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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1946

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Sports Committee Planning For First Carnival

Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 March 1946 · page 2

The Maitland Sports Committee has been faced with a difficult task to organise a sports carnival on the Maitland Show Ground…

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Scots' Fair and Flower Show. Successful Exhibition

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 26 March 1946 · page 3

The annual Scots' Fair and Flower Show, held in the School of Arts on Friday last, proved highly successful, all departments…

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The Street Carnival

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 26 March 1946 · page 1

The street carnival, held on Friday night proved an outstanding success, and, we understand, something like £200 will result…

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Gresford Show

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 26 March 1946 · page 2

Gresford's popular show will be held on Friday and Saturday next, when a good programme of trotting, hunting, cattle drafting and other…

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Anti-t-b. Carnival on April 6

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 26 March 1946 · page 3

Preparations for the first sports carnival at the Maitland showground in aid of the Police Anti-T.B. Appeal, were made by…

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Local and General Taree Show

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 26 March 1946 · page 2

Everything is ready for Tarcee's big show, which opens today (Tuesday) and continues on Wednesday and on Wednesday night All that is now…

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Agricultural Conference At Show Ground

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 26 March 1946 · page 2

On Thursday next, the Central Coast Region of the Agricultural Bureau, sponsored by the Department of Agriculture will hold an…

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Aberdeen Jockey Club Stages Excellent Meeting Veterans Royal Voyage and Find Out Show Way Home

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 26 March 1946 · page 2

Jackass Takes Principal Event: A. Holman's Three Winners Despite down-the-line opposition in the shape of the re-opening of the…

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Boxers Show Promise at Branxton

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 27 March 1946 · page 5

BRANXTON, Wed.—Branxton boxers are warming up for bouts in Newcastle and Maitland, and many promising boys are…

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Gresford Show to Be Opened on

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 27 March 1946 · page 2

GRESFORD.—The Gresford District Agricultural Society will hold its sixteenth exhibition on Friday, and Saturday next…

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“Carnival Time” at Branxton

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 28 March 1946 · page 3

BRANXTON: A pretty stage-setting was a feature of “Carnival Time,” presented by St. Brigis’s concert party in the…

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Junior Farmers' Show

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 28 March 1946 · page 4

Additional awards were: The poultry were penned in increased numbers and more accommodation will be required next year. A separate building is…

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District Exhibits for Royal Show

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 28 March 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY: Another step towards organising the first post-war Royal Easter Show, which is to be held from March 31 to April 9, 1947,…

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Arrangements for Art Exhibition

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 March 1946 · page 7

A meeting held at the Council Chambers last night finalised arrangements for the exhibition of "Old Masters" by the National Art Gallery…

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Flower Show

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 March 1946 · page 3

Flower-lovers are coddling their plants along for the Church of England Autumn. Flower Show to be held in the Parish Hall,…

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Bushmen's Carnival Association Formed

Singleton Argus · Friday 29 March 1946 · page 2

At a meeting yesterday at Maitland representatives from all bush carnivals and rodeo associations in the Hunter Valley and Northern New…

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Recent Stroud Show

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 29 March 1946 · page 3

No. 1 Cordial Stall at Stroud Show was in the hands of the Women's Auxiliary of the R.S.L., with the President (Miss B. Barnes), the…

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The Panthers' Dance. Carnival Night

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 March 1946 · page 5

The Memorial Hall will be decked out in many colours tomorrow (Saturday) night, when the Panther Rugby League Club will be holding a big [?]…

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Sensational Lantern Carnival Dance at Kurri

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 March 1946 · page 3

The Catholic Hall, Kurri Kurri, will be the setting for a spectacular lantern light carnival dance, to be held on back Friday night, 12th…

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1947 Royal Easter Show. Commonwealth District Exhibit Competition

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 March 1946 · page 6

Another step towards organising the first post-war Royal Easter Show, which is to be held from the 31st March to 9th April, 1947, inclusive, has…

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