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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1939

1,159 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 18 of 58

Dungog Show Continued Calf Riding

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 4

Eight or ten of the local boys provided plenty of fun for themselves and incidentally for the spectators when they took part in the…

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Loss of Show Exhibits Moss Vale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 2

The Moss Vale Show Society has received claims totalling £15, the value of pavilion exhibits, principally sowing and fancy work, which were…

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Dungog's Annual Show Gratifying Success Gate Takings Increase

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 3

The hopes of officials and committee of the Dungog A. and H. Association were fully justified by the gloriously fine weather that prevailed for Dungog's 52nd annual show last Thursday, Friday and Saturday. It proved to be one of the most successful…

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Stallions for Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 March 1939 · page 9

Hua and Kuvera, from the St. Aubms stud, Scone, have arrived in Sydney for exhibition at the Royal Show. They are at present at the Segenhoe…

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Pig Section At the Royal Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 10

Besides the usual provision being made for Berkshires, Large and Middle Whites, Tamworths, and baconers, the pig section at the Royal Easter…

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Good Show

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 3

When Mr. C. J. Yates, the ringmaster, said he had received complaints that there was too much delay in the ring while the high jumps…

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Bullahdelah Show

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 2

Bullahdelah show will be held to-day and to-morrow (Friday and Saturday), and a successful exhibition is anticipated…

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Show Awards

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 2

Master Bruce Hancock, winner of the event for boy rider under 12 years at last week's Dungog show, is perturbed over the fact that in the…

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Preparing for the Show

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 4

The service cars running between Bullahdelah and Newcastle have been very busy during the past few weeks. Everybody is preparing for the show…

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Successful Fair at Kurri. Methodist Ladies' Aid Entertainment

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 5

A very successful specialty fair, organised to raise funds for the Kurri Kurri. Methodist Circuit, was organised by the…

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High Jump at Tamworth Show

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 2

The record for a high jump on Tamworth showground was 7ft. 7in., but on Wednesday last it rose to 7ft. 9 1/3in., that height having been…

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Weight Estimating Competition At Dungog Show

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 3

With an estimate of 802lb., Mrs. A. Hawkins, of Brown-street, Dungog, won the weight estimating competition conducted at Dungog show…

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Late Dungog Show Meeting of Committee

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 3

Committeemen of Dungog A. and H. Association expressed themselves as very pleased with the result of Dungog's 52nd annual show held last…

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Meeting of Bushmen's Carnival Executive and Returned Soldiers' League

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 3

A meeting of the executive of the Murrurundi Bushmen's Carnival and members of the Murrurundi subbranch of the R. S. & S. I. L. A. was held…

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Flower Show and Cooking Competition Red Cross Gala Afternoon

Singleton Argus · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 6

Singleton branch of the Red Cross Society held a flower show and cooking competition in the Masonic Hall this afternoon, proceeds being in aid…

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Fine Display of Horses At Bulahdelah or: Annual Show Improvement In Farm and Garden Produce Judging Day Bulahdelah

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 7

In company with most other parts of the State, Bulahdelah experienced a far from favourable season, but the annual show, which opened to-day, seems to have been hardly…

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Royal Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 March 1939 · page 5

Despite one of the worst years, on record experienced by agriculturists the agriculture section of the Royal Easter Show has attracted 1136…

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ATHLETICS Maitland Carnival Sydney Visitors

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 March 1939 · page 7

The State's foremost athletes were assembled at the West Maitland Show Ground to-day, when the Maitland Amateur Athletic…

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Broadcasting the Royal Easter Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 March 1939 · page 5

The A.B.C. has made ample provision for reporting the Royal Easter Show through 2BL and regionals, in addition, of course, to news notes from 2FC. Those interested should note the following table of broadcasting hours:—…

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Remarkable Sound Production Unique Exhibit For New York Fair

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 March 1939 · page 10

A remarkable sound producing system will be an outstanding feature of General Motors' unique exhibit, "Highways and Horizons," at the…

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