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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1947

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Cattle at Show

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 1 April 1947 · page 1

Entries in both the dairy cattle and polled beef cattle sections judged at the Royal Show yesterday were of unexpectedly high quality considering the…

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Record Show at Bullahdelah

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 1 April 1947 · page 3

The 24th annual Bullahdelah Show which ended on Saturday, was a resord. The receipts, £172/10/9, were about £10 better than last year…

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Two Royal Show Records

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 1 April 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Yesterday’s attendance of 42,754, and gate receipts of £3316, created two records for a Monday…

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Echoes of the Show

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 1 April 1947 · page 1

General comment on last week's show seemed to be, "a splendid effort first time up since the war ended." Among the large crowd on…

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Dairy Company's Show Exhibit

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 1 April 1947 · page 1

The outstanding industrial exhibit at the Show was the display arranged by the Hunter River Valley Co-operative Dairy Co. Ltd. The display was…

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Upper Hunter Show Future Prospects

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1947 · page 1

Speaking at the official opening of the Show on Thursday, Mr. A. S. Bowman (President) welcomed the large crowd of sightseers, and…

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Royal Show in Full Swing

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 1 April 1947 · page 3

Sydney Royal Agricultural Society is staging its first post-war show and it is a great success. The "big" days are to come and Dungog will be well…

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Winners at the Royal Show

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 1 April 1947 · page 2

In keen competition in the Jersey cattle section a Quirindi exhibitor was awarded three of the four major prizes, and a…

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Glorious Day for the Royal Show

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 1 April 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—For the third consecutive day brilliant sunshine prevailed for to-day’s judging at the Royal Show, and…

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Big Crowd at Royal Show. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 1 April 1947 · page 2

For the third consecutive day brilliant sunshine prevailed for to-day's judging at the Royal Show, and again from an early hour thousands of city…

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Carnival Sequel Charges Laid by R.S.P.C.A. DISMISSED

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1947 · page 1

Well-known Singleton sportsman Harold Victor Andrews, of Dunolly, was charged at an adjourned hearing in the Raymond…

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Royal Show Winners

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 2 April 1947 · page 7

Prize-winning poultry exhibitors at the Royal Show are Messrs McNell and Freeman of Belmore-road. Lorn, whose Black…

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£173 in Hand From Red Cross Fair

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 2 April 1947 · page 4

It was reported to the monthly meeting of the local branch of the Red Cross yesterday afternoon that £173 was so far in hand from the…

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40-Stone Fat Boy At Show

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 2 April 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wed.— Nineteen-years-old Chubby White, a 40 stone fat boy being exhibited at the Royal Show is on the verge of Starvation…

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£173 Profit From Red Cross Flower Show

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 2 April 1947 · page 4

SINGLETON, Wed. — At the monthly meeting of the Singleton branch of the Red Cross Society, a tentative report of the recent…

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Scotland to Hold Industrial Exhibition Shipbuilding and Textiles Have Pride of Place

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 2 April 1947 · page 6

Scotland is to hold a big exhibition next August when visitors will be able to see the scope and enterprise of its many industries. It will…

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"Shell Show" Stars

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Thursday 3 April 1947 · page 3

Feature artistes who will be heard in the "1947 Shell Show", which returned to the nir on March 26th after an absence of eight years, have…

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Ambulance Appeal At Largs Sports Carnival

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 3 April 1947 · page 5

LARGS: Mr. J. Henderson presided at the special sports committee meeting appointed to arrange a gala sports and carnival…

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Another Big Crowd At The Royal Show

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 3 April 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Despite heavy showers this morning there are prospects of another record at the Royal Show…

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CARNIVAL. Featuring Australia's Largest Merry-Go-Round. Opening on Saturday Next

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Thursday 3 April 1947 · page 1

The Muswellbrook branch of the R.S.L. has completed arrangements with Mr. Black, of Newcastle, to open a carnival at the Market Reserve on…

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