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Hunter Valley · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1947

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On Way to Record. Royal Show Attendance. SYDNEY

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Thursday 3 April 1947 · page 2

Despite heavy showers this morning there are prospects pf another record crowd at the Royal Show. By noon more than 30,000 were…

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Bellbird Parents and Citizen's Association Baby Show and Cooking Competition

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 3 April 1947 · page 7

Member of the Bellbird Parents and Citizens' Association an highly satisfied with the baby show and cooking competition held at the local school on March…

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Stroud Show

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 4 April 1947 · page 2

Stroud's popular annual show will take place on 11th and 12th April. Good entries are coming in. The ring will be particularly good, many…

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Record Crowd At Sydney Show

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 5 April 1947 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sat.—Good Friday first day of the Easter holidays drew an all-time record crowd—200,378—to the show. The previous record dor…

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“Affront to Many” Sunday Contests at Show

Maitland Mercury · Monday 7 April 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—The Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, Dr. Mowll, said that the holding of ring vents at the Royal Show…

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Mad Rush for Samples at the Show Women Faint in Crush

Maitland Mercury · Monday 7 April 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.— Saturday’s melee outside the Sydney show ground, when thousands of people queuing up for admission to the Royal Show became temporarily out of hand, was repeated inside the ground this morning when…

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Another Huge Crowd At The Royal Show Crowds Began To Queue-Up At 7 O’CIock

Maitland Mercury · Monday 7 April 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday—Sydney’s transport system, which on Friday and Saturday earned one of the greatest Easter holiday crowds on record, is groaning under the weight of crowds to-day which will probably set an all-time high…

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Easter Bowling Carnival

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 8 April 1947 · page 5

T. Whitehouse, of Lorn Park, convincingly defeated : J. Adamson, of Cessnock, in the final of the Hunter River District Bowling…

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Carnival on West Maitland Green

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 8 April 1947 · page 5

At the Easter Carnival held on the West Maitland green yesterday a progressive pairs competition comprising three rounds and tea beads…

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Record Crowds at Royal Show

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 8 April 1947 · page 2

Nearly 200,000 persons went to the Royal Easter Show yesterday, bringing total attendances to well over a million…

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Children’s Day at the Show

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 8 April 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday—It was children’s day at the show today, and they ficked to the ground with their parents in…

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Children's Day at Show Sydney, Tuesday.s

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 8 April 1947 · page 2

It was "Children's Day" at the Showto-day, and they flocked to the Show Ground with their parents in thousands…

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Junior Farmers at the Show

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 April 1947 · page 2

Forty boys from New South Wales and six from other Stetes were the guests of the Royal Agricultural Society at a Junior farmers’ camp…

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Trek of Stock From the Show

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 April 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY. Wed. — One million pounds worth of livestock began at dawn to-day to trek back to the farm from the Royal Easter Show…

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Impressed with Show Ground As Cricket Oval

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 April 1947 · page 3

Visitors to Singleton on Saturday with the New South Wales Cricket Association side were surprised and impressed that…

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Scuffles at Royal Show Office

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 10 April 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—RAS officials and show workers clashed in several scuffles at the day office last night and the men…

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Huge Takings at the Show

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 10 April 1947 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Royal Show finished with takings which are understood to total about £132,000…

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89 and Saw Show for First Time

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 10 April 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—One of the oldest and most interested visitors to the Royal Show yesterday was an 69-year-old woman, Mrs. Ellen,…

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Bushmen's Carnival

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 April 1947 · page 1

An important meeting of the committee of Scone Bushmen's Carnival and Show Association will be held this (Friday) night…

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"Diggers" Carnival

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 11 April 1947 · page 1

The carnival, organised by the local branch of the R.S.L., and held on the Market Reserve, continues to attract large attendances. The carnival will…

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