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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1939

1,159 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 34 of 58

Maitland High Annual Sports Carnival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 July 1939 · page 7

Preparations are well in hand for the annual athletic carnival of the Maitland Boys' High School to be held on the Maitland Show Ground on July 26…

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Singleton Show Additional Classes SINGLETON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 July 1939 · page 2

Two additional clauses have been added to the schedule for the coming Singleton Show, to he held on October 4, 5 and 6…

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Juvenile Frolic Show Ground Pavilion SINGLETON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 July 1939 · page 2

Miss L. Ryan and Mrs. D. Smith are the organisers of a grand juvenile frolic to be held in the showground pavilion on Thursday, July 20…

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Palestine Defeats Combined North. Visitors Make Ball Do Work. Splendid Exhibition Op Soccer Code

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 7 July 1939 · page 5

The visitors from Palestine showed Soccer fans how to make the ball do the work in the game against the…

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GLOUCESTER 1939 Show Committee Nine Candidates Gloucester

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 July 1939 · page 5

Nine new candidates have been nominated for the 1939 show committee." A ballot is to be taken on July 20…

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Fine Show Horse Death of Pronto's Pride CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 July 1939 · page 7

Pronto's Pride, one of the finest show horses in the North, died suddenly yesterday. The horse had won more than 100 races in Sydney and at…

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Australasian Corriedale Society High Prices Paid for Corriedales. Features of Sydney Show Sales. Cullingral Ram Brings 250 GUINEAS

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 11 July 1939 · page 4

A healthy sign of the progress of Corriedale breeding was the eagerness of buyers at the Sydney annual stud, sheep sales to acquire well-bred rams…

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New York World's Fair Popularity of Australian Pavilion

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 July 1939 · page 4

The popularity of the Australian pavilion at the New York World's Fair is indicated by the disclosure by the Australian…

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Duke to Open Show Armidale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 July 1939 · page 2

The Duke of Kent will be inv[?] to open the 1940 open the 1940 Armidale show, it was stated at a meeting of the show committee that preliminary arrangements…

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Ladies' Competition Show. West End Congregational Church

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 July 1939 · page 9

On Saturday afternoon, at the West End Congregational Church, a needlework, cooking and sweets competition was…

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Polo Carnival Maitland Defeated

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 July 1939 · page 11

In the nal of the Gordon MacLeod Memorial Polo Cup, played at Kyeemagh yesterday, Cobbitty s, defeated Maitland, (rec. 1 1/2) 2 1/2…

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Polo Carnival Goulburn Defeated

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 July 1939 · page 5

The Ashton Brothers (Goulburn) were defeated by a much improved and nicely handicapped Town and Country team, an exciting struggle…

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Show Cattle Question of Transport

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 July 1939 · page 4

At a committee meeting of the N.S.W. branch of the Australian Jersey Herd Society, Mr. R. Watson Hewett (Rous), referred to the…

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Shell Show Richard Crooks to Star JULY 23 BROADCAST

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 July 1939 · page 4

Radio listeners throughout Australia will recall the "Shell Show." Relayed from a Melbourne theatre over a big network of stations in…

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SWIMMING. Honolulu Carnival HONOLULU, July 16

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 July 1939 · page 8

The Australian, Robin Biddulph, was again beaten into third place in a swimming event last night, when he was defeated by Nakama and Pirie…

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POLO Town and Country Carnival Ends

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 July 1939 · page 8

Final matches at the Town and Country Carnival were:— R. M. Pitt Memorial Cup.—Final: Wiragulla 7 (R. T. Mackay 4, R. J…

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Polo Sydney Carnival Ends

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 July 1939 · page 4

Final matches in the polo carnival played on Saturday resulted:—R. M. Pitt Memorial Cup: Wirragulla, 7 goals, beat Town and Country…

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Well-Known Show Bull Purchased by Gundy Breeders

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 July 1939 · page 4

In the current issue of "The Australasian" the following paragraphs appear in the "Aberdeen-Angus" column:—…

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Laracy's Pot of Gold (All Rights Reserved.) CHAPTER 12 Laracy Faces the Show Down

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 July 1939 · page 3

There she stood, regarding him with the calm grey eyes^ of a widow who had lost her man and carried on his fight for him in the spirit in which…

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Church Aid Exhibition of Art At Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 July 1939 · page 6

In aid of the Ladies' Church Aid, a successful Devonshire tea and exhibition of art and antiques was held at the Methodist School Hall, Kurri…

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