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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1944

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Singleton Swimmers After Championships Three to Visit Maitland Carnival on

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 13 December 1944 · page 3

Singleton swimmers Ken Sever, Ken Gardiner, and Miss Neva Millard will visit the Maitland swimming carnival on Saturday…

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Public School Exhibition and Cooking Competition

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 14 December 1944 · page 3

A very commendable display of school work was shown this year by the pupils of the Raymond Terrace Public School. In all the classes the work showed merit…

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Stroud Fancy Fair

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 15 December 1944 · page 3

Arrangements for the Fancy Fair in aid of the Catholic Church, Stroud, have now been completed and a most successful night seems assured. All…

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Carnival At Maitland Baths To-morrow

Maitland Mercury · Friday 15 December 1944 · page 3

A record attendance is expected at the swimming carnival to be held at the baths to-morrow afternoon and night in aid of the…

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Maitland Swimming Carnival

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 16 December 1944 · page 3

A big crowd was in attendance at the baths this afternoon when the championship carnival was conducted in aid of the Maitland…

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Singleton Swimmers at Maitland Carnival Sever Untroubled in Senior Championship—betty Millard Goes Down by Touch

Singleton Argus · Monday 18 December 1944 · page 3

State and Country title holder, Ken Sever, of Singleton, experlenced no difficulty in taking out the senior 200 metres Northern…

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Ambulance Carnival Figures

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 19 December 1944 · page 3

Approximate figures for Maitland Ambulance ram[?] conducted by the Maitland [?] Club on Saturday are:—…

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Xmas Carnival in Maitland

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 19 December 1944 · page 2

Great activity is apparent amongst all workers in patriotic holds in Maitland in preparation for the Xmas Carnival on Friday…

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Show Ground Improvements

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 19 December 1944 · page 5

SINGLETON Monday.—At a meeting of the Northern Agricultural Association it was decided to spend up to £500 on…

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Patriotic Committee's Xmas Carnival Next Friday's Big Attraction

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 19 December 1944 · page 1

The Muswellbrook Partriotio Committee will hold its Christmas Carnival on the Town Hall Reserve on Friday next. The main…

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Coalfields Interest in Carnival

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 20 December 1944 · page 3

Intense interest in the carnival to be held in Turner Park, Church-street, West Maitland, on Friday night has been evinced…

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Carnival To-morrow Night

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 21 December 1944 · page 2

The Xmas Carnival, being held by the Maitland War Memorial Hall Appeal Committee will go on in spite of weather conditions…

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Murrurundi's Big Carnival

The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 December 1944 · page 1

The Murrurundi carnival billed for Boxing Day points to everything being a bumper day, reminiscent of the days when…

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Stroud Fancy Fair. Big Success

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 22 December 1944 · page 1

The efforts of the committee of the Fancy Fair held at Stroud on Saturday night last were well rewarded. The takings amounted to…

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To-night's Patriotic Carnival

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 22 December 1944 · page 2

The last Patriotic Carnival for 1944 will be held at the Town Hall reserve to-night. One of the many features will be a visit from…

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Big Carnival Outing at Moonan Most Successful Day

The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 December 1944 · page 2

Moonan again had a great day out on 16th inst., when the men and women from up the Hunter banded together to see that no stone was left unturned and to make the day—and night—the best ever held in recent years…

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East Maitland Bowling Carnival

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 27 December 1944 · page 4

Keen interest is being taken in East Maitland Bowling Club’s carnival to be held on Anniversary Day, January 29. Inquiries…

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