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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1938

1,083 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 27 of 55

Show Council Exhibits Competition Wyong Suggestion

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 May 1938 · page 8

A suggestion by tho Wyong District Agricultural Association that a competition for district exhibits be provided at the 1939…

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Dante Sensational Show at Regent Theatre Next

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 May 1938 · page 5

Dante, who is cming to the Regent Theatre, Cessnock, is a very high-class illusionist and the tricke he performs leaves the audience completely…

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Poultry Show Maitland Successes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 May 1938 · page 2

Members of the Maitland District Poultry Society were successful at Newcastle Club Show, tour members who entered fowls in twelve sections…

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Jury Objected to Being Locked Up "Not Fair to Business Men."

Singleton Argus · Monday 23 May 1938 · page 4

A jury at the Darlinghurst Quarter Sessions retired at 11 o'clock on Thursday morning to consider its verdict in a case in which a man was…

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Attractions for Second Night of Show Contest for Combined Bands and Fire Brigade Display

Singleton Argus · Monday 23 May 1938 · page 4

It was decided at a meeting of the committee of the Northern Agricultural Association on Saturday to hold a diagram…

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Jersey Fair Society Suggestion for Maitland Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 May 1938 · page 4

The Maitland branch of the Jersey Herd Society will probably negotiate with the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association with a…

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Scone Bushmen's Carnival and Show Association. General Meeting. Funds Allocated. Date of Next Carnival Decided

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 24 May 1938 · page 5

A general meeting of the above Association was held at Fuller's Rooms on Saturday evening last, when there were present:—…

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Date of Carnival

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 24 May 1938 · page 5

Mr. V. T. Hall moved, and Mr. A. A. White seconded a resolution that the 1939 Carnival we held the second week-end in March (10th and…

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The Muswellbrook Show. Profit of £120

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 24 May 1938 · page 5

The popular secretary of the Muswellbrook Show (Mr. R. C. Sawkins) informs us that the recent Show of the Upper Hunter…

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Poultry, Bird and Dog Show. Further Awards

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 24 May 1938 · page 1

Following are the additional awards made at the Muswellbrook Poultry Club's show, which was held at the showground on Friday and Saturday:…

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Singleton District Band Display For Singleton Show Committee Meets Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 May 1938 · page 2

At a meeting of the Northern Agricultural Association it was decided to stage a display by hands and fire brigades on the second night of the…

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Gay Carnival Dance at Branxton Singleton Well Represented

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 May 1938 · page 2

Singleton was well represented at Branxton's carnival dance held in aid of St. Brigid's Convent in the School of Arts last…

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MUSWELLBROOK Upper Hunter Show Profit of £120 MUSWELLBROOK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 May 1938 · page 10

Despite the fact that the district had experienced one of the longest dry periods on record, the Upper Hunter Show, which was…

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Rugby Union University Carnival SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 May 1938 · page 7

Four of the Australian universities will, field teams in the Australian Universities Rugby Union football carnival in Sydney next week. The…

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Big Apple Club Carnival and Novelties

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 May 1938 · page 6

At its series of fortnightly dances, to be held next Wednesday night, June 1, the Big Apple Club will present for its members a spectacular…

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Muswellbrook Show Profit of £120

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 May 1938 · page 6

The popular Secretary of the Muswellbrook Show (Mr. R. C. Sawkins) informs us that the recent Show of the Upper Hunter P. and A…

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Licensed Victuallers' Association and Show Booths

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 27 May 1938 · page 6

At the show meeting on Saturday a letter was received to the effect that following the recent convention of country hotelkeepers in Sydney, the…

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Dairy Farmers Demand A Fair Price For Butter "Prices of Primary Products Should Not Be Regulated by Political Experience"

Singleton Argus · Friday 27 May 1938 · page 1

A price for butter, more, commensurate with the cost of its production was the general demand of Hunter Valley farmers at Cessnock yesterday when delegates to the Central Hunter District Council of the P.P. Union discussed many important rural…

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Jersey Fair Proposed by Society Maitland Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 May 1938 · page 4

Feeling that the proposal would be favoured with a great measure of support, the Maitland branch of the Jersey Herd Society…

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GLOUCESTER Show Committee New President Gloucester

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 May 1938 · page 10

Mr. B. P. Dawson was elected president of the A.H. and P. Association at a meeting of the committee in place of the late Mr. J…

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