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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1939

1,159 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 25 of 58

Excellent Show

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 2

Ald. McDonald said that if he expressed surprise at the excellent exhibition before him he would hardly be telling the truth. Knowing…

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Show Visitors

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 3

Official visitors on Saturday included: Mr. C. E. Bennett, M.L.A., Ald. A. S. McDonald (Mayor of West Maitland), who officially opened the…

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Gresford Show Official Opening

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 2

Officially opening Gresford's 13th annual show last Saturday afternoon, Ald. A. S. McDonald, Mayor of West Maitland, congratulated the…

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Weight Estimating at Gresford Show

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 2

The result of Gresford show's weight estimating competition was announced on Monday. The bullock, donated to the committee by Messrs…

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Gresford Show Ball Record Attendance

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 2

Gresford's annual show ball, held in the School of Arts there last Friday night, was the most successful yet conducted. The door receipts…

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Three People Scalded Gresford Show Accidents

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 2

Of four accident cases which required the attention of officers of the Maitland Ambulance at Gresford show on Friday and Saturday, three…

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School Sports Singleton Carnival First Aid Work Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 7

A satisfactory crowd attended the sports conducted on the Singleton Show Ground this afternoon by the Singleton P. and C…

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Bulloch's Weight at Easter Show. Mr. George Atmore's Success

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 4

Remarkably efficient judgment was demonstrated in the recent Royal Easter Show by competitors in the weight judging competition. Not…

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Gresford Show Sets a High Standard Improvement in Competition Fat Cattle of Quality

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 3

Gresford's thirteenth annual show, held last Friday, and Saturday, was one of the best exhibitions yet seen there. Entries showed a distinct increase in the aggregate, and the sections in which the most notable increases were in evidence were farm…

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CYCLING Anzac Day Carnival at Muswellbrook Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 April 1939 · page 9

Keen Interest was shown In the Anzac Day cycling carnival, arranged by members of the local cycling club. Riders attended from…

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Gresford Show Successful Exhibition

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 28 April 1939 · page 6

Gresford district's fertility was amply exemplified by the 13th annual show, which, held last Friday and Saturday, was one of the most…

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Flower Show Annual Scots' Fair at Muswellbrook Muswellsrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 April 1939 · page 4

Glorious roses, stately dahlias, beautiful chrysanthemums, surrounded by many other kinds of flowers made a charming picture…

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Baby Show

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 April 1939 · page 2

The Cessnock infants' School Annual Baby Show will be held on Saturday. 29th April. Local business people have donated…

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Jazz Carnival. Dancing Competition

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 28 April 1939 · page 1

Both football and hockey players are eager to make a huge success of their jazz carnival which takes place in the School of Arts on Monday night next,…

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Veteran Show Horse

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 28 April 1939 · page 2

An interesting sidelight to Gresford show, held last Friday and Saturday, is the fact that Barrington Tops, a well-known old showring horse, is 30…

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To Show Cause Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 April 1939 · page 3

A Moree solicitor referred to as "Mr. X.," was called upon by the Full Court to show cause why he should not be struck off the noll of solicitors…

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Dairying Tests at Gresford Show Mr. H. G. Crew's Successes

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 28 April 1939 · page 5

Mr. H. G. Crew, of Gresford, who won the Guernsey cow championship in addition to a number of other prizes on Friday, curried off the…

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Electricity in Eels "Shocking" Exhibition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 April 1939 · page 5

An exhibition at a hotel in New York, in which two eels were hooked up to various pieces of apparatus and proved that they were capable of…

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Motor WORLD Great World's Fair Providing for Motorists at New York Huge Expenditure

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 April 1939 · page 9

Travel experts in New York estimate that visitors to their great World's Fair, which opens at the end of April, will spend with transportation companies more than £A25 millions for transport to and from the expo sition during its currency…

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Nabiac Show Successful 25th Exhibition

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 2 May 1939 · page 2

In brilliant sunshine, the 25th annual exhibition of the Wallamba District A. and H. Association was commenced on the Nabiac showground on…

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