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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1942

338 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 17

Railway Ticket Sales Show Rise

Maitland Mercury · Friday 13 March 1942 · page 2

There was a substantial in crease in the number of tickets issued at East Maitland railway station during last month,…

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Gneisenau Was Badly Battered What Photographs Show (Australian Associated Press)

Maitland Mercury · Friday 13 March 1942 · page 1

LONDON March 11.—The Moscow radio claims a Cairo report that German Grand Admiral Raeder issued a secret secret-circular ordering the formation of German crews for French warships to be completed by April 10…

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£14 From Exhibition Tennis

Maitland Mercury · Monday 16 March 1942 · page 5

There was e good attendance at the tennis exhibition held on West Maitland Park courts yesterday afternoon, in aid of the…

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Fair Exchange Would Have Meant Victory

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 18 March 1942 · page 2

IF the Dutch had received in Java all the lighter planes they bought and gave to Britain, Java would still be in Allied hands,…

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Chess Champion Exhibition At Town Hall

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 18 March 1942 · page 3

The chess champion of Austrlia, Gregory Koshnitsky, now in the A.I.F. and training at Large, will stage a simultaneous exhibition…

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Beef Cattle Fair

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 19 March 1942 · page 6

SYDNEY Thursday.—Entries of stud beef cattle for the exhibition and sales to be held in Sydney this month have been so great— nearly…

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Swimming Carnival Postponed

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 March 1942 · page 2

The swimming carnival which was to take place to-morrow has been postponed for a week…

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Swimming Carnival Cancelled

Maitland Mercury · Friday 20 March 1942 · page 3

Owing to the sudden change in weather the headmistress of the Maitland Girls’ High School found it necessary to cancel the…

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Merriwa and District News Reprinted from "The Merriwa and Cassilis News" Red Cross Meeting. Carnival Raised £261

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 20 March 1942 · page 4

At the monthly meeting of the Merriwa branch of the Red Cross Society, held in the School of Arts on Saturday, the secretary's report…

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American Baseball Exhibition

Maitland Mercury · Monday 23 March 1942 · page 5

Brooklyn Dodgers defeated Yankess 1214 in an exhibition game at St. Petersburg, Florida, for the benefit of American soldiers. The…

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Saturdays Swimming Carnival

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 24 March 1942 · page 4

The swimming carnival arranged by the local club this Saturday should provide fans with a splendid afternoon's sport. There will be swimming…

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Mine Pensioners Say Not Getting Fair Deal

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 24 March 1942 · page 2

WHEN the Pensions Appeal Board last sat in Newcastle, it was told that the Miners' Federation had 200 men on its books in the North waiting to be re-employed in the mines. It was suggested that these men should be re-engaged before men on…

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Britain's Critics Free Speech and Fair Play

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 24 March 1942 · page 3

It is typical of the free-speech inheritance of British people that they should direct their challenges at one another in public. No small wonder…

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Private Joe Louis in Exhibition for Simon Bout

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 24 March 1942 · page 5

NEW YORK Mar. 23.—Private Billy Conn, who is scheduled to meet Private Joe Louis in June, was among the 2000 soldiers at Fort Dix who watched the “Brown Bomber” in an exhibition workout in preparation for his bout against…

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Important Revisions For Exhibition And Sales Now Extended to Four Days

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 24 March 1942 · page 3

The response by breeders of stud beef cattle having now surpassed all expectations, the Exhibition and Sales being conducted by the Special…

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Muswellbrook Patriotic Committee. Monthly Meeting. £100 to Lord Mayor's Fund; Carnival Arranged for Friday, April 24

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 24 March 1942 · page 3

At a meeting of the committee of the Muswellbrook and District Patriotic Fund, held at the Council Chambers last night, it was…

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Rosehill May Be Mecca of Racing Easter Carnival Likely To Be Transferred

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 25 March 1942 · page 5

With Randwick racecourse unavailable after the Warwick Farm Club’s meeting on Saturday, there is growing belief in racing circles that the Rosehill track will be the principle racing track in Sydney and that the A.J.C. Autumn…

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Red Cross Flower Show Opened Before Large Attendance Very Fine Array of Stalls

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 March 1942 · page 3

There was a large gathering present at the Masonic Hall this afternoon when the flower show of the Singleton branch of the…

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Singleton News Red Cross Flower Show Successful Effort

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 26 March 1942 · page 5

SINGLETON Thursday Mrs [?] Coe bon secretary of the Singleton branch of the Red [?] supply marked that her [?]…

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Stop Cattle Fair

Maitland Mercury · Friday 27 March 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY .Friday—More than Animals. have been entered for Sydney’s -first stud beef cattle, fair, to be opened at Pyrmont to…

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