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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1939

1,159 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 30 of 58

Fancy Fair Extinction of Debt. Catholic Effort Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 June 1939 · page 10

A fancy fair is to be held during the first week in September instead of the Catholic Ball at Singleton this year. This course was decided upon…

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QUIRINDI Next Year's Show Fixing Dates Quirindi

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 June 1939 · page 5

Next year's Quirindi show has been fixed for Tuesday and Wednesday, March 5 and 6. In introducing the matter of next…

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400 Young Athletes in Action Schoolboys' Championships. Saturday's Carnival. Many Outstanding Performances

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 6 June 1939 · page 1

OVER 400 school boys, drawn from Muswellbrook, Scone, Aberdeen and Denman district schools competed at the first championship meeting conducted at the showground on Saturday last by the Muswellbrook Amateur Athletic Club…

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Annual Fair Presbyterian Women's Guild at Rutherford

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 June 1939 · page 4

The Rutherford Presbyterian Women's Guild held the annual fair in glorious weather. There was a large attendance at…

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Fair Brick Prices Evidence Before Commission SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 June 1939 · page 1

Giving evidence before the Industrial Commission's inquiry into the fixation of the price of bricks, Keith Bennetts, chartered…

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Prices for Bricks Evidence As to Fair Profits Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 June 1939 · page 2

Giving evidence before the Industrial Commission inquiring into the fixation of prices for bricks, Keith Bennetts, chartered accountant, said…

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Show Winner Wyandotte Exhibits MUSWELLBROOK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 June 1939 · page 2

Mr. G. J. Smith, of Muswellbrook, was one of the outstanding exhibitors at the annual show of the Scone Poultry and Cage Bird Society, being…

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Fair Price for Bricks

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 June 1939 · page 1

A Crown witness told the Industrial Commission inquiry that a fair price for common bricks would be £2/14/6 a…

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Maitland Polo Carnival

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 June 1939 · page 6

Much interest is centred in the Maitland polo carnival, to be held at the Rutherford polo grounds on June 29 and 30 and…

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International Cycling. To-morrow's Carnival

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 June 1939 · page 1

Cycling enthusiasts are keenly looking forward to a fine day to-morrow, when the international carnival, postponed from the 27th…

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Eight Teams Prominent Players Polo Carnival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 June 1939 · page 7

Entries for the Maitland polo carnival, to take place on the Rutherford racecourse on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, June 29…

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Edinglassie Golf Tournament. Draw for Big Carnival

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 June 1939 · page 2

Following is the draw for the Edinglassie golf tournament, which opens at Muswellbrook to-morrow:—MIXED FOURSOMES STROKE.—…

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TENNIS Singleton Carnival To-day's Play Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 June 1939 · page 5

The tennis tournament being conducted by the Singleton District Tennis Association on Howe Park, Singleton, was continued…

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Big Carnival Cycling Contests at Muswellbrook Brilliant Riding Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 June 1939 · page 6

Brilliant exhibitions of riding were seen at the carnival arranged by the Muswellbrook Club, at which the international riders…

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Singleton District Show Committee Junior Farmers Pigeon Prizes Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 June 1939 · page 2

Mr. R. Binnie presided over a large attendance at a meeting of the Northern Agricultural Association committee at Singleton on Saturday…

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Polo Eight Teams Entered. Maitland Polo Carnival

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 13 June 1939 · page 5

Entries for the Maitland Polo Carnival, to take place on the Rutherford racecourse on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, June 29, 30, and July 1,…

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Football North Sydney Eclipses Scone Visitors Give Fine Exhibition of Code

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 13 June 1939 · page 5

Conceding that the home club took the field minus several of their leading players, the palm must be handed to the North Sydney side, which…

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Scone Poultry & Cage Bird Society. Second Annual Show

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 13 June 1939 · page 3

The annual show of the Scone Cage Bird and Poultry Society was held at the Drill Hall on Friday and Saturday last, 2nd and 3rd June…

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Bowling Club's Silver Jubilee. Carnival at Muswellbrook. Official Opening of New Green

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 13 June 1939 · page 2

Twenty-five years a go the then Mayor and Mayoress of the town, Mr. and Mrs. D. Fleming, were present at the official opening of…

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Maitland Show Vacancy on Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 June 1939 · page 5

Two nominations have been received for the vacancy on the Maitland Show Council caused by the death of Mr. J. T. Young, of Hinton…

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