of Main-street, and…

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Wool Trade. Research Exhibition Opened London, March 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 March 1927 · page 5

The Earl of Balfour to-day opened at the Science Museum, South Kensington, an exposition arranged by the Research Association illustrating the…

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Maitland Show Official Opening Ceremony Popular Night Sports. Attractive Ring Events

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 March 1927 · page 4

Favoured with brilliant weather for the principal day, which was observed as a public holiday, the Maitland Show attracted a big crowd to-day. The official opening ceremony was performed by the…

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The Maitland Show. Many Attractive Features. Record Display of Dairy Cattle. the Judging Continued. Bright Trade Displays

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 March 1927 · page 7

The judging of the exhibits at the Maitland Show was completed to-day with the exception of the dogs, which are not to be benched until Saturday. The stock exhibits and the highly-attractive pavilions show that Maitland still retains its place as the greatest show of the State outside Sydney…

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Maitland Show Now in Progress. Wonderful Exhibition

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 2

Maitland Show opened on Wedneaday under most auspicious conditions. The weather was fine, and the entries exceedingly large…

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Fair Postponed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 4

Owing to the serious illness of Mrs. Ling, the fair and melon feast arranged in connection with the Bolwarra Parents and Citizens'…

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Show Champion

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 2

Mr. George Clark's racing mare, Tria, took the first prize and championship for mares at the Maitland Show. Tria will soon be…

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Quirindi Show

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 2

The Quirindi Show takes place this year on the last three days of March, the 29th., 30th. and 31st, and the schedules can be obtained at this office or…

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Show Sidelights

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 3

If anyone poetically inclined had ventured to Cessnock’s fourth annual show seeking material to make our rural products sing in rhyme, that…

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Show Judges Entertained

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 4

Several of the visiting judges to Maitland Show were yesterday taken for a drive through the district by Mr. S. Parish, on behalf of the…

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Visitors to Maitland Show

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 9

Record crowds have visited Maitland Show from Cessnock. Yesterday the trains were packed with people ravelling to and from…

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Final Day of Maitland Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 4

The Maitland Show, which already has been a gratifying success, will conclude to-morrow, when the grand district exhibits, the agricultural…

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Maitland Show. To-day's Sporting Events

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 5

The O'Neill Cup for boat pen of utility fowls was won by Mr. J. K. O'Hearn…

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