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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1940

956 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 16 of 48

Show Council. Mr. Mcmahon a Life member Work Recognised Singleton

Maitland Mercury · Monday 11 March 1940 · page 2

Water to already laid to must [?] of the Slog[?] Show Ground, but is it likely that in the [?] future the supply will be…

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Next Carnival

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 12 March 1940 · page 1

It was resolved, on the motion of Messrs. Kennedy and Keene that no carnival be held until the weather breaks…

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Cycling at Cessnock Show

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 12 March 1940 · page 3

Big fields and keen racing in the cycle events provided interesting entertainment to spectators of the ring events at the…

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Weight Guessing. Show Event

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 12 March 1940 · page 5

The winner of the weight guessing competition at the show was E. A. H. Carter, of "Woodlands," whose estimate of the weight of the steer was…

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Bullahdelah Show Better Ring Programme

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 12 March 1940 · page 2

Despite the dry weather conditions, a very good show is promising for the Bullahdelah A.H. and I. Association, whose nineteenth exhibition…

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Exhibition Tennis. John Bromwich to Appear at Muswellbrook

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 12 March 1940 · page 5

Later in the year on a date to be decided upon, an exhibition match will be staged in Muswellbrook, in which Davis Cup players will…

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Dungog News Lawn Tennis Interstate Players at Exhibition Games Dungog

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 12 March 1940 · page 6

Dungog Tennis Australian [?] night, had a visit from a Sydney team, including the [?] Cop player, L. [?] and…

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Rugby League Trial Game Players Show Promising Form. 'Nocks Should Field Strong Side

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 12 March 1940 · page 5

Followers of the Rugby League code in Cessnock could not have felt other than pleased with the form displayed by the local players in their…

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Melbourne Show Off Melbourne

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 March 1940 · page 5

There will be no Melbourne Royal Show this year, the secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society (Mr. Louis Monod) said yesterday. The…

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Revue Company George Sortie’s Show

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 March 1940 · page 8

Last night George Sortie’s [?] Company played to another large appreciative audience. Frank cliffe again proved himself the [?]…

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Fair Rents More Increases Than Decreases

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 14 March 1940 · page 4

Lessors are availing themselves of the provisions of the Fair Rente Act more than tenants, according to a report which has…

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Big Carnival Cessnock Swimming Baths CESSNOCK

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 14 March 1940 · page 7

On Friday night the Cessnock Swimming Club will stage a carnival, the funds of which will be devoted to the Soldiers’ Comforts Fund…

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Variety Show Talented Young Performers

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 14 March 1940 · page 6

The Young Australians Revue, to be presented at the West Maitland Town Hall, on Saturday night, comprises talented young performers in…

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Sheep Dogs at Royal Show

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 14 March 1940 · page 1

Speciality selected teams of nimble-witted workers from Victoria and New South Wales are to be strongly represented at the sheep dog trials at the Royal…

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Fine Doubles Exhibition

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 15 March 1940 · page 5

In a final doubles match, Schwartz and Barnes played Huxley and Edwards. It was a game productive of a good deal of exhibition stroking…

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Scone Bushmen's Carnival

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 15 March 1940 · page 3

Scone Bushmen's Carnival and Show will not be held until the weather breaks. It is hoped to hold the carnival in the spring…

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Cessnock Show

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 March 1940 · page 5

The committee have been complimented by quite a number of visitors to the Show on the display by the Cessnock and…

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St. Luke's Flower Show

Singleton Argus · Friday 15 March 1940 · page 7

The Ladies' Guild of St. Luke's Church of England is holding its flower show and cooking competition in the Kindergarten Hall on…

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Horace Lindrum's Visit. Exhibition Cames at Cessnock

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 March 1940 · page 5

Horace Lindrum, Australian snooker and billiards champion, will be seen in action at the Cessnock School of Arts on…

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