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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1930

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Singleton Show

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 2 September 1930 · page 2
Also in The Maitland Daily Mercury

Singleton's annual show will be held on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, of this week. The entries number 3,700 including many…

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Pigs for Singleton Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 September 1930 · page 4

The Maitland Hospital, which was very successful with Ito Berkshire pigs at the Maitland Show to-day forwarded 21 fine speciments to be…

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Singleton Show Sixty-First Annual Exhibition Busy Day Among Exhibits

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 September 1930 · page 2

Weather conditions were everything that could be desired when the sixty-first show of the Northern Agricultural Association was opened, to-day. It was judging day, and the judges had a very busy time in going through the pile of exhibits, which numbered in the…

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Agricultural Society's Conference Opened by State Governor Importance of Primary Industries

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 September 1930 · page 1

The State Governor (Sir Philip Game) yesterday opened the conference of representatives of agricultural interests convened by the Royal…

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Singleton Show Opened in Ideal Conditions Big Increase in Entries. Grand All-round Display. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 September 1930 · page 4

Singleton Show opened to-day under the most favourable conditions. The weather conditions were ideal. The entries show an increase of over six hundred on last year's. All sections share in the improvement…

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Butterfly Fair. East Maitland Methodist Church. Cookery Competitions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 September 1930 · page 2

A Butterfly Spring Fair, in aid of the trust funds of the East Maitland Methodist Church, was opened yesterday afternoon by the Mayoress…

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Rugby Union. Maitland v Carrington. Maitland Show Ground

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 September 1930 · page 9

Owing to arrangements with the League body falling through, the big game next Saturday has been transferred from Bast Maitland Reserve…

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A Great Display of Cattle at Singleton's Sixty-first Annual Exhibition. HORSES

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 September 1930 · page 5

The Sylvander horse Sylkendia was [?] only blood stallion entered, and he was awarded first prize both for blood stallion and stallion adapted…

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Holiday Crowd at Singleton Show Official Opening. SINGLETON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 September 1930 · page 6

Delightful weather again prevailed for the second day of the Singleton Show. There was a large attendance…

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Carnival Match Australians at Folkestone. South of England Eleven. Chapman's Merry Innings

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 September 1930 · page 2

The deposed English captain, A. P. F. Chapman, led a South of England Eleven against the Australians at Folke stone. R. A. S. Wyatt, the new captain, is also playing with the eleven…

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Spring Fair and Flower Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 September 1930 · page 4

A Spring Fair and Flower Show will be held in Homeville Public School, on Saturday, September 27, and the official opening of new…

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Scotch Fair

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 September 1930 · page 2

A baby competition in connection with the forthcoming Scotch Fairwill be held on Thursday afternoon, 25th September, the second day of…

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Show Awards Horses

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 September 1930 · page 7

Blood.—Stallion, four years and over, Edward Bower's Sylkendia 1. Brood mare, four years and over, J. T. Bitter's Danceaway 1, J. M'Crowe's…

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Show Awards Poultry. Standard

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 September 1930 · page 5

Leghorn, white, hen, J. S. Williams 1 and 2. Leghorn, white, cockerel, J. S. Williams 1. Leghorn, white, pullet, J. S. Williams 2, no first awarded. Leg…

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Singleton Show Train. Less Passengers From Muswellbrook

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 September 1930 · page 2

Seventy-nine Muswellbrook residents travelled by the special train yesterday to attend the Singleton Show. The number was about 70…

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Show Awards Fine Arts. Subsection A.—Open to All comers

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 September 1930 · page 2

Oil painting, land or seascape, Mrs Dick 1, Miss P. Finnerty 2, Charles Frayley h.c. Life (figures or animal) Charles Frayley 1, Mrs Dick 2. Still…

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Motor Show. Next Olympia. Britain's Bid for Market. London. Sept. 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 September 1930 · page 1

The International Motor Show open at the Olympia next month, and manufactures who are well advanced with their preparations are…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle Friday, September 5, 1930. Local Unemployment. Benefit Picture Show

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 September 1930 · page 2

There was a fair attendance at the picture entertainment held in the Strand Theatre last night in aid of the local unemployment relief fund. The results…

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SINGLETION'S 61st SHOW Big Annual Event Held in Perfect Weather District Displays Its Wealth

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 September 1930 · page 8

Yesterday was the second and main day of the Singleton Show, and a more perfect day for the important event could not have been imagined. The show was officially opened by Mr W. Cameron, M.L.A., at…

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