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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1936

1,255 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 58 of 63

The Speedway To-morrow's Carnival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 November 1936 · page 8

Danny Murphy, the brilliant coal-fields lad, who has registered record times at Maitland track this season, will be given the greatest test of his…

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Birthday Carnival. Next Monday Night

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 November 1936 · page 1

It is expected that a large crowd of dancers will patronise the Muswellbrook Brass Band's fourth annual birthday carnival to be held in the…

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Unique Poster Exhibition. Opened in Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 November 1936 · page 5

Regarded by art critics as one of the finest displays of its type, yet seen in Australia, an exhibition of English Shell posters was officially…

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Willow Tree and District Bushmen's Sports Carnival. Record Attendance. Events Keenly Contested

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 November 1936 · page 7

Though the weather had been anything but favourable, the Willow Tree Carnival Committee, of which Mr. J. A. Heyman, of Tamworth, is patron,…

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Murrurundi's Big Carnival Friday and Saturday of Next Week. Record Entries—widespread Representation. the Best Horses and Riders Will Be There

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 November 1936 · page 1

Murrurundi will be the Mecca for very many Australians who love out-door sport—sport of the intrepid and entertaining order. And…

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Carnival Dance

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 November 1936 · page 7

At the conclusion of the carnival dance to be held at St. Luke's Parish Hall, Homeville, on Tuesday night next a bus will leave for the…

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Motor Carnival Maitland Speedway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 November 1936 · page 11

Everything is ready for the third and biggest of the mixed motor cycle, midget car and cycle carnivals to be held on Maitland Show Ground…

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A May fair Notebook London Dress Show Lessons. The Art of Good Selection, From Kitchen to Drawing Room. Knit a Tweed Jumper

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 November 1936 · page 8

The number of women who see to it that they attend at least one or two dress shows each season is growing rapidly. Those who a few years…

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Best in Show Australian Exhibit SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 November 1936 · page 6

On his return to-day by the Themostocies, Mr. W. B. Eillbeck, Managing-Director of Ellbeck and Company, Ltd., stated that the Australian Exhibit at…

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Poultry Club Sectional Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 November 1936 · page 4

There was an attendance of about twenty members at the Maitland and District. Poultry Society's Sectional Show at the poultry pavilion…

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Empire Fair

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 10 November 1936 · page 1

This annual attraction, sponsored by the ladies of the Scone Methodist Church, takes place in the Olympia Theatre, Scone, on Thursday next,…

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Band's Birthday Carnival. Large Attendance

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 10 November 1936 · page 1

Singleton, Denman, Scone, Aberdeen and Muswellbrook residents made up a big party at the School of Arts last night, when the Muswellbrook…

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Special Train For Bushmen's Carnival Saturday's Contests

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 November 1936 · page 8

All International flavor will be lent to the Murrurundi Bushmon's Carnival on Saturday next with the appearance of champion buckjump riders from…

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War Horrors Lord Mayor's Show Armored forces LONDON, November 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 November 1936 · page 1

The-Lord Mayor's show, traditionally, an opportunity, for London trades and industries to stage an elaborate display, was to-day…

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Methodist Fair Opening Ceremony

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 November 1936 · page 7

Mrs. A. Howarth this afternoon opened a fair and flower show in the West Maitland Methodist Memorial Hall, the proceeds being…

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THORNTON Methodist Church Aid Rose Fair

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 November 1936 · page 3

The Thornton and Black Hill Methodist Ladles' Church Aid held their annual rose fair in St. Michael's Hall on Saturday. The…

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Royal Show The Cattle Section

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 November 1936 · page 5

In revising the cattle section classification for the next Royal Easter Show the society has tried to encourage novice exhibitors and set an…

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Bureaux Exhibition A.b. Delegates to Investigate Proposal

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 11 November 1936 · page 2

A proposal for the holding of an Agricultural Bureaux Exhibition, brought forward by the Mount Olive A.B., was discussed at a…

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A Bureau Show Whan the Drought Breaks SINGLETON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 November 1936 · page 2

On the breaking of the drought between now now and or April of next year, will depend the staging of an Agricultural [?]ureau exhibition in the…

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All Roads Will Lead To Rutherford Course To-morrow o-morrow Roads Wit Lead to Race Club's Carnival Stage is Set for Successful Meeting Northern Sportsmen's Enterprise

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 November 1936 · page 9

After weeks of careful organisation, the Maitland Racing and Sports Club, Ltd., headed by the popular Maitland sportsman, Mr. Jack Enright, will to-morrow open its two day's race carnival at the Rutherford Racecourse. Everything has been done by the club and its officials to provide comfort and entertainment…

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