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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1927

1,075 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 39 of 54

Meanderings by Hello Coming Events. Royal Show

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 13 September 1927 · page 4

Show week in Melbourne is going to be made interesting by 3LO Melbourne. Every evening a talk will go over the air giving salient facts…

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N.a. Association Meeting of Committee. Preparations for Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 September 1927 · page 3

Preparations for the Show were further advanced at a meeting of the committee of the Northern Agricultural Association on Saturday.The…

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Baby Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 September 1927 · page 4

Entric are already beginning to stream In from West Maitland, Telarah, and other centres for tho baby show, to be held at East…

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Singleton Show

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 16 September 1927 · page 12

A large number of entries have been received for the Singleton Show which fakes place on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday next. On Thursday a…

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Jumble Fair. Successful Function at Morpeth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 September 1927 · page 3

A Jumble Fair, organised by the Children of Mary, Morpeth, in aid of the local Convent of Mercy, was held in the school-room. The fair…

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Wild West Show. Staged Near Mulwillumbah. Two Boys Alarm Township

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 September 1927 · page 2

Two boys, each aged 13, created a sensation at Tyalgum, near Mulwillumbah, when they staged a "Wild West" stunt…

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More Relics From Ur Exhibition in London the Days of Abraham. Looking Back 5000 YEARS

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 16 September 1927 · page 5

An exhibition of the antiquities found at Ur has been on view at the British Museum. It is the fifth organised by the Joint Expedition, and…

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Methodist Spring Fair

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 September 1927 · page 6

The Spring Fair in the Methodist Hall was brought to a successful conclusion on the 8th inst, when the Rev. D. Weatherall announced…

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Singleton Show

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 September 1927 · page 4
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Notwithstanding the very dry weather, over 3000 entries have been received for the Singleton Show. In addition to the three days' exhibition a…

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Show Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 September 1927 · page 2

At the recent meeting of the Paterson and Allyn River A.H. and P. Association, Mr. A.R.Brown was unanimously elected secretary in…

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Spring Fair. Singleton Methodists. Civic Opening

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 September 1927 · page 11

The annual Spring Fair of the Singleton Methodist Church was opened on the 6th instant by the Mayor (Alderman G. S. O'Halloran)…

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Spring Fair. an Enjoyable Function at Paterson

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 September 1927 · page 2

A Spring Fair was held in the Paterson School of Arts on Thursday and Friday, the arrangements having been made by the members of…

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Dungog. Speedway Carnival. a Representative Meeting

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 September 1927 · page 6

A speedway carnival, promoted by Dungog Motor Cycle Club, was held in aid of Dungog Hospital. The takings at the gate amounted to £45…

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Electrocuted. Death of Picture Show Operator

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 September 1927 · page 14

K. Morrison (18) assistant operator at the Coronation Theatre, Cleveland Street, Redfern was electrocuted on Sunday…

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Agricultural Exhibit Maitland to Enter at Next Show

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 September 1927 · page 11

A public meeting was held in the office of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association on 8th inst, to make preliminary…

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N.a. Association Meeting of Committee. Preparations for Show

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 September 1927 · page 6

Preparations for the Show were further advanced at a meeting of the committee of the Northern Agricultural Association on Saturday. The…

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Trotting Carnival

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Sunday 18 September 1927 · page 8

Cessnock Sports Club is conducting a trotting carnival at the showground on Saturday afternoon. 24th [?] The programme comprises five events…

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Agricultural Society Appointment of Sectional Committees

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 September 1927 · page 2

The committee of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association has appointed the following sectional committees:—…

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Grocers' Exhibition Australasian Products. London. Sept. 16

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 September 1927 · page 2

New Zealand overshadows Australia at the Crocers' Exhibition at Islington. The New Zealand Dairy Control Board has taken one of the largest…

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