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Shows & fairs, 1938

1,083 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 55

Swimming Carnival

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 2

The committee appointed for the purpose met in the Memorial Hull on Wednesday evening and drew up a programme of events for the…

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Show Dates

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 5

Dungog, 17th, 18th and 19th March. Bullahdelah, list and 2nd April. Maitland, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th March…

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Singleton Rodeo Centenary Carnival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 6

The stage is set in Singleton for the greatest day's sports ever organised in the Hunter, and Wednesday next will be a red letter day in…

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Royal Easter Show

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 2

Colonel Somerville, secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society, forwards a copy of the schedule for the Royal Easter Show and 150th Anniversary…

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Country Tennis Carnival. Teams Matches

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 2

These matches began on Monday, 10th inst., and finished on Saturday last. I have been attending these carnivals as a player for nine years…

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Swimming Carnival On Anniversary Day. Club Members Meet

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 1

A general meeting of members of Dungog Amateur Swimming Club, held at the swimming pool on Monday evening last, decided to hold a…

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News of the Day Show Holiday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 6

LETTERS from the West Maitland and Morpeth Municipal Councils and Bolwarra Shire Council were read at the meeting of the Maitland Show…

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Maitland Show Meeting of Council Official Opening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 3

The Maitland show council, at its monthly meeting last night, decided to extend an invitation to the Prime Minister, Mr…

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MR T. J. HARTIGAN. To Open Upper Hunter Show

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 1

The Chief Commissioner of Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, C.M.G., has written to Mr. R. C. Sawkins (secretary), accepting the…

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BOWLS Australian Carnival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 January 1938 · page 2

Play in the singles championship of the Australian bowling carnival opened in Sydney yesterday, but rain delayed the start and some greens were unfit for any…

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A Big Break Exhibition Snooker LONDON. January 22

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 January 1938 · page 9

In an exhibition snooker game Joe Davis made a break of 121, potting every ball. Horace Lindrum defeated Davis by 39…

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Anniversary Carnival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 7

An anniversary carnival night will be held in the Literary Institute, East Maitland, on Thursday night next. W. H. Leggett, in the estate late J. F…

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Newcastle 1938 Show

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 2

Intending exhibitors to the Newcastle Show are reminded by advertisement in this issue that entries close on Saturday, 5th February. A…

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Australian Bowling Carnival Pairs Championship

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 3

The Australian Bowling carnival was continued in Sydney on Monday, when a commencement was made with the pairs championship, in…

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First Railway Engine on Show

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 4

The first railway engine used in New South Wales was placed on a short set of rails in Martin Place, Sydney, on Bonday night for the…

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SPORTS—RODEO Singleton Carnival a Large Crowd Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 4

The 150th anniversary was fittingly celebrated in Singleton to-day with a sports and rodeo exhibition on the Singleton Show…

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BOWLS Australian Carnival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 January 1938 · page 11

G. Guy, of East Maitland, yesterday qualified for the post-sectional play in the singles championship at the Australian bowling carnival being played in Sydney…

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Bowls Carnival Pairs Championship SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 January 1938 · page 7

Post-sectional play in the pairs championship of Australia was decided to-day when the Australian Howling Carnival was continued…

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Shell Show 1938 Series Shortly Popular Feature

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 January 1938 · page 4

With the commencement of tho broadcast of the 1938 Shell Show, In an Australia-wide hook-up, from the Comedy Theatre,…

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Carnival Postponed

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 2

Owing to the river being above its normal level, the Swimming Carnival, proposed to have been held on Wednesday, had to be postponed…

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