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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1929

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Charity Carnival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 4

The Fire Brigades, Hospital, Ambulance, and charity carnival will be held at the Catholic Hall corner, tonight (Friday). Poultry will be…

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Dungog's 42nd Annual Agricultural & Horticultural Exhibition Unsettled Weather - Large Attendance An Excellent Show

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 2

Dungog A. and H. Association's 42nd ,annual exhibition opened on Wednesday in fine weather. The attendance that day was the same as…

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Show Nights

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 2

Unusual to relate, there was no visiting theatrical company catering for show visitors this year, However the gap was filled by local…

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Hospital and Ambulance Carnival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 4

The committee organising the local effort in the Fire Brigades Hospital Ambulance and Charity Art Union, will conduct another of their popular…

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'Bus for Gresford Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 4

Mr. A. E. Crouch Intimates in an advertisement elsewhere that his bus and cars will leave Bolwarra Corner on Saturday, May 11, at 8.30 a.m…

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Stroud Show Weight Estimating

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 5

The weight estimating competition at Stroud Show has been finalised, and the winner is Mr. M. Campbell who guessed the exact weight,…

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Dungog Show Second Day. Official Opening Ceremony

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 2

The Dungog Show was continued yesterday. The weather, early in the morning was dull with occasional light showers. An insurance policy was taken out against 10 points of…

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Charity Carnival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 6

The Fire Brigades Hospital Ambulance and Charity Carnival, which was held at the Catholic Hall corner last evening again received…

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Show Successes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 9

Mr. Don Shaw, and Newton Bros, were successful with their exhibits at the Wingham Show, Newton Bros. secured first and champion for Jersey…

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Village Fair. Maitland Public School

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 14

Considering the present industrial depression and financial stringency, which is being severely felt throughout the district the support given to…

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Dungog Show Horses and Dairy Cattle Improve Good Display of Cattle Jerseys and Herefords Strong the Awards Dungog

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 8

The forty-second annual show of the Dungog Agricultural and Horticultural Association opened to-day in fine weather. The entries, although less than last year, are most…

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Martin's Creek Fair

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 May 1929 · page 4

A meeting of the Ladies Guild of St. James Church of England was held on Thursday afternoon, when the treasurer reported that the nett…

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Show Success

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 May 1929 · page 4

At the Parramatta Poultry and Pigeon Club's show on Friday and Saturday, Mr. L. Drew, of West Maitland, received first and second…

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Conservation of Fodder Silage the Cheapest Form. Cows Show Marked Preference

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 May 1929 · page 2

"Conservation of Fodder," was the subject of an address by Mr D. Shearer, of Glendon, at the Agricultural Bureau Conference…

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Country Week Carnival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 May 1929 · page 2

Teams from Orange-Bathurst, New England, North-west, Newcastle, and Clarence River, will participate in this year's country week carnival…

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Dungog Show

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 7 May 1929 · page 2

Friday, the third day of Dungog Show was a perfect day and as a consequence a big crowd attended. The takings were £112 which…

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Cycling. Wallsend Carnival. Triple Victory for Kurri Man

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 May 1929 · page 7

The Wallsond Amateur Cycling Club's carnivals which was postponed from Good Friday was held in Federal Park Wallsend, yesterday…

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Gresford Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 May 1929 · page 6

The third show of the Allyn and Paterson Rivers District A. H., and P. Association will be opened tommorrow on the show ground at Gresford…

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International Motor Show

Singleton Argus · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 2

The fifth International Motor Show, which opened last week at the Exhibition Building, Melbourne, is a credit to Australia, and is incomparably the…

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Dungog. the Late Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 3

The weight estimating competition in connection with the late Dungog show resulted in Mr. George Tickle guessing the exact weight of the bullock…

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