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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1935

1,387 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 62 of 70

Sheep Show Assisting Breeders SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 October 1935 · page 9

With a view to assisting breeders and further popularising the Sydney Annual Sheep Show, which will he held from the 17th to 20th. June next,…

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Nillo School Doll and Toy Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 October 1935 · page 6

Little dolls and big ones, pretty dolls and ugly ones, dolls of every shape, size and design, were ranged alongside toys of all conceivable…

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Tennis Carnival Sydney Players in Form Jack Crawford Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 October 1935 · page 11

Yesterday's play in the Tennis Carnival was of a high standard and the crowd was treated to a fine exhibition of tennis by the…

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Rose Show Muswellbrook's Display Beautiful Blooms Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 October 1935 · page 4

Scores of roses in all their fragrance and beauty adorned the School of Arts, Muswellbrook on Friday afternoon, when the…

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SPEEDWAY Maitland Carnival Point Scores

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 October 1935 · page 2

Point score competitions for both motor cycles and push bicycles will be features of the speedway carnivals to be held In Maitland during the…

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Sports Meeting Carnival at Vacy VACY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 October 1935 · page 2

Although an attractive programme of athletic events had been arranged for the sports carnival at Vacy on Saturday, only eight athletics, all…

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Tennis Carnival Keen Contests at Cessnock Large Galleries Attracted Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 October 1935 · page 8

Large crowds were again present yesterday and last night to witness play in the Cessnock Tennis Carnival. Last night, due to the appearance of Jack Crawford and other visiting champions in the championship finals, there was a…

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C.w. A. Doll and Pet Show Novel Function a Success

Singleton Argus · Monday 28 October 1935 · page 3

On Saturday afternoon in the N.A.A. Pavilion the Singleton Branch of the Country Women's Association held a doll show, pet…

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Flower Show

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 29 October 1935 · page 6

Seasonal conditions were responsible for a falling-off in the number of entries at the flower show which opened on Monday afternoon. The quality of…

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Stroud Flower Show and Sports

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 29 October 1935 · page 2

The flower show and sports carnival to be held on Stroud show ground on Saturday next under the auspices of Stroud and District A. &…

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Athletic Carnival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 October 1935 · page 7

Australasian, State and Northern district champions will compete in the athletic carnival to be hold on Saturday next in connection with the West Maitland Centenary…

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Methodist Fair

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 31 October 1935 · page 3

The annual Methodist Fair was opened on Wednesday afternoon, by Mrs. W. Winn. of Newcastle, in the profiles of a good attendance. The Rev. W. T. Cross…

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The Woman's Corner Social Doings and Helpful Hints for the Fair Sex. PERSONAL

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 October 1935 · page 3

Mrs. A, J. Rollo is down from Tamworth staying in Sydney. Miss Dulcie Cornell spent last week-end in Sydney…

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Spring Carnival

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 1 November 1935 · page 5

The show committee is not sparing any efforts to make the Spring Carnival ring events a success. Special work has been carried out in the ring…

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Wingen Bushmen's Carnival

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 November 1935 · page 2

A very successful meeting of the above committee was held on 28th inst. There was a large attendance of both local and visiting enthusiasts…

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Denman Flower Show

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 November 1935 · page 10

Flowers, fragrant and colorful, transformed the Memorial Hall into a scene which amply repaid patrons who attended when the annual show was…

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The Centenary Poster Exhibition Bright Display

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 November 1935 · page 7

To travel, to see the lands which have caught one's Imagination in story, is the hidden desire of most people, but a deisre…

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Poignant Echoes of Double Death Drama on Coalfields Kurri Coroner Finds Mrs. James Died From Strangulation. "No Evidence to Show Whether Self-caused or Otherwise." Suicide Verdict Given in Case of Husband. Mr. Johns Eulogises Fine Action of Relief Workers

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 November 1935 · page 9

"THIS is a most tragic happening, rendered doubly so by the fact that five little children have been left without a father or mother at the time they most need both. "I feel, first of all, in view of rumours and suggestions…

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Rose Fair

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 November 1935 · page 3

A Robs Fair is to be held in the Congregational School Hall, West Maitland, on Wednesday and Thursday, November 27 and 28…

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ATHLETICS Maitland Carnival Big Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 November 1935 · page 6

Rarely, If ever, in the history of West Maitland, has such an array of athletic talent assembled to do battle on the field of sport as that seen on the West…

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