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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1928

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Cessnock Show. Some New Features

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 3

The schedule for the forthcoming Cessnock Show has just been issued, and this year an effort has been made to improve matters by offering…

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Coal By-products Exhibits for Show

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 4

Coal by-products will be among the exhibits at the forthcoming Cessnock Show, to be held on February 1G, 17 and 18. In this…

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Show Delicacies Scones, Cakes, James and Jellies

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 5

Look well that your kitchen fire by bright. And your hands be neat and skilled, For the love of man oft takes its flight…

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The Mudhmellbrook Chronicle Friday, Janu Ary 13, 1928. the Coming Show. Work to Be Done

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 2

"Observer" writes:—On account of favorable conditions the annual exhibition to be held towards the end of March next is likely, to be largely…

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Speedway Carnival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 4

A charity carnival will be held on the Maitland Speedway on Wednesday night, January 25, in aid of E. Deacon, who was injured on the…

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Gosford Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 4

The Gosford Show will be held on February 10 and 11. Entries close on February 4. Prize schedules and all information may be obtained…

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Tennis Carnival the Finals

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 6

Considerable interest was manifested in the finals of the men's and women's teams matches, which were played at the White City courts, Sydney, on…

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Be Fair to Yourself Use Only Rexona Soap

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 5

Rexona Soap makes good complexions and banishes all pimples and blotches. Is unequalled as a shampoe for the hair, marking the hair…

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Motor Show. Exhibits Worth One Million

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 6

Automobiles and accessories to the value, of approximately £1,000,000 arc exhibited at the show organised by the Motor Traders' Association of…

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Lawn Tennis. the Country Carnival. Misses Stewart and Tulloch in Form

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 9

The semi-finals of the country tennis championship were continued yesterday afternoon. Miss Ivy Stewart, ladies' singles champion of the…

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The Show. 1928 EXHIBITION, Should be Best on Record. Everyone can Help

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 17 January 1928 · page 1

The 1928 Exhibition bids fair to go down in local history as one af the most successful on record. Severn factors prompt this belief. Foremost among the…

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Maitland Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 January 1928 · page 4
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Weather conditions at some of Maitland Shows have not been very favourable for an outstanding display of cut flowers. However, the…

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Morris at show

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 17 January 1928 · page 7

A most attractive arid comprehensive display of 1928, Morris cars is made ,by Williams Bros., Ltd., (controlled by Cheneys, Australia, Ltd.,…

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Lawn Tennis the Country Carnival

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 17 January 1928 · page 3

The semi-finals of the country tennis championships were continued in Sydney on Friday afternoon. Miss Ivy Stewart, ladies' singles champion of…

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Wood Chop for Show

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 17 January 1928 · page 6

Owing to the local interest in Wood chopping, the Cessnock Show authorities have decided on an open went. The prize money is £30…

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Motor Show. Exhibits Worth One Million

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 17 January 1928 · page 2

Automobiles and accessories to the value of approximately £1,000,000 are exhibited at the show organised by the Motor Traders' Association of New…

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Motor Show Exhibits Worth One Million

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 17 January 1928 · page 3

Automobiles and accessories to the value of approximately £1.000,000 are exhibited at the show organised by the Motor Traders' Association of New…

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Cessnock Show Heavy Demand for Space

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 17 January 1928 · page 5

Already the demand for space at the forthcoming Cessnocek Show is exceptionally heavy, and the committee are finding it difficult to…

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Stroud Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 January 1928 · page 4

The booth privileges in connection with Stroud Show, to be held on March 21 and 22, will be submitted to auction by Messrs. Jones and…

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