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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1928

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Gresford Show and Recreation Ground

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 4

Hon. Walter Bennett. M.L.A., has been notified that the following gentlemen have been gazetted as trustees of an area of 26 acres 3 roods…

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Show Jumper. Purchased for England

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 2

It is stated that Mr. J. Phillips, of Mt. keira, has sold his well-known show horse, Mascot, winner of the high jump at the Bowral horse show…

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Wingham Notes. Record Show Output

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 8

Miss B. Maguie, of Concord, spent last week-end at Wingham, being the guest of Mrs. and Miss Machin. Miss Maguire is the youngestt…

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School of Arts Carnival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 March 1928 · page 4

Given fine weather there should be a large attendance at the Commercial Bank grounds this evening, in connection with the carnival…

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Saturday's Carnival Final Preparations

Singleton Argus · Thursday 22 March 1928 · page 2

Saturday's opening carnival at the baths will not languish through lack of competitors. About 180 entries have been received, including some…

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Late Maitland Show Credit Balance of £1309

Singleton Argus · Thursday 22 March 1928 · page 4

The financial statement submitted to the committee of the Hunter River Agricultural Association in connection with the recent Maitland show…

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Next Week's Show Great Exhibition Approaches. Visit of State Governor

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 1

Reports from all centres indicate that there will be a record influx of visitors to Muswellbrook next week, when the Annual Show takes place. Everything is in readiness for what promises to be the greatest carnival week in the…

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Merriwa Show and Rodeo Two Days of Thrills. Record Attendance Sees Great Feats of Horsemanship. Royal Agricultural Society Represented

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 4

Merriwa, the centre of a district which has become famous for the fat cattle it produces, held its annual show on Tuesday last, and rodeo on Wednesday. The event served the dual purpose of showing what the district can produce, and in giving to the 2000 people…

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Skeleton Swimming Carnival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 4

To-morrow (Saturday) night, commencing at 7.30 p.m., a grand swimming carnival will be held to celebrate the opening of the new…

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Exhibition by Jack Hatton

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 5

Fight fans are cordially invited to come along to the Ambulance Hall, Cumberland-street, at 6.15 on Wednesday evening, when Jack…

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Merriwa Show

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 2

There was a record attendance at the opening day of the Merriwa Show on Wednesday last. A beautiful lot of horses, excepting…

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Show Attractions

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 2

The well-known combination, St. Leon's Circus, will appear in Muswellbrook on Show nights, featuring Afrikander Meekin's…

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Next Week's Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 6

All arrangements are new complete for holding of the Upper Hunter P. and A. Association's annual exhibition at Muswellbrook next week,…

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Unique Show Attraction

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 2

Show visitors will find there arc many fine sideshows for their entertainment, but none more interesting than To To Unitene, the pigmy savage from Central…

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School of Arts. Successful Carnival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 6

The carnival held at the grounds of the Commercial Bank last evening, in aid of the West Maitland School of Arts, was a gratifying…

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Sale of Show Privileges

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 4

The sale of privileges for Gloucester Show, which will take place on April 18 and 19, will be held at the Gloucester Hotel on Monday, April…

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Radio Exhibition Striking Novelties. a Remarkable Display

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 1

By the time this paragraph appears in print the greatest radio and electrical exhibition yet held in New South Wales will be in…

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Show Attractions George Sorlie's Players

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 7

Tuesday night next will find George Sorlie's popular company of (dramatie players CM imaged in catering for what will doubtless…

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Muswellbrook Visitors at Merriwa Show

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 1

Muswollbrook visitors to the Merriwa Show were:—Messrs.J. M. Campbell (president Upper Hunter P. and A. Association), E. H. Bowman, T. B…

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Postal Arrangements for Muswellbrook Show

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 7

The post office will open from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. for ordinary postal transactions, excepting money orders and Saving Bank, on Wednesday, 28th…

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