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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1937

1,172 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 57 of 59

SWIMMING Carnival at Cessnock the Results Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 November 1937 · page 2

The second annual carnival of the Cessnock District Primary School's Amateur Athletic Association was held in the Cessnock Municipal Pool last…

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Swimming Club's 11th Annual Carnival Singleton Swimmers Acquit Themselves Well

Singleton Argus · Monday 29 November 1937 · page 3

The 11th annual carnival of the Singleton Amateur Swimming Club was held on Saturday night in ideal weather, and before a…

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Singleton and District Keen Contests Swimming Carnival High Standard Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 November 1937 · page 2

Perfect weather conditions prevailed for the eleventh annual carnival of the Singleton Amateur Swimming Club, held in the…

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Conference of Show Associations at Maitland Trotting and Dog Control

Singleton Argus · Monday 29 November 1937 · page 1

A meeting of delegates of the Hunter Group of Agricultural Associations, held at West Maitland on last Thursday afternoon, decided to seek…

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Stroud Methodist Fair

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 30 November 1937 · page 2

The annual effort of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Methodist Church eventuated on Saturday 20th inst., when their annual Fair was held in…

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THORNTON Baby Coronation Fair Record Entries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 November 1937 · page 5

The Thornton and Black Hill Methodist Ladles' Church Aid Popular Baby Coronation Fair was held under ideal weather…

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Carnival Dance St. Mary's Hall

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 November 1937 · page 6

St. Mary's Hall presented a gav scene last night when a carnival night was held. The hall was effectively decorated with coloured flags and…

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PANTOMIME Miss Ellis' Pupils Bright Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 November 1937 · page 2

Shimmering costumes, that glittered fitfully in the warm glow of beautifully coloured stage lights, sparkling tunes, and twinkling feet…

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£300 RAISED Crippled Children Fund Big Carnival Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 November 1937 · page 1

The grounds of the home of the Superintendent of the J. and A. Brown, Abermanin-Seaham Collieries, Ltd. (Mr. J. Johnstone) were used last night…

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District Affairs Chamber of Commerce March Show Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 December 1937 · page 2

Mr. F. H. Coughlan presided, and Messrs. H. Mobs (hon, sec), W. J. Cragg, H. Tobey, A. C. Williams, A. J. Benson, W. C. Walker and…

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Christmas Shopping Carnival. Muswellbrook's Fine Display

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 December 1937 · page 3

MUSWELLBROOK'S SHOPS are staging a Prosperity Christmas Season this year. The display will be the best seen in the history of the town. Shoppers are joining in with the shopkeepers to make this year's carnival of buying an outstanding event in the…

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Cessnock Swimming Club To-morrow's Big Carnival

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 3 December 1937 · page 10

Cessnock Swimming Club's third annual carnival, to be held to-morrow, promises to be a great success…

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SWIMMING Cesshock Carnival Record Entries Cessnook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 December 1937 · page 7

Indications are that the third annual swimming carnival of the Cessnock Amateur Swimming Club, to ba hold in the municipal baths…

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A May fair Notebook London's Visiting Royalty-A Queen Studies Tea-Hour Fare—Decorative Pockets. LONDON, November 16

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 December 1937 · page 5

ALKING about London those days, one- has a pleasant thrill of anticipation, for at any…

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Swimming Club Third Annual Carnival Poor Attendance Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 December 1937 · page 2

Sufficient rain did not fall on Saturday to give the Cessnock Amateur Swimming Club any benefit from its rain insurance when…

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Building Burnt Blaze on Show Ground SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 December 1937 · page 3

Soon after a display of fireworks in connection with the motor speedway at the Sydney Show Ground a fire broke out in a small building, which…

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Wingen Carnival News

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 7 December 1937 · page 2

A meeting of the Wingen Bushmen's Carnival and Show Committee was held on Wednesday night last, when there was a large attendance…

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Local and General. Stroud Scotch Fair

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 7 December 1937 · page 2

The Jubilee Scotch Fair and 'Xmas Tree in aid of the funds of Stroud Presbyterian Church will be held on Saturday, 11th Dec. in the School of…

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Bowling Club Carnival at Sharrow

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 December 1937 · page 6

A carnival for the Lorn Park Bowling Club was held last night at "Sharrow", Lorn, the residence of Mrs. P. B. Cohen. There was a fair attend…

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Handicrafts Exhibition, Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 December 1937 · page 5

I feel that this work is going to play a very big part in our work. A paid Secretary has been engaged at head office, as it was impossible for…

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